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Azhi mazhaik kaNNA

ARayirappadi AvadhArigai.


On seeing the girls performing the pAvai nOmbu, the rain dhEvthA comes to them 
and waits for their command with the intention of doing a part in the 
activities of bhAgwadhAs.
On this, the girls asked him to bring rain so that the world should feel "O! 
the nOmbu has commenced and the rain has come" and gave it written in a pice of 
paper for rememberance(kaiOlai seidhu kodukkiRArgaL)

The dhEvthAs are thus give a helping hand to srEvaishnavites. They are bound to 
so.


on a question that why srEvaishnavites do not approach dhEvthAs, sri kUrathu 
AzhwAn expressed that the question should be,'why dhEvthAs do not approach srE 
vaishnavites?'

How come that sreevaishnavites who are longing for being with Lord KrishNa can 
approach other dhEvthAs for these matters is another question raised. The 
response is that, on the contrary dhEvthAs approach sreevaishnavites for 
kainkaryam.


Is it possible that dhEvthAs who are on an elevated pedestal descend to do 
kainkaryam for sreevaishNavites. When Lord KrishNa Himself descend into the 
AippAdip peNgaL and do as per their wishes, can't dhEvthAs do this?

This can be clearly understood from thiru mazhisaip pirAn's pAsuram" thiRambEan 
min kaNdEr thiruvadithan nAmam, maRandhum, puRam thozhA mAndhar'nAnmugan 
thiruvandhAdhi 68

The king of yama lOka yamarAjA advised to his emissaires that "beware when you 
see sreevaishnavites. If you show your supremacy on them, my supremacy will be 
lost". On this, they enquired" All along, we were thinking that you were our 
lord. is there anybody else?"
Yes, those devotees who do not even worship other dhEvthAs even by loss of 
memory, are to be worshipped. Hence, when you see such type of devotees, give 
them respect and go pass their way pleasantly" is the instructions given by 
yamA.

The same sentiments are exprssed in the pAsuram-s "avan thamar evvinaiyar 
Ayinum...naman thamarAl arAyap pattaRiyAr" mudhal thiruvandhAdhi 55,

"mARu seidha vAL arakkan" thiruch chandha virutham116 and

"vaLLale undhamark enRum naman thamar kaLLar pOL' periya thiru mozhi 8-10-7.

It may, thus be, inferred from the above explanations and quotes that :
a. dhEvthAs are inclined to do kainkaryam to sreevaishnavites;
b. In fact, they rever the sreevaishnavites whenver they meet them or otherwise.
c. The question should be what should be their attitude when they see us rather 
than our attitutde when we see them and hence,

the rain dhEvthA approaching the AippAdip peNgaL for this kainkaryam is fitting 
within the sreevaishnavic parlance.
vAnamAmalai padmanAbhan



















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