{"id":23814,"date":"2019-01-07T23:55:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T23:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=23814"},"modified":"2019-01-07T23:55:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T23:55:26","slug":"periya-thiruvandhadhi-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/01\/periya-thiruvandhadhi-56\/","title":{"rendered":"periya thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 56 &#8211; varavARu onRillaiyAl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/periya-thiruvandhadhi\/\">Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/01\/periya-thiruvandhadhi-55\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/krishna-bhagwat-gita.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2067\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/krishna-bhagwat-gita.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/krishna-bhagwat-gita.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/krishna-bhagwat-gita-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/krishna-bhagwat-gita-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/krishna-bhagwat-gita-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/krishna-bhagwat-gita-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>avathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When asked \u201cHow is it that one, who is very difficult to approach for everyone, is such simple for you to approach? \u201c <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nammazhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> says \u201cI too do not know [the reason for that]\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n<p><em>varavARu onRillaiyAl vAzhvu inidhaL ellE<\/em><br \/><em>oruvARu oruvan pugAvARu urumARum<\/em><br \/><em>AyavardhAm sEyavardhAm anRulagam thAyavardhAm<\/em><br \/><em>mAyavardhAm kAttum vazhi<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>oru ARu \u2013 in any means<\/p>\n<p>oruvan \u2013 any <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/06\/thathva-thrayam-chith-who-am-i\/\">jIvAthmA (sentient entity)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pugAvARu \u2013 not allowing to enter<\/p>\n<p>uru mARum \u2013 transforming his basic nature and qualities<\/p>\n<p>Ayavar thAm \u2013 as krishNa who was born in the clan of cowherds<\/p>\n<p>sEyavar thAm \u2013 being at a far away distance (for dhuriyOdhana et al)<\/p>\n<p>anRu \u2013 at one point in time<\/p>\n<p>ulagam thAyavar thAm \u2013 one who measured all the worlds<\/p>\n<p>mAyavar thAm \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> who is an amazing entity<\/p>\n<p>kAttum vazhi \u2013 the means that he showed<\/p>\n<p>vara ARu \u2013 the way it came<\/p>\n<p>onRu illaiyAl \u2013 nothing is manifesting<\/p>\n<p>vAzhvu indhAl \u2013 (our) life is very sweet<\/p>\n<p>ellE \u2013 how amazing is this!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>varavARu onRu illaiyAl<\/strong> \u2013 there is no means that I have for <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> to come on his own and take residence in my mind.<\/p>\n<p>If no activity had been performed as means, would the benefit be small? <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nammazhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> responds\u00a0 . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>vAzhvu inidhAl<\/strong> \u2013 the benefit is very huge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ellE<\/strong> \u2013 how amazing is this!<\/p>\n<p><strong>oru ARu oruvan pugAvARu urumARum<\/strong> \u2013 the implication is that <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> keeps taking incarnations by transforming his nature, his divine form and his qualities so that one (jIvAthmA) need not analyse whether he has any means for attaining the benefit and without the jIvAthmA having to enter any means. Did emperumAn not say in charama SlOkam (<a href=\"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-66\/\">SrI bhagavath gIthA 18.66<\/a>) to leave aside all means and to attain only him! The opinion here is that while his followers pANdavas enjoyed the end benefits, emperumAn observed the means of going [to dhuriyOdhana] as their messenger, driving [arjuna\u2019s] chariot, taking the arrows on his chest [during the war] etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ayavar thAm sEyavar thAm<\/strong> \u2013 kaNNa (krishNa) who told arjuna to attain him, remained as his charioteer while at the same time he made dhuriyOdhana et al fall as prey for arjuna\u2019s arrows and remained very far from them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>anRu ulagam thAyavar thAm<\/strong> \u2013 while he could be very far from those who do not have affection for him, he could measure the worlds, when he decides, and become very close to everyone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>mAyavar thAm kAttum vazhi<\/strong> \u2013 the means shown by <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> who has amazing nature, divine form, qualities etc. This should be added to the verse <em>varavARu onRillaiyAl vAzhvinidhAl<\/em> to get the apt meaning.<\/p>\n<p>We will move on to the 57<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram next.<\/p>\n<p>adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>pramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>pramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>SrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series &lt;&lt; Previous avathArikai When asked \u201cHow is it that one, who is very difficult to approach for everyone, is such simple for you to approach? \u201c AzhwAr says \u201cI too do not know [the reason for that]\u201d. Let us go through the pAsuram &#8230; <a title=\"periya thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 56 &#8211; varavARu onRillaiyAl\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/01\/periya-thiruvandhadhi-56\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about periya thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 56 &#8211; varavARu onRillaiyAl\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iyarpa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}