<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n It is not that we do not know that emperumAn<\/a> protected us during the time of worldly deluge. AzhwAr<\/a> feels sad not only for this but also for the fact that we do not know till date the charama SlOka (ultimate verse) that emperumAn gave us when he tried to lift us from the deluge of samsAram (materialistic realm).<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n sEyan aNiyan siRiyan migapperiyan<\/em> sEyan \u2013 being at a far away distance sEyan<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> is at such a far away distance that brahmA, rudhra et al would not know about him. Did not brahmA say in SrI vishNu purANam 1-9-55 \u201cyanna dhEvO na munayO na chAham na cha Sankara: <\/em>I jAnanthi paramESasya thath vishNO: paramam padham<\/em> II\u201d (dhEvas (celestial entities), munis (sages), I (brahmA), rudhra do not know the superior nature of that paramESvara (supreme being) vishNu) and in mahAbhAratham mOksha parvam \u201cna sa Sakyas thvayA dhrashtum mayAnyair vApi saththama<\/em> I sarvEshAm sAkshibhUthO\u2019sau na\u00a0 grAhya kEnachith kvachith<\/em> II\u201d (Oh child, rudhra! That emperumAn is not capable of being seen by you, me or anyone else. Even though he sees everyone, he cannot be seen by anyone at any time)! emperumAn himself has said in varAha purANam \u201cadhyApi mAm na jAnanthi rudhrEndhrAs sapithAmahA:<\/em>\u201d (rudhra and indhra, along with brahmA, do not know me even today) and in SrI bhagavath gIthA 7.25<\/a> \u201cnAham prakASa: sarvasya<\/em>\u201d (I do not manifest to anyone)! This same meaning has been brought out by SrI vishNu dharmam SlOkam \u201cna yasya rUpam na balaprabhAvau na cha svabhAva: paramasya pumsa: <\/em>\u00a0I vigyAyathE SarvapithAmahAdhyais tham vAsudhEvam praNamAmyachinthyam<\/em> II\u201d (I bow down to that supreme being vAsudhEva whose divine form, greatness of strength and qualities are not known by brahmA, rudhra et al). bahvrucha Sruthi also said \u201cna thE vishnO jAyamANO na jAthO dhEva mahimna: paramanthamApa<\/em>\u201d (Oh vishNu! No one who has been born earlier or is going to be born in future, knows the outer limit of your greatness).<\/p>\n What is the reason for not being known?<\/p>\n migapperiyan<\/strong> \u2013 one who has humongous form, nature, qualities, wealth etc.\u00a0 He is so huge that vEdhas, which had set out to measure him, returned without completing the task as mentioned in thaiththirIya upanishath \u201cyathO vAchO nivarthanthE aprApya manasA saha<\/em>\u201d (whichever words with mind returned without attaining supreme being…)<\/p>\n aNiyan<\/strong> \u2013 he will be close at hand for those who have just a little bit of desire to see him.<\/p>\n sEyan \u2013 aNiyan<\/strong> \u2013 he is very far away from people such as dhuryOdhana and those who attempt on their own to see him. He is close at hand for people such as yaSOdhA and those who look up to him. Hasn\u2019t nammAzhwAr mercifully said in his thiruvAimozhi 1-3-4<\/a> \u201cyArumOr nilaimaiyan ena aRivariya emperumAn yArumOr nilaimaiyan ena aRivu eLiya emperumAn<\/em>\u201d (for those who attempt on their own, emperumAn<\/a> is difficult to be estimated; for those who attain him through his grace, he is simple to be estimated)!<\/p>\n How is he so close at hand for the favourable ones?<\/p>\n siRiyan<\/strong> \u2013 since he is born below the levels of his followers, due to his desire, he manifests himself as a very simple entity.<\/p>\n sEyan aNiyan siRiyan migapperiyan<\/strong> \u2013 ALavandhAr<\/a>, one of the preceptors in the lineage of our AchArya gurupamparai, combined these four divine names in this SlOka from sthOthra rathnam \u201cnamO namO vAngmanasAdhi bhUmayE namO namO vAngmanasaika bhUmayE<\/em> I namO namO\u2019nantha mahAvibhUthayE namO namO\u2019nantha dhayaika sindhavE <\/em>\u00a0II\u201d(salutations to you, who are difficult to attain for the words and minds of those who attempt to attain you on their own; salutations to you who are easy to attain for the words and minds of those who see you due to your grace; salutations to you who are having unlimited, huge wealth; salutations to you who are like an ocean of mercy). Since mercy is the reason for his incarnation as vAmana (dwarf), ALavandhAr is calling emperumAn<\/a> as anantha dhayaika\u00a0 sindhavE<\/em> .<\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> gives an example for emperumAn\u2019s quality of easy approachability..<\/p>\n Ayan<\/strong> \u2013 herdsman who cannot distinguish between his right hand and left hand (he is such ignorant)<\/p>\n thuvaraikkOnAy ninRa mAyan<\/strong> \u2013 leaving aside his role as head of both vibhUthis (material and spiritual realms), he stood as the head of dhwArakA.