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A succinct statement from the 'Vaartthaamaalai' gives the classical Tenkalai

position on the subject. The Tamil work, Vaartthaamaalai, the Garland of

Statements, is an anthology of statements (vaartthaa) collected by

Pinpazhakiya PerumaaL Jeeyar. The statement, a loose translation of the

explanation given by Puthur Sri. U. V. Krishnaswamy Iyangar Swami, and a

glossory per my understanding are given below:

 

The Statement:

paRRiRRellaam paRRi avanaiyum paRRukai bhakthi; vituvathu ellaam vittuth

thannaiyum vitukai prapatthi.

 

The Explanation:

To hold on to karma yoga and jnana yoga which are angas to bhakthi, to hold on

to bhakthi (which is the angi) as the phalakaraNasaadhana, and to hold on to

Emperumaan as the phalapradasaadhana is the upaayaanthara known as bhakthi; to

abandon all self-effort, deeming them as upaayaantharas, and to abandon even

svagatha sveekaara of the Lord as a upaaya is prapatthi. i.e bhagavad

ekopaayathva adhyavasaayam.

 

Glossory:

[bhagavad + eka +upaayathva + adhyavasaayam = the conviction that the Lord

alone is the means; anga = ancillary, angi = that which has ancillaries,

phalakaraNasaadhana = device for effecting the results or the fruits;

phalapradasaadhana = device for granting the fruits; upaaya = means;

upaayaanthara = what seems like means; svagatha sveekaara = to adopt the Lord

through one's self-effort]