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                                SrI  sAra  sAram â I (44)
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I â ThirumantrAdhikAram 
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The Significance of ânArAyaNanAyaâ   
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        SwAmi Desikan further explains: 
 âânarANAm samghAtahâ enkiRaviDatthil, ânaraâ Sabda-tthAlE 
cEtana-acEtanangkaL iraNDaiyum collavumAm.â â 
        In the earlier quote, there is an expression, ânarAnAm samghAtahâ. 
The word, ânaraâ was interpreted as âa crowd of jIvas. It should be taken 
to include the non-sentient things also. A question may arise: How ânaraâ, 
which indicates the non-changeable sentient beings, can be said to indicate 
inanimate things which we know are of changing nature?  SwAmi Desikan says 
there is way out to include the inanimate things also in its meaning:
 âappOthu, vikAriyAna acEtanatthilE svaroopa-nitya-thaiym vikAra-amsatthil 
pravAha-nityathaiyum colliRRAm.â â 
        The nature of inanimate objects is such that they keep changing their 
forms. It is a fact that their essential nature does not perish. They exist in 
some form or other. That is, their âsvaroopaâ is nitya, eternal. Even 
though they keep undergoing change like the flow of a stream, their existence 
does not come to an end. There is continuity, even while they undergo changes 
in their forms. It is known as âpravAha-nityatvamâ. Hence, there is nothing 
wrong if ânaraâ is said to include the class of non-sentient things also 
besides the sentient beings. 
        SwAmi Desikan continues with the explanation:       
 âivviDatthil samoohArtha-tthilE âaNâ pratyayamAi antha samoohangkaL-thAm 
palavAkaiyAlE, ânivahA narANAm nityAnAmayanamiti nArAyaNa-padamâ 
enRArkaL.â â 
        With the affix, âaNâ, the word, ânaraâ indicates a class of 
things. As such classes are numerous, the learned opined that their number 
cannot be counted. That is why in his work, ashThaSlOkI, SrI ParAsara Bhattar 
states, ânivahA narANAm nityAnAm ayanamiti nArAyaNa padamâ (ashThaSlOkI-3), 
which means: The word, ânArAyaNaâ indicates the One Who has the class of 
eternal things as His abode. 

(To continue)
dAsan
anbil S.SrInivAsan
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