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) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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