<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n emperumAn<\/a>, though knowing the steadfastness of AzhwAr<\/a> [in emperumAn], wanted to hear this from AzhwAr himself. Hence he asks him \u201cWe hear that there are other deities too who carry out deeds for the sake of their followers. You could attain them\u201d. AzhwAr responds saying \u201crudhra is the witness for the fact that I do not worship other deities and that they are not capable of granting mOksham\u201d.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n maRRuth thozhuvAr oruvarum yAn inmai<\/em> kadalvaNNA \u2013 Oh emperumAn who has the complexion of an ocean! maRRuththozhuvAr oruvaraiyum yAninmai kaRRaichchadaiyAn karikkaNdAy<\/strong> \u2013 Siva is the witness for the fact that I do not worship any other deity.<\/p>\n kaRRaich chadaiyAn<\/strong> \u2013 the witness is rudhra who has matted hair, which is indicative of the fact that knowledgeable people will not attain him as a supreme being and that he will go in search of ignorant people and make them worship him.<\/p>\n kaRRaichchadaiyAn karikkaNdAy<\/strong> \u2013 it is not unknown to you (emperumAn<\/a>), the omniscient. If at all you need a witness for it, you can ask your grandson rudhra [emperumAn created brahmA, who becomes his son, and brahmA created rudhra who becomes his son, thus rudhra is emperumAn\u2019s grandson]. kari \u2013 witness; one who saw in person.<\/p>\n It can be said that AzhwAr<\/a> reminisces an incident that occurred in his life. One day he was sitting in thirumazhisai<\/a>, meditating on emperumAn<\/a>, when rudhra, along with his consort pArvathi, was going atop his vehicle, bull, in the skies. Looking at thirumazhisai AzhwAr pArvathi asked rudhra as to who he was. rudhra said that it is thirumazhisai AzhwAr who had left their philosophy and gone over to SrIman nArAyaNa. pArvathi said that in that case they should grant him their dharSan (audience) and boon. They thus descended to earth and appeared in front of AzhwAr. After looking at them, AzhwAr did not bother and started sewing a torn cloth. Siva asked him \u201cI came to shower our mercy on you. Why are you indifferent?\u201d. AzhwAr responded \u201cThere is nothing that you can do for me. Hence I am not bothered\u201d. rudhra continued saying \u201cour coming here should not go waste. We have to grant you something. Hence, ask for whatever you want\u201d. AzhwAr said \u201cIn that case, grant me mOksham\u201d. rudhra said \u201cmOksham can be granted only by SrIman nArAyaNa. Hence ask for something else\u201d. AzhwAr said \u201cIn that case, grant me a long life so that I can stay on in this earth for a long time, carrying out penance towards SrIman nArAyaNa and attaining mOksham\u201d. rudhra said \u201cLong life is dependent on your karma (past deeds). I cannot grant that. Ask for something else\u201d to which AzhwAr<\/a> responded with a derisive smile \u201cgrant me a boon that the thread will come behind this needle when I sew this cloth\u201d. On hearing this, Siva became very angry and vowed \u201cI will make this egoistic person to lose his form and burn him\u201d, opening his third eye in the forehead. Fire started spitting from his third eye. thirumazhisai AzhwAr opened his third eye which was below the big toe on his right foot and the fire emanating from his third eye started putting out the fire from rudhra\u2019s third eye. rudhra unlocked dark clouds from his matted hair so that they will put out the fire created by AzhwAr. Despite a deluge like appearance, nothing else happened, with AzhwAr, not bothered about anything, carrying on with his meditation. Looking at this, rudhra was amazed, gave AzhwAr the title of bhakthisArar <\/em>(essence of bhakthi), praised AzhwAr and returned to his place. Reminiscing all these, AzhwAr said kaRRaichchadaiyAn karikkaNdAy<\/em>.<\/p>\n emperumAn<\/a> asks AzhwAr \u201cWhat should I do for your having total devotion towards me?\u201d . . .<\/p>\n eRRaikkum kaNdukoL kaNdAy kadal vaNNa yAnunnaik kaNdu koLkiRkumARu<\/strong> \u2013 all that I want is that I should be like this, without any contact with other deities and being totally devoted to you.<\/p>\n eRRaikkum<\/strong> \u2013 it is not only in this birth, but in all the births hereafter, I should be\u00a0 totally devoted to you, and not worship anyone else even by mistake.<\/p>\n eRRaikkum yAnunnaik kaNdukoL kiRkumARu kaNdukoL<\/strong> \u2013 Just as it is mercifully mentioned in jithanthE SlOkam 12 \u201cdhurgathAvapi jAthAyAm thvadh gathE mE manOratha:<\/em> I yadhi nASam na vindhEtha thAvathAsmi kruthI sadhA<\/em> II\u201d (even if my focus towards you goes into a very low level, if it is not destroyed totally, I will be very much thankful to you) and in jithanthE SlOkam 13 \u201cna kAma kalusham chiththam mama thE padhayO: sthitham<\/em> I kAmayE vaishNavam thu sarvajanmasu kEvalam\u00a0 <\/em>II \u201d (my mind which is engaged with your divine feet is not disturbed by desire in other matters. I desire only for the quality of being a vaishNavan in all births), I desire only this benefit of not forgetting you ever and being your follower forever. There is no compulsion to grant me mOksham.<\/p>\n eRRaikkum kaNdukoLkiRkumARu<\/strong> \u2013 if I get to see you here itself what nithyasUris see in SrIvaikuNtam \u201csadhA paSyanthi<\/em>\u201d (constantly seeing), what is the compulsion to go there?<\/p>\n kadalvaNNA kaNdukoL<\/strong> \u2013 you [emperumAn<\/a>] who are capable of removing all the hurdles, and who showed your divine form and created unwavering devotion towards you, should establish this quality of being totally dedicated towards you.<\/p>\n We will take up the 27th<\/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 emperumAn, though knowing the steadfastness of AzhwAr [in emperumAn], wanted to hear this from AzhwAr himself. Hence he asks him \u201cWe hear that there are other deities too who carry out deeds for the sake of their followers. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n kaRRaichchadaiyAn karikkaNdAy eRRaikkum<\/em>
\n kaNdukoL kaNdAy kadalvaNNA yAnunnaik<\/em>
\n kaNdukoLkiRkumARu<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nyAn thozhuvAr maRRu oruvaraiyum inmai \u2013 there is none in the matter of my attaining any deity (other than you)
\nkaRRuchchadaiyAn \u2013 rudhra who has matted hair
\nkarik kaNdAy \u2013 see that he is the witness
\nyAn \u2013 this servitor (me) who worships only you
\nunnai \u2013 you
\neRRaikkum \u2013 forever
\nkaNdukoLkiRkum ARu \u2013 to keep on worshipping you
\nkaNdu koL \u2013 you have to bless me.<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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