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The Big Debate

yEathiyiruppAr vs maRRavarai sAthiyiruppAr

Continuing on the preceding posting regarding thiurmangai mannan toeing the 
line of the devotees in place of tailing the Lord, in the thiur-mozhi 'nanAdhA' 
2-6:
sri periya-vAchAn piLLai questions the efficacy of being devoted to those 
devoted to sriman nArAyaNA. Having questioned so, he himself replies that this 
devotion is  'fail-proof'  even if compared to that of the devotion to the 
Lord. 

He quotes the nAn-mugan thiruvandhAdhip pAsuram

"mARAya thAnavanai vAL -vugiRAl, mArbiraNdu kURAga
kERiya kOL Ariyai, vEARAga yeAthiyiruppArai vellumEa,
maRRavarai sAthiyiruppAr thavam" 18.

yEathiyiruppAr- The srEvaishNavites who are deeply devoted to the Lord. 
Those who are like sri periyAzhwAr who are anxious and concerned about the 
welfare of the Lord. This is what is meant by
'vEARAga yEathi-iruppar'---> Those who are concerned and anxious about the 
welafare of the Lord.

maRRavar:  Those who do not worship the Lord directly but through the 
srEvaishNavic devotees.
Like madhura-kavigaL, like vaduga-nambi, like sathrugnAzhwAn. 

yEathiyiruppArai vellumEa maRRavarai sAthi-iruppAr thavam: The benefits 
attained by those who follow the srEvaishNavites rather than the Lord are 
greater is the final word on this aspect. 

Conclusion: Therefore, it is in fact fool-proof and fail-proof to be devoted to 
those srEvaishNavites who are devoted to the Lord.

srEvaishNava dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan




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