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SrI:

Dear BhakthAs:

A devotees asked me a question about the above slOkam .
He was intrigued with the opening words of the Paasuram:

YETTUM IRANDUM ARIYAATHA YEMMAI ivai aRivittthu
yetta oNNAtha idam tarum yengaL MaadhavanAr
mutta vinait-thiraL mALa muyanRidum anjal yenRAr
kattezhil vachakatthAl kalangA nilai peRRanamE

He wondered whether " Yettum IraNDum " HERE stands for 
8x2 = 16 and what was the significance of the number 16 
in this context.Actually , " Yettum IraNDum " stands for
8+2=10. We are those who did not understand the significance
of 8 and 2 . The number 8 stands for AshtAksharam and 2 stands
for Dhvayam , the two of the principal rahasyams for 
SrI VaishNavAs.

" yettum IraNDum aRiyAtha yemmai " means us , who did not 
comprehend the significance of the 8 (Moola Manthram/AshtAksharam)
and 2 ( Dhvayam) . We were like that . Our Lord Maadhavan took 
pity on us and instructed us through His AchAryAs the meanings
of these rahasyams. What happened next? We were saved from
Aj~NAnam and made us eligible for attaining the difficult to
attain sTAnam of (His Supreme abode) SrI Vaikuntam :

yettum iraNdaum ivai aRivitthu , yemmai yetta oNNAtha 
idam tarum yengal MaadhavanAr"

"yetta oNNAtha idam " is the place , which is the abode of 
the Lord , which can not be attianed by those , who 
do not complete upAya anushtAnam ( Bhakthi Yogam or 
prapatthi yOgam). 

Our Maadhavan, who is Moksha Daayakan qualified us 
to reach His supreme abode out of His Parama Dayai.
He accepted His AchAryA's recommendatrion and qualified
us to enter His Parama Padham .

Through His Charama slOkam , Our Maadhavan during 
His KrishNAvathAram instructed us to peform Prapatthi 
to destroy the entire assembly of Karama vinaikaL
(Sarva DharmAn Parithyajaya MaamEkam SaraNam vraja).
If you do so, there is nothing for you to fear or 
sorrow over (Maa Sucha: ). I will stand in the place of
all those upAyams and protect You and free You from
all Karma VinaikaL , wipe the slate clean and grant
You Moksham. This is the essence of Charama slOkam 
and the instruction by the Lord for us to perform 
Prapatthi:

" mutta vinai thiraL mALa muyanRidum "

"Vinai thiraL mutta mALa " means for destroying to the root
of all Karma VinaikaL , which pushes us in to cycles of
birth and death and keeps us far away from Moksham.

Our Lord instructed us to perform prapatthi to Him 
(MuyanRidum). 

When Prapatthi is done , the entire heap of limitless 
sins and karma vinaikaL are destroyed :

Vinai thiraL mutta mALa muyanRidum) .

Our Lord assured us: " anjal yenRAr" 
The Lord said thru the Charama slOkam portion 
(Maa Sucha:) " Do not grieve anymore about your
lot. 

Through this uplifting and strong as well
as beautiful message ( Kattu yezhil VaachakatthAl) ,
we have banished our erstwhile fears and worries about
what was going to happen to us (kalangA nilai peRRanam). 

The consolidated meaning of this paasuram is:

We are in a state of ignorance , where we could not even 
comprehend the addition of 8 with 2 is equal to ten . We 
were in a state of not comprehending either the gross or
subtle meanings of the AshtAksharam or Dhvayam. We did not
understand the glories of Bhagavath Bhakthi . At this stage,
SrIman NaarAyaNan came forward out of His infinite mercy
for us and through His AchAryAs instructed us about
the rahasyArthams of AshtAksharam and Dhvayam.We are
reminded now about His upadesam through Charama slOkam 
to perform Prapatthi at His sacred feet and get rid of 
all fears and worries through that upAya anushtAnam 
to destroy all karmAs.

Yettu +IraNDu = patthu , which also refers to Bhakthi. 
"Yettum irandum aRiyAtha " been interepreted by AchAryAs
to refer to those , who do not understand the power of
Bhakthi yOgam for Moksham. It also means those ,who
do not understand the rahasyArthams of Yettu (AshtAksharam)
and IraNDu ( Dhvayam) until htey are blessed with
AchArya katAksham , sambhandham and anugraham. 

This Desika Prabhandha Paasuram thus refers to the state of
freedom from worries and staying in a state of nirbharam
and nirbhayam. 

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 





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