SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n
Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n Previous<\/a><\/p>\n avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n Some people asked AzhwAr \u201cYou say that sarvESvaran is not an entity who could be attained as per our wish. Is it not possible to know about him?\u201d He responds saying \u201cIt is not that way. With his mercy, we could know about him\u201d.<\/p>\n Let us go thorugh the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n niRam uyar kOlamum pErum uruvum ivai ivai enRu Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n niRam<\/em> \u2013 due to the beauty (of the divine form) Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n People who are firmly established in the path of righteousness may instruct about the decorations, divine names, auspicious divine forms etc which had attained greatness due to emperumAn\u2019s beauty. However, it cannot be said that they have splendorous knowledge about emperumAn\u2019s beauty etc. They have not attempted to describe fully his incomparable greatness in any way.<\/p>\n vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n niRam . . . <\/strong>\u2013 beauty is what one gets as existence after holding on to sarvESvaran. vyAkyAthA narrates about what hanuman said after looking at SrI rAma\u2019s beauty and becoming subservient to him. SrI rAma and lakshmaNa, searching for sIthAppirAtti, had approached the place where sugrIva and others were hiding. sugrIva was worried that they could be inimical people and sent hanuman to find out about them. hanuman came to their place, saw them, and forgetting his primary task, started singing paens on them, as mentioned in SrI rAmAyaNam kishkindhA kANdam 3-14 \u201csimhas skandhau mahOthsAhau samadhau ivagOvrishau AyathAScha suvruthASha bhAhava: parighOpamA:<\/em>\u201d (lion-shouldered, full of fortitude, vigorous like bulls, lengthy and circular shoulders, looking similar to clubs). sarvESvaran is that beautiful. hanuman realised that on merely seeing them, the purpose for which he came had become successful [to befriend sugrIva and help him in getting back his wife and kingdom]. AyathA: AjAnubhAhu<\/em> \u2013 SrI rAma\u2019s divine arms came down to his knees and extended further beyond. hanuman found that both SrI rAma and lakshmaNa, who is referred to as in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 28-24 \u201crAmasya dhakshiNObhAhu<\/em>\u201d (right hand of SrI rAma) had not decorated themselves with any ornament. He continues, as in SrI rAmAyaNam kishkindhA kANdam 3-15 \u201csarvabhUshaNa bhUshArhA: kim artham na vibhUshithA:<\/em>\u201d (while your physique is fit for being decorated with all ornaments, why have you not decorated with any ornament?) Why have you not worn the ornaments which have lost their beauty (since they are not decorating you)? Some kings would take a vow that they would not drink milk or eat betel leaves until they won over a particular king. Have you too taken a vow that you will not wear ornaments until you annihilate the enemies of sages in forests? Or are you not wearing ornaments thinking that you could attract monkeys roaming in the forest such as me with your external beauty?<\/p>\n pErum<\/strong> \u2013 he has divine names, befitting this beauty, such as mentioned in thiruvAimozhi 7-3-10 \u201cmagaranedum kuzhaikkAdhar<\/em>\u201d (one who has ears similar to long fish).\u00a0 The vyAkyAthA narrates a few incidents from the lives of our pUrvAchAryars (preceptors). thirumalai nambi, the son of periya thirumalai nambi (who was bhagavath rAmAnuja\u2019s AchArya) was in his final days. He called kaNiyanUr siRiyAththAn, the disciple of parASara bhattar, and asked him \u201cCould you tell me the divine name which parASara bhattar used to constantly meditate on, as his refuge?\u201d siRiyAththAn hesitated since he wasn\u2019t sure about the specific divine name which he should recount. thirumalai nambi egged him on, saying \u201cdhASarathy! This is not the time to keep quiet.\u201d Immediately, siRiyAththAn responded saying \u201cHe used to recount many divine names, including nArAyaNan. However, the one divine name in which he was much engaged with is azhagiya maNavALapperumAL<\/em>\u201d Hearing this, thirumalai nambi said \u201cInstead of saying namperumAL, he has said azhagiya maNavALapperumAL<\/em>, just like a dharmapathni<\/em> (wife who walks in the path of righteousness) refers to her husband. In any case, other than this divine name which bhattar used to meditate on, there is no refuge for adiyEn\u201d and reiciting \u201cazhayagiyamaNavALapperumALE SaraNam”<\/em> (I take refuge under azhagiya maNavALapperumAL) he breathed his last and ascended to paramapadham. Another preceptor, Achchimagan, disciple of parASara bhattar, was lying unconsciously, in his final days. bhattar went to his house and recited in his ears \u201cazhayagiyamaNavALapperumALE SaraNam<\/em>\u201d. On hearing this, previous memories came flooding to Achchimagan; he recited the same and ascended to paramapadham.