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bhOgyAmrutam ? sthANuhu

 

= The firm / constant / immovable one

= The one who is unchanging in His quality of giving Imperishable and 
ever-lasting bliss

 

pASuram : TiruvAimozhi ? 8-8-1 (NammALwAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam)

 

samanvayam with pASuram : This dAsa has become a sthANu ? an immovable object 
on seeing the soundaryam and love of His Lord. The great Lord who stands in the 
heart of this immovable dAsa is also a sthANuhu ? the constant and immovable 
one. Isn?t it? He has blessed this dAsA with the ever-lasting bliss of 
communion with Him.

 

pASuram :

 

kaNangaL Sivandu periyavAi vAyum Sivandu
With big red eyes, with lovely coral lips

 

kanindu vuLLE | vEN paL ilaku SuDar ilaku

with shining pearly white teeth

 

viLaku makara kunDalattAn | konDal vaNNan
with great swinging ear rings, with the hue of a dark cloud

 

SuDar muDiyan, nAngu tOlan kuni SArngam
With a radiant crown, with four arms and with a beautiful bow

 

On Sangu katai vAL aLiyan
with a lovely conch, mace, sword and a discuss

 
Oruvan aDiyEn uLLAnE
The One (with all these) resides in the heart of this dASa

 

Detailed Interpretation:

 

1) With large red eyes: Is there any comparison between the princess SrIdEvi 
and a servant girl like me?. Then, wont I become a statue when my Lord sees me 
with the same love?

 

2) With coral red lips and with shining pearly white teeth: I am dumbfounded 
seeing the soundaryam of His coral red lips and His pearly white teeth, when He 
speaks to me the same sweet words that He shares with SrIdEvi.

 

3) With dangling ear rings: While He speaks to me with love, His ear rings 
dangle and glitter with lovely radiance. I can hear the music of His ear rings 
and see their sparkle as He is very close to me. With so much joy,I have become 
a rock.

 

4) With the hue of a dark rain cloud: He is pulling me towards Him. Heis like 
the dark rain cloud. When He comes near you, all the thirst is quenched. All 
afflictions are washed away. In the shade of such an amazing cloud, I feel like 
dancing ? akin to a peacock which dances with its splendid plumage and a spread 
out tail. But I am not able to move as He is holdingme tight in His embrace.

 

5) With a sparkling crown: The crown is beaming with a splashy look. Just like 
me, it is also experiencing the touch of my Lord and has become immovable. 
Unable to talk or move, it?s silently expressing its joy of oneness with the 
Lord, through its sparkling radiance.

 

6) With four arms: He is hugging me with His four great arms. Is thereany 
possibility now, that I can escape His embrace?

 

7) With a nicely bent bow, conch, mace, sword and a discuss: When He was 
approaching me, I was wonder struck seeing His great ornaments and 
divyAyudhams. Then He gave me His loving embrace. In His extreme avidity to 
embrace me, He forgot to remove His ornaments and weapons while hugging me. I 
am feeling as if I am one with these immutable divine ornaments and weapons 
that decorate my Lord. Just like my Lord, they are also immutable in their 
nature of blessing the AsritAs with all the Shubham. 

 

8) One: The One with all these; The One with endless love; The One with an 
amazing soundaryam; The One with immeasurable opulence; The One with countless 
divine qualities; And the One who always always gives the imperishable good.

 

He has everything that a young girl wants in abundance. When SrIdEvi 
becameRukmini, She found the perfect match for Her only in Him. Similar is the 
case with AnDAL. She accepted only Him as Her swAmi.

 

What to say about an unfit person like me? Still He accepted me with the same 
love that He had for SrIdEvi. His love for me is making me a sthANuhu.

 

9) He is in this dAsa: Since He resides in the heart of this immovabledAsa, He 
is also immovable, Isn?t it?

 

He has become a sthANuhu, as He is unable to bear any separation from me. He 
will never leave me and has made me one with Him. He is forever with me and is 
totally taking care of me. How fortunate I am? The greatest of all wealths, the 
best among the best (Sivasya Sivaha) is here with me. And He is here to stay 
for ever, as He is unchanging in His nature.

 

JAI SRIMAN NARAYANA

 

 



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