<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n After AzhwAr<\/a> mentioned in the previous pAsuram that brahmA, rudhra et al were created by nArAyaNa<\/a>, he was asked by some samsAris \u201cIt is well known in the world that brahmA, vishNu and Siva are the three deities for creation, protection and annihilation respectively; thus, while it is apt to accept that all three are supreme beings, could you say that only nArAyaNa is the supreme being?\u201d. AzhwAr responds in this pAsuram through the path of ithihAsams (epics).<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n thErungAl dhEvan oruvanE enRuraippar<\/em> thErungAl \u2013 if one were to analyse therungAl dhEvan oruvanE enRu uraippar<\/strong> \u2013 if one were to analyse with the assistance of pramAnas (authentic texts) the wise sages will say that the supreme being is only one and that he is SrIman nArAyaNa<\/a>. The wise sages established that \u201cthathvam jigyAsamAnAnAm hEthubis sarvathOmukhai:<\/em> I thathvamEkO mahAyOgI harir nArAyaNa smrutha:<\/em> II\u201d (those who desire to know the supreme being think that it is only nArAyaNa who is a mahA yOgi and is known by the name hari, who is the only supreme being, for a variety of reasons). Thus AzhwAr<\/a> says that the claim of samsAris that there are three supreme beings is incorrect.<\/p>\n Arum aRiyAr avan perumai<\/strong> \u2013 no one can estimate his greatness<\/p>\n Orum poruL mudivum iththanaiyE<\/strong> \u2013 the established meaning of all that has been mentioned in Sruthis (vEdhas or sacred texts) and smruthis (ithihAsas and purANas or epics and ancient histories) is only this much. Many quotations have been given to establish this statement, as detailed below:<\/p>\n vEdha vAkyas: (quotations from sacred texts)<\/strong><\/p>\n smruthi vAkyas (quotations from ithihAsas and purANas)<\/strong><\/p>\n Arum aRiyAr avan perumai Orum poruL mudivum iththanaiyE<\/strong> \u2013 Has it not been mentioned that the greatness of supreme being is not known to brahmA, rudhra, great sages such as sanaka et al and to himself [emperumAn] who is the controller of all, in various authentic texts!<\/p>\n \u00a0vEdhas (sacred texts) say:<\/strong><\/p>\n SrI rAmAyaNam<\/strong><\/p>\n mahAbhAratham mOksha dharmam<\/strong><\/p>\n vishNusdharmam<\/strong> says \u201cna yasya rUpam na balaprabhAvau na cha svabhAva: paramasya pumsa:<\/em> I vigyAyathE sarvapithAmahAdhyais tham vAsudhEvam praNamAmyachinthyam<\/em>\u201d \u2013 I salute that vAsudhEva whose divine form and basic nature are not known to brahmA, rudhra et al and who cannot be known.<\/p>\n vishNu purANam<\/strong><\/p>\n varAha purANam<\/strong> says \u201cadhyApi mAm na jAnanthi rudhrEndhrAs sapithAmahA:<\/em>\u201d (brahmA, rudhra, indhra et al do not know me even today)<\/p>\n SrI bhagavath gIthA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> was asked \u201cWe hear that brahmA, rudhra et al grant great benefits to those who carry out penance towards them; hence, can we not take it that they are also supreme beings?\u201d He responds..<\/p>\n eththavam seydhArkkum aruL mudivadhu AzhiyAn pAl<\/strong> \u2013 irrespective of the extent of penance carried out by anyone, the final benefit is granted by the one who carries the divine disc. AzhwAr<\/a> says that even if one carries out penance towards brahmA, rudhra et al, the benefit is granted by SrIman nArAyaNa, as the indwelling soul of brahmA, rudhra et al.<\/p>\n aruL mudivu adhu<\/strong> \u2013 those benefits which are accrued through (emperumAn\u2019s) mercy.<\/p>\n eththavam …. Orum poruL mudivum iththanaiyE<\/strong> \u2013 if one were to examine the vEdhas and smruthis, it would be clear that for those who carry out means (for attaining emperumAn) the benefit is attained through nArAyaNa only. In bhavrucha Sruthi it is said \u201casya dhEvasya mIdushO vayA vishNOrEsha pravruthE\u00a0 havirbhI: vidhEhi rudhrOrudhriyam mahaththvam<\/em>\u201d (rudhra attained his greatness only after carrying out penance towards vishNu). The same meaning has been quoted in mahAbhAratha which says \u201cmayA srushta: purA brahmA math yagyamayajath svayam<\/em> I thathas thasmai varAn prIthO thadhAMyahamanuththamAn<\/em> II mathputhrathvancha kalpAdhau lOkAdhyakshathvamEva cha<\/em> II \u201d (once upon a time, brahmA, who was created by me, carried out a ritual relating to me. Being pleased by that, I granted him the superior boons of being my son and being the head of universe) and \u201cmahAdhEvas sarvamEdhE mahAthmA hUthvAthmAnam dhEvadhEvO babhUva<\/em>\u201d (in the sarvamEdha yagya (ritual), mahAdhEva (rudhra) offered himself as the sacrificial material and became dhEvadhEva)<\/p>\n Thus, AzhwAr<\/a>, in this pAsuram, established that nArAyaNa is the supreme lord and brahmA, rudhra et al get their benefits granted by nArAyaNa only.<\/p>\n We will take up the 3rd<\/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 After AzhwAr mentioned in the previous pAsuram that brahmA, rudhra et al were created by nArAyaNa, he was asked by some samsAris \u201cIt is well known in the world that brahmA, vishNu and Siva are the three deities for creation, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iyarpa","category-nanmugan-thiruvandhadhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/vishnu-holding-chakram.jpg\")
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\n Arum aRiyAr avan perumai Orum<\/em>
\n poruL mudivum iththanaiyE eththavam seydhArkkum<\/em>
\n aruL mudivadhu AzhiyAn pAl<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\ndhEvan \u2013 supreme being
\noruvanE enRu uraippar \u2013 (wise men) will say that there is only one
\navan perumai \u2013 the greatness of that sarvESvaran
\nArum aRiyAr \u2013 no one knows
\nOrum poruL mudivum iththanaiyE \u2013 the meaning established by analysing (vEdhas and ithihAsas) is only this much
\neththavam seydhArkkum \u2013 for all who have carried out penance to whatever extent
\naruL mudivadhu \u2013 the final benefit of mercy
\nAzhiyAn pAl \u2013 from emperumAn who has divine disc<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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