<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr<\/a> said that many people (in samsAram, the materialistic realm) get into the muddle of samsAram repeatedly. Instead of suffering like that, AzhwAr asks people to know that emperumAn<\/a> is the apt entity to be attained. Many deities, who are attained by samsAris, carry out kainkaryam (service) to him and there are some people who carry out such kainkaryam directly to emperumAn. AzhwAr tells samsAris to be like these people and carry out kainkaryam directly to emperumAn.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n pala dhEvar Eththap padi kadandhAn pAdham<\/em> pala dhEvar \u2013 many dhEvathAs (deities who are attained by samsAris) pala dhEvar Eththap padi kadandhAn<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> measured the worlds in such a way that all the celestial entities praised him. Hasn\u2019t it been celebrated in the mAngaLyasthavam of SrI vishNu dharmam \u201cSanghais surANAm dhivi bhUthalasthais thathA manushyair kaganE cha kEcharai<\/em>: I sthutha: kramAn ya: prachkAra sarvadhA mamAsthu mAngaLya vivruthdhayE hari: <\/em>\u00a0II \u201d (let that hari (emperumAn) who was praised when he kept his divine feet (during thrivikrama incarnation) by the celestial entities in heaven, by the people on earth and by those who keep wandering in the skies, enlarge my auspiciousness)!<\/p>\n pala dhEvar Eththa<\/strong> \u2013 when pithAmaha (grandfather) brahmA himself praised emperumAn<\/a> with apt hymns from vEdhas and washed the divine feet of emperumAn when he took the incarnation of thrivikrama, is it required to tell about other celestial entities!<\/p>\n pala dhEvar Eththap padi kadandhAn<\/strong> \u2013 even those who considered themselves as ISvarOham (<\/em>they were the Lords), praised emperumAn<\/a> after coming under his divine feet.<\/p>\n pAdham malar ERa vittiRainji vAzhththa valarAgil<\/strong> \u2013 if you are capable of praising him after offering thuLasi, water lily, lotus, bael (a type of citrus flower) etc on his divine lotus feet.<\/p>\n padi kadandhAN pAdham ….. vAzhththa valarAgil<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr<\/a> says \u201cyou are doing this even now, but not at the divine feet of emperumAn<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0 You are doing this at the feet of those celestial entities who praised emperumAn earlier (during his thrivikrama incarnation). Instead of praising SarIri<\/em> (one who dwells inside the soul), you are praising other SarIrabhUthas<\/em> (those who are a part of his divine body).<\/p>\n pala dhEvar Eththap padikadandhAn pAdham vAzhththa valarAgil<\/strong> \u2013 why don\u2019t you people carry out the service at the divine feet of emperumAn<\/a> instead of at the feet of those entities who are serving emperumAn?<\/p>\n valar Agil<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr<\/a> feels that people of this type are rare. While in the previous pAsuram he said AzhwAr palar <\/em>(those who repeatedly get entrenched in samsAram are many), here he says that those who carry out service directly to emperumAn are very few.<\/p>\n mArkkaNdan…..<\/strong> \u2013 the words should be rephrased as nIrkkaNdan kaNda nilai mArkkaNdan kaNda vagaiyE varum kaNdIr<\/em> \u2013 <\/strong>you can also see the way that mArkkaNdEya (sage) saw in rudhra\u2019s position. When mArkkaNdEya asked rudhra for lengthy longevity and mOksham thereafter, rudhra showed him that it is only janArdhana (emperumAn<\/a>) who is capable of granting mOksha.\u00a0 AzhwAr<\/a> says that we can also see the same situation that mArkkandEya saw in rudhra.<\/p>\n This narrative (the discourse between rudhra and mArkkaNdEya) is explained in the 12th<\/sup> skandha (volume) of Srimadh bhAgavatham (treatise on the incarnations of emperumAn<\/a>) as well as in the AraNya parvam of mahAbhAratham. It has been widely quoted by many AzhwArs<\/a>, in praise of emperumAn.<\/p>\n We will take up the 16th<\/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 In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr said that many people (in samsAram, the materialistic realm) get into the muddle of samsAram repeatedly. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n malarERa vittiRainji vAzhththa valar Agil<\/em>
\n mArkkaNdan kaNda vagaiyE varum kaNdIr<\/em>
\n nIrkkaNdan kaNda nilai<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nEththa \u2013 to be praised
\npadi \u2013 earth
\nkadandhAn \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> who measured, his
\npAdham \u2013 divine feet
\nmalar \u2013 flowers
\nEra vittu \u2013 offering
\niRainji \u2013 worshipping
\nvAzhththa valar Agil \u2013 if you are able to praise him
\nnIrkkaNdan kaNda nilai \u2013 the position of rudhra who has poisoned neck
\nmArkkaNdan kaNda vagaiyE \u2013 the way (sage) mArkkaNdEya saw directly
\nvarum kaNdIr \u2013 you would see that this happens<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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