thirumalaimEl enthai

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On Jul 23, 11:50am, Raja Krishnasamy wrote:

> While indeed there can be several literary interpretations to this verse,

the

> great AchAryAl illustrates this as the duality of Lord Shiva and srIman

> nArAyaNa, where pEyAzhvAr describes the Lord at Thirumalai as none other

than

> the union of the two divine forms.

>

 

With due respects, Sri Kanchi Sankaracharya's illustration of pEyaazhvaar's

verse as "the union of two divine forms" is not correct. While Siva's form

is suitable for Lord Sriman Narayana (in the sense that all names

ultimately address our Lord Sriman Narayana), Lord Narayana's form is not

suitable for Siva. This distinction is present in Azhvaar's verse, but

absent in Sri Sankaracharya's illustration. Azhvaar's sreesukthees won't

help anyone wanting to show "the duality of Lord Shiva and srIman

naarayana" stated above.

 

Of the 100 verses of moonRaam thiruvandhathi pEyaazhvaar devotes a whopping

19 verses to the lord of Thiruvengadam. In these 19 verses, starting with

verse 14 through verse 89, Azhvaar leaves no doubt that the Lord of

Thiruvengadam is none other than Lord Vishnu. pEyaazhvaar sings of

ThiruvEngadavan as Vamanan, Thiruvikraman, Kannan, etc. Thus, with the

term "enthai" in the phrase "thirumalaimEl enthaikku" occurring in verse

63, the verse in question, pEyaazhvaar is surely referring to Lord Sriman

Narayanan. Any confusion that may exist if verse 63 is looked at in

isolation should disappear if it is interpreted with this background.

 

Another verse that offers opportunities for misinterpretation is verse 5 of

muthal thiruvandhaathi of poygaiyaazhvaar.

 

aran naaraNan naamam, AnvidaippuL Urdhu

urain^ool maRaiyuRaiyum kOyil, varain^eer

karumam azhippaLippuk kaiyadhuvEl nEmi

uruvameri kaar, mEni onRu.

 

(The key for proper interpretation is the last phrase "mEni onRu" (one is

body). Of the two entities (Sivan and Vishnu) described in the verse, one

(Sivan) is mEni; i.e. Sivan is body for Vishnu.)

 

In these cases keeping Nammaazhvaar's "udalmisai uyir ena karandhengum

parandhuLan" will be helpful in avoiding misinterpretation.

 

-- adiyEn

 

 

 

 

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