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Translated by Sri Vanamamalai Padmanabhan
The demigods or other deities inherit their nominal powers from EmprumAn.They are subject to His will and wish. It is His magnanimity that He has conferred such powers to them keeping in mind various factors
"dhisayum, dhisayUruth dheivamum, dheivath
isaiyum karumangaL ellAm kAroDha vaNNan padaitha mayakku"
Mudhal ThrivandhAdhi.
The fact that the deities have been installed in several directions and for different actions are all the illusion EmperumAn has created.
Adding to this the rajas and thamas nature of these deities make them think themselves as supreme and act accordingly.
Sri NammAzhwAr clears this illusion in several pAsuram-s. Here is one instance,
nAdi nIr vaNangum dheivamum ummaiyum mun padiththAn;
kabala nan mOKKathuk kaNdu koN min
ThiruvAymozhi 4—10-2.
AzhwAr addresses the samsAri-s who presume that these deities are the supreme
"These deities whom you approach and worship and you are all created by EmperumAn."
Thus, one should realize that these deities are subservient to the Lord; they act as if they are supreme and are devoid of knowledge; and they look to EmperumAn during their times of distress.
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