<\/p>\n mAyan<\/strong> \u2013 one with amazing activities. Apart from being easily approachable by favourable entities, he earned the ill-fame of \u201chiding in dhwArakA from the lowly jarAsandha after losing to him\u201d only because he wanted to help his favourable person bhIma to kill jarAsandha.<\/p>\n periyavAchchAn piLLai, one of the commentators for this prabandham said that Ayan thuvaraikkOnAy ninRa mAyan<\/em> is the explanation for the terms aNiyan siRiyan<\/em> while another commentator, appiLLai considered the term Ayan<\/em> as the explanation for aNiyan siRiyan<\/em>\u00a0and the words thuvaraikkOnAy ninRa mAyan<\/em>\u00a0as the explanation for the words sEyan periyan<\/em>. As an example for these two, he says that emperumAn<\/a> had the simplicity of being born in the clan of herdsmen and, having the greatness of being the controller of dhwArakA, he took multitudinous forms in order to dance with ten thousand women, thus exhibiting his amazing activity.<\/p>\n mAyan anRu Odhiya vAkkadhanaik kallAr<\/strong> \u2013 those who did not learn the true words which krishNa recited at the beginning of mahAbhAratha war. Those who did not learn through their AchAryan (teacher) the charama SlOkam (ultimate hymn) as said in SrI bhagavath gIthA 18-66<\/a> \u201csarva dharmAn parithyajya mAmEkam SaraNam vraja<\/em> I aham thvA sarva pApEbhyO mOkshayishyAmi mA sucha:<\/em> II\u201d (giving up all righteous activities along with their traces, attain me (who is having qualities such as easily approachable etc) as the means. I (who am having qualities of knowledge and power) will liberate you from all hurdles.\u00a0 Do not grieve).<\/p>\n aNiyan siRiyan Odhiya vAkku<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr<\/a> explains the qualities of easy to approach etc, as mentioned in the term mAm<\/em>.<\/p>\n sEyan periyAn Odhiya vAkku<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr explains the qualities of knowledge, power etc as mentioned in the term aham<\/em>.<\/p>\n thuvarikkOn<\/strong> \u2013 this explains that he is the swAmy (lord).<\/p>\n mAyan<\/strong> \u2013 without distinguishing between his qualities of saulabhyam<\/em> etc and his qualities of gyAna, Sakthi<\/em> etc.<\/p>\n kallAr ulagaththil<\/strong> \u2013 is it that only one or two persons in this world do not know charama SlOkam<\/em>? AzhwAr<\/a> says that most of the people do not know the meanings of charama SlOkam<\/em>.<\/p>\n What is the reason for not learning this?<\/p>\n mey gyAnam il<\/strong> \u2013 the reason for not learning this is the absence of true knowledge about thathva (knowledge about sentient, insentient and ISvara entities), hitha (knowledge about the means to attain emperumAn), and purushArtha <\/em>(knowledge about the goal to be enjoyed after attaining emperumAn\u2019s divine feet). What is the reason for not having this knowledge?<\/p>\n EdhilarAm<\/strong> \u2013 being haters of emperumAn<\/a>.\u00a0 Edhilar <\/em>\u00a0\u2013 enemies. As mentioned by emperumAn himself in SrI bhagavath gIthA 16.19<\/a> \u201cthAnaham dhvishatha: krUrAn samsArEshu narAdhamAn <\/em>I kshipAmyajasram aSubhAn AsurishvEva yOnishu<\/em> II \u201d (I push those who hate me, who are cruel and the lowliest among men into samsAram<\/em>, and there too, in the clan of demons) and in \u201cAgyAchchEdhI mama dhvEshi<\/em>\u201d (one who crosses my order is one who hates me), emperumAn considers in his cool mind that these people are his haters. As mentioned in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 106-6 \u201cSathrO: prakyAtha vIryasya<\/em>\u201d he makes them declare that he (<\/em>emperumAn) is their enemy<\/em>.<\/p>\n We will take up the 72nd<\/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> 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 It is not that we do not know that emperumAn protected us during the time of worldly deluge. 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\nAyan thuvaraikkOnAy ninRa mAyan anRu<\/em>
\nOdhiya vAkkadhanaik kallAr<\/em>
\nEdhilarAm mey gyAnamil<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nmigap periyan \u2013 being huge
\nsiRiyan \u2013 incarnating in lowly forms (lower than samsAris)
\naNiyan \u2013 being very easy to approach
\nAyan \u2013 being born in the clan of herdsmen
\nthuvarai kOnAy ninRa \u2013 having the greatness of being the head of dhwArakApuri (dhwArka, in present day Gujarat State)
\nmAyan \u2013 emperumAn<\/a>
\nanRu \u2013 during that time (when mahAbhAratha war was fought)
\nOdhiya \u2013 mercifully said (on the seat of his chariot, to arjuna)
\nvAkku adhanai \u2013 that divine word (of charama SlOkam)
\nulagaththil \u2013 in this world
\nkallAr \u2013 not having learnt
\nmey gyAnam il \u2013 without having the inclination for true knowledge
\nEdhilar Am \u2013 are inimical towards emperumAn<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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