Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Paasuram-9 ?kurai koNda
nAnmugan kuNdikai neer peidhu marai koNda mandiraththAl
vAzhththi-karaikoNda kaNdaththAn senni
mElErakkazhuvinAn aNdaththAn sEvadiyai
Angu? In the previous paasuram azhvar showed that only emperuman can come to our rescue in all times of difficulty (?emperumAnai ozhindhavar rakshakargal allar?-pillai ulagariyan). In this paasuram, azhvar further establishes the same fact by showing that not only for ordinary jeevatmas like us, but even for the brahmarudras who are considered as elevated souls emperuman is only the saviour. (kurai koNda) mahabali became powerful and started ruling over the 3 worlds putting all the devas to sorrow. So the devas lead by brahma wanting back their kingdom fell to the divine feet of emperuman. To help the devas emperuman took vamanAvatharam. As a small brahmin boy, vAmana asked for three steps of land measured with his feet. Inspite of sukrAcharyar, stopping mahabali indicating the cheating act of Sriman Narayanan mahabali proceeded to give the bhoodhAnam. As soon as the dhAna jalam (water that is poured in the hands of the acceptor by the giver) fell to the hands of bhagavan, he took a big trivikrama roopam and started to measure the 2 worlds in his 2 steps. At that time emperuman?s feet went to the brahma lOkam. Brahma earlier had a worry (kurai) that the devas were suffering due to mahabali and hence he ran to bhagavan to get his wishes fulfilled. Now that emperuman has won over mahabali brahma as an act of gratefulness filled with respect, (kuNdikai neer peidhu) washed the divine feet of emperuman with the holy water in his kamandalam. Brahma had ?dharmam? (all good deeds) as the holy water in his kamandalu. (marai koNda mandiraththAl vAzhththi) Even we common folks know that there are procedures to be followed while doing thirumanjanam (divine bath) to emperuman. Nanmugan, brahma who was created by emperuman in his nAbikamalam was blessed with the four vedas and four heads to chant the same. Now will he miss this opportunity? So brahma washed the divine feet of emperuman along with the chanting of purushasooktham and other Veda manthras. Brahma did mangalasAsanams to the divine soft feet of emperuman that had to walk in rough forest landscapes for fulfilling the wishes of the devas. (karaikoNda kaNdaththAn senni mElErakkazhuvinAn) Once Siva due to anger plucked one of the heads of his own father, brahma. Due to this he attained the sin of brahmahaththi. So to purify his son, neelakandan brahma washed the divine feet of emperuman in such a way that it will fall on the head of Siva. During the amruthamadhanam (churning of the milk ocean) first AlakAla vishanam (a very severe poison) emerged out. To save all the devas, Siva swallowed all the poison. While it entered the throat parvathi stopped it without entering into the body and hence the throat of Siva turned to blue colour. From that day he is called as neelakandan. Due to his courageous act of swallowing the heavy poison Siva considers himself to be great and hence to remove that pride Brahma washed the divine feet of emperuman in such a way that it fell on the head of Siva. (aNdaththAn
sEvadiyai) Brahma washed that
divine feet of emperuman, who grew as trivikrama to measure the whole world with
his single feet and who is the master of all the worlds. This act of brahma was like a father
sprinkling the sripada theertham on the head of a very mischievous child.
The
following incident has been shown in Ishwarasamhita as
follows: ?triveebhoodhas tathA dharmO ... mumOcha tathA
hara:? [Oh! great
rishi, (during the time when bhagavan measured the worlds) due to the bhakthi
towards hari dharmam became the water. I (brahma) for the happiness of
jagannAthan took that water of good deeds and washed the divine feet of
emperuman with deep love. The
worship was done along with arkyam and pAdyam. Seeing the falling water Siva who wanted
to purify himself (considering himself eligible to be purified) held the water
in his hair fold (jadai) and for many many years he preserved it in his head
without allowing it to fall down.] (To
be continued) Azhvar
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
ramanuja dAsee
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