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 emperumAn vs srEvaishNavites

The fifteenth pAsuram of thiruppavai consists a brief discussion on emperuman 
vs srEvaishNavites. The discussion veers around whether emperumAn should be 
preferred to srEvaishNavites or vice-versa. 

The commentary for the terms 'vunakkenna vERudaiyai' runs as follows:
'pancha laksham kudip peNgaLukku vuLLadhoyiya, thaniyE swayampAkam paNNuvAraip 
pOlE vEREA sila vuNdO? vaishNava vishayathai bagishkarithu-p-paRRum bhagawadh 
vishayathOdu dhEvadhAndhrathOdu vAsiyillai; nE oruvarukkum virOdhi illai; nE 
pukkuth thiruvadi thozhu" enna AzhwAn vArthaiyai ninaippadhu'.
Even after deliberations the gopikA inside does not start with the group for 
krishNAnubhavam. These words 'vunakkenna vERudaiyai' is mentioned at this 
juncture. Do you have anything to be enjoyed and experienced alone -without us, 
meaning that bhagwadh vishayam is best suited for experience only alongwith 
srEvaishNavi ghOshti. 

Here the incident of sri kUrath AzhwAn is recalled wherein SrE kurath AzhwAn is 
initially refused entry into the temple of Lord nam perumAL as he is seen as an 
associate of Sri RAmAnujA. However, on realising that he is a very learned 
scholar they permit him inside on the grounds that he is not harmful. SwAmi 
kUrath AzhwAn returns without entering the temple as he feels that he cannot 
reach the Lord without dissociating himself with sri RAmAnujA. He prefers 
srEvaishnavic sambandham rather than the Lord's sambandham. 

We should also see the seriousness of the words " bhagwadhvishayathOdu 
-dhEvadhAnthrathOdu vAsiyillai" in the commentary. If we indeed prefer the Lord 
overlooking srEvaishNavites, worshipping the Lord is deemed equal to that of 
other deities. The Lord is way above incomparable to other deities. When the 
same scale is applied, the srEvaishNavites are kept in a very high pedestal 
above the Lord. The essence is that the Lord should be worshipped only 
alongwith srEvaishNavites. 

The rAmAnuja nURRandhAdhi-p-pAsuram 'kayil kani ennak kaNNanaik kAttith 
tharinum, vundhan meyyil piRangiya sER anRi vENdilan yAn'- rAmAnuja 
nURRandhAdhi -104 and
' seithalai sangam sezhu mutha mEnum, thiruvarangar kaithalathAzhizhum sangamum 
yEandhi,
nangaNmugappEa, moithalaithu, vunnai vidEan enRu irukkilum, nin pugazhE 
moithalaikkum vandhu'- rAmAnuja nURRandhAdhi -75 are pertinent pAsuram-s to be 
recalled in this context.
vAnamAmalai padmanAbhan


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