dhEvathaanthra thyAgam

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A commenatry of Srimad RaHaSyathraiyasAram written by Srimad azhagiyasingar

in HH's poorvaasramam is appearing in Sri Nrisimha Priya. Presently, the

discussion is about "paradhEvathaa paaramaarththiyaathikaaram". Answers

for all the questions relating to the worship of other dhEvathaas can be

found there. In the June and July issues of the magazhine the discussion

is partially about the following moolam:

 

"indhap paradhEvathaa paaramaarthyaththai thirumanthiraththilE kaNdu,

thadhIya paryanthamaaga dhEvathaanthra thyAgamum, thadhIya paryanthamAga

bhagavath shEshathvamum prathishtamAnapadiyE "maRRum Or dheyvam

uLathenRiruppArOdu uRRilEn, uRRathum unnadiyArkku adimai" engiRa pAttilE

SarvEsvaran pakkalilE SarvArththa graHaNam paNNina AzhvAr aruLichchEydhAr."

 

The general meaning of this passage is that our devotion to our Lord Sriman

Narayana should include devotion to His devotees. Similarly, our

disassociation from other dhEvathaas must include the devotees of those

dhEvathaas, i.e. we must disassociate from such devotees as well. Swami

Sri Desikan quotes Thirumangai AzhvAr in support of this view.

 

periya thirumozhi 8.10.3:

 

"maRRumOr dheyvamuLathenRu iruppArOdu

uRRilEn uRRadhum un adiyArkku adimai

maRRellAm pEsilum nin thiru ettezhuththum

kaRRu nAn kaNNapuraththuRai ammAnE!"

 

Free translation:

O! Lord of ThirukkaNNapuram,

I shall keep away from those who think that there are other gods;

It is to your devotees that I shall remain in servitude;

This is what I learnt from the moola mandhram which may speak of many

esoteric meanings.

 

 

Srimadhazhagiyasingar's explananation for the RTS moolam quoted earlier and

the above paasuram runs to many pages including discussions about the

meaning AzhvAr saw in moola mandhiram, the delectable phrase "SarvArththa

graHaNam paNNina AzhvAr", the two "thadhIya" terms used in the moolam, etc.

 

In this day and age it is difficult to completely disassociate from

devotees of other dhEvathaas. Only our present day AcharyAs can guide us

in this regard. At the very least we must keep away from the worship of

other dhEvathaas.

 

adiyEn azhagiyasingar dhaasan

 

 

 

 

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