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aran nAraNan nAmam Anvidai puL Urdhi
urai nUl maRai uRaiyum kOyil - varai nIr
karumam azhippu aLippuk kaiyadhu vEl nEmi
uruvam eri kAr mEni onRu 

Meaning:

nAmam 				- One's name
aran 				- is Hara
nAraNan 			- (and one's name) is Narayana;
Urdhi 				- One's conveyance
An vidai 			- is the bull
puL 				- (and one's conveyance) is the bird Garuda;
urai 				- One's book
nUl 				- is the (authored) Agama
maRai 				- (and one's book) is the (unauthored) Vedas;
uRaiyum kOyil 			- One's place
varai 				- is the hard mountain 
nIr 				- (and one's place) is the cool ocean;
karumam 			- One's work 
azhippu 			- is destruction 
aLippu 				- (and one's work) is protection;
kai adhu 			- One's weapon in hand
vEl 				- is the spear 
nEmi 				- (and one's weapon) is the Sudarshana Chakra;
uruvam 				- One's form
eri 				- is like the burning fire
kAr 				- (and one's form) is like the cool dark cloud;
onRu mEni 			- One (Shiva) is the body for the other (Narayana).

Vyakhyana Saram:
When the majority of the people of this world think that Rudra is the supreme and praise and worship him, how is it that Azhvar talks about Rudra's knowledge in such a fashion? Azhvar replies - "that Sriman Narayana is the supreme and that it is not Rudra can be seen from their names, their conveyance, their activities, etc".

Poygaiyazhvar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

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