pEyaazhvaar paasuram

[Guest guest]

For our faith to be secure we need a thorough

understanding of why Sriman Narayana is the supreme

Lord and why others, such as Siva, are not. Therefore

any reasoned article that addresses this issue must be

welcome in this group. However firm our faith may be,

however deep our learning may be, misunderstanding

and ray of doubt do creep into our minds from time to

time. To remove this malady articles that address the

"parathvam" of Sriman Narayana are required on a

regular basis. In this regard I would like to present what

I learnt about the following beautiful paasuram of

pEyaazhvaar [1] that was quoted here recently.

 

thaazsadaiyum neeNmudiyum oNmazuvum sakkaramum,

soozaravum ponnaaNum thOnRumaal, soozum

thiraNdaruvi paayum thirumalaimEl enthaikku,

iraNduruvum onRaay isainthu.

 

In this paasuram pEyaazhvaar compares the attributes

that are unique to the two gods Vishnu and Siva, and

concludes that both sets of attributes are fit for our Lord

Sriman Narayana (thirumalai mEl enthai). Note that the

"thirumalai mEl enthai" is none other than Sriman

Narayana is already answered by pEyaazhvaar in the

62nd paasuram preceding this one.

 

It is incorrect to suggest that pEyaazhvaar intended an

equality of form between Lord Sriman Narayana and

Siva. While Siva's form is fit for our Lord of

Thiruvengadam, the converse is most emphatically not

what aazhvaar implies. Thus, the aazhvaar states in this

paasuram, without ambiguity, the uniqueness of our Lord

Sriman Narayana's supremacy.

 

Articles clearing any doubt about the supremacy of our

Lord Sriman Narayana must be welcome in this group in

spite of the fact that our group is blessed with highly

learned scholars and people of extraordinary faith. The

recent flurry of censure could have been avoided if

quotations from our poorvaachaaryaas were used in stead

of, or at least in addition to, western sources.

 

I seek the forbearance of this group if my understanding

is in any way flawed.

 

 

pEyaazhvaar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

 

-- dhaasan Parthasarati Dileepan

 

 

[1] No musical ecstasy comes even close to Srimathi

M.S. Subulakshmi's rendering of this pEyaazhvaar

paasuram. If there is interest I can make a wav file of

this and make it available from my ftp machine.