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PAASURAM-2 (contd.,)

 

Vishnu dharmam states, “I fall to the feet of that vasudeva whose

strength and character cannot be understood even by brahma and

rudran” (na yasya roopam na balaprabhAvow……..). Vishnu puranam

states, “ Oh achchudhA! I prostrate you with that svaroopa which even

the great brahma does not realize as the paramaprApyam and

jagadhAdhAram” (yannAyam bhagavAn brahma……), “I prostrate that Vishnu

who is the pramaprApyan and who the devas or munis including me

(brahma) and sankaran do not understand” (yan na devA na munaya:…..).

Varaha puranam states, “even today brahma and rudra do not understand

me fully” (athyApi mAm jAnanthi…..). Further emperuman himself

declares in his bhagavat geetha, “nAham prakAsas sarvasya….” (I will

not be visible to anyone, as I am been covered by the yoga mAya.

This ignorant world will not understand me that supreme lord who is

neither created nor destroyed.) And “mAm tu vEda na kaschana” (no one

will understand me). From all

these it is clear that paramathma cannot be understood by anyone

including the brahma, rudras, sanAkAdhi maharishis, the Vedas

themselves and even by emperuman himself as there exists no limit to

his kalyana gunas.

 

But we do hear that the brahmarudras grant many boons to those who do

great tapas towards them. So can we consider them to be superior

gods as well? Azhvar continues to answer this question.

 

(yeththavam seidhArkkum arul mudivadhu AzhiyAn pAl) The result of any

great tapas is granted only by the bhagavan who holds the divine

sudharsana chakra in his hand. For those tapas, which are done

towards brahma or rudran the bhagavan who stays as antharyAmi inside

these devas grant the boon. “yO yO yAm yAm thanum bhakthi:……” (those

who want to worship the devas who are part of me with due respect, are

granted that regard for the devas by me. That jeeva thereby with due

respects worships the god of his like. And due to the worship he

attains the result I grant him) says bhagavan in his bhagavat geetha.

(arul mudivu adhu) those result which are granted to the divine grace

of emperuman. “yeththavam seiydhArkum” here seidhArkum denotes that

even the devas who one worships gets there wants only from

paramathma.

 

(yeththavam……AzhiyAn pAl Orum porul mudivumiththanaiyE) glancing

through all sruthis and smrithis we finally come only to the

conclusion that the results of any worship is ultimately granted only

by the ultimate lord nArAyaNan. “Asya dEvasya meedushA….” States the

bhahuvrusha sruthi that rudran gets his greatness only after his deep

worship of the lord. “yuga kOdi sahasrAni….” (After worshipping

Vishnu for more than 1000 crores of years brahma attained the divine

post of lord of creation) and “mayA srushta: purA brahmA….” (brahma,

created by me did a mahA yagyam in earlier days. Happy with his

worship I blessed him to become my son and there by take care of the

creation of this world) and “mahAdevas sarva mEthE……” (mahAtma

mahAdeva did sarvamEtha yAgam and sacrificed himself in the fire and

hence became devadeva) states the mahabharatha. NarasimhapuraNa

states, “brahmAthayas surAs sarvE vishnumArAthyathE purA….” (brahma

and the other devas in the early

day worshipped lord Vishnu and attained their specific positions due to his divine grace).

Therefore in this paasuram, with specific proofs it has been clearly

stated that nArAyana alone is the paradeivam and all the boons

granted by brahma and rudra are actually those that are attained from

Sriman nArAyana and hence it has been strongly established that he

alone is the paramathma.

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAseeSumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

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