{"id":9238,"date":"2016-06-29T08:33:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T08:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=9238"},"modified":"2016-06-29T08:33:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T08:33:16","slug":"ramanusa-nurranthadhi-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/06\/ramanusa-nurranthadhi-26\/","title":{"rendered":"rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi \u2013 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2015\/07\/ramanusa-nurranthadhi\/\">Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/06\/ramanusa-nurranthadhi-25\/\">&lt;&lt; previous (kArEy karuNai irAmAnusa)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction (given by <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/mamunigal\/\"><strong>maNavALa mAmunigaL<\/strong><\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the previous pAsuram, <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/26\/thiruvarangathu-amudhanar\/\">amudhanAr<\/a> said that after <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> accepted him, <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>&#8216;s auspicious qualities are his life saver, nourishment, and enjoyment. In this pAsuram, he goes beyond that and says that each and every previous state (before they surrendered to <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>) of the great and distinguished disciples who serve none other than <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> \u2013 such states themselves would make me their servant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction (given by <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/04\/08\/pillai-lokam-jiyar\/\"><strong>piLLailOkam jIyar<\/strong><\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the previous pAsuram he talked about how after <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> who like the cloud having such kindness, had gotten him, and after that his qualities were his life support; in this pAsuram \u2013 he says &#8211; the birth, nature of living etc., of the disciples who serve no one other than <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>, would each by itself would make me their servant.<\/p>\n<p><em>dhikkuRRa keerththi irAmAnusanai en sey vinaiyAm<\/em><br \/>\n<em>meykkuRRam neekki viLangiya mEgaththai mEvum nallOr<\/em><br \/>\n<em>ekkuRRavALar edhu piRappu EdhiyalvAga ninROr<\/em><br \/>\n<em>akkuRRam appiRappu avviyalvE nammai AtkoLLumE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/yourlisten.com\/sarathy.thothathri\/ramanusa-nurranthadhi-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/yourlisten.com\/embed\/html5?17517735\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Word by word meaning (given by <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/mamunigal\/\"><strong>maNavALa mAmunigaL<\/strong><\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>en sey vinaiyAm<\/em> \u2013 as said in \u2018<em>dhvishantha:pApakruthyAm<\/em>\u2019, the karmas I am talking about are not attained or assumed from others, but are based on my own actions;<br \/>\n<em>meykkuRRam neekki<\/em><em> \u2013 <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> removed those karmas that were ever present; and<br \/>\ndue to the happiness that &#8220;we (<a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>) got to remove his (<a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/26\/thiruvarangathu-amudhanar\/\">amudhanAr<\/a>&#8216;s) obstacles&#8221;,<br \/>\n<em>viLangiya mEgaththai \u2013 <\/em>he is being bright, who is an extremely generous cloud;<br \/>\n<em>dhikku uRRa \u2013 <\/em>pervading in all directions<br \/>\n<em>keerththi<\/em><em> \u2013 <\/em>having fame due to his qualities,<br \/>\n<em>irAmAnusanai<\/em><em> \u2013 <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a><em>,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>mEvum \u2013<\/em> as said in \u2018rAmAnuja padhachchAyA\u2019, being like the inseparable shadow of his feet,<br \/>\n<em>nallOr<\/em><em> \u2013<\/em> such distinguished disciples<br \/>\n<em>ekkuRRavALar <\/em>\u2013 who may be having any kind of blemish<em>,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>edhu piRappu <\/em><em>&#8211;\u00a0 <\/em>who may be born in any level of birth,<br \/>\n<em>Edhu iyalvAga \u2013 <\/em>who may be having any level of practice (vruththi &#8211; anushtAnam)<br \/>\n<em>ninROr \u2013<\/em> that they might have been (before getting the connection of <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>);<br \/>\n<em>akkuRRam \u2013 <\/em>those blemishes<em>,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>appiRappu \u2013 <\/em>those level of births,<br \/>\n<em>avviyalvE <\/em><em>\u00a0&#8211; <\/em>and those levels of religious practices themselves,<br \/>\n<em>nammai<\/em><em> \u2013<\/em> we who have got the following noble thought \u2013 that their having such low level births etc., are something they took up upon themselves to show us that we who are of such low states in real are also eligible to reach <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>\u2019s divine feet;<br \/>\n<em>AtkoLLum<\/em> \u2013 every time we think in that way (such reason for their low level of birth, etc.), that would make us subservient to them;<\/p>\n<p>(In summary), only if we see them in this light, our thought that we are equal to them would be destroyed (and we would understand that they are higher than <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">Isvaran<\/a> and we are of very low state).<\/p>\n<p>That is, \u2018we\u2019 who are deeply in devotion towards them;<\/p>\n<p>Or<em>, \u2018ekkuuRRam, edhu piRappu, Edhu iyalvAga ninROr\u2019<\/em> is said regarding those great disciples themselves: after they got the realization that their higher level of birth etc., lead to ahankAram, but now in their current (low) birth etc., they have realized that such thinking earlier were the obstacles, and are happy that they would not get such thought having been born in low status, etc., and that such state would help them reach <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/26\/thiruvarangathu-amudhanar\/\">amudhanAr<\/a> says that such current states of them itself made me their servant (because their current state would lead to <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>\u2019s divine feet).<\/p>\n<p><em>mey kuRRam <\/em><em>\u00a0&#8211; <\/em>my karmas that stay true and well set; well set means that it cannot be gotten rid of by penances or amends (such severe karmas).<\/p>\n<p><em>en sey vinaiyAm meyk kuRRam neekki &#8211;<\/em> is \u2013 due to karmas I got the body; due to that the blemishes of ahankAram, etc. \u2013 he removed such karmas. <em>vinaiyAm<\/em> -&gt; due to my deeds;<\/p>\n<p>Since it is mentioned together with birth and religious practices (anushtAnam), \u2018<em>ekkuRRam<\/em>\u2019 (the blemishes) is about the blemishes in knowledge (gyAnam).<\/p>\n<p><em>(end of <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/mamunigal\/\">maNavALa mAmunigaL<\/a><em>\u2019s text)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>en sey vinaiyAm<\/em><\/strong><em> \u2013<\/em> \u00a0as said in \u2018<em>dhvishantha:pApakruthyAm\u2019, <\/em>these karmas are not gotten from others, but these karmas are due to my doing the prohibited, etc., and which cannot be rectified by amends (<em>prAyaSchiththam<\/em>); my karmas are as said in \u2018<em>nAbhuktham ksheeyathE karma kalpa kOti sathairapi<\/em> (~ for how much ever crores of years you experience the fruits of your karmas, they would not diminish)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>meykkuRRam<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 the ever present, well set blemishes;<\/p>\n<p>as said in \u2018<em>vAchAmagOchara mahAguNa dhESikAgrya kUrAdhinAtha kathithAkhila naichya pAthram| EshohamEva napunarjagadheedhruSa\u2019 <\/em>[yathirAja vimsathi \u2013 14] (~Oh <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">Oh rAmAnuja<\/a>! I am the one who is having all the blemishes in this world),<\/p>\n<p>and in \u2018<em>pUrvaisvanaichyam anusamhitham Aryavaryair mAmEva veekshyamahathAn nathathasthi thEshAm| naichyanthvitham sataripO mama sathyamEva maththa:parO namalinO yadha Avirasthi || yAvachchayachcha dhuritham sakalasya janthO: thAvachcha thath thathathi kanchamamAsthi sathyam<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/10\/16\/koil-kandhadai-annan\/\">kOyil kandhAdai aNNan<\/a>\u2019s &#8211; SrI parAngusa pancha vimSathi]<em>\u2019<\/em> (~ many AchAryas before have described very lowly of themselves (<em>naichchya anusandhAnam<\/em>); Oh SatakOpa! please do not think I am also doing it in the same way. See me! Mine are real blemishes; there is no one above me who has got true lowness and blemishes),<\/p>\n<p>and so <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/26\/thiruvarangathu-amudhanar\/\">amudhanAr<\/a> says with conviction (about his blemishes).<\/p>\n<p><em>mey -&gt;<\/em> ever present, well set karmas.\u00a0 That is, it cannot be rectified by experiencing its fruits or by doing amends (<em>anubhava vinASyam or prAyaSchiththa vinASyam)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> removed such karmas.