Sri Parthasarathi
thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE
Namaha Paasuram-49 ?malai Amai mEl vaiththu vAsukiyai
suRRi talai Amai
orukai paRRi-alaiyAmal peeRak
kadaindha perumAn thirunAmam kooruvadhE
yAvarkkum kooRRu? In the previous paasuram, azhvar talked about the kindness of that
lord who stands on top of the mountain and showers his grace on one and
all. Now he continues to talk about
the benevolence of that lord who lied underneath a mountain and helped the
devas. (malai Amai mEl vaiththu) placing the manthra mountain on top of
himself in the form of a tortoise.
To save the feeble devas emperuman carried the manthra mountain and put
it into the ocean (thirupArkadal) to act as an stirrer. Since the mountain started drowning
emperuman himself took the form of a tortoise and lifted the mountain with his
shell. (vAsukiyai suRRi) Vasuki
the big snake was used as the rope to churn the milky
ocean. (Amai thAn thalai oru kai
paRRi) Though the mountain was lifted by koorma roopi emperuman still while the
churning was done the mountain moved this side and that side that affected the
result of the stirring process and hence emperuman took the form of another big
tortoise and held the top of the mountain strongly in position with his
hand. (alaiyAmal peeRak
kadaindha) Even after doing so much the devas and asuras were incapable of
churning the milky ocean. So
emperuman did even that task. (alaiyAmal peeRak
kadaindha perumAn) During the churning process emperuman, devAdhi devan arrested
the turmoil in the ocean and prevented any overflow due to putting the manthra
mountain into the milky ocean and at the same time churned the ocean in such a
way that ambrosia (amrutham) aroused out of the milky
ocean. By this act emperuman
made the whole deva clan surrender to his divine
feet. (thirunAmam kooruvadhE yAvarkkum kooRRu) The prime motive of the devas where to
attain the divine nectar and become immortal. Hence they are anyaprayOjanas. But emperuman took so much pain even for
their sake. So irrespective of we,
being anyaprayOjanas (wanting something else) or ananyaprayOjanas (wanting only
bhagavat kainkaryam) it is our prime duty to meditate on the divine names of the
lord that commend his divine qualities. (To
Be Continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer
thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
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