Dear raama bhakthaas,
We have seen in previous post how vaali?s birth happened. Now we will see what
is his physical power and might. Already in the vaalmeeki?s slOkam referred
earlier, we saw he is like mount mahEndhra. [see the word indhra appearing even
in comparison, for he is indhran?s amsam]
vaaali's power was so much, that, at the time of churning the milk ocean for
amirtham, the nectar, with mandhara hill as the churning rod, vaasuki as the
rope, he went to help churning. He started churning with his two mighty arms by
catching the vaasuki both by head and tail. With his might the mountain became
a simple churning rod in curd pot, says poet Kamban in his raamaayaNam. See
verse below.
mandhara neduvarai maththu vaasugi
andham il kadai kayiRu adaikal aazhiyaan
chandhiran thooN edhir tharukkin vaangunar
indhiran mudhaliya EnaiyOr
? 26 vaali vadhaip padalam kitkindhaa kaaNdam
[nedu varai ? is the big hill,
andham il ? mudivu illaadha ? without end ? means such a long snake vaasugi is
the rope to churn
adaikal ? the base supporting stone is - aazhiyaan
? aazhi means discuss the wheel ? one who has the wheel in his hand ?
the bhagavaan vishNu who holds a discuss. aazhi also mean the ocean or the
ocean king himself who supports as well being churned.
? [But since we know very well vishNu went as a koorma roopi and gave
his back to support the mount mandhara while churning, we can take it as
meaning vishNu only]
? chandhran the moon is the pillar against which this churning rope is
supported
? persons in the opposite ends are indhran et al ? indhran father of
vaali]
peyarvuRa valikkavum midukku il peRRiyaar
ayarvuRal uRRadhai nOkki yaan adhu
thayir enak kadaindhu avarkku amudham thanthadhu
mayil iyal kuyil mozhi maRakkal aavadhO
- 27 vaali vadhaip padalam kitkindhaa kaaNdam
[seeing these people are getting tired, vaali just took the rope and started
churning the milk ocean just like the curd pot and got the amudham ? nectar.
? since this verse is addressed to thaaraa his wife while she persuades
him not to go to fight with his younger one, he says
? hey taara ? my dear wife ? how can you forget such incidents about
your husband].
See another verse:
kazhaRu dhEvarOdu avuNar kaNNin ninRu
uzhalum mandharaththu uruvu thEya mun
azhalum thOL araa agadu theevida
suzhalum vElaiyaik kadaiyum thOLinaan
- 38 natpukkOtpadalam ? kitkindhaa kaaNdam
While sugreevan is seeking raamaa?s introduction and telling about his plight
etc sugreevan expresses about vaali as above. Same incident of dhEvaas and
asuraas joining together and churning the milk ocean and at that time vaali
helped to make it easy the churning with his physical might. ?Such a strong
vaali is my brother? says sugreevan to raamaa.
Yet another verse:
neeRu aam mEruvum nee nerukkinaal
maaRu oR vaaLi un maarbai eervadhO?
ThEREn yaan idhu dhEvar maayamO?
VERu Or vaali kolaam viLindhuLaan.
- 14 thaarai pulambal padalam kitkindhaa kaaNdam
See here the words of thaaraa who says ?the mount mEru will also become powder
if you crush it. Then how can such a powerful person be beaten down by a single
arrow, is it a wonder from the dhEvaas??
Needless to mention here that raavaNan became the friend of such a powerful
vaali. For raavaNan was tied in the tail of vaali and while vaali flew in the
air, poor raavaNan was hanging afraid of his life. Also raavaNan was afraid of
vaali?s other boon or power of taking away to himself the 50% power of the
person whomsoever is standing opposing him in war.
This capacity of vaali is also said by sugreeva to raama while the friendship
agreement is being signed in front of a fire. See verse
meikkoL vaalinaal midal iraavaNan
thokka thOL uRaththdarp paduththa naaL
pukkilaadhavum pozhi araththa neer
ukkilaadha vERu ulagam yaavadhO?
- 48 natpukkOt padalam ? kitkindhaa kaaNdam
That midal raavaNan ? powerful fellow was ? vaalinaal thokka ? hanging in tail.
Such was vaali?s power. [of course if you really see in vaalmeeki raamaayaNam
there is no evidence for this version of churning of milk ocean when vaali
helped etc. Kamban would not have inserted in his work if there is no evidence.
So knowledgeable bhakthaas can quote references / evidence for this version
included here].
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