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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha



Paasuram-14



"nArAyaNan ennai ALi naragaththu

sErAmal kAkkum thirumAl than- pErAna

pEsapperAdha piNachsamaiyar pEsakkEttu

Asai pattu AzhvAr palar."



"Oh! Azhveer you declare Narayanan to be the prapyam (goal) and prApagam 
(means) but why are not many people accepting the same?" enquired a few. Azhvar 
replies, " That is due to the confusion created by a few people who do not even 
have the blessings to utter the divine names of emperuman" in the above 
paasuram.



(nArayaNan ennai ALi) Why worry about others emperuman has captured me. 
Emperuman is the Supreme Being who rules over all the worlds but still has 
showered a special love on me. Due to that I have been given a special 
position. Why should I worry about others? Keeping these words in mind 
emperumAnAr in his gadyatrayam says, "akila jagath svAmin asmadsvAmin".

How is emperuman saving you?



(naragaththu sErAmal kAkkum) Emperuman saved me from getting attacked by the 
deadly hell of samsAram. It is for sure that a great yogi like thirumazhisai 
azhvar will never go to the different hells attained after death by a jeevan 
who had done different types of sins. Here azhvar refers to only samsAra as 
hell. Infact this hell of samsAra is crueler than the different hells because 
atleast for those hells the nature is well known. So that people be cautious 
and refrain from doing the various sins that will lead them to the various 
hells. But the nature of this samsAra is a sweet poison. It seems to be very 
attractive and hence no one really wants to get away from it. So this is 
punishment in disguise.



Both the previous paasuram and this paasuram declare that nArayaNan is the 
means. But there is a slight difference in both the paasurams. Upayam is one 
that does two things; one is IshtaprApthi (give what is required) and the other 
anishtanivriththi (remove the obstacles). In the previous paasuram, "veedAkkum 
meiporul thAn nArAyaNan" gives IshtaprApthi whereas here "nArAyaNan ennai ALi 
naragaththu sErAmal kAkkum" does anishtanivriththi.



But all these days emperuman has kept you only in this samsAram today why 
should he prevent you from reaching the hell?



(thirumAl) He has started ruling over me due to the divine purushakaram 
(support) of the divine mother (piratti). Emperuman is called as thirumAl as he 
is deeply involved in love with piratti. He is crazy about her and hence he 
will never leave her feel sad or worried. If he leaves her child without care 
how will she react?



(nArAyaNan thirumAl than pErAna) He is the supreme still he has lost himself to 
the love of piratti declares the divine names 'nArAyaNan' and 'thirumAl'



(pErAna) The divine names that are celebrated as "dEvO nAma sahasravAn" 
"pErAyiram konda peedudaiyan nArAyaNan" "pErum Oor Ayiram pirapala vudaiya 
emperuman"



(pEsapperAdha piNachsamaiyar) Those who have been cursed not even to utter the 
divine names of bhagavan. Due to which their living is fruitless and hence they 
live like deadbodies (piNachsamaiyar) or otherwise those people follow 
philosophies/religion that do not have life and hence they may be called as 
'piNachsamaiyar'



(pEsakkEttu) Many ignorant people go at the back of these attractive religions 
listening to the misleading words of those 'piNachsamaiyar' not knowing that 
they are sugarcoated pills.



(Asaipattu AzhvAr palar) People listen to the misleading words and get 
attracted and believe them to be the fact and start practicing it with great 
faith. Due to this these people get immersed in the ocean of samsAra. Azhvars 
immerse themselves in the kalyana gunas of emperuman ("kAlAzhum nenjazhiyum") 
whereas these people immerse themselves into the ocean of samsAra. 

What is the way to come out of this? 

Emperuman is the only way. When so many are drowning I am standing upright 
without any fear why? Because, "nArAyaNan ennai ALi", emperuman is always there 
to take care of me.



(To be continued)



Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam



Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan




























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