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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 



                
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