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 swarUpam vs upAyam

The thirteenth pAsuram of thiruppAvai-puLLin vAi kEndanai- consists of a brief 
discussion on swarUpam vs upAyam in ARAyirappadi vyAkyAnam. 

puLLin vAi kEndAnai- the commentary runs as follows " idhu ivargaLukku rAvaNa 
vadham paNNInapadi. ithalaikku anumadhi iRE vEANduvdhu. virOdhiap pOkki thannai 
kodukkai avan paNiyiRE. ivanudaiya anumadhiyum avanudaiya rakshathvamum 
swarUpathilE pugumathanai. 
karma-gnAnangaLai sahakAriyAgak koNdu bhakthi upAyam enRu irukkum avargaL anRu 
iRE.

thannudaiya agnAnam-asakthigaLaiyum, avanudaiya gnAna sakthigaLayum 
sahakAriyAgak kONdu avanE upAyam enRu irukkum avargaL iRE"

Here srEvaishNavic characteristic is emphasised. For His rescue our acceptance 
is the requirement. Nothing more. Thiis acceptance for His rescue( For 
destroying our obstacles and saving us) and His rescue are nature of the soul 
and nature of the Lord respectively, and the acceptance is not a means to 
salavation. 

For those who realiase that we are indeed subservient to the Lord but depend on 
the prescriptions by the sAsthrangaL, karma-gnAnangaL-are supporting systems 
for bhakthi as a means-upAyam. 
For those who realsie what is said in thirumandhiram, our agnAnam-our 
ignorance, our asakthigaL- our incompetence- and His gnAnam and sakthigaL are 
the supporting systems for bearing in mind that He is the means ( and of course 
the end) -upAyam enRu irukkum avargaL iREA. (thAlum thadak kaiyum kUppi paNiyum 
avar kaNdEr)


This is aptly summarised in AchArya Hridhayam sUthram 20 
"ivai swarUpathai vuNarndhu vuNarndhu vuNaravum, vuNarvaip peRa vUra miga 
vuNaravum vuNdAm" 


Here the analysis of two class of people namely a.Those who are involved in 
sAsthrangaL and with the help of that try to get themselves out of the cycle of 
births. b. Those who are involved in the essence of thirumandhiram and act 
passive accordingly.

Accordingly, the former class, in an attempt to understand the real nature of 
the soul -that it is different from the physical form- and is capable of 
knowledge and experiencing happiness presume that soul can do service to the 
Lord and hence keeping this in mind -that soul is itself capable of certain 
independent qualitites- try to attain the Lord by their attempts.

The class of people who are submerged in thirumandhiram, perceive that the 
wordly knowlege, materialsitic nexus, the physique are all to be left away.They 
firmly believe, as dictated by their knowledge that, this perception is 
bestowed by the LOrd without any specific actions and hence they aim at the 
soul being always at the service to the Lord and being capable of being serving 
to the Lord( pAranthanthriyam),. they leave the burden of attaining salvatin to 
the Lord Himself.
It may be observed thus that knowledge about the nature of soul( swarUpathai 
vuNarndhuNardhu vuNara) leads to sAsthra followers and the supreior knowledge 
of the nature of soul (vuNaravai peRa vUra miga vuNara) leads to conviction in 
thirumandhiram.

Thus the difference between those who believe in the prescription of 
sAsthrangaL and those who are dictated by the essence of thirumandhiram is 
explained here.

It may be thus observed that srEvaishNavites are thus class people who follow 
thirumandhiram to the core, whcih is explained in the commentary by swAmi 
azhagia maNavALap perumAl nAyanAr.
vAnamAmalai padmanAbhan




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