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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

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 dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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