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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

AzhwAr had mentioned about Paramapadha nAthan and then
KsheerAbhi nAThan- Now he enlists the various vibhava
athAramas ? any of these forms can be meditated upon
for enjoyment. That would keep the mind focused as
well. 

paththinOdu paththumaayo
  rEzhinOdo ronpathaay,
paththinaalthi saikkaNinRa
  naadupeRRa nanmaiyaay,
paththinaaya thORRamOdo
  raaRRalmikka vaathipaal,
pattharaama varkkalaathu
  muththimuRRa laakumE?     (79)


With ten plus ten avathArams, and in addition seven
plus nine avathArams, and hence, the two times seven ?
fourteen lokas are blessed with the divine presence of
the Lord and people residing therein and having seen
Him or heard about the glories about Him and His
pastimes, were blessed with enormous and greatest
devotion on His Lotus feet. Because of their devotion
alone these avathArams took place and the most
merciful Lord- Bhaktha vathasalan- the unparalleled
Lord- the epitome of Patience and of Grandness; Other
than those who are devoted to such Greatest Supreme
Lord, can anyone else be blessed to even contemplate
on mOkshAnubahavm (leave alone attainment.. even think
on such lines or having semblance of thoughts on
mOksham?- is possible only among His bhakthAs..
devotees.). 

paththinOdu paththumaayo
  rEzhinOdo ronpathaay,
paththinaalthi saikkaNinRa
  naadupeRRa nanmaiyaay,
paththinaaya thORRamOdo
  raaRRalmikka vaathipaal,
pattharaama varkkalaathu
  muththimuRRa laakumE?     (79)

There is a different school of opinion on this verse
that the first line enlists the ten directions, ten
dhikpAlars (keepers); Saptha swaras, srunAram, etc..
nine rasas (bhAvams) etc.. are mentioned. Since the
Lord manifests everywhere, these are also manifested
by Him and He is the essence of all of these 36? - is
their views and commentary. Thus, for their goodness,
He is there in them and ?. The lines are to be
inferred as usual for third and fourth lines. 

With the avathArikA, Sriman Narayanan- KsheerAbdhi
sayanan is the One who has out of His own dayA and
will, on His own accord, for the sake of devotees,
have taken various avathArams and oh bhakthAs! You do
not have to only think of KsheerAbhdi sayanan Sriman
Narayanan! Even contemplating on any of these 36
avathArams is great and fine- is our AvathArikA
(preface to this verse). In view of this context, this
view is more appropriate for this verse. 

These avathArams are meant only for those saadhus who
were desirous of enjoying Him and seeing Him and only
for the sake of those devotees, He took various
avathArams. 

What are these 36 avathArams? Even one of the first
few verses AzhwAr had mentioned same 36 avathArams-
moonRu muppatthARinOdu- three plus 36. (4th verse- I
think). This is also mentioned by Rishis as follows: 

padmanAbhAdhikA sarvE vaibavIyasthaThaiva Cha |
shadthrimsath (36) sankhyA: sankhyAthA: prAThAnyaiva
gaNESwara: ||

also as Shadthrimsath bhEdha bhinnAsthu padmanAbha
paadhaya: 

Here prAThAnyaiva is mentioned; meaning: these are
main ones and there are other avathAras as well is to
be understood. Hence there is also 39 avathArams and
these 36 are main ones- out of which there are popular
common ten avathArams? That?s why ten plus ten is
broken up by AzhwAr. 

Thus the bhakthi- devotion referred to here is the
samaanya bhakti which is devotion to His lotus feet
and is not to be inferred as bhakti yoga ? as
mentioned in earlier verses as well. 

Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan 



        
                
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