<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n With the joy of experiencing the beauty of narasimha, AzhwAr<\/a> thinks that some people are missing out on this great experience and instructs them \u201cuplift yourselves by worshipping this beautiful form of emperumAn<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n azhagiyAn thAnE ari uruvan thAnE<\/em> viththu thAn \u2013 he is the cause for the entire universe azhagiyAn thAnE . . . .<\/strong> \u2013 the narrative on narasimha avathAram (incarnation as Lord narasimha) which AzhwAr<\/a> enjoyed in the previous pAsuram, continues in this pAsuram.<\/p>\n azhagiyAn thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 he (emperumAn<\/a>) is the only one with beauty in him. When asked whether it is paramapadhanAthan (the Lord of SrIvaikuNtam) who is beautiful, AzhwAr responds …<\/p>\n ariyuruvan thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 it is only he who took incarnation as narasimha mUrthi <\/em>(in the form of lion head and human body) who is beautiful. If emperumAn\u2019s beauty in paramapadham is similar to lighting a lamp in daylight , his beauty in the form of narasimha is like lighting a lamp in darkness. There (in parapadham) one can only see his mercy. Here (on earth) once can see his mercy along with his fury. There he shows his beauty to those who are as knowledgeable as he is while here he shows his beauty to the ignorant. That beauty is something that we only hear while this beauty is something which as periyAzhwAr<\/a> has mercifully said in his periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 4.1.1 \u201ciraNiyanadhAgam piLandhariyAy udhiram aLaindha kaiyOdirundhAnai uLLavA kaNdAr uLar<\/em>\u201d (there are people who have seen emperumAn<\/a> truly, splitting the chest of the demon iraNiya and with blood stained hands, rubbing his hands on iraNiyan\u2019s chest).<\/p>\n azhagiyAn thAnE ariyuruvan thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 isn\u2019t he the one who has been praised the world over as azhagiya singar<\/em> (the beautiful lion)!<\/p>\n azhagiyAn thAnE ariyuruvan thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 these words appear to be the translation for the verse in SrI vishNu sahasranAman \u201cnArasimhavapu: SrImAn<\/em>\u201d .<\/p>\n azhagiyAn thAnE …..paNimin<\/strong> \u2013 once a person looks at this beauty of emperumAn<\/a>, shouldn\u2019t he bow down to his divine feet?<\/p>\n Is it only beauty? Is there no valour?<\/p>\n ariyuruvan thAnE …. paNimin<\/strong> \u2013 shouldn\u2019t one worship him who is the boundary for valour? When one, who is the refuge in times of danger, is himself beautiful, could one let go of him?<\/p>\n Even though he may be the refuge during times of danger and may be beautiful, \u00a0shouldn\u2019t he also have known our disease and our desire?<\/p>\n pazhagiyAnthALE paNimin<\/strong> \u2013 he is the purANa purusha<\/em> (an entity who could be termed as ancient) who knows that the disease for you people is this body (physical form) which should be got rid of and that the desire is getting an aprAkrutha SarIra<\/em> (a body which is not made of the primordial matter), which you may be not be aware of, yourselves. Attain such an entity.<\/p>\n pazhagiyAnthALE paNimin<\/strong> \u2013 if you bow down to his divine feet, holding them as your means as well as object of attainment, then he, who knows that it is your past deeds which make you keep getting this physical form for a long time and that the antidote for it is only his mercy, will protect you.<\/p>\n pazhagiyAnthALE paNimin<\/strong> \u2013 just as people would hold on to a physician who is renowned for a long time and who knows the nature of the body as well as of the medicines, attain emperumAn<\/a> who is variously said as in periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 5-3-6 \u201cmaruththuvanAy ninRa mAmaNivaNNA <\/em>\u201d (Oh one with the glitter of gemstones and who is like a physician!), as in vEdham \u201cvaidhyO nArAyaNO hari:<\/em>\u201d (SrIman nArAyaNa, who is the physician), as in SrI vishNu sahasranAmam \u201cbhEshajam bhishak<\/em>\u201d (he is both the medicine and the physician) instead of attaining other deities.<\/p>\n How can it be said that he knows this body which is apt to be given up and the body which is apt to be taken up [to attain SrIvaikuNtam]?<\/p>\n thAnEzhulagukkum thanmaikkum thanmaiyanE<\/strong> \u2013 he is the indwelling soul for all the worlds. Who else, apart from him, would know the disease, the patient and the medicine?