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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas, 

[Thanks for your appreciation on the first verse
through private emails.]
After singing the tattvarUpi Sriman Narayanan in first
verse, AzhwAr goes on to sing the HitharUpi Sriman
Narayanan and says: it is difficult to get to
comprehend the HitharUpi? and glorifies Him min second
verse.  [Hitham- the way] 

aaRumaaRu maaRumaay
 Orainthumainthu mainthumaay,
ERuseeri raNdumoonRu
  mEzhumaaRu mettumaay,
vERuvERu NYaanamaagi
  meyyinodu poyyumaay,
ooRodOsai yaayavainthu
  maaya aaya maayanE!      (2)
  
On most wonderful Ascharya purushA! Lord! The
mysterious One! Who can comprehend You! Who is the
five (rupa, rasa, sparsa, gandha, sabda ? read 1st
verse for explanation); who is the Truth and also is
Not the Truth (as per VaidIka matham and the vEda
bAhya matham- avaidIka mathams); who is the GREATEST
hitham (of one, three, six, eight ways); who is also
two ways; 

Let us understand from Sri UttamUr Swamy's wonderful
explanation as to what these numbers signify- what all
they can mean:... amazingly numerous...

Hitham (ways) are basically anushtAnam and jnAnams.
 
For the GREAT Yogi AzhwAr, all these numbers would
have appeared in his front and he would have sung. For
us, it can only an inference- says Sri UttamUr Swamy
and hence Swamy lists various combinations of these..
for our enjoyment (Sri UttamUr Swamy only could infer
all of them) 

Aindhu- The five- Pancha prANAhUthigaL- (praaNa,
apAnam, vyAnam, udhAnam and samAnam OR vadhIkaagnis
(fire manintained by VadIkas- 
Gaarhapathyam, Ahavaneeyam, dhakshiNAgni, sapyam,
Avasatthyam)

OR as mentioned in muNdaka Upanishad- aupAsanam,
agnihOthram, darsanapooNamasangaL, chaathurmaasyams,
agraYanam- nithyakarmas. 

OR the VaiswadEvam, dEvayagnam, pithruyagnam,
bhUthayagnam, manujshayagnam. 

OR the pancha kaala prakriyai- abhigamanam, upAdhAnam,
IjyA, swAdhyAyam, and Yogam 

ARu- Six- yajanam, yaajanam, adhyayanam, adhyApanam,
dhAnam, prathigraham as ordained for Brahmins. 
OR kshathriyas? yajanam, adhyayanam, dhAnam,
karagrahaNam (tax from citizens- personal tax),
raajyagrahNam (from other kingdoms- under His rule-
corporate tax?), dharmeeka yuddham (battles) 

VaishyAs? six: yajanam, adhyayanam, dhAnam, making
profits on business; farming, cattle breed etc..   

OR karmaanushtAna rudhus- the six seasons;

IRANDU- (two), jnAna vairAgyam (Knowledge and
detachment) (OR karma jnAna yOgam as prelude to
Bhakthi Yogam
moonRu Three- Aishwarya, kaivalya, mOksham (wealth,
realizing the jeevathmA and enjoyment of the same as
the ultimate; and enjoyment of Absolute Bliss at
Paramapadham at His Feet serving Him as well
eternally) OR ananya sEshathva- ananya upAyathva and
ananya prayOjanathva (means: being a servant and dasan
to Only Him and none else; considering His lotus feet
alone as the path and nothing else; and serving and
enjoying Him alone as the fruit and nothing else) 
yEzhu (seven)- vivEkam, vimOkam, abhyAsam, kriyA,
kalyANa, anavasAdha, anuddhrsha (as mentioned in Sri
Bhashyam- says Sri UttamUr Swamy]

Arum ettumaay- six and eight 
Six- the six anga (including the angi) prapatti (or
Saranagathi) 
Eight- the eight angAs of AshtAnga yOgic bhakti..
(Thus six is mentioned before eight meaning- prapatti
is also an angam of Bhakti yogam?) 

OR Six may mean: jnAna, bhakti, bhala, aishwarya,
veerya, shakthi and thEjas (eight Gunas of Bhagawaan-
Sriman Narayanan) 
Eight may mean: apahathapaapmathvam (not touched by
imperfections of the chith and achith ? jeevan and
matter); vijarathva, vimruthyuthva, visOkathva,
Vijighatsatva (meaning - free from hunger (pasi in
Tamil));   apipAsathva (meaning: free from thirst),
sathyakAmathva, sathyasankalpathva- of Sriman
Narayanan..  

