Respectful SwAmin, this text contains some charaters not legible. Earlier also, adiyEn got some postings like this. Pl. do some thing to make it all right. Regards, dAsan SrInivAsan --- Narasimhan Krishnamachari <champakam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > SrImate ra'nga rAmAnuja mahA > deSikAya namaH. > tAtparya ratnAvaLi - > Submission 50, Slokam 19 Part 3, > tiruvAimozhi 1.8, > pASuram-s 1..7 to 1.8.10. > > · pASuram 1.8.7: > > koNDAn Ezh viDai uNDAn Ezh vaiyam > taN tAmam Seidu en eN tAn AnAnE. > > Ezh viDai koNDAn, Ezh vaiyam uNDAn, taN tAmam > Seidu, en eN tAn AnAn â?? He who slew the seven > bulls for the sake of nappinnai, and swallowed the > seven worlds to protect them from the great deluge, > did what I longed for, and made my mind His abode, > treating it as parama padam itself. > > svAmi deSikan describes the gist of this pASuram > through the words â?? â??sat-citta ananya vRttauâ?? > â?? en eNNam tAn AnAn - He who makes it His job to > be exactly as the devotee desires. SrI > veâ??nkaTeSAcArya explains this as â??ASrita > manoratha sadRSa vyApArattai uDaiyanumAiâ??. > BhagavAn made AzhvArâ??s mind His dwelling place > (taN tAmam Seidu) exactly as AzhvAr desired (en eN > tAn AnAn). He considered AzhvArâ??s mind the same > as SrI vaikunTham, and made it His resort. Another > way to look at this is that while AzhvAr wanted to > be in SrI vaikunTham with perumAL, He reciprocated > by wanting to come to tirunagari and be with AzhvAr > â?? â??sat citta anaya vRttauâ??. AzhvAr wanted to > mingle with emperumAn intimately, and He took over > that desire and mingled with AzhvAr, and performed > feats such as killing the seven bulls for the sake > of nappinnai, swallowing the seven worlds, etc., > just to captivate AzhvAr by these acts of His. > AzhvAr wanted to reach parama padam, > immerse himself in virajA river, and enjoy Him by > singimg sAma gAnam to Him; bhagavAn reciprocated and > wanted to come to tirunagari, immerse Himself in > tAmraparAaNi river, and enjoy listening to kaNNiNuN > SiRuttAmbu and enjoy nammAzhvAr â?? en eNNam tAn > AnAn â?? sat-citta ananya vRttau. > > · pASuram 1.8.8: > > AnAn An Ayan mInODu Enamum > tAn AnAn; ennil tAnAya Saâ??ngE. > > An Ayan AnAn mInODu Enamum tAn AnAn; ennil tAn > Aya Saâ??ngE â?? The same One who took incarnation > as a cowherd, also took incarnations as matsya > (Fish), varAha (Boar) etc. This way, the > incarnations He has taken are countless (Saâ??nkham > â?? a very large number). > > svAmi deSikan describes the gist of this pASuram > with the words â??vibhava sama tanauâ?? â?? AnAn An > Ayan mInODu Enamum â?? He whose incarnations are as > unlimited as His greatness. SrI PBA explains this > as: tannuDaiya vibhavaâ??ngaLukku ellai illAdAp > pOlE tan vigrahaâ??ngaLukkum ellai illAdavan â?? > Just as there is no limit to His greatness, there is > no limit to His incarnations also. AzhvAr is > enjoying His greatness, exclaiming that He took so > many beautiful incarnations just to make it possible > for AzhvAr to enjoy His greatness (another > interpretation for â??ennil tAnAya Saâ??ngEâ?? â?? > it is because of His great attachment to me that He > took all these different incarnations. Ennil = > enniDattil, towards me; tAn Aya = for Him, > naturally; Saâ??ngu = attachment). > > · pASuram 1.8.9: > > Saâ??ngu cakkaram am kaiyil koNDAn > eâ??ngum tAnAya naâ??ngaL nAthanE. > > eâ??ngum tAnAya naâ??ngaL nAthan am kaiyil > Saâ??ngu cakkaram koNDAn â?? Our Lord takes > incarnations among all kinds of species, and His > prowess is always part of Him, as evidenced by the > Saâ??nkha and cakra in His hands in all these > incarnations. > > svAmi deSikan describes the bhagavad guNam sung in > this pASuram with the words â??svAyudhArUDha > hastehâ?? â?? He who has the Saâ??nkha and cakra in > His hands always ready for the protection of the > devoteesâ??. SrI UV brings out the Arjava guNam > sung here by pointing out that bhagavAn has the > conch and the cakra in His hands, just because > protection is what the devotees expect