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            SrImate Ra'nga RAmAnuja MahA DeSikAya namaH.
        tAtparya ratnAvaLi - Submission 68, Slokam 24 Part 4,
            tiruvAimozhi 2.2, pASuram-s 2.2.8 and 2.2.9.


·       pASuram 2.2.8:

karuttil dEvum ellAp poruLum varuttitta mAyap pirAnai anRi yArE
tiruttit tiN nilai mU ulagum tannuL iruttik kAkkum iyalvinarE.

Who else is there other than SrIman NarAyaNan who, by His mere will,
created all the gods including Rudra, Indra etc., is the antaryAmi in
everyone, a wellwisher for all without exception, ensures an orderly
functioning of everything in all the universes, and bestows
auspiciousness on all and removes inauspiciousness for all?   

SvAmi DeSikan presents the aspect of BhagavAn's Supreme Lordship that
is sung in this pASuram as 'jagad avana dhiyam' - He whose mind is set
on protection of all things in the worlds that He created - mU ulagum
tannuL iruttik kAkkum iyalvinarE.  SrI PBA explains this as 'mU
ulaga'ngaLaiyum kAppadaiyE eppOdum Sindai Seybavan' - He whose thoughts
are always on protecting what He has created, which includes everything
without exception in all the worlds.  Just as He created everything
with His mere will, He protects everything with His mere will as well.
He alone is sarveSvaran who has His mind always devoted to Protection
of all the beings that He created, even as the mind of the mother who
gives birth to a child considers it her responsibility to protect the
child she gave birth to.  One need not be confused thinking that the
Protector has to be different from the Creator, as is sometimes
incorrectly believed by some.  He accomplishes the function of creation
of all things by being the antaryAmI of the four-faced BrahmA, and by
being his guide and power.

·       pASuram 2.2.9:

        kAkkum iyalvinan kaNNa perumAn Serkkai Seidu tan undiyuLLE
        vAitta tiSaimugan indiran vAnavar AkkinAn daiva ulagugaLE.

KaNNa perumAn kAkkum iyalvinan Serkkai Seidu tan undiyuLLE vAitta
tiSaimugan indiran vAnavar daivam ulagugaL AkkinAn -  BhagavAn takes
incarnations such as KaNNan, and has the function of protection of all
as His very nature;  He is the same One who merges all beings within
Himself at the time of pralaya, and also creates the likes of BrahmA,
indra, and all the other gods as part of the function of creation.

SvAmi DeSikan captures the gist of this pASuram through the words
'rakshaNAya avatIrNam' - kAkkum iyalvinan kaNNa perumAn - He who takes
incarnations such as KaNNan for the primary purpose of protection. 
Note that kaNNan says 'paritrANAya sAdhUnAm vinASAya ca dushkRtAm' -
'For the protection of the good and the destruction of the evil' -
Proteection comes first; the primary purpose of the incarnations is
protection, and in order to achieve that, if He has to destroy, then He
will.  AzhvAr also says:  'SERkkai Seidu AkkinAn' - He goes through
samhAram (SErkkai, destruction)  for the purpose of giving new bodies
to the jIva-s (AkkinAn - created consequent on SErkkai).  

In the previous pASuram, AzhvAr pointed out that BhagavAn in not only
the Creator, but the Protector also - 'ellAp poruLum varuttitta mAyap
pirAn' and 'kAkkum iyalvinarE'.  In the current pASuram, he points out
that samhAram - destruction, is also because of Him - 'SErkkai Seidu'; 
thus, BhagavAn is responsible for creation (AkkinAn), and also for
samhAram or destruction (SErkkai), but He does these as an aid to
Protection, which is His very nature  and the primary purpose behind
the creation and destruction (kAkkum iyalvinan).   Because this is His
nature, He protects all the jIva-s in His stomach at the time of
pralaya, which is called ?destruction? or samhAram traditionally, but
it is really protection.  This ?samhAram? again, is a prelude to
creation that is in the welfare of the jIva-s, by giving them another
opportunity to attain Him by giving them a new body and all the
comforts to enjoy, and is thus really protection in truth.  These
points are discussed in greater detail in the write-up under the series
'tri-mUrti-s in tiruvAimozhi.

The key point to note that it is our KaNNa PerumAn who takes different
incarnations among us to offer protection to us, and He is the same One
who performs the functions of destruction and creation through the
agency of Rudra and BrahmA, but with the intent of Protection of all as
the only goal.  Thus, it is He who is sarveSvaran - who controls the
sRshTi, sthiti, and samahAram of everything, with the welfare of all
beings as His only interest.  

BhagavAn is the One who creates BrahmA first from the brahmANDam that
He creates from His navel, and then gives him the power to create all
other things, and thus He is the true Creator through BrahmA also.  He
is the One who creates the worlds of Rudra and BrahmA before they
themselves are created, and He is the One who destroys the worlds of
Rudra and BrahmA when the times of BrahmA and Rudra ends.  Thus, it is
kaNNan who is responsible for the creation, protection, and destruction
of everything starting from the four-faced BrahmA to the tinest blade
of grass, and no one else.  Thus, He alone is sarveSvaran.   

SrI UV comments that through this pASuram, AzhvAr communicates that
BhagavAn is the One who is responsible for the functions of creation,
protection and destruction;  that His powers are not the least
diminished in His incarnatations such as KaNNan, that kaNNan is none
other than SrIman NarAyaNan -  'ivvaLavAl sRshTi, sthiti, samhAra'ngaL
Seyyum perumAn oruvanE enRum, idanAlAm sarveSvaratvamAnadu ellA
avatAra'ngaLilum SiRidum kunRada paDiyE uLadu enRum, avan kaNNan
mudalAna avatAra'ngaL Seyyum tirumAlE enRum teLivAga aruLap peRRadu
enga' - The Supreme Deity, SrIman NarAyaNan takes incarnations amongst
us for the sole purpose of Protection of all the beings in all the
words - rakshaNAya avatIrNam.   

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan
(To be continued)


      
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