<\/p>\n<p>As said in \u2018<em>vAno maRi kadalO mAruthamO theeyakamO, kAnO orungiRRuk kaNdilamAl<\/em> [periya thiruvanthAdhi &#8211; 54]\u2019 ((after surrendering to <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/17\/divya-dhampathi\/\">emperumAn<\/a>) I am not able to locate my karmas. Have they vanished in to space? Or in to the sea of driving waves? Or in to the air? Or fire? Or forest? I don&#8217;t know where they have vanished into), <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> completely removed it without trace.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>viLangiya<\/em> \u2013 <\/strong>and due to that he (<a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>) looks very bright; you see, since he thinks that it is great that we got to remove his (<a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/26\/thiruvarangathu-amudhanar\/\">amudhanAr<\/a>\u2019s) obstacles, he is looking very bright.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>mEgaththai<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 very generous <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> like rainy clouds; says like he (<a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>) is the cloud himself;<\/p>\n<p>As said by \u2018<em>thikkuRRa keerththi\u2019, <\/em>and, \u2018<em>Eyndha perum keerththi\u2019<\/em>, he is having such auspicious qualities who fame has spread in all eight directions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>irAmAnusanai<\/em> \u2013 <\/strong>such <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>mEvum <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; like said in \u2018<em>mEvinEn avan ponnadi meymmaiyE<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2015\/01\/kanninun-chiru-thambu-2-navinal\/\">kaNNinun chiruththAmbu &#8211; 2<\/a>]<em>\u2019<\/em> (It is the truth that I surrendered to the golden feet (of <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/18\/nammazhwar-english\/\">nammAzhvAr<\/a>)), and in \u2018<em>rAmAnujasya charaNau SaraNam\u2019, <\/em>his divine feet are staunchly considered as the means and destiny, (means : shown in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/yathiraja-vimsathi-tamil\/\">yathirAja vimsathi<\/a>; destiny: shown in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/05\/arththi-prabandham\/\">Arththi prabandham<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>nallOr \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>(by the noble ones); like said in \u2018<em>nanmaiyAl mikka nAn maRaiyALargaL<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2015\/01\/kanninun-chiru-thambu-4-nanmaiyal\/\">kaNNinuN chiruththAmbu &#8211; 4<\/a>] (those who are superior, the vaidhikas who are well versed in all the four vEdhas), the noble ones who do not seek any other benefit; \u00a0\u00a0or, <em>\u2018<strong>mEvum nallOr\u2019<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 like saying \u2018<em>rAmAnuja padhachchAyA\u2019, <\/em>the distinguished ones who are inseparable from <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> like the shadow of the divine feet;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ekkuRRavALar edhu piRappu Edhu iyalvAga ninROr \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>those noble ones, before the time of reaching <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>\u2019s divine feet, whatever may be their blemish of lack or mistake of knowledge, whatever may be their greatness or lowliness of their birth etc.,\u00a0 whatever may be their actions like doing those banned by vEdhas;\u00a0 <em>kuRRam \u2013 <\/em>lack of or blemish in knowledge;\u00a0 <em>iyalvu<\/em> \u2013 <em>vruththam<\/em> \u2013 <em>anushtAnam<\/em> \u2013 religious deeds\/procedures; \u00a0their \u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>akkuRRam appiRappu avviyalvE<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 since such blemishes etc., are present before surrendering to <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>, and since they surrendered with such a body only,\u00a0 they are noble ones who can be said as \u2018<em>siRu mAmanisar<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/thiruvaimozhi\/\">thiruvAimozhi<\/a> 8.10.3]\u2019 (~small in body and big in nobility), their blemishes etc., themselves shall \u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>nammai AtkoLLumE<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 take me as their property that they can purchase or sell.<\/p>\n<p>(Or)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>nammai AtkoLLumE &#8211; <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0such noble ones like them have taken up blemished knowledge, lower\/upper births,\u00a0 blemished <em>anushtAnam<\/em>, etc., to show us that we who are like that are also eligible to surrender to <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> like they did \u2013 we are thinking of them in this way, and so we are amicable to be taken up by them as their property.