<<< pAsuram 3<\/a><\/p>\n 4<\/b>th<\/b> pAsuram<\/b><\/p>\n perumAL SrIman nArAyaNan<\/a> is leader and master of everyone. No one can order HIM. HE is independent and cannot be stopped nor misdirected. Hence, in order for a person to attain HIM, there are many ways as laid out by SAshthras including the likes of karma yOgam, gyAna yOgam, bhakti yOgam etc. One who does not know the nuances and subtleties of shAshthrAs try to reach perumAL through these aforementioned ways and strive harder in their attempts. There is a truth that is being told that is directed towards those people. Unless perumAL HIMSELF grants HIS lotus feet to these people, there is no way that they are going to reach HIM through their own actions. Hence, aruLALa perumAL emberumAnAr<\/a> advices that let us all seek out and yearn for the moment when HE HIMSELF is ready to offer HIS lotus feet to us.<\/p>\n karumaththAl gyAnaththAl kANum vagai uNdO?<\/em> Phrasal Meanings:<\/b><\/p>\n kadaindhAn \u2013 perumAL SrIman nArAyaNan<\/a> churned for dhevas,<\/p>\n munnIr \u2013 the ocean that is made of three sources of water viz., rain water, river water and the water that springs from below<\/p>\n orumaththAl \u2013 using the mountain called \u201cmanthara\u201d as<\/p>\n adaithAn \u2013 HE constructed a bridge across the ocean for sIthA pirAtti<\/a><\/p>\n mudhal padaiththAn \u2013 HE created water first during the time of creation and<\/p>\n annIr amarndhAn \u2013 reclined on that water<\/p>\n adi \u2013 Such perumAL\u2019s<\/p>\n iRai thALgaL \u2013 lotus feet<\/p>\n tharum aththAl anRi \u2013 automatically gives itself (to us). Except this<\/p>\n karumaththAl \u2013 other ways like karma yOgam that is done on one\u2019s effort<\/p>\n gyAnaththAl \u2013 the ways like gyAna yOgam and bhakti yOgam<\/p>\n kANum vagai uNdO? \u2013 will not fetch the lotus feet of perumAL. Will it?<\/p>\n Explanation:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n karumaththAl gyAnaththAl kANum vagai undo?: <\/i><\/b>Can a person reach the lotus feet of perumAL using his own efforts like karma yOgam, gyAna yOgam and bhakthi yOgam? No is the answer. bhakthi is automatically included in \u201cgyAnam\u201d. bhakthi is nothing but the highest point of \u201cgyAnam\u201d. The three ways including karma yOgam, bhakthi yOgam and gyAna yOgam are prescribed as per vEdhantha scriptures, to reach perumAL. janaka, the father of sIthA pirAtti, is said to have attained perumAL\u2019s lotus feet via karma yOgam. In bhagavadh gIthai<\/a>, it is said that there is no other way purer than gyAna yOgam. krishnA had told arjunA, \u201cIf a person wants to reach ME, he should keep his mind and heart towards me and should constantly think about me without losing concenteration even for a split second. HE should worship me\u201d. So, we would get a question, then why does aruLALa perumAL emberumAnAr<\/a> says \u201civaRRAl kANum vagai uNdO<\/em>\u201d? This needs be examined. aruLALa perumAL emberumAnAr knows the exact nature of these aforementioned ways to reach perumAL. He knew this because of his knowledge that he got from emberumAnAr<\/a>. So he said it. These ways are ways where one needs to follow after doing total surrender at perumAL\u2019s lotus feet. So it is clear that the surrender that they do stands as a supporting element of their actions. Hence it goes without saying that these ways that are being done using one\u2019s own effort, has to have the support of \u201csurrender\u201d (SaraNAgathi). So, even these ways of reaching perumAL are done using the help of SaraNAgathi. So one cannot attain perumaL purely with these ways as the only ways because these ways needs something else in order for it to be successful. If a person does not do SaraNAgathi, then whatever means he follow, be it karma yOgam or gyAna yogam, nothing will fructify because the essential prerequisite , i.e., SaraNAgathi is not being performed as the first step. This message is highly secretive in the advices that are being given by vEdhAntha scriptures. aruLALa perumAL emberumAnAr<\/a>, with the grace of\u00a0 emberumAnAr<\/a>, blesses all of us with this special meaning in this pAsuram.<\/p>\n There are all sorts of relationships between a soul and perumAL. Hence, a soul has all kinds of rights on perumAL. When there are very easy ways to reach HIM, why should one go after highly difficult ways like karma yOGam etc. ALavandhAr<\/a> in his gIthArtha sangraham 31<\/a>, says:<\/p>\n nija karmAdhi bhakthyantham kuryAth prIthyaiva kAritha: | thirumazhisai AzhwAr<\/a> in his nAnmugan thiruvanthAdhi says:<\/p>\n inRAga nAlaiyEyAga inichchiridhum<\/em> (nAnmugan thiruvanthAdhi 7)<\/p>\n These two quote reinforce that there is no way out apart from SrIman nArAyaNan\u2019s lotus feet.<\/p>\n tharum aththAl anRi iRai thALgaL: \u00a0<\/i><\/b>This phrase needs to be read as \u201ciRai thALgaL tharum aththAl anRi<\/em>\u201d. This would mean that perumaL SrIman nArAyaNan<\/a>\u2019s lotus feet would automatically give itself to us and there is nothing else apart from this. This bolsters the point that perumAL\u2019s lotus feet is the sole refuge. This is what is being illustrated in mumukshuppadi chUrnikai \u201cpirAttiyum avanum vidilum thiruvadigaL vidAdhu, thiNkazhalAi irukkum\u201d. In this pAsuram, the name \u201ciRai\u201d would mean the ONE that is being referred in the first word of ashtAkshara mahA manthram (Om namO nArAyaNAya), i.e., akAram in the word \u201cOm\u201d. HE is none other than the ONE who is being referred by the \u201ca\u201d in the word \u201cOm\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cthALgaL tharum aththAl anRi\u201d means that the sole refuge for all of us is perumAL\u2019s lotus feet and nothing else. This has been detailed in vEdhic scriptures. In dhvaya mahA manthram<\/a>, we can see that in the first half of it, there is an exclusivity in \u201cthiruvadigaLE SaraNamAgap paRRugirEn.