[I did not understand these eight words when I read
the commentary and Sri MS Hari Swamin of Singapore
helped me with the explanation and vyAkhyAnam as
below] 

"apahatapApmA vijarO vimrutyu: viSOkO
vijighatsO-apipAsa: satya-kAma: satya sankalpa:" is a
Sruti vAkyam. The spelling (As per Sanskrit) for the
words must be noted as vijighatsO & apipAsa: 

These 8 words denotes a set of eight guNams. paramAtma
SrIman nArAyaNan is free from sin, old-age, death,
sorrow, hunger and thirst. He has ubhaya-vibhUtis (he
is the SEshi of  ubhaya vibhUtis) and satya-sankalpa. 

vijighatsO & apipAsa: denotes that he is free from
hunger and thirst. 
In summary, this vAkyam says that SrIman nArAyaNan is
akhila-hEya pratyaneeka and has ananta-kalyANa-guNams.
apahatapApmA vijarO vimrutyu: viSOkO
vijighatsO-apipAsa:  denotes that the Lord is free
from evils like sin, old-age, death, sorrow, hunger
and thirst. He is therefore akhila-hEya pratyaneeka.
The remaining portion denotes that the Lord has
ananta-kalyANa-guNams.
[Thanks to Sri Hari for his elaboration]
vERu vERu jnAnamaay ? bAhya kuthrushtis? non-vedic and
avaidIka religions distort vedic statements and
interpret in different manner violating some or all of
vedic statements. Their statements and knowledge is
referred to here. 

meyyiNodu poyyumAy- EmperumAN Sriman Narayanan is
there right in front of the sincere devotees and NOT
there for others? (agalil agalum; AND patthudaiyaarkku
eLiyan; piRarkku ariya vitthagan; yaarumOr nilamaiyan
ena aRivariya EmperumAn* yaarumOr nilamaiyan ena
aRiveLiya emperumAn)) 

ooROdAsaiAya aindhum- Sparsa (touch), sabdham (sound),
plus roopa (form), rasa , gandham thus making five
[there are five subtle elements (tanmaathrAs)- these
are sound (sabda), touch (sparsa), form or sight
(roopa), taste (rasa) and smell (gandha). These subtle
elements are intermediate stages between two gross (or
basic elements- Bhuthas) like earth, water etc. [this
is what described above by AzhwAr]. 

We experience these. i.e. sound, touch, form, taste
and smell through out indriyas (senses) i.e. ear,
skin, eye, mouth and nose. These are called jnAna
indriyas. We hear sound through our ears, etc?(and get
jnAnam- knowledge about the subject). ]

Sri UttamU Swamy also adds: (in his commentary)

ARu- (Six) Saankhyam, yOgam, nyAyam, vaisEshikam,
jaimineeyam, vaiyAsikam- such vaidIka darsanas; OR 
Chaarvaakam, jainam, and sauthrAnthika, vaibhAshika,
yOgAchAra, maadhyAthmika- four Buddhist subsects; 
OR sikshai, vyAkaraNam, chandha, niurttham,
jyOthisham, kalppam, - Vedaangas;

Aindhu (Five)- four Vedas and ekAyana saakai; OR
dharma saasthras namely, smruthi, gruhya sUthras,
ithihaasas, puraaNas, paancharAthra etyc.. OR
vaartthai, dhaNdaneethi, Ayurveda, dhanurvEda,
gaandharvam etc.., 

moonRu (three)- rik, yajur, saama manthras.. 
yEzhu- (seven)- vidhi, artthavaadham, manthram,
naamadEyam, nishEdham, AraNyakam, Upanishad etc.., 

Aindhu- Prakriti, nithyavibhUthi, kaalam, chEthana,
dharmabhUtha jnAnam etc.. 

There is also a different way of interpretations: (as
per Sri UttamUr Swamy]

Arum Arum ARumaay (6+6+6) - the eighteen purANAs- 
Eindhu (5)- bhAratha, Ramayanam, meemAmsam,
dharmasaasthram and VaikAnasam. 
Aindhu (5)- jyOthisham, vyavahAram, praAyacchittham,
chikithsakam, yOgam. 
Aindhu (5)- the six angAs (minus jYothisham
IraNdu (2)- Veda, yEkAyanam
moonRu (3)- nruttha, geetha vaadhyam
yEzhu- (7)- Saankhyam, vaisHsehika, jainam, plus four
Buddhist subsects
ARu- (6)- 
Yettum (8- kaapAlam, kaaLAmukam, Saivam, Paasupatham-
four pasuapath matham.. plus four paancharaathra
siddhAntham namely, Agama siddhAntham, manthra
sidhhAntham, thanthra siddhAntham and thanthrAnthara
siddhAntham.

Thus some are non vedic and some are veidc and hence
some are accepted by Vedanthins and others are not and
hence are veR vERu jnAnamaagi meyyinOdu poyyinaay.. 

ARu- (six)- [Thus Sri UttamUr Swamy continues to
interpret these in many different manners as they are
to lead us towards the tattva hitha purushaartthams?
Sri UttamUr Swamy continues to list numerous
combinations and it is amazing to read even the lists
of these contemplated by AzhwAr when he wrote and also
interpreted by Abhinava dEsika Sri UttamUr Swamy..-
Swamy adds that there can be many more such lists and
all these need to be learnt from Vedaanthins who have
learnt saasthras formally. Let us proceed with the
next pAsuram.. ]

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan



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