SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, nadandhakaalkaL nonthavO nadunkuNYaala mENnamaay, idanthameyku lunkavOvi lankumaalva raichchuram kadanthakaalpa ranthakaavi rikkaraikku danthaiyuL, kidanthavaaRe zhunthirunthu pEsuvaazhi kEsanE! (61) [A wonderful pAsuram] The one who has performed grand deeds in other avathArams ? is all this Lord of Thirukkudanthai who is reclining. Oh Lord! The One who has most beautiful black curly long tresses! [kEsanE]! On the banks of the river Cauveri- which flows crossing the large mountain hurdles, forest and deserted areas on the way, breaking down as large number of canals and flow continuously- You have chosen to recline in Thirukkudanthai in such a grand beautiful and divine posture. Is it due to the exertion of your tender soft red lotus feet taking a walk from Ayodhya upto mythilA (before marriage) and AyOdhyA to lankA later? Have they pained for you to take rest? OR is the whole ThirumEni (divine body- dhiyva mangaLa vigraham) endured during Your Varaaha avathAram killing HiraNyAkshan and brining back BhUmi PiraaTTi (Universe) back from troubled waters? Please bless me with an answer as to why You have reclined and may Your such divine Yoga nithrA (reclining) long live for aeons! [vaazhi] Nadantha kaalgaL- the legs that walked- may also refer to Thrivikrama avathAram- scholars say. Where He has walked, this may be referring to that avathAram. Not just the lotus feet that exerted; It is the whole ThirumEni that exerted in Huge Boar avathAram; The thorns and stones hurt the feet while walking; It is the whole Universe- with all its mountains, oceans, rivers and forests- how mush pain that would have caused on His sowkumArya ThirumEni (tender Divine Body)! Yezhundhirundhu pEsu- Get up and speak- If You attempt to speak while lying down, I may feel more concerned and worse that Your pain is so much that You are not able to even get up. Hence please dispel my worries and get up to speak to me. If you do that, at least I will feel that the pain has subsided and I feel good. ArAamudhan just like Sri RanganAthan was reclining fully at Thirukkudanthai andd when AzhwAr had prayed for getting up to speak, He broke His archA samAdhi and started to rise. AzhwAr being overwhelmed by His dayA, mercy and solwbhyam heeding to his own request, enjoyed the divine Beauty of His ThirumEni sings mangaLAsAsanam ?long live your reclining posture? [vaazhi? ]. Hence even today, Amudhan blesses us with the reclining posture with a slightly raised position as if He is getting up [udhyOga sayanam]- as mentioned by scholars. Sri UttamUr Swamy adds: OR it may also be possible that Amudhan was reclining in the slightly raised posture even before. When AzhwAr request Him to get up to talk to him, Amudhan heeding to Asrithar?s [greatest devotee?s] plea, attempts to get up. AzhwAr feeling overwhelmed with His sowlabhyam, request Him not to get up and says, ?vaazhi? singing mangalaasaasanam for His udhyOga sayanam. OR yezhundhirundhu kidandhavaaRu- Having seen the Lord reclined as if he is getting up, AzhwAr asks as to why are You not getting up? ?Becaause of the exertion, I am not able to get up any further?- the Lord responds, and hence AzhwAr sings vaazhi- may You live long for aeons to come in this position! ? can be another anubhavam ? Says Sri UttamUr Swamy. The Lord breaks his archA samAdhi and speaks to AzhwArs at all dhivya Desams and hence this is not uncommon. Here probably He did not speak immediately and hence AzhwAr asks as to why You do not talk? Is it because Your legs pain? Your body aches? Etc.. Readers may refer to 20th verse where also AzhwAr requests the Lord to tell as to why You stooped down so low holding the manthara mountain on Your top for the sake of all those Devas who claim themselves to be demi gods? kEsanE- it not only refers to long haired PerumAL. It may also be interpreted as KesavanE.. kesavaa! kESaath vO(S)nyatharasyAth. Ka ? BrahmA?s antharyaami (in the indweller inside Chathurmukha brahmA) Isa- the indweller inside Rudran. Thus He is the Supreme Lord- above all and He is oppAr mikkAr illAdha maamaayan. (unparalleled and unsurpassed, Peerless Lord) Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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