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SrI:

 

 

 

Dear SrIvaishnavas,

 

 

 

(7)

 

pulaiyaRam aagi ninRa

 

buddhodu samaNa mellAm,

 

kalaiyaRak kaRRa mAnthar

 

kANparO kETparO thAm,

 

thalaiyaRup puNdum sAvEn

 

saththiyam kANmin aiyA,

 

silaiyinAl ilangai seRRa

 

dEvanE dEvan AvAn.

 

 

 

Philosophies of Bouddham, Jainam, saivam and other such religions, which

either do not have the apourusheya Srutis as base (PramaaNams) or only

partially based on Srutis are not to be heard or read by vaidIkas. Azhwar

continues to say " I swear that even if I cut my head, I will not die & I

swear that only SrirAman is the Lord supreme and not any others " .

 

 

 

(pulaiyaRam) : Although the vEdabhAhya (not based on Vedas) kudrushTi

(interpret Vedas differently) mathams seem to preach righteousness, they are

not to be followed as they have contradictions in themselves and they were

designed by people who are subject to the weaknesses of human beings such as

agnAnam, vipareeta gnAnam, bias etc.

 

 

 

(ellAm) : It includes saivam, charvAkam, tArkikam and all such religions

which contradict apourusheya vEdAs. Here one Ithihyam is recalled. One day,

when the little Srivatsangar (later kUrattAzhwan) came home late, his father

kUrattAzhvAr asked the reason for his delay. The boy told he was hearing to

somebody explaining the advaita grantam 'ishTasiddhi' and got delayed. Then

father AzhwAr quoted the verses of this pAsuram, 'kalaiyaRak kaRRa mAnthar

kANparO kETparO?', ordered the boy to bath again and take SrIpAda theertham.

(this ithihyam is also told as happened between SrI Ramanujar and

kUrattazhwan)

 

 

 

(sAvEn) : sAvEn can be taken as 'even if I die' or 'I will not die' (sA + Aa

+ En). AzhwAr swears similar to SrI Kulasekhara AzhwAr, who swore on behalf

of bhagawathas by placing his hand inside a pot which had a poisonous hungry

snake.

 

 

 

(ilangai seRRa dEvanE dEvan) : 'RamO vigrahavAn dharma:' In Ramavataram, the

vaidIka dharmas were observed firmly. People are reminded of the necessity

of observing dharmam as per Srutis and as observed by SrI Rama. One should

not get confused with the 'dharmam' taught by pourushEya mathams, even if it

might seem to preach 'righteousness at surface level, but end up in soonya

vAdam.

 

 

 

sAram of the pAsuram : Now AzhwAr guides the people, who have become

interested in AzhwAr's upadESam, to know the matham rooted in vEdAs and on

the Supreme Lord.

 

 

 

dAsan