Previous section<\/a><\/p>\n 1-2-3 ] 4 – 5 – 6-7<\/p>\n neRi muRai nAl<\/span> vagai varuNamum Ayinai<\/strong> Word by word meaning<\/strong><\/p>\n nAl vagai varuNamum Ayinai<\/em> \u2013 You control all four varNas (category of births) Simple meaning<\/strong><\/p>\n After talking in the previous phrase about yOga nidhrA (aRi thuyil – meditation) for protecting, it now talks about how He protects us, lets us be.<\/p>\n He created the four varNas and required them to follow the ways set for them, for worshiping Him.\u00a0 He does not like to be worshiped in other ways by the respective people of the varNas. The varNas can be said as He himself.<\/p>\n He let the AthmAs set into the body that is made of the five elements, and lets us think that we are human, dhEva, etc.\u00a0 He is the antharyAmi in these elements. Thus He protects us as He lets us be, and helps worship Him.<\/p>\n The above is common to every being, and thirumangai Azhwar<\/a> mentions a special and specific case next – as how He crushed the bulls that prevented Him from getting nappinnai pirAtti who is beautiful, that bees would buzz around her hair that is having honey, flowers;<\/p>\n Azhwar<\/a> wishes that emperumAn <\/a>would remove the hindrances that prevent Him from getting Azhwar<\/a> too.<\/p>\n vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n After talking in the previous phrase about yOga nidhrA (aRi thuyil) for protecting, it now talks about how He protects us.<\/p>\n neRi muRai nAl vagai varuNamum Ayinai<\/em> \u2013 You are the four varNas (brAhmaNa, kshathriya, vaishya, and shUdhra) who conduct themselves within the respective limits set by the sAsthras. Says that these four varNas are under your control. Since you gave these four varNas to the AthmAs, and since you are the target of the conduct\/worship of these varNas according to their ways, it can be said that \u2018You are the four varNas\u2019, is the opinion.<\/p>\n \u2018aham hi sarva yagyAnAm bhOkthA cha praBhurEva cha<\/em>\u2019 [gIthA \u2013 9-24] (I am the one who enjoys all the yagyas (that are performed for me); I am the benefactor who gives benefits for them), and<\/p>\n \u201cvarNAshrama AchArvathA purushENa para: pumAn | vishNur ArADhayathE panthA nAnyas thaththOshakAraka: ||<\/em>\u201d [vishNu purANam 3-8-9] (vishNu is worshiped only by those men who live according to the dharma of their varNAshramam; He does not get happiness when done in other ways), and<\/p>\n \u201cchAthur varNyam mayA srushtam\u201d [gItha 4-13] <\/em>(all the four varNas are created by me)<\/p>\n \u2013 these are the meanings of what sAsthras have provided, isn’t it?<\/p>\n ——<\/p>\n mEthagum aimperum pUthamum nIyE <\/em>\u2013 The elements of the body into which AthmAs enter and get set \u2013 earth, water, fire, air, space – all these grand elements are You only. That is, they are controlled by You.<\/p>\n mEthagu \u2013 enter and settled well into; that is, as said in \u2018yAdhAnum Or Akkaiyil pukku angu AppuNdum\u201d<\/em> [thiruviruththam 95] \u2013 the AthmAs enter the bodies of dhEvas, humans, etc., and they get set into them to the extent of making them think \u201cdhEvOham manushyOham\u201d <\/em>(I am a dhEva, I am a human), and they become eligible to follow the karmAs according to those bodies they entered into.<\/p>\n Saying \u201cnAlvagai varuNamum Ayinai; aim perum pUthamum nIyE\u201d , Azhwar<\/a> shows the meaning, <\/em>\u201cfor my body and its ways, the existence, being, and activities (saththA, sthithi, pravruththi) are under your control, so is there anyone to protect me other than You?\u201d<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n In yOga nidhrA, emperumAn<\/a> thought of the protection of beings, and the previous phrase talked about the common aspects of creation, existence, etc. Now it talks about a special case of Him protecting nappinnai pirAtti.<\/p>\n aRupadha muralum kUndhal \u2013 <\/em>bees, which have six legs, are buzzing around and settling into the hair of nappinnai pirAtti, for the sumptuous honey ; for the reason of getting such a nappinnai..<\/p>\n Ezh vidai adangach cheRRanai<\/em> \u2013 without missing any of the sever bulls you crushed their necks and killed; the bulls which were preventing you from hugging such a pirAtti;<\/p>\n By this, \u201cLike how you removed the hindrances for getting nappinnai pirAtti, please grace me and remove the hindrances that prevent You <\/strong>from getting<\/strong> me\u201d <\/strong>is the idea that thirumangai AzhwAr<\/a> shows in this phrase.<\/p>\n – – – – – – –<\/p>\n Translation by raghuram srInivAsa dAsan<\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImath varavaramunayE nama: Full series Previous section 1-2-3 ] 4 – 5 – 6-7 neRi muRai nAl vagai varuNamum Ayinai — methagum aimperum pUthamum nIyE –— aRupadham muralum kUndhal kAraNam Ezhvidai adangach cheRRanai kaNNan fighting the seven bulls to get nappinnai pirAtti Word by word meaning nAl vagai … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,56],"tags":[83,157,160,208,210,220,258,265,266,274,316,360,373,374,492,590,629,630,703],"class_list":["post-2997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iyarpa","category-thiruvezhukurrirukkai","tag-83","tag-azhvar","tag-azhwar","tag-dhivya","tag-divya","tag-english","tag-introduction","tag-jeeyar","tag-jiyar","tag-kaliyan","tag-kutrirukkai","tag-meanings","tag-naalayira","tag-naalayiram","tag-prabandham","tag-thirumangai","tag-thiruvezhikurrirukkai","tag-thiruvezhu","tag-vyakyanam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n—<\/strong>
\nmethagum ai<\/span>mperum pUthamum nIyE<\/strong>
\n–—<\/strong>
\naRu<\/span>padham muralum kUndhal kAraNam<\/strong>
\nEzh<\/span>vidai adangach cheRRanai<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"7bulls\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/7bulls.gif\")
<\/a>kaNNan fighting the seven bulls to get nappinnai pirAtti<\/em><\/p>\n
\nneRi muRai<\/em> \u2013 who conduct themselves according to sAsthra
\n—
\nmE thagum ai perum pUthamum nIyE<\/em> \u2013 You are the antharyAmi of all the five elements (bhUthams) into which AthmAs can enter into and get set into them.
\n—
\naRupadham muralum kUndhal kAraNam<\/em> \u2013 For nappinnai pirAtti to whose hair the bees (six legs) come buzzing (for enjoying the honey),
\nEzh vidai<\/em> \u2013 the seven bulls
\nadanga cheRRanai<\/em> \u2013 (which you) crushed them together<\/p>\n
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