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Sutra:
96. nArangkaLAvana - nithyavaSthukkaLinudaiya thiraL.
97. avaiyAvana - njAnAnanthAmalathvAthikaLum, njAna-
sakthyAthikaLum, vAthSalya SausIlyAthikaLum, thirumEniyum,
gAnthi SaukumAryAthikaLum, dhivyabUshaNangkaLum, dhivya
AyuthangkaLum, periya pirAttiyAr thodakkamAna nAccimArkaLum,
nithyasUrikaLum, cathrasAmarAthikaLum, thiruvAsal kAkkum
muthalikaLum, gaNAthiparum, muktharum, paramAkAsamum,
prakruthiyum, baddhAthmAkkaLum, kAlamum, mahathAthi
vikArangkaLum, aNdangkaLum, aNdaththukku utpatta dEvAthi
pathArththangkaLum.
Meaning:
96. What are the nAras? The community of those that are
there forever.
97. They are: the countless knowledge, joy and pure dharmas
of the Lord, His defined qualities such as knowledge and
power, His auspicious qualities such as love for all,
simplicity and Lordship, His uncommon divine form, the
many forms that He takes by His wish, the qualities of
those forms such as beauty and youth, the many jewels
that bedeck those forms, His divine weapons that add to
His beauty and destroy His devotees' enemies, His consorts
starting with Sri, the nithysUris such as Garuda and
Vishvaksena, the items such as umbrella, fan and vessels
that are used in His service, the guards at the gate of
His abode such as Jaya and Vijaya, the gaNAtipatis such
as Kumuda and Kumudaksha, the muktas that have crossed
the samsaric ocean, Sri Vaikuntam, the prakruti, the
Atmas that are trapped in samsara inside the prakruti,
time, the twenty three tattvas, the universe and the
devas, men, directions that are within the universe.
Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
It was said that the nAras are the community of those that
last forever. In listing those things, it appears that
some ephemeral things have also been included. It is not
so. The nithya objects are of two kinds: SvarUpatho nithyam
and pravAhatho nithyam. In the above list everything up
to time are SvarUpa nithyas; the rest are pravAha nithyas.
Those whose creation never changes are SvarUpa nithyas;
those whose creation may be stopped (and re-created) but
do not lose their name, nature or characteristics are
pravAha nithyas.
Thus the nAra term is explained.
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