SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Thus having mentioned that Vedas point out to You only As Supreme Lord, now Alavandhar takes on epics and puraanas wherein also Sriman Narayana Paratvam is clearly established. vEdApahaara gurupaadhaka daitya peedaadiaapad vimOchana mahishta phalapradhaanai: kOnya: prajApati pasupathi paripaati kasya paadOdakEna sa siva swasirOdhrthEna [13] the Vedas were snatched away; one of father?s heads was plucked off and the grave sin was committed; the troubles of HiraNyaakshan, Basmaasuran and torture by them; - from all these dangers, who saved from all these dangers and grants all grandest fruits as well? Who else saves thus even Prajaapathi, Pasupathi and others? By sprinkling and retaining waters [that washed whose feet] Sivan gets his mangaLam and auspiciousness? [For all these queries, it is only Sriman Narayanan]. Prajaapathi, Pasupathi- Pasu is also a praja; One should not think that these BrahmA [Prajaapathi] and Rudra [Pasupathi] are the masters. Rudran is not the master of BrahmA; as BrahmA himself is rudra?s father. BrahmA is also yet another Prajai (being); Rudra is also a pasu; thus they themselves can not be masters; They [are just like other beings] enjoy the fruits of their puNya and paapams. Thus those who says Vishnu?s duty is only protection should know that protection of these two as well namely BrahmA, Rudra? There shall be absolutely no doubt or confusion about the same. Why and how? Rakshanam ?protection- is removal of hurdles and granting fruits and good.. It is You, Sriman Narayana, who saved them from their dangers.. Firstly, when BrahmA was created and you instructed him with Vedas for enabling him with creation of other beings. The Vedas were snatched away by the asurAs by name Madhu, Kaitabhars. BrahmA went to the Lord and cried for saving him and Vedas; You killed the asurAs [taking Hayagriva form] and got back the Vedas; taught BrahmA again and blessed him. BrahmA?s one of the heads was plucked off by his son- Rudra [during one incident] thereby the grave sin was committed by Rudra and the skull got stuck to his palm. He went begging with that skull to fill the same [in order to get rid of that skull, thereby the mahaa paapam. It was You who filled that skull taking a drop of blood from your divine chest. Thus Pasupathi was removed and cleansed off his brahma hartthi dhOsham [mahaa paapam] According to PurANams , Lord ShivA acquired Brahma Hatthi DhOsham by plucking one of the five heads of BrahmA . He punished BrahmA for lying that he saw the face of Lord ShivA , when he presented Himself as LingOthbhavar. Lord ShivA got mad and as a punishment plucked the fifth head of BrhamA , who in our sampradhAyam is the father of Lord ShivA . That fifth head (skull ) got stuck in the hand of Lord ShivA and He had to go from place to place begging for food with that kapaalam. Now returning to our story , Lord ShivA wandered with stuck skull in hand and ultimately reached KandiyUr divya Desam ( Kantana Puram in Sanskrit). Here Rudran did penance and offered His worship to Sriman NaarayaNan and took a dip in the PushkariNi and with the Lord's blessing , the stuck kapAlam eased itself from his hand . As a result , the BhagavAn here is known today as Hara Saapa VimOchana PerumAL and the PushkariNi is recognized as Kapaala ThIrtham .There are two versions on how the kapAlam got unstuck. One in which , Bhagavan makes a slit in His chest and directs the blood pouring out into the Kapaalam until it is full and that did it. The basmaasura incident is also known to all; and it is You who saved Rudran from basmaasuran. These incidents are described in Saatvika puraanas and Mahaabharathams. Thus Rudra became Mahaadevan [deva of devaas] by performing Sarvamedha yaagam and getting the blessings of You- Narayana. It is Vishnu?s grace that he is Mahaadevan and Rudra himself knows that always and quite well. The message that Rudra is below BrahmA is very clear from Thrivikrama avathAram- from the way he had the waters in his matted locks and was blessed by those holy waters that BrahmA used for offering and washing the lotus feet of the Lord that rose upto Brahma lOkam. Srimad Bhagawatham mentions: paadhOdhakEna vidhrthEna siva: sivObhUth. Srimad Ramayana too annotates this incident. Thus Sriman Narayanan is SarvEshwaran who saves all; who grants fruits to everone right upto BrahmA, Rudra et al. Thus BrahmA, Rudra et al are also samsaaris- like all jeevathmaas. Such danger- hurdle- has it ever happened the Vishnu and these two have saved Him anytime- mentioned in any ithihaasam? Never. Because He is SarvEshwaran; Parathvam- Supreme Lord. Few avathArams may mention granting an upper hand to them; that is also supplemented by their praising Him after being blessed with the opportunity. It is equal to Dasaratha, Vasudeva becoming father for the Lord for an avathAram. Does not eman Dasaratha is the Paratahvam. Does it? [what a manner in which Alavandhar so clearly establishes Parathvam of Sriman Narayanan?] Alavandhar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsan _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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