<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n emperumAn<\/a> asks AzhwAr<\/a> \u201care there any activities which we have carried out for followers such that you are able to think of without forgetting?\u201d. AzhwAr responds saying \u201cAre the benefits carried out by dhEvarIr (honorific\u00a0 way of saying \u2018you\u2019) one or two? Aren\u2019t they so many!\u201d AzhwAr expands the term maRRallAl<\/em> used in the previous pAsuram, in this.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n uNarndhAy maRai nAngum OdhinAy nIdhi<\/em> mAlE \u2013 Oh one who has lot of affection! [towards his followers] uNarndhAy maRai nAngum<\/strong> \u2013 you remembered the four vEdhas (sacred texts). You released the vEdhas during creation of worlds after deluge, just as a person wakes up after sleeping and just as a person remembers after forgetting something. You had remembered to keep the vEdhas safely when the sentient and insentient entities were without a form or name [during deluge] and released them at the start of creation, the next time that it occurs. Since you remembered the vEdhas again, properly, it has affirmed the permanency of the vEdhas as well as the fact that they were not written by any one person. Instead of saying vEdham seydhAn<\/em> (he created the vEdhams), AzhwAr<\/a> is saying vEdham uNarndhAn<\/em> (he remembered the vEdhams). This is similar to the saying in kAtakam 3-9-50 \u201cpUrvE pUrvEbhyO vacha EthadhUchu:<\/em>\u201d (the forefathers repeated the words of their forefathers). nammAzhwAr<\/a> has divinely mentioned this in thiruvAimozhi 1-1-7<\/a> \u201cuLan sudarmigu surudhiyuL<\/em>\u201d (he resides in the radiant vEdhas) and in thiruvAimozhi 1-6-2<\/a> \u201cmudhu vEdha mudhalvan<\/em>\u201d(he is termed as the first, complete entity by the ancient vEdhas). He gave vEdhas, in a way similar to giving a copper inscription which gives the details of where a treasure is hidden.<\/p>\n OdhinAy nIdhi<\/strong> \u2013 you created the upabruhmaNams (auxiliary texts) such as smruthi (dharmaSAsthras or texts about righteousness), ithihAsa (famous epics SrI rAmAyaNam and mahAbhAratham) and purANas (ancient texts giving the details of various incarnations). Just as the face reflects what is running in the mind, these upabrahmaNams reflect what is mentioned in vEdhas.<\/p>\n maNandhAy malarmagaL thOL<\/strong> \u2013 you hugged the shoulders of periya pirAtti<\/a> (SrI mahAlakshmi) who is established in the vEdhas. Not only is emperumAn<\/a> established in the vEdhas, but the fact that he lives permanently with periya pirAtti in SrIvaikuNtam is also established in the vEdhas. (subsequently several examples confirming that emperumAn is always with periya pirAtti are quoted). yajus samhithai 4-4-12 says \u201casyESAnA jagathO vishNu pathnI<\/em>\u201d (she is the mother for the world and consort for vishNu); purusha sUktham \u201chRIScha thE lakshmIScha pathnyau<\/em>\u201d (bhUmidhEvi and lakshmidhEvi are your consorts); \u201cISAnA dhEvI bhuvanasya pathnI\u201d (she controls the world and is consort of vishNu); yajur 3-3 \u201cSradhdhayA dhEvO dhEvathvamaSnuthE<\/em>\u201d (because of pirAtti, emerpumAn gets the inherent quality of being the lord); SrI sUktham 9 \u201cISvarIm sarvabhUthAnAm<\/em>\u201d (she controls all the living beings); lakshmi sahasranAmam 1 \u201cpumpradhAnESvara ISvarIm<\/em>\u201d (she is the consort of emperumAn who controls jIvAthmA and primordial matter); SrI rAmAyaNam AraNya kANdam 37-18 \u201caprayamEyamhi thaththEja: yasya sA janakAthmajA<\/em>\u201d (isn\u2019t the radiance of that SrI ramA with whom sIthA, the daughter of janaka, is together, immeasurable!); SrI rAmAyaNam bAla kAndam 4-7 \u201ckAvyam rAmAyaNam kruthsnam sIthAyA: charitham<\/em>\u201d (the entire Sri RamAyaNam epic is about the story of sIthA). Thus, the greatness of pirAtti<\/a> is mentioned in vEdhas and upabruhmaNas. vEdham affirms that emperumAn and pirAtti are always together. Being established by vEdhas is symbolic of being the supreme entity, just as being the consort of pirAtti is.<\/p>\n maNandhAy pOy vEy irum sAral viyal iru gyAlam sUzh mAyirum sOlai malai<\/strong> \u2013 you desired to dwell in thirumAlirum sOlai so that people of the world can see you and enjoy you with their eyes instead of remaining only in paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam) as mentioned by vEdhas, which will remain just that way \u2013 on paper [where people of this world could not have seen you]. You were happy with the huge thirumAlirum sOlai which has abundance of bamboo shoots on its foot hills, which is amazing and which is attained by people of the world. If the meaning for the term mAlE<\/em> is taken as \u2018one with affection\u2019, the meaning for this term will be that this affection becomes the reason for emperumAn<\/a> to dwell in thirumAlirum sOlai.<\/p>\n We shall take up the 49th<\/sup> pAsuram next.<\/p>\n adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai emperumAn asks AzhwAr \u201care there any activities which we have carried out for followers such that you are able to think of without forgetting?\u201d. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n maNandhAy malarmagaL thOL mAlE maNandhAy pOy<\/em>
\n vEyirumsAral viyaliru gyAlam sUzh<\/em>
\n mAyirum sOlai malai<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meaning<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nmaRai nAngum \u2013 the four vEdhams (sacred texts)
\nuNarndhAy \u2013 (during every deluge) kept in your mind and let them out
\nnIdhi \u2013 texts such as smruthis<\/em> which explain the concepts in vEdhams [similar to an auxiliary text]
\nOdhinAy \u2013 you mercifully gave through sages such as manu et al.
\nmalar magaL \u2013 periya pirAtti, who was born in a flower
\nthOL \u2013 with her divine shoulders
\nmaNandhAy \u2013 you are together, always
\nvEy irum sAral \u2013 having foothills abounding with bamboo shoots
\nviyal \u2013 wondrous
\niru gyAlam sUzh \u2013 circum-ambulated by people in this expansive world
\nmAyirum sOlai malai pOy \u2013 coming to thirumAlirum sOlai [a divine abode near present day madhurai]
\nmaNandhAy \u2013 are residing with happiness in your divine mind<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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