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Sri:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

thooymai yOgam aayinaay thu
  zhaayalankal maalaiyaay,
aamaiyaaki aazhkadal thu
  yinRa Adhi dhEva, nin
naamadhEyam innathenna
  vallamalla maakilum,
saamavEdha gIthanaaya
  chakrapaaNi allaiyE?     (14)

[One BhAgawatha suggested adiyEn to ensure that words
in tansliteration is split for easy reading. Hence I
have tried to split above] 

AzhwAr says here in this verse: even if You appear in
thiryak (animal) form we can not describe Your
Greatness at all fully!

Oh pristinely purest YogarUpI! The One who ears
thuLasi garland! The Sarva jagath kaaraNA! (Cause of
all worlds and everything and everyone!) the
Primordial Chief who reclines having His Yoga nithrA
[aRithuyil] in the deep coean and the one who took
Koorma (huge tortoise) avathAram! Thus uttering your
various divine names, we are not able to narrate that
your greatness is this and that; your names aare this
and that.. (limiting to such words or boundaries); We
are powerless and not qualified to do that. [BUT.. ]we
can address You as SaamavEdavEdhyan- one who is
praised in the great song like Saama vEdhas! 

Thooymai yOgam- pure Yogam- nishkaamya yOgam; with no
material, kaivalya anubahavm yearnings; only with an
intent to enjoy His lotus feet at Paramapadham;
mOkshArttha yOgam. Hence purest Yogam- which is Bhakti
Yogam or Prapatti Yogam-

Sicne these two are the reasons and ways for
jeevaathma to get cleaned of all sins and attain
mOksham by pleasing the Lord who is the siddhOpAyan,
they (these two) are themselves pure. 

Thulasi garlanded Lord- the UbhayavibhUthi nAthan for
our enjoyment- 
Thus the first line refers to both the way (Yogam) and
the Goal( the Lord); He is SiddhOpAyan and hence He is
upAyam and upEyam as well. Thus the ubhayavibhUthi
nAthan is UpAyOpEya nAthan as well. 

He appears also for granting other fruits and hence
appears as tortoise for DevAs?s sake. [PeriyavaachhAn
PiLLai mentions about KoormA of Milky Ocean here and
praLaya Koormam in verse 35the (Koorma sarpantham ? is
suthi vaakyam referred to)

Befroe becoming tortoise he had His Yoga nithrA on the
milky ocean; how can AzhwAr reclined as Tortoise ?
where He slept as Tortoise? Even NammAzhwAr sang also
?maavaay piLandhu marudhidai pOy maNNaLandha?? this
need to be seen in the same fashion. Also one can
refer to Time here. 

Read Swamy Desikan?s DasaavathAram- avyaasur
bhuvanathrayeemanibrutham? sahaiva shriyA?..[During
the Deva asura battle Sukraachaarya was helping the
demons by restoring to life those slain in the battle.
Seeing this, the Devas complained to Vishnu. Now
Vishnu decided to get Amirtham (nectar- elixir of
life) from the ocean by churning it and for this
purpose he arranged for the mEru mountain to serve as
the spindle, the giant serpent Vaasuki as the cord and
the asurAs to hold the head end of Vaasuki and the
Devas the tail end. When churning began, VishNu had to
take the form of a Tortoise to support the mEru from
underneath. Serpent Vaasuki emitted a continuous
stream of fire and smoke, as the churning continued.
Venomous poison streamed out and Siva offered to take
the same for the sake of mankind. Siva swaollowed and
pleased Lord Sriman Narayanan. As the churning
continued further, out came the moon (Chandran)
Lakshmi seated on a lotus flower, Sura Devi, awhite
horse, a jewel, which could be later worn by Sriman
Narayana on His divine Chest. Iraavadha (elephant in
white colour) with four tusks and finally Dhanvanthri
the Lord of medicine (who is Sriman narayanan Himself)
holding the pitcher of amirtham (nectar) which helps
to restore to life the Devas who had died in the
battle. 

AdhidhEvaa! Since chathur mukha brahmA and other
devaas went and praued to Him as Devaadhi Devaa and
Adhi dEvaa! He appeared as Koormam. 

naamadhEyam inna dhenna- Here the divine names
referred to are attributed to Koorma avathAram alone-
say PoorvAchAryas. However many names are addressed
here in this verse, there are additionally.. He
supported the mountain from bottom holding onto it on
his back without tilting; He held the tip with his
hand so that it does not topple; He also encouraged
the Devaas and asurAs to prevent them from getting
exhausted and tired; He also churned finally- So many
guNa roopa chEshtithangaL.. How can one end uttering
his greatness! Eacn deed of His is indescribable.

saamavEdhageethanaaya ChakrapaaNi allaiyE.. In
ChandhOkya Upanishad antharAditya vidyA- Sriman
Narayana- freshly bloomed red lotused eyed Lord is
referred to and He alone is ChakrapaaNi (one who has
divine Discuss- chakrA). Also, In first portion of
Saama vEda, Chakrapaani is referred to also. Swamy
desikan refers to saamavEdhOpanishad mentioning this
in his SaccharitharakshA. Also when the ocean is
churned, there was an asurA by name SamhikEyan who
attempted to claim the nectar along with Devas, and
Sriman Narayanan cut his head using His ChakrA to make
him raahu.

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dasan  

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