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Rāmāṉuja is the One Who Saves Us

இராமானுசனே நம்மை உய்யவைப்பவன்

3971 பொய்யைச்சுரக்கும் பொருளைத்துரந்து * இந்தப்பூதலத்தே
மெய்யைப்புரக்கும் இராமானுசன்நிற்க * வேறுநம்மை
உய்யக்கொள்ளவல்லதெய்வமிங்கியாதென்றுலர்ந்து அவமே
ஐயப்படாநிற்பர் * வையத்துள்ளோர்நல்லறிவிழந்தே.

3971 pŏyyaic curakkum pŏrul̤ait turantu * intap pūtalatte
mĕyyaip purakkum irāmānucaṉ niṟka ** veṟu nammai
uyyak kŏl̤l̤a valla tĕyvam iṅku yātu ĕṉṟu ularntu avame *
aiyappaṭā niṟpar * vaiyattul̤l̤or nal aṟivu izhante (79)

Ragam

Senjurutti / செஞ்சுருட்டி

Thalam

Jambai / ஜம்பை

Bhavam

Self

Simple Translation

3971. There are many religions that spread false teachings and people believe in them and do not think of the lord who will save us. Rāmānujā will show them the true way to reach god— they should give up their worrying and not doubt him.

Word by Word (WBW) meaning

(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)

பொய்யை — பொய்யை; சுரக்கும் — வெளிப்படுத்தி பிற மதத்தவர்களின்; பொருளைத் துரந்து — அர்த்தங்களைக் கண்டித்து; இந்தப் பூதலத்தே — இப்பூமியில்; மெய்யைப் புரக்கும் — ஸத்யத்தைக் காப்பாற்றும்; இராமாநுசன் நிற்க — இராமாநுசன் இருக்கும்போது; வையத்துள்ளோர் — இவ்வுலகத்தோர்; நம்மை — நம்மை; உய்யக் கொள்ளவல்ல — உய்விக்கச்செய்யும்; தெய்வம் — வேறு தெய்வம்; இங்கு யாது என்று — உண்டோ என்று; உலர்ந்து — மனம் வருந்தி இளைத்து; வேறு நல் — வேறு நல்ல; அறிவு இழந்தே — ஞானத்தை இழந்து; அவமே — வீணாக; ஐயப்படா நிற்பர் — சந்தேகப்படுகிறார்களே! அந்தோ!

poyyai — the pure falsities of saying āthmās dhĕha parimāṇathvam (āthmā is like body and does not have intellect) , kshaṇikam gyāna rūpathvam (intellect/knowledge is transient (and knowing this gives him liberation, and if not knowing this then it gives samsāram)), jatathvam (āthmā is unintelligent), etc., and brahmams māyā ṣapal̤itha-thva (brahmam is covered by māyā; so, though brahmam is one, looking at reflection on bodies it thinks there are many āthmas (and those bodies are ṇŏṭ real)), upādhi miṣrathvam (brahmam is one, and is reflected on bodies and appears to brahmam to be many āthmās (and those bodies are real)), vikārithvam (brahmam undergoes changes), etc.; churakkum — and explaining more and more in these (wrong) ways,; porul̤ai — such meaning of those philosophies that reject or misinterpret vĕdhas,; ŏtti — driving away (such wrong ones),; irāmānusan — emperumānār; purakkum — nurtures; meyyai — true meaning; indha bhūthalaththĕ — in this earth;; niṛka — (he is) waiting and looking at leading path, hoping, whether anyone would come (to learn);; valla — can; vĕṛu — other; dheyvam — god / deity; uyyak kol̤l̤a — save; nammai — us; ingi yādhu enṛu — (they) search whether (such deity is) present anywhere here,; ularndhu — due to anguish in their mind (due to not finding such deity), their bodies become dry / in vain,; izhandhu — (and) not getting; nal aṛivu — the true knowledge that helps in realiśing that this (emperumānārs divine feet) is our destiny which gives true meaning, and thus get saved;; vaiyaththu ul̤l̤ŏr — those in the earth; avamĕ — (are) uselessly; aiyappadā niṛpar — having doubts/uncertain minds.; ŏh! what bad state this is of them! — is the thought.; ḫor poyyaich churakkum etc — its meaning is also as follows body which due to the nature of getting created and destroyed, and thus keeps changing, is considered as false (not stable); due to series of births that would make us think more and more that the body is āthmā itself and would create the feeling of being independent (from emperumān), emperumānār drove away such aspects by his advises in this earth, and protects āthmā which is in the form of truth and would be the truth;

Detailed Explanation

Introduction by Śrī Maṇavāḷa Māmuṉikaḷ

In the preceding pāsuram, Tiruvarangatthu Amudhanār revealed the glorious state of his own mind, which, having been blessed with true and unwavering knowledge (tattva-jñāna) by Śrī Emperumānār, could no longer find a place for any other kind of understanding. In this present verse, his focus shifts to the tragic plight

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