SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest all, After mudhal aazhwArs, next we have begun to enjoy Thirumazhisai AzhwAr?s verses on thiruvEnkatam. Today?s verse is the 49th verse in Naanmukhan ThiruvanthAthi. malaiyaamai mElvaiththu vaasugiyaich chuRRi, thalaiyaamai thaanorugai paRRi, - alaiyaamal pIRak kadaindha perumaan thirunNaamam, kooRuvathE yaavarkkum kooRRu. 49 Emperumaan appeared as the Koormam (Huge Tortoise) to hold the manthara mountain on His top, so that it will not slip away and used Vasuki snake for churning the Ocean. While doing so, He also held tight the top of the mountain with His one Hand, in order not to let it wobble and the water splash- Such Greatest Most wonderful Lord- it should mandatorily be one?s duty to speak ONLY in praise of Him and utter His Divine Names. After narrauing the glories of ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan, AzhwAr rejoices in utterance of His divine names. Also Koorma avathAram- is mentioned here. Our Lord most merciful Sriman Narayanan took this avathAram- churning his own place of residence and enjoyed doing the same for the sake of His devotees, i.e. Devas. The 33 crores of dEvAs made peace with the sixty six crores asurAs and as per the command of Sriman NaarAyaNA and lifted the Mandaraadhri to place it in the milky ocean for serving as a churning rod (matthu ). They suddenly got arrogant, proud about their feat of lifting this mighty mountain and at that moment , the mountain slipped from their hands and fell down. Our Lord appeared in front of the humiliated crowd of AsurAs and DevAs and lifted the mountain like he would lift a small fruit (badari palam ) and put that on the back of Garudan and transported it to the milky ocean. Srimadh Bhaagavatham describes this miraculous act: girim chArOpya GaruDE hasthainEkEna leelayA aaruhya prayayAvabhdhim SurAsura guNairvrutha : Our Lord advised the DevAs to churn tirelessly after adding Oushadhis (medicinal plants) into the milky ocean and suggested that they do not quarrel with the asurAs, who were not going to get any amrutham anyway and will only labor in vain. He asked the Devas not to be afraid of the poison that will emerge and also instructed them not to lose their mind over the wealthy and desirable items that were going to emerge out of the Ocean. The stage is now set for KoormAvathAram. As the assembly of AsurAs and DevAs start to churn the mountain that floated on the Ocean with the rope of Vaasuki, the mountain began to sink into the ocean. The devAs got very worried and prayed to the Lord to save their efforts. The Bhaktha vathslan- bhaktha priya NaarAyaNan took the form of a giant tortoise and went under the ocean and supported the mountain on His back and stabilized it. Also, He entered into the asurAs and the dEvAs and energized them so that they could churn vigorously. He also with his black tresses falling in His forehead, did His share of churning. The AsurAs were tricked by the Lord to hold the head side of the snake, whereas the DevAs held the tail side of the snake coiled around the mountain. The fiery and poisonous exhalations of Vaasuki exhausted the asurAs and the rain that fell on the devA's side energized them . When continued effort by both the devAs and the asurAs did not yield any amrutham, Bhagavan Himself took the tail side and the head side of the snake in His hands and churned the milky ocean all by Himself . The message is that dhaiva balam is essential for success in one's efforts. He alone rescues anyone in need. [from Sri Sadagopan Swamin?s post few years ago] with the above incident of churning of Milky ocean- for which he alone did everything right from bringing the mountain, upto the churning.. it is unambiguously declared and established that He is karthaa, KaarayithA, prayOja karthA, sahakaari et al. He never ever lets anyone down under any circumstances however difficult the situation would be for us- It is never tough for Him anyway. He is Sri Nivaasan- The One who has Sri in His Chest; what is the wonder and surprise in his such enormous efforts in churning the milky ocean ? all for getting Her from the paarkadal? . Thus AzhwAr enjoys His Sreenivaasan name here so aptly. AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE Namah: Regards Namo Narayana dAsan ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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