<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> was asked \u201cThere are some ignorant people who will eat only if there is smoke (in the kitchen) \u2013 meaning that they will eat only if something is cooked in their homes. Otherwise they will go hungry. In the same way could you say nAn unnai anRi ilEn kaNdAy nAraNanE? <\/em>Could you not carry out your task through someone else?”. AzhwAr says that there is none who is a protector other than emperumAn<\/a>. AzhwAr tells his heart that the others (who are supposed to be protectors) are not only incapable of protecting, they will also pose hurdles in the path of emperumAn when he protects us.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n ilai thuNai maRRen nenjE Isanai venRa<\/em> en nenjE \u2013 Oh my heart! ilai thuNai maRRu<\/strong> \u2013 it is not important to know that emperumAn<\/a> is our protector. It is more important to know that others are not protectors. Wouldn\u2019t vaiNavathvam<\/em> (quality of being a follower of vishNu) be attained if people do not worship other deities, forgetting the divine feet of SrIman nArAyaNa? Did not piLLai lOkAchAryar (one of the preceptors of our sampradhAyam) say in his mumukshuppadi<\/em> treatise \u201cadhilum anya sEshathvam kazhigaiyE pradhAnam<\/em>\u201d (giving up being a servitor to other deities is primary) in line with this!<\/p>\n en nenjE<\/strong> \u2013 Oh my heart who is favourable to listen to my discourse on this!<\/p>\n en nenjE<\/strong> \u2013 aren\u2019t you different from other hearts which follow the saying \u201cchanchalam hi mana:<\/em>\u201d (heart is fickle minded)!<\/p>\n What is the reason for saying that there is no other protector? This is because only SrIman nArAyaNa is the supreme deity. When asked \u201cothers such as rudhra et al are also said to be supreme entities. Why then are you emphasising that only nArAyaNa is supreme?\u201d. AzhwAr<\/a> says derisively in the next verse as to how rudhra et al were called as supreme.<\/p>\n Isanai venRa silai koNda sengaNmAl<\/strong> \u2013 the lord of all with lotus-like eyes, who dons the bow which defeated rudhra. This incident has been described in SrI rAmAyaNam bAla kANdam by paraSurAma to SrI rAma (paraSurAma tells SrI rAma that the two bows (one belonging to Siva and the other to vishNu), belonging to the dhEvalOkam (outer world), famous throughout the world, great, firm, strong and eminent, were created by viSvakarma, the celestial carpenter. One was given to rudhra during the war with the three towns (thiripuram, thripura<\/em>) and it was that bow which later was broken by SrI rAma at the court of King janaka. The other bow, which cannot be approached by anyone, was given by the great ones among the celestial entities to vishNu. After the war on the three towns, the dhEvas wanted to know who among vishNu and rudhra had greater ability. Hence vishNu and rudhra engaged\u00a0 in a fight. During the fight (with the two eminent bows) when vishNu made a menacing sound (hUnkAra<\/em>) Siva\u2019s bow cracked a bit and Siva too became unconscious, standing like a pillar. The rishis and celestial entities, seeing the cracking of Siva\u2019s bow, realised the greatness of vishNu).<\/p>\n Isanai venRa silai<\/strong> \u2013 the bow which defeated Siva who had the vain feeling that he is ISvara (one who controls everything). We can also construe this as sengaNmAl<\/em>\u00a0 who defeated rudhra.<\/p>\n silai koNda<\/strong> \u2013 all that emperumAn<\/a> did was to don the bow. The victorious act was carried out by the bow itself.<\/p>\n sem kaN mAl<\/strong> \u2013 supreme being who has reddish eyes, which manifest his ability to control everything. The supreme being was hailed as puNdarIkAkshan<\/em> based on the saying of vEdhas \u201ckapyAsam puNdarIkam Evam akshiNI<\/em>\u201d (the two lotus-like eyes which were blossomed by sun).<\/p>\n sem kaN mAl<\/strong> \u2013 we can also construe this as SrI rAma who has reddish eyes, showing affection for his followers. Wasn\u2019t SrI rAma hailed as rAmO rAjIvalOchana:<\/em> and rAma: kamalapathrAksha<\/em>:, denoting his lotus-like eyes! The words sem kaN<\/em> would denote both wealth and affection. The word mAl<\/em> would mean one who is great as well as one who is affectionate.<\/p>\n Ilai thuNai maRRen nenjE Isanai venRa silai koNda sengaNmAl<\/strong> \u2013 Is it not apt to enquire whether the one who is victorious is the protector or the one who was defeated!<\/p>\n sengaNmAl sErA<\/strong> \u2013 rAvaNa said that he would rather fall back even if he is split into two than falling at the feet of rAma, as that is his nature. This is brought out by in the SlOkam 36-11 of SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam \u201cdhvidhA bhajyEyamapyEvam na namEyanthu kasyachith<\/em> I Esha mE sahajO dhOsha: svabhAvO dhurathikrama:<\/em> II\u201d<\/p>\n sengaNmAl sErA<\/strong> \u2013 how is that an entity can remain without tilting his head at the divine feet of one even after seeing his lotus like eyes?<\/p>\n Isanai venRa….. sengaNmAl sErA<\/strong> \u2013 do we need to talk about unfavourable entities [such as rAvaNa] stringing arrow in offence when favourable entities [such as rudhra], under the influence of thAmasa<\/em> guNa<\/em> (ignorant state) string an arrow in offence?<\/p>\n Who is that entity who is so incongruent with emperumAn<\/a>?<\/p>\n kulai koNda IraindhalaiyAn<\/strong> \u2013 rAvaNa who has ten heads, like a bunch.<\/p>\n IraindhalaiyAn ilangaiyai Idazhiththa<\/strong> \u2013 lankA was protected by rAvaNa with all his might, as said in \u201clankAm rAvaNa pAlithAm<\/em>\u201d (lankA protected by rAvaNa. SrI rAma destabilised such lankA).<\/p>\n kUrambanallAl kuRai illai thuNai<\/strong> \u2013 there is none like SrI rAma, who has sharp arrows, as support for us to rid us of our difficulties. chEthana (sentient) entities such as rudhra et al or achEthana (insentient) entities such as beads cannot protect us. Only the sharp arrows of chakravarthy thirumagan (son of emperor dhaSaratha) will be a refuge for us, similar to how they were for sIthAppirAtti.<\/p>\n We will take up the 9th<\/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 was asked \u201cThere are some ignorant people who will eat only if there is smoke (in the kitchen) \u2013 meaning that they will eat only if something is cooked in their homes. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n silai koNda sengaNmAl sErA kulai koNda<\/em>
\n IraindhalaiyAn ilangaiyai Idazhiththa<\/em>
\n kUrambanallAl kuRai<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nIsanai venRa \u2013 one who defeated rudhra
\nsilai koNda \u2013 one who donned the bow
\nsem kaN mAl \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> who has lotus like eyes
\nsErA \u2013 one who did not bow down and get redeemed, but got annihilated
\nkulai koNda Iraindhu thalaiyAn \u2013 rAvaNa who had ten heads close together as if in a cluster
\nilangaiyai \u2013 lankA
\nIdu azhiththa \u2013 one who annihilated
\nkUr amban allAl \u2013 other than (that) SrI rAma who has sharp arrows
\nkuRai \u2013 during the times when (we) have difficulties
\nmaRRu thuNai \u2013 support other than him
\nilai \u2013 we do not have<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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