Tirumaalai aRivOm-10

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SrI:

 

Dear SrIvaishnavas,

 

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maRRumOr deivam uNDE

 

mathiyilA mAniDankAL,

 

uRRapOthu anRi neenkaL

 

oruvanenRu uNara mAtteer,

 

aRRamEl onRaReeyeer

 

avanallAl deiyvamillai,

 

kaRRinam mEiththa enthai

 

kazhaliNai paNimin neerE.

 

 

 

After eliminating vEda bhAhya matams, AzhwAr advices people to know that Sruti

is the only pramANam and that they should not worship anya dEvatAs, even if they

are mentioned in Sruti. Earlier Azhwar asked them to take refuge at Srirama, but

people felt that SrIrama is diifficult to approach. So, Azhwar guides them to

Srikrishna, who exhibited soulabhyam and souseelyam in that avataram.

 

 

 

(maRRumOr deivam uNDE) : The great gnAni vEdavyAsa accomplished unimaginable

deeds. He collected and arranged Sruti systematically; compiled Mahabharata

itihasam; compiled purANas and he condensed all the divine knowledge as

brahmasootrams, which is one of the three basic pramANAs to establish a vaidIka

matam. Such a great gnAni swore with lifted hands that there is no SAstram over

the eternal Sruti and there is no god above kESava. AzhwAr quotes the same again

swearing that there is no god other than Srimannarayana.

 

 

 

(mathiyilA mAniDankAL) : But people do not have such a buddhi and power to

understand Sruti, Smruti and itihAsAs (on their own) and hence they are but

animals in human form. However, they will become human beings when they take

AzhwAr's priceless advice and take refuge at the divine feet of kaNNan, Who was

taking cows for grazing.

 

 

 

(uRRapOthu) : Or else, these people will see only during mahApralayam that the

demigods, whom these people were following thus far, would be getting into the

same tiru-udaram (divine belly) of the Lord, to be housed there until next

creation. Now people are blessed with a good birth and they should not waste it.

 

 

 

(aRRam mEl onRaReeyeer) : You people do not know the inner meaning of Sruti

(aRRam). You are limiting your knowledge only to the demigods. There is no

objection that these demigods are existing and they are part of emperumAn's

Sareeram. The point here is to insist Whom you have to take refuge at. 'nArAyaNa

parA vEdA:' vEdAs extol only Srimannarayanan as paradEvata.

 

 

 

(kaRRinam mEiththa enthai) : SrI Krishna defeated the demigods brahma (vatsa

apahAra parihAram), Siva (defeated bANAsura and siva-parivAram), Indra

(gOvardana uddhAraNam). At the same time he grazed the cattle and was easily

approachable by anybody. So, if you find it difficult to approach Srirama, you

rest assured that it is easy to take refuge at Srikrishna.

 

 

 

(kazhaliNai paNimin neerE) : A samvAdam between bhattar and his sishyAs is

recalled here. When asked which aspect of vEdAs is perceived by the incident of

yayAti & dEvEndran as mentioned in mahabharatam, bhattar replied that the truth

that 'dEvatAntaram will not tolerate anyone overtaking them' is perceived by

this itihAsam.

 

 

 

This pAsuram is echoed in the taniyan verse of tirumaalai.

 

 

 

sAram of the pAsuram : Do not worship dEvatAntaram. Take refuge at SrI Krishna's

divine feet, which were wandering in the tulasi vanam, forest and yamunA bank

while grazing the cows. (Such simplicity)

 

 

 

dAsan