Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 DhEvathAnthram- Demi Gods: The demigods or other deities inherit their nominal powers from EmprumAn.They are subject to His will and wish. It is magnanimity that He has conferred such powers to them keeping in mind various factors ‘dhisayum,dhisayUruth theivamum, theivath isaiyum karumangaL ellAm kAroDha vaNNan padaitha mayakku’ Mudhal ThrivandhAdhi. The fact that the deities have been installed in several directions and for different actions are all the illusion EmperumAn has created. Adding to this the rajas and thamas nature of these deities make thim think themselves as supreme and act accordingly. Sri Nam AzhwAr clears this illusion in several pAsuram-s. Here is one instance, nAdi nEr vaNangum theivamum vummaiyum mun padiathAn, kabala nan mOKKathuk kaNdu koN min’ ThiruvAi Mohzi 4—10-2; AzhwAr addresses the samsAri-s who presume that these deities are the prime ‘These deities whom you approach and worship and you are all created by EmperumAn. Thus, one should realize that these deities are subservient to the Lord, these act as if they are supreme and are devoid of knowledge and look upon EmperumAn during their distress. dAsan vanamamalai padmanabhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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