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>pramANam <\/em>for this is: \u2018<em>dhur AchArOpi sarvAsee kruthagnO nAsthika:purA | samASrayEth<strong>AdhidhEvam<\/strong> shradhdhayA charaNam yathi || nirdhdhOsham vidhdhitham janthum prabhAvAth paramAthmana:\u2019<\/em> (~ if someone with blemishes, and one not having thankfulness, etc., but once reaches the divine feet of <em>Adhi dhEvan <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a>), then you think that none of those blemishes would be present for that being).<\/p>\n<p>By <em>\u2018Adhi dhEvan\u2019<\/em> it might look to mean the <em>prathama AchAryan, <\/em>that is, <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/17\/divya-dhampathi\/\">emperumAn<\/a>; but since <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> advised us that that sarvESvaran is the desired one, it is acceptable to use the phrase <em>Adhi dhEvan <\/em>to imply <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Or, also, the noble ones who are in the state of worshiping <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> only, whatever may be their type of birth, whatever may be their <em>anushtAnam, <\/em>whatever may be their nature, those same type of birth, and <em>anushtAnam<\/em>, and nature would be acceptable for us. In whatever type of birth they were born in, their nature would be according to that as well.<\/p>\n<p>Even though there are no blemishes in a gem or a mirror, the blemishes in us\/things in front of them would be reflected on them and they would appear to be having such blemishes; in the same way some people would project their own blemishes on the pure noble ones and mistake it to be their blemishes; even if they are such blemishes it is all acceptable to us;<\/p>\n<p>Or, even if those noble ones have got some blemishes due to their connection with their material body, as said in <em>\u2018padhma pathram ivAmbhasA\u2019 <\/em>(water on the lotus leaves), they would stay aloof from such blemishes; even if such blemishes are attached to them, those blemishes would be the cause for them to accept us who have got such blemishes (because they have experienced the pains of such blemishes).<\/p>\n<p>As said in \u2018<em>yasmin mlEchchEbhi varthathE \u2013 thasmai dhEyam thathOgrAhyam sacha pUjyOyathAhyaham<\/em> [gAruda purANam]<em>\u2019, <\/em>even if one is from the lowest birth, if he has got devotion towards me then he is noble and is worthy of worship and others can learn the true knowledge from his, is what is said in the purANam.<\/p>\n<p>As said in <em>\u2018apichEth sudhurAchArO bhajathE mAm ananya bhAk | sAdhurEva samanthavya: samyak vyavahithOhisa:\u2019 <\/em>[<a href=\"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/\">SrI bhagavath gIthA<\/a>]<em>\u2019<\/em> <em>\u00a0<\/em>(~ even so, whatever is the fully bad conduct of him, if he worships only me who am here in the chariot,\u00a0 consider him as honorable) ; by this, whatever may be the wrong of them, if they are devoted only to me, then those blemishes are small, and considering their surrendering to me as the main aspect, they are to be worshiped.<\/p>\n<p>He also said, \u2018<em>thasmAth mathbhaktha bhakthAScha pUjaneeyAvisEshatha:\u2019. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/18\/nammazhwar-english\/\">nammAzhvAr<\/a> too said in his many decads,<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>payilum thiruvudaiyAr yavarElum avar kaNdeer payilum pirAppidai thORu emmai ALum paramarE<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/thiruvaimozhi\/\">thiruvAimozhi<\/a> &#8211; 3.7.1]\u2019 (~ those having the wealth of being devoted to emperumAn, they are, you see, the masters who rule me), and<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>nammai aLikkum pirAkkaLE<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/thiruvaimozhi\/\">thiruvAimozhi<\/a> &#8211; 3.7.5]\u2019, and<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>enthozhu kulam thAngaLE<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/thiruvaimozhi\/\">thiruvAimozhi<\/a> &#8211; 3.7.8]\u2019, and<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>padi yAdhumil kuzhavippadi endhai pirAn thanakku adiyAr tham adiyAr adiyAr thamakku adiyAr tham adiyAr adiyOngaLE<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/thiruvaimozhi\/\">thiruvAimozhi<\/a> 3.7.10]\u2019 (~ we are the servants of the servants of the servants of those who are servants of the servants of the servants