\u00a0 nammAzhvAr<\/a> says \u201cARenekku nin pAdhamE SaraNAgath thandhozhindhAi<\/em>\u201d, \u201ckazhalgaL avaiyE SaraNAgak koNda<\/em>\u201d, \u201cadimEl sEmamkoL then kurugUrch chatakOpan<\/em>\u201d and \u201ccharaNE charaN namakku<\/em>\u201d. We can see that he has said about the exclusivity of perumAL<\/a>\u2019s lotus feet as the sole refuge in many pAsurams and so are other AzhvArs<\/a>. Hence there is literally nothing else apart from HIS lotus feet for a person to catch hold of. There are many examples that are being illustrated.<\/p>\n orumaththAl munnIr kadaindhAn:<\/b> Once upon a time, in dhEvalOkam, indhra ascended on his elephant \u201cairAvadham\u201d and was roaming. While doing so, he ran across dhurvAsa munivar who was having a garland that he got as prasAdham of SrI mahAlakshmi. dhurvAsa offered the garland to indira. indhra was not at all interested in it and so made the elephant \u201cairAvadham\u201d take the garland and destroy it. Agitated upon seeing this act of indhra, dhurvAsa gave a curse that all the wealth of indira be destroyed and his pride brought to ground. indhra\u2019s entire wealth was obliterated in seconds. Not knowing what to do, indhra felt for his mistake and surrendered to the lotus feet of the supreme lord SrIman nArAyaNan<\/a>. perumAL does not leave anyone who has fallen in HIS feet. HE churned the ocean with the vAsuki snake as the rope and mountain manthara as the rotating instrument. HE took the incarnation of a tortoise and bore the entire weight of the mountain. HE churned the unshakeable ocean that was a task that cannot be done by anyone. He churned as per the pAsuram \u201cAyiram thOLAl alai kadal kadaindhAn<\/em>\u201d (HE churned the wavy ocean with 1000 shoulders). A lot of wealth came from the churning process and perumAL gave them to indhra and restored his wealth.<\/p>\n adaiththAn: <\/i><\/b>sIthA pirAtti who was away from Sri rAma pirAn, was visibly sad. Sri rAma constructed a bridge across the ocean for the happiness of HIS wife sIthA pirAtti. \u00a0HE constructed the bridge with the help of monkeys which would typically run helter-skelter if they see water in the first place. HE used big rocks to construct the bridge that was known as \u201csEthu\u201d that cannot be fathomed by anyone.<\/p>\n mudhal padaiththAn: <\/i><\/b>During the time of cosmic deluge, all the living beings \u00a0had no body, no shape and thus was in a state where they could have the sensation of happiness or sorrow. During that time, when everything was in that state, perumAL started creation one more time. HE created the ocean, followed by the four faced brahmA and then everything. So it is water that HE created first.<\/p>\n annIr amarndhAn:<\/i><\/b> HE reclined on the ocean that HE created and protected everyone HE created. Some of the pAsurams like \u201cveLLath thadankadaluL vidanAgaNai mEl maruvi\u201d, \u2018pArkadal yOga niththirai seydhAi\u201d, \u201cpArkadaluL payyath thuyinRa paraman\u201d, \u201cveLLa veLLAthin mEl oru pAmbai meththaiyAga viriththu adhan mElE kaLLa nidhdhirai koLgiRa mArgam\u201d illustrate the state of perumAL wherein HE reclines on the ocean.<\/p>\n adi: <\/i><\/b>\u00a0Is there our own way to get to the lotus feet of such a perumAL<\/a> who was described above with the acts that HE performed? The lotus feet of such perumAL who churned the ocean, who constructed bridge across ocean, who created the water and the one who reclined on it was described. These stories imply that, HE is the sole protector people like indhra who went to HIM for material benefits, people like sIthA pirAtti<\/a> who yearned for nothing else apart from HIM alone, and the countless other people who constantly get destroyed during deluge and constantly get birth during creation. HE does not differentiate between people who surrender unto HIM. Such a perumAL\u2019s lotus feet is what is described by \u201cadi\u201d in this pAsuram. Thus, the order in which this pAsuram renders meaning would be \u201cmunnIr adaindhAn mudhal nIr padaiththAn annIr amarndhAn aagira adi iRaivanudaiya adiyAgira iRaithALgaL tharum aththAL anRi karumaththAl, gyAnathAl kANum vagai undO?”<\/em><\/p>\n Thus, the overall message is that whatever individual souls<\/a> do on their own to reach lotus feet of SrIman nArAyaNan<\/a> cannot be a means by itself. The means is nothing but the lotus feet of SrIman nArAyaNan<\/a> HIMSELF. There is nothing else apart from that.<\/p>\n Translation by santhAnam rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n Source: https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2015\/12\/prameya-saram-tamil-4\/<\/a><\/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 <<< pAsuram 3 4th pAsuram perumAL SrIman nArAyaNan is leader and master of everyone. No one can order HIM. HE is independent and cannot be stopped nor misdirected. 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\ntharum aththAl anRi iRai thALgaL<\/em>
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