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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha



Paasuram-17



"aala nezhar keezhar araneriyai nAlvarkku

mElaiyugath thuraiththAn meithavaththOn-jnAla

malandhAnai Azhi kidandhAnai AlmEl

valarindhAnai thAn vaNangu mARu"



"Aren't there instances where even rudra has saved his devotees?" questioned a 
few for which azhvar answers stating that the very same intelligent rudra has 
also advised the greatness of emperuman and how he himself surrenders to those 
divine feet.



(aala nezhar keezhar araneriyai nAlvarkku mElaiyugath thuraiththAn) During a 
time rudra instructed four maharishis viz., agathiyar, dhakshar, pulasthiyar 
and kasyapar about the upAsanadharmamArgam (the way to upliftment) and helped 
them.



(meithavaththOn) The one who did real penance. Rudra did that penance which is 
the ultimate and has nothing greater than that. What did rudra instruct in 
order to save the rishis?



(Azhi kidandhAnai) One who lies on top of the milky ocean in order to take a 
number of incarnations.



[The ordering of words is slightly changed in order to understand the proper 
meaning of the paasuram.]



(jnAla malandhAnai) After that he took Trivikrama avathara and measured the 
three worlds. During which time he placed his divine feet on top of all 
irrespective of their birth, caste, creed, gender etc (vasista chandAla 
vibhAgamara)



(AlmEl valarindhAnai) One, who placed all the worlds in his stomach during the 
time of pralaya, saved them and laid on a small banyan leaf to everyone's 
amazement.



(thAn vanangu mAru) thus instructed rudra about he himself getting involved 
with the divine qualities of that emperuman and falling to his feet.



With the above 3 paasurams azhvar explained the meaning of the verse, 
"eshvarAth jnAnamanvichchEth mOkshamichchEth jnArdhanAth" [One has to wish to 
get knowledge and moksha from Siva and jnArdhana (Sriman Narayana) respectively]



(To be continued)



Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam



Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan


































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