of emperumAn), and,<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>sirumAmanisarAy ennai ANdAr ingE thiriyavE<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/thiruvaimozhi\/\">thiruvAimozhi<\/a> &#8211; 8.10.3]\u2019 (~ when those devotees of <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/17\/divya-dhampathi\/\">emperumAn<\/a>, who are small in form but great in nobility are available in this world, would it fit me to try to reach <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/17\/divya-dhampathi\/\">emperumAn<\/a>&#8216;s divine feet instead of serving those devotees in this world?), and<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kuraththazhvan_mudhaliyandan_and_devotes_0181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9249\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kuraththazhvan_mudhaliyandan_and_devotes_0181.jpg\" alt=\"kuraththazhvan_mudhaliyandan_and_devotes_0181\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kuraththazhvan_mudhaliyandan_and_devotes_0181.jpg 500w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kuraththazhvan_mudhaliyandan_and_devotes_0181-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><em>Devotees of emperumAnAr<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>thamargaL thamargaL thamargaLAm sathirE vAykka thamiyERkE<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/thiruvaimozhi\/\">thiruvAimozhi<\/a> &#8211; 8.10.9]\u2019 (~ I only wish to serve the devotees of devotees of devotees of <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/17\/divya-dhampathi\/\">emperumAn<\/a>)<em>, <\/em>and<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018avargaLukkE kudigaLAych chellum nalla kOtpAdE<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/thiruvaimozhi\/\">thiruvAimozhi<\/a> &#8211; 8.10.10]\u2019 (~ wish to be in service at all times to those devotees).<\/p>\n<p>SrI bharathvAja mahAmuni too said, \u2018<em>prathyakshith Athma nAthAnAm naishAchinthyam kulAdhikam\u2019<\/em> (~~without seeing the devotees\u2019 blemishes as such, one should consider them as good for us)<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, if it is said that the bad deeds are done not just because of connection with the material body, but are knowingly done \u2013 since it is said in \u2018<em>dheepUrvoththarapApmanAmajananAth\u2019, <\/em>and in \u2018<em>puNyaththukku anjugiravan pApaththaip paNNAniRE<\/em> [SrIvachana bhUshaNam \u2013 279]\u2019 (one who is afraid to do good deeds itself (because any remainder in that would put him in this material world), would not do bad deeds at all), there is no way that they (who worship only <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>) would knowingly do such deeds;\u00a0 as said in \u2018<em>jAthEpi\u2019<\/em>, even if it is said that one might knowingly do bad deeds due to connection with this material world, but since <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/17\/divya-dhampathi\/\">emperumAn<\/a> thinks \u2018<em>en adiyAr adhu seyyAr, seydhAr<strong>EL<\/strong> nanRu seydhAr<\/em> [periyAzhvAr thirumozhi &#8211; 4.9.2]\u2019 (my devotees would not do such mistakes; even if the did (due to forgetting themselves in their service), it would be all for good only), and as said in \u2018<em>vAthsalya jaladhE\u2019 <\/em>since His nature is to consider the blemishes of his devotees as enjoyable for Him, and as said in \u2018<em>iRaiyum \u2013 agalakillEn<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/thiruvaimozhi\/\">thiruvAimozhi<\/a> 6.10.10]\u2019 (would never leave), since thAyAr always stays together with him and recommends to <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/17\/divya-dhampathi\/\">emperumAn<\/a> to tolerate the bad deeds of devotees, the bad deeds which He could forgive just based on our <em>anjali<\/em> (showing reverence by joining the palm of the hands)<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>geethAchAryan also said \u2018<em>sarva pApEbhyO mOkshayishyAmi<\/em> \u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/\">Sri bhagavath gIthA<\/a>]\u2019 (~ would forgive your bad deeds and give you liberation), and <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/alavandhar\/\">ALavandhAr<\/a> said \u2018<em>thadhaivamushNAthyasubhAnya SEshatha:<\/em> \u2019 (how much ever inauspiciousness are present in him, he is separated from them and liberated), the \u2018<em>sarva\u2019<\/em> (everything) would also include those bad deeds one knowingly performed (due to connection with this material body) after doing SaraNAgathi as well;<\/p>\n<p><strong>even though <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">sarvESvaran<\/a> accepts him in spite of our blemishes, \u00a0prapannas should be very careful not to cause bad name for Him (that He accepts his devotees even though they are having bad deeds).