<\/p>\n thAnEzhulagukkum thanmaikkum thanmaiyanE<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> who is prakruthi SarIra viSishtabhUthan<\/em> (one who is conjoined with primordial matter, he being its indwelling soul and the primordial matter forming a part of his body), is the repository for mahAn<\/em> (great matter), ahankAram<\/em> (ego matter) and panchabhUtham<\/em> (five elements of ether, wind, fire, water and earth); thus he is the causative entity for the seven resultant factors. He is also the repository for the five causative factors for these five elements, namely Sabdha, sparSa, rUpa<\/em>, rasa and gandha<\/em> (sound, feel, form, taste and smell respectively). thanmai<\/em> is \u2018thanmAthrai\u2019 viz. subtle element. In other words, the previous state for each of the five elements, which is the respective subtle or rudimentary element. Thus, for example, for sky, the subtle element is sound and the quality of sky will be implicitly held in sound; the same is true for the other four elements too. There are huge differences between the quality and subtle element. The subtle elements will be matter and be the causative factors for each of the five elements. Quality is not like this. The meaning for thAnEzhulagukkum ….. thanmaiyanE<\/em> is that he is the causative entity for all the mutually causative and effective (resultant) entities. The word Ezhulagu<\/em> refers to the resultant factors of five elements, mahAn<\/em> and ahankAram<\/em>.<\/p>\n Alternatively, thAnEzhulugakkum thanmaikkum thanmaiyanE<\/strong> \u2013 Ezhulagu <\/em>would mean the seven upper worlds of bhU:, bhuva:, suva: etc up to sathya lOkam and the seven lower worlds of athala, vithala, suthala etc down to pAthAla lOkam with all the sentient and insentient entities living in these worlds. The word thanmaikkum<\/em> would refer to the qualities of the insentient entities such as Sabdha, sparSa etc [seen previously] and the qualities of sentient entities. Thus, emperumAn<\/a> is the substrate for all the sentient and insentient entities and their qualities. When they (the worlds and the entities living in them) are his attributes, there is no difference between the guNa<\/em> (qualities) and the guNi <\/em>(one who or which has the qualities). If the text is than vaikkum thanmaiyanE<\/em> it would mean that he has the seven worlds within himself as a natural phenomenon.<\/p>\n If asked whether emperumAn protects us ……<\/p>\n kuzhaviyAy mInAy uyiraLikkum viththu<\/strong> \u2013 is there any protection that he has not given us? During deluge, he kept us in his stomach and protected us. As mercifully mentioned by parASara bhattar<\/a> (son of kUraththAzhwAn<\/a> and disciple of embAr<\/a>) in SrI rangarAja sthavam 2-60 \u201cmInathanus thvam nAvi nidhAya sthiracharaparikaramanu manubhagavAn<\/em> I vEdhasanAbi svOkthi vinOdhai ragalithalaya bhayalavamamumavaha:<\/em> II\u201d (Oh emperumAn<\/a>! Taking the form of a fish, you kept representatives of animal and plant species in a boat, near manu (a King) and with the strange words of vEdhas you protected them without any danger from deluge), during deluge, emperumAn took representatives of animal and plant species along with their leader manu on a boat with his will and, taking the form of a fish, navigated the boat to safety from deluge and protected them. In the same way, he returned the vEdhas which are like eyes for brahmA, to brahmA and aided him in the act of creation. In this manner, he acted like a fish and gave life to species.<\/p>\n viththu<\/strong> \u2013 apart from these, as mentioned by chAndhOgya upanishath 6-2-1 \u201csadhEva sOmya<\/em>\u201d he remained as the causative, materialistic and accessorial reason for all of us.<\/p>\n We will take up the 23rd<\/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 With the joy of experiencing the beauty of narasimha, AzhwAr thinks that some people are missing out on this great experience and instructs them \u201cuplift yourselves by worshipping this beautiful form of emperumAn\u201d. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n pazhagiyAn thALE\u00a0 paNimin kuzhaviyAyth<\/em>
\n thAnEzh ulagukkum thanmaikkum thanmaiyanE<\/em>
\n mInAy uyiraLikkum viththu<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nEzh ulagukkum \u2013 for the seven worlds
\nthanmaikkum \u2013 qualities (such as rUpa, rasa, gandha etc (form, taste, smell etc) of the five senses)
\nthanmaiyan \u2013 being the repository
\nkuzhavi Ay \u2013 being in the form of an infant (during praLaya, deluge)
\nmIn Ay \u2013 being in the form of fish (at some point of time)
\nuyir aLikkum \u2013 one who protects the souls
\nthAnE \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> himself
\nari uruvan \u2013 has the form of narasimha (lion face and human body)
\nthAnE azhagiyAn \u2013 he himself is the boundary for beauty
\npazhagiyAn \u2013 that emperumAn, who is there from time immemorial, his
\nthALE \u2013 divine feet
\npaNimin – attain<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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