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Thirty Fifth SlOkam ( Salutations to The Udharam)
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visvam nigeerya ViBhudhEswara jAthakArsyam
madhyam valithraya vibhAvya jagath vibhAgham
aamOdhi nAbhi naLinastha virincha bhrungam
aakalapayath udhara-Bhandha ivAsayO mE
General Meaning:
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Oh Lord DeavanAthA! During the PraLya kAlam ,
You swallow the whole worlds and their beings
and keep them in a small portion of your stomach
for safe keeping. Inspite of holding all these three
worlds and their beings, Your stomach looks lean
and small. When one enjoys the three folds associated
with Your stomach, one wonders whether those three folds
are the hints of the three separate worlds residing
in Your stomach. When one looks at the fragrant lotus
growing out of Your Naabhi dEsam and sees BrahmA there,
one is reminded of a huge lotus to which is attached
a honey bee.adiyEn's mind revolves round and round
the beauty of Your waist region like the encircling
belt.
Additional Comments:
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" aNDaraNDa bakiraNDaitthoru maanilamezhu-
maal varai muRRum uNDavan" is the salutation for
the Lord , who swallowed the three worlds with all
its mountains and beings . Such a Lord keeps all
that in a very small portion of the stomach and
sails down the PraLayam waters as VaDapathra Saayee.
Swamy KurEsar describes the wonder this way
as the Brahma Jn~Anis know:
" Varadha ! Thvath Udharam aNDAnAm sTAnam (ithi)
santha: aamananthi".
Inspite of swallowing of such gigantic three worlds,
Your stomach still looks lean and trim .What happened ?
where did all that go asks Swamy Kuresar:
"Tath asya kArsyam kaTam nu?". How does it stay
slim? Swamy Desikan answers that those worlds
are not making the Lord's stomach bloated but
their presence is hinted however by the three folds
seen on the stomach (valithraya vibhAvya jagath
vibhAgam). One has to guess and conclude from
the three folds on the lean stomach that they are
linked to the presence of the three worlds inside
the Lord's stomach. The Vali Thrayam or the three
welt marks on the stomach is usually associated
with the name of DaamOdharan , which arose from
the impressions of the three strands of ropes
used by YasOdhA to tie down the mischevous
Baala KrishNan (KaNNinuNN siRu thAMpinAL
kattuNNappatta Peru Maayan).
Swamy Desikan also refers to the Lord as the small
child , VaDapathra sAyee holding in a small portion of
His stomach , the entire world during praLya kAlam
this way:
" BaalAkruthEr-vaDapalAsamithasya yasya
BrahmANDa maNDalam abhUth udharaikadesE"