[sri ramanuja] Ten avatArs mentioed in Periya Thirumozhi.8.8.10

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Dear BhagavathAs,

Eventhough the avatAram of our emperumAn can not be counted and is

endless, some of the avatArams were repeatedly and in many time was

enjoyed by our Azhwars and AchAryars. Sri P.B.A Swamin while

discussing about the ParasurAma avatAram, for pAsuram in Periya

Thirumozhi 8.8.6 (Thirukannapuram), he mentioned that Lords'

avatAram is countless. But at the vyAkyAnam for 8.8.10 pAsuram, PBA

swamin had quoted that, azhwar wants to conclude the pathigam with

the tenth avatAram of Lord -Kalki- and also used the word

DasAvatAram.

 

Similarly Thirumangai Azhwar in that 10th pAsuram had summed up the

avatArs of Lord in the chronological order of DasavatAram only. From

PBA Swamin divyArtha deepikai, Swamy Parasara Bhattar in Sri

Rangaraja Sthavam - Utthara bhAgam also celebrates and compares Lord

Sri RanganAthar with DasAvathAram.

 

Eventhough its wellknown fact that, Our Lord avatAram can not be

restricted with 10 ONLY, but this 10 SELECTED avatArs of HIM is

repeatedly enjoyed by our Azhwars, poorvAsiriyars. Here adiyEn wants

to clear that, we can use the word "DasAvatAram by emperumAn". If

not, then why Thirumangai Azhwar uses this ten avatars and dedicate

each pAsuram for each avatAr in Periya Thirumozhi 8.8? If not then

why AchAryar NigamAntha dEsikan dedicated 10 StOtrams for Ten

Avatars - called as DasAvatAra StOtram?

 

Eventhough emperumAn had taken many avatArs, the KoormaAvatAram can

not ge forgotten by any - since PirAttiyAr's avatAram from pArkadal.

2) Sri Varaha AvatAram can not be forgotten by any - since he saved

our Bhoomi PirAttiyAr.

3) Sri Narasimha AvatAram can not be forgotten by any - since in

this avatAram HE proved that HE can took avatAr for HIS BhaktAs like

PrahlAdan.

4) Sri Vamana AvatAram can not be forgotten by any - since in this

avatAram HE proved that, HE is Sarvarakshkan not only for bhakthAs

like us, but also for Devars like Indran - "EmperumAn-ImaiyOr

thalaivan."

5) Sri Rama, Krishna AvatAram can not be forgotten by any.

 

adiyEn,

senthil.b

 

 

ramanuja, "bsundarrajansrivilliputtur"

<bsundarrajansrivilliputtur wrote:

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> shri:

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> Dear shriman "Thenamaam Polil..." Swamin

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> Adiyaen's Pranaams.

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> Thanks for your intervention. indeed i enjoyed your commentary on

> this Avathaar regarding...

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> Shriman p.b.a swamy also concluded the same point.

> His explanation can be found here:

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> Reference Page 1099 - Periya thirumozhi - Divyaartha Deepikai

> or explanation of 8.8.6 / Thirukannapuram 86th Paasuram

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> Adiyaen

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> - Maaran's Dog

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> ramanuja, "Padmanabhan" <aazhwar@> wrote:

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> > munivarai idukkiyum -munnEr vaNNanAiyum

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> > Sri Nam piLLai's vyAkyanam was clear that

> > -No restrictions can be drawn for EmperumAn's avathAram-s

> > -These avathAram-s are out of volition.

> >

> > Sri Desikan's vyAkyanam further clarifies that

> > -the Lord appears in dvEva, manusha, thriyak sthvarangaL,

vibhava-

> vibhavAnthara,vyUyha/vyUhAnthara.

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> > EDu for TiruvAimohhip pAsuram

> > 'nilai varambila pala piRappAi'

> > quotes Sri Bhattar that the Lord's avathAram being saulabyam

> reveals supremacy from time to time and the prime factor is

> rakshagathvam.

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> > Then one may ask, what is it this ten avathAr-s and others.

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> > Acharya hrdhyam sUthram 'munivarai idukkiyum-mun-nEr vaNNanAyum'

> NO.17

> > gives answer for this:

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> > Though this particular sUthram is brought about by Sri Azhagia

> maNavALap perumAL nAyanAr to bring about the difference between

> sAsthram and thirumanthram, the following aspects are relevant for

> our discussion

> > munivarai idukkiyum

> > the fact that the Lord descends upon rishi-s and spells out

> certain works is stressed here.This is termed as 'AvEsha

avathAram'

> and commences and ends with the particular task.

> >

> > mun-nEr vaNNan

> > The Lord takes upon Himself avathAram-s directly.,For example He

> gave the thriumanthiram at VadaraiASramam.

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> > The avathAram-s thus are manifold and endless

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> > dasan

> > vanamamalai padmanabhan

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