Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha Sri
vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-53
?kallAdhavar elangai kattazhiththa
kAguththan allAl oru deivam
yAnilEn-pollAdha dEvarai dEvarallArai
thiruvillA dEvarai tErEnmin
dEvu? Oh Azhveer! You proudly declare that no one can equal you (ennakkAvAr AroruvarE!) but we are all still struggling, selling ourselves for money (vilaikkAtpaduvar). Can you please tell us a way to lift us to your position?enquired some samsAris. Due to his beneficence thirumazhisai piran gives the way out in this paasuram. Getting away from devathAntara sambhandam is the reason behind my victory and remaining in touch with the other devathas is the cause for your failure. So get rid of the same so that you face victory, says azhvar. (kallAdhAr
elangai)
Lanka
the place of Iliterates. The place
that made even piratti wonder if there was not even a single literate
there. One person, vibheeshana who
was educated was chucked out of lanka considering to be disqualified to live
there. Here the education is ?sA
vidyA yA vimukthayE? (that which teaches the way to moksha). Those in lanka lacked this
knowledge. (kattazhiththa
kAguththan) Chakravarthi
thirumagan broke the borders of lanka. (kAguththan
Allal oru deivam yAnilEn) According
to me none other than Sri Rama piran is worthy of surrendering. He alone has vowed to save those who
surrender to his feet (sharaNagatha rakshagan) (yAn
elEn) ?marandhum
puram thozhA mAndhar? Those who don?t prostrate other devathas even by
mistake. Even if they forget
emperuman still they don?t go to the steps of any others. Since you all lack this faith you are
suffering. Siriya thirvadi who was
a great rama bhaktha said, ?bhAvO nAnyathra gachchathi?. He even refused moksha for the sake of
rAmAnubhavam. Further, azhvar continued to say the characteristics of the devathas and
hence it is necessary to get away from them. (pollAdha
dEvar) EmperumAn?s
appearance, characteristics, acts are all divine and so attractive to the
bhakthas whereas in contrast the other devas are ?kAnilum vurupolAr,
sevikkinAtha keerthiyAr, pEnilum varam thara midukkilAdhAr? (they are ugly in
appearance, their stories are not pleasant to our ears and when approached they
are incapable of granting all our wishes) Leaving the divine senthAmarai kannan
why go at the back of viroopAkshan? Azhvar used the word ?devan? to refer to rudran and other devathas but
suddenly azhvar realized that while going through the actual meaning of the word
?deva? it no where suits these so-called devas. So azhvar corrects himself
saying, (dEvarallArai)
Even if they do not have good appearance or stories it will be ok if atleast
they have power. But they lack even
that whatever they possess is that which was obtained begging Sriman
Narayanan. So in what way shall we
consider themselves to be worthy of
surrendering? (thiruvillA
dEvarai) ?sradhdhayA
dEvO dEvatva mashnutE? (Due to the presence of periya piratta, deva nArayana
attains the qualities to be a deva)
So even emperuman attains the status of a deva due to the presence of
piratti. For others there is no Sri
sambhandam. Mokshapradhan is none
other than Sri:pathi (?hreeshchathE lakshmeescha pathnow? declares the purusha
sooktham) All other than Sriman
nArayanan, lack lakshmi sambhandam and hence called as ?pollAdha
devarai?/?ThiruvillA devarai? by thirumazhisai
piran. (tErEnmin
dEvu) Initially
these so-called devas may grant you wealth, children, cow, food etc but whatever
they grant is temporary and lowly.
Moreover as per the words of geethAcharyan, ?mayaiva vihithAn hidhAn?
(everything is granted only by me in various forms). So shedding the sambhandam with other
devathas and if you fall to the divine feet of emperuman then you are sure to
talk with confidence like me, ?ennakkAvar
AroruvarE? (To Be Continued) Azhvar
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
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