<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr says that the benefit obtained out of engaging with matters relating to emperumAn is great. But it is essential not to have desire with worldly pursuits, thinking of the ruins that one would end up with such acts. He says that the reason for attaining emperumAn and for removing of hurdles in this path is not worshipping emperumAn but the ability to see the faults in worldly pleasures.<\/p>\n Let us look at the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n idhu kaNdAy nannenjE ippiRaviyAvadhu<\/em> nal nenjE \u2013 Oh good heart! (for me, not having to tell each and everything like this) nal nenjE<\/strong> \u2013 Oh heart who agrees with me when I say that life in this world is terrible!<\/p>\n idhu kaNdAy ippiRaviyAvadhu<\/strong> \u2013 The nature of this samsAram (materialistic realm) is not what we had thought of, earlier. It is that which has been shown to us by emperumAn. Life on earth is the epitome of sorrow. All that we had thought of life on this earth as something great is mere delusion. Even faults in this life will appear to our eyes as faults, only with the grace of emperumAn. Otherwise, they will appear to be without faults. Just as we cannot see emperumAn unless he reveals himself to us, we cannot see the faults too in life unless he reveals them to us.<\/p>\n idhu ellAm nAm uRRadhu<\/strong> \u2013 just as there is only happiness in enjoying emperumAn, there is only sorrow in life. Hasn\u2019t this (samsAram) given to us only sorrow, in the garb of pleasure, for a very long time! Just as there is only happiness in paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam) with emperumAn\u2019s grace, there is only sorrow in samsAram. Has not ALavandhAr<\/a> mercifully mentioned in sthOthra rathnam 25<\/a> \u201cabhUthapUrvam mama bhAvi kim vA sarvam sahE mE sahajam hi dhu:kam<\/em>\u201d (there is no sorrow that I have not experienced. I am tolerating all the sorrows. Isn\u2019t sorrow born with me)! It appears that sorrows will be there as long as AthmA<\/a> is there [in this samsAram]. Even though this AthmA belongs to emperumAn, have you [referring to his heart] not seen all the sorrows that we experienced!<\/p>\n idhu kaNdAy nAraNan pEr Odhi naragaththu arugu aNaiyAk kAraNamum<\/strong> \u2013 The reason for reciting the divine names of the apt Lord emperumAn and for not going towards naragam (hell) is only seeing (knowing) the faults in the worldly life that I had mentioned earlier [says the AzhwAr to his heart]. Just as emperumAn enables us to attain him and relieves us from worldly pursuits, seeing the faults in worldly pursuits will enable us to relieve ourselves from these and to hold on to emperumAn.<\/p>\n vallaiyEl kAN<\/strong> \u2013 Some people will lose their belongings even when they are awake. In the same way, even while we know about worldly pursuits, their faults will not dawn in our hearts. Hence, even you have to suffer, see clearly the nature of the worldly pursuits. Even as we are experiencing the sorrows, isn\u2019t our sin the reason for not moving away from the worldly life! \u00a0In this matter, doesn\u2019t even seeing with our eyes become useless! Just as we desire if we see something good, should we not become averse if we see something bad? The opinion here is that since attaining emperumAn is not due to our efforts and since the involvement in worldly pursuits is our desire, what is needed for the jIvAthmAs is to see the faults in the worldly pursuits. Doesn\u2019t SrI vishNu purANam 6-7-28 say \u201cmana Eva manushyANAm kAraNam bandha mOkshayO!<\/em>\u201d (it is the person\u2019s mind which is responsible for both bondage and liberation). When the chEthana (sentient entity) gets involved in unnecessary pursuits, emperumAn, who helps in attaining the necessary entity and avoiding the unnecessary, prevents the chEthana from involving in the unnecessary and gives what he really needs. nammAzhwAr<\/a> initially saw emperumAn as the head of nithyasUris (imaiyOr thalaivan<\/em>). This AzhwAr says that he should help in releasing us from falsified knowledge, bad conduct and impure body, all of which are opposite of his being the lord of nithyasUris.<\/p>\n We shall take up the 67th<\/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 AzhwAr says that the benefit obtained out of engaging with matters relating to emperumAn is great. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n idhu kaNdAy ellAm nAmuRRadhu idhu kaNdAy<\/em>
\n nAraNan pEr Odhi naragaththarugaNaiyA<\/em>
\n kAraNamum vallaiyE kAN<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meaning<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nip piRavi Avadhu idhu kaNdAy \u2013 the cruelty of samsAram (materialistic realm) is like this, do observe.
\nnAm uRRadhu ellAm idhu kaNdAy \u2013 the sorrows that we experienced (in this samsAram) are like these.
\nnAraNan \u2013 SrIman nArAyana\u2019s
\npEr \u2013 divine names
\nOdhi \u2013 reciting them well
\nnaragaththu \u2013 the hell called samsAram
\narugu \u2013 near
\naNaiyA kAraNamum \u2013 the reason for hating that we should not be here
\nidhu kaNdAy \u2013 is only the fault of this samsAram, do observe.<\/p>\n
\nvallaiyEL \u2013 if you are capable of knowing
\nkAN \u2013 see for yourself (the lowliness of this samsAram).<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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