<\/p>\n uruvum<\/strong> \u2013 it is not only the divine name, even the auspicious divine form has similar effect, says the vyAkyAthA. ALavandhAr\u2019s son, sottai nambi, was in his last days. His disciples came to see him and asked of him \u201cWhat are you constantly thinking about?\u201d sottai nambi said \u201cI will go to SrI vaikuNtam and have dharSan of (audience with) SrI vaikuNtanAthan. If his divine face is not as cool as namperumAL\u2019s, I will pierce through SrIvaikuNtam and come back running to namperumAL\u201d. Once, parASara bhattar was near namperumAL who had mercifully come for taking thirumanjanam<\/em> (divine bath). namperumAL asked him \u201cWhat do you wish to have?\u201d bhattar said \u201cYou should remove your divine vasthram<\/em> (dress) and show your divine thigh\u201d. There was belief that if one were to have EkAntha sEvai<\/em> (having dharSan of namperumAL in private), he would ascend to paramapadham. On hearing this, namperumAL asked him \u201cAre you worried whether you would get such a benefit?\u201d bhattar responded saying \u201cnAyanthE<\/em> (my swAmy (lord))! We are not worried about that. We are worried that we might lose your cool divine face and the beauty of the scar of kasthUri thilakam<\/em> (divine mark applied on namperumAL) [i.e. We may not see these in paramapadham]\u201d<\/p>\n uruvum<\/strong> \u2013 divine form.<\/p>\n ivai ivai enRu<\/strong> \u2013 saying in amazement, \u201cThis is such a decoration! This is such a divine name! This is such a beauty!\u201d<\/p>\n aRamuyal<\/strong> \u2013 those who are constantly engaged with the path of righteousness<\/p>\n gyAnachchamayigaL<\/strong> \u2013 those who constantly meditate on dhaharavidhyA, chAndilyavidhyA, sathvidhyA<\/em> etc (these are different modes mentioned in upanishaths for meditating on sarvESvaran); due to that devotion and affection, they will focus on any one alone, such as beauty or divine name or divine auspicious form etc, not going to the others.<\/p>\n pEsilum<\/strong> \u2013 experiencing only one mode this way, and even if they narrate about it<\/p>\n angangellAm<\/strong> \u2013 among those decoration, divine name, divine form etc<\/p>\n uRa<\/strong> \u2013 what they had attained<\/p>\n uyar gyAnachchudar viLakkAy ninRadhanRi<\/strong> \u2013 they will get distinguished knowledge about that one mode alone. Apart from that . . .<\/p>\n perumaiyai onRum peRa muyanRArillaiyAl<\/strong> \u2013 they had not attempted to attain the knowledge about emperumAn\u2019s greatness. They could not say anything in full about his greatness other than what he had manifested to them out of his mercy.<\/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 (Introduction) Some people asked AzhwAr \u201cYou say that sarvESvaran is not an entity who could be attained as per our wish. Is it not possible to know about him?\u201d He responds saying \u201cIt is not that way. 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\n<\/em>aRamuyal gyAnachchamayigaL pEsilum angangellAm
\n<\/em>uRavuyar gyAnachchudar viLakkAy ninRadhanRi onRum
\n<\/em>peRa muyanRAr illaiyAl empirAna perumaiyaiyE<\/em><\/p>\n
\nuyar<\/em> \u2013 wondrous
\nkOlamum<\/em> \u2013 decorations
\npErum<\/em> \u2013 divine names
\nuruvum<\/em> \u2013 auspicious divine forms
\nivai ivai enRu<\/em> \u2013 saying that these are of such and such type
\naRam<\/em> \u2013 righteously
\nmuyal<\/em> \u2013 attempting
\ngyAnam<\/em> \u2013 having devotion
\nsamayigaL<\/em> \u2013 those who are firmly engaged in the philosophy of paths of vEdhams (sacred texts)
\npEsilum<\/em> \u2013 even if they instruct
\nangangellAm<\/em> \u2013 in all those entities of beauty etc
\nuRa<\/em> \u2013 to attain
\nuyar<\/em> \u2013 distinguished
\ngyAnam<\/em> \u2013 related to knowledge
\nsudar<\/em> \u2013 splendorous
\nviLakkAy<\/em> \u2013 having intelligence
\n(as people of wisdom)
\nninRadhanRi<\/em> \u2013 apart from being that way
\nempirAna<\/em> \u2013 emperumAn\u2019s
\nperumaiyai<\/em> \u2013 greatness
\nonRum<\/em> – in any way
\npeRa<\/em> \u2013 to attain
\nmuyanRArillai<\/em> \u2013 they did not attempt<\/p>\n
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\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a>
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