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 Indhiran-Brahman-Esan-imayavar. 
'IndhiranOADu Biraman 
Esan imayavar ellAm manthira mAmalar kONDu.maRaindu varAi vandhu ninRAr...' 
2-8-1 of PeriyAzvAr thirmozhi. 
The chief of DhEvAs Indhiran, the 
functinal head of creation BrahmA and the functional head of destruction RudrA, 
all worship EmperumAn with Vedic verses.  
All the dhEva clans worship Him 
alongwith us. 
The commentary is 
wonderful. 
We are chanting this pAsuram daily 
but the import can be realized from the words of 
vyAkyAnam. 
Sri MAmunikaL questions " when 
BrahmA and RudrA are greater than Indira , why Indra should be placed first and 
others tagged along wth him? 
Actually, they do not have any 
exalted status of supremacy.Their powers are derived from their functions of 
creation and destruciton respectively. 
Since, they doe not have any 
special stauts, they are also put along with indhira. 
The text of comemntary is worded 
wonderuflly in this regard: 
'mUvaraiyum sollugiRa 
idathil, indhiranai mundhuRach solliugiRadhu,avanOpAdhi kAryathAl vandha yEATRam 
ozhiya Esvarathvagandham illai' 
When the three are being told 
(BrahmA, RudrA and IndhrA) why Indhra should placed first? This is because, like 
him other two derive their status from their functions and they dont have any 
kind of supremacy whatsoever. Like any other AtmA, they approach EmperumAn with 
fresh flowers and Vedic verses like purusha sUktham. 
EmperumAn is the Supreme and all 
others are AtmAs like us and any exalted status is due to their functional 
posts. 
Sri Periya JEyar thiruvadigaLEa 
CharaNam 
dasan 
vanamamalai 
padmanabhan 
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