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>since such greatness is present in <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>\u2019s devotees, \u00a0one should not disrespect them based on their blemishes, but instead should go with the thought that they our our masters.<\/p>\n<p><em>only if we see them in this light, our thought that we are equal to them would be destroyed (and we would understand that they are higher than ISvaran and we are of very low state).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>From AzhwAr thirunagari SrI U.Ve. <\/strong><em><strong>vidhwAn thirumalai nallAn chakravarththi rAmakrishNa iyengAr\u2019s \u2018amudha virundhu\u2019:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>en sey vinai \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>when brahma gyAnis leave from here liberated, it is said that their good karmas go to their friends, and bad karmas go to their enemies; unlike that these are karmas that I possess due to my own deeds;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>mey kuRRam <\/em>\u2013 <\/strong>not like those like <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/alavandhar\/\">ALavandhAr<\/a>\u2018s <em>naichyAnusandhAnam<\/em>, but my true deeds.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>neekki viLangiya mEgaththai \u2013<\/em> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> becomes happy that he got <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/26\/thiruvarangathu-amudhanar\/\">amudhanAr<\/a> not having any badness;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ekkuRRavALar \u2013<\/em> <\/strong>like how <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/17\/divya-dhampathi\/\">emperumAn<\/a> lowers His level (by being born here in different ways, etc.), <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/26\/thiruvarangathu-amudhanar\/\">amudhanAr<\/a> thinks that those devotees of <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> also are born here whie lowering their level, not due to karmas but due to their kindness towards us; so like how devotees surrender to His simplicity, he is surrendering to the simplicity of such noble devotees of <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Like said in \u2018<em>vamsa bhUmigaLai udhdharikka keezhkkulam pukka varAha gOpalaraip pOlE ivarum nimagnarai uyarththa thAzha izhindhAr<\/em> [AchArya hrudhayam \u2013 1.84]\u2019; like how Krishnan and varAhan had incarnated in lowly form to uplift yAdhavas and the earth respectively, those who are inseparable from <a href=\"http:\/\/- https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/emperumanar\/\">emperumAnAr<\/a> have also incarnated in lower births etc., to save the samsAris. Like how krishNan pretended to be ignorant of hiding his thefts of butter, dancing with gOpikAs, having lowly activities etc.,\u00a0 these noble ones are also pretending to be of low knowledge and deeds; like varAhap perumAL they are also taking up lowly births, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Like said in SrI vachana bhUshaNam, it is a misdeed to think that the devotees are below or equal to us, and it is a misdeed to not think that they are above us, above Isvaran, and equal to AchAryan.<\/p>\n<p>Due to his affection, their blemishes the size of hill also is considered as their good characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>Now, instead of thinking that <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/26\/thiruvarangathu-amudhanar\/\">amudhanAr<\/a> is talking about their lowly births etc., consider that he talks about their being born in higher births, higher knowledge, and higher actions; they thought that due to these we gained a lot of <em>ahankAram, <\/em>and so they feel terrible for giving room for such ahankAram; to such state of them <a href=\"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/26\/thiruvarangathu-amudhanar\/\">amudhanAr<\/a> is being drawn towards and become their devotees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Translation: raghurAm SrInivAsa dasan<\/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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/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 (kArEy karuNai irAmAnusa) Introduction (given by maNavALa mAmunigaL) In the previous pAsuram, amudhanAr said that after emperumAnAr accepted him, emperumAnAr&#8216;s auspicious qualities are his life saver, nourishment, and enjoyment. 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