Tirumaalai aRivOm-11

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SrI:

 

Dear Srivaishnavas,

 

 

 

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nATTinaan deivam engum

 

nallathOr aruLthannAlE,

 

kaaTTinAn tiruva rangam

 

uypavarkku uyyum vaNNam,

 

kETTirE nambimeerkAL!

 

geruDavA hananum niRka,

 

sETTaithan madiyakaththuch

 

selvampArth thirukkinReerE.

 

 

 

People ask AzhwAr 'why these dEvatAs are installed and are celebrated

grandly?' AzhwAr replies that the Lord Himself does so in order to cater to

the needs of people having mixed guNAs but the fruits obtained from such

dEvatAs are little and short living. Now AzhwAr asks them 'Why do you people

forget to look at Sriya:pati, Who is readily awaiting here on Garuda vAhanam

- instead you're expecting your wealth from the jyEshTai's lap ( moodEvi and

dEvatAntaram are meant here)

 

 

 

(naaTTinaan deivam enkum) : Apart from the direct meaning that the Lord

created many dEvatAs to satiate the taste of individuals, it may be taken as

'He established His paratvam in all worlds through Sruti, Smriti, itihAsam,

pAncharAtram like pramANams'. In the second case 'uyyum vaNNam' goes with

'nATTinAn'.

 

 

 

(nallathOr aruLthannAlE) : With His dayAguNam, He also installed other

dEvatAs to ensure that those who do not know how to reach Him, should not

become nAstikAs. Let them go to whichever dEvatA they like and come to the

Lord in due course, when they gradually become sAtvIkAs (AkAsAt patitam

tOyam ...) This concept has to be carefully understood from sadAchAryas.

 

 

 

(nambimeerkAL) : AzhwAr celebrates the people who did not fall into the

traps of bhAhya-kudrushti philosophers. Or this may be taken as parihAsa

ukti (Introducing somebody as 'this swamy is parama yOgyar')

 

 

 

(geruDa vAhanan) : Again AzhwAr talks on tirunAma prabhAvam, after

explaining the paratvam of the Lord. Now people would know that the

tirunaamams Rama, Krishna, and aranga denote only Srimannarayanan. His

vAhanam is the fastest garuDan, who is vEdAs-personified. During gajEndra

rakshanam, the Lord Himself pulled His vAhanam to match His speed (tvarai)

to save gajendrAzhwAr. Think of the poor status of anyadEvatAs at that

moment. They could only watch the incident with amazement. Even displaying

one of the 3 qualities viz. (i) To sit at the back of sAkshAt vEdaswrUpi

periya thiruvaDi, (ii) To hold sudrashanAzhvAr diligently in hand, (iii) To

have sAkshAt mahAlakshmi as patni, will show His paratvam, says SrI

PeriyavAchAn piLLai (PVP).

 

 

 

(sETTai) : jyEshtA (also called as aSrI) was born before pirATTi. She

represents dAridriyam, duradrushTam, foolishness, laziness etc. So

anticipating parama purushArtham from dEvatAntaram is nothing but awaiting

wealth from the lap of jyEshTA. PVP says 'to expect mOksham from

dEvatAntaram is like expecting ISvaryam from aSrI'

 

 

 

This pAsuram came out from AzhwAr as there was no reaction from some people,

even after hearing the word 'tiru arangam'.

 

 

 

sAram of the pAsuram : He is Sriya:pati. His vAhanam is nothing but

Sruti-personified-GaruDAzhwar. He is easily accessible in Srirangam. Take

refuge in Him rather than anticipating wealth from the poor demigods.

 

 

 

dAsan