from Him â?? > He acts consistent with the devoteesâ?? wishes. > Ideally, He does not need any weapons for anything, > since He can achieve all that He wants by His mere > saâ??nkalpam or wish. SrI UV also points out > alternate pATham-s for svAmi deSikanâ??s description > here â?? sva AyudhArUdha hasteâ?? or > â??su-AyudhArUDha hasteâ?? â?? His own weapons in > His divine hands, or beautiful weapons in His divine > hands. > > · pASuram 1.8.10: > > nAthan j~nAlam koL pAdan en ammAn > Odam pOl kiLar veda nIranE. > > My Lord is the Lord of all nitya sUri-s, as also > One whose divine feet are worshiped by all in this > world as well. His infinite auspicious qualities > are sung by all the veda-s that extensively praise > His greatness. > > The phrase â??j~nalam koL pAdanâ?? in the above > pASuram is interpreted as a reference to > bhagavAnâ??s trivikrama incarnation â?? One whose > divine feet were extended throughout all the three > worlds. svAmi deSikan captures this as the guNam > emphasized in this pASuram â?? nIcocca grAhya > pAdeâ?? â?? He whose divine feet extended to the > reach of all without distinction of high and low > level beings. Many vyAkhyAna-s stress the important > message from this pASuram as â??One who is sung in > all the veda-sâ??; however, SrI UV points out that > svAmi deSikan selected â??j~nAlam koL pAdanâ?? as > the primary guNam since it conveys His Arjava guNam > more directly. > > In the concluding pASuram of this rtiruvAimozhi > â?? 1.8.11, nammAzhvAr describes emperumAn as â??nIr > purai vaNNanâ?? â?? One who has the complexion > resembling waterâ??. SrI PBA comments that the > comparison of bhagavAnâ??s complexion to water does > not stop there, but extends to His guNam of molding > Himself to the wishes of His devotees just as water > lends itself to any shape that the container has â?? > a reference to bhagavAnâ??s Arjava guNam that is the > subject of this tiruvAimozhi. SrI PBA gives a > comparison of bhagavAnâ??s guNa-s resembling water > through a list of 21 points in his tiruvAimozhi > vyAkhyAnam. > > The ten pASuram-s of this tiruvAimozhi thus sing > the Arjava guNam of bhagavAn, supported by the > following thoughts in each of the pASurams of this > tiruvAimozhi: > > - bhagavAn lends Himself for worship and > kaiâ??nkaryam by nitya sUri-s such as garuDan as > they wish, without any constraint (1.8.1) > - He takes incarnations on His own with > all His aiSvaryam intact and undimished, and moves > with the likes of us in His leelA vibhUti with the > same Arjavam as He does in His nitya vibhUti > (without distinction, at our level, in thought, > word, and deed) (1.8.2). > - He has taken the arcA incarnation in > triruveâ??nkaTam just to be accessible to both the > samsAri-s like us and to the nitya sUri-s at the > same time (1.8.3) > - He bore the govardhana mountain > tirelessly in order to protect the cows and the > cowherds who sought His protection. (1.8.4) > - He mingles with great sicerity with the > bodies of those who surrender to Him (1.8.5) > - He engages the devoteeâ??s soul in His > kaiâ??nkaryam by captivating the devotee through His > beautiful incarnations such as His vAmana > incarnation (1.8.6) > - He acts such that He makes His wishes > coincide with His devoteeâ??s wishes. (1.8.7). > - He takes countless incarnations among > all different species such as His varAha > incarnation, just to be accessible to all, and to > attract everyone to His feet (1.8.8) > - He carries the divine conch and discus > in His beautiful hands in all these incarnations, > for protecting His devotees just as they would want > (think Arjavam at the tiruvAimozhi level), and also > to attract them to Him (1.8.9) > - He made His divine feet accessible to all > without distinction of high and low levels of beings > in His trivikrama incarnation (1.8.10). > > -dAsan kRshNamAcAryan > (To be continued) > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with > Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! 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