SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Raama: SasthrabhUthAmaham- Rama?s asthra prayOgam (sending arrows victoriously and effortlessly) is described by AzhwAr in this pAsuram: vaanakammum maNNAkammum veRpum EzhkadalkaLum pONnakam seydhu Alilait thuyinRa puNdareekanE thEnakam sey than naRu malar thuzhaaynan maalaiyaay koon aham pugath theRiththa koRRavilli yallaiyE? (30) The place of Devas- the upper world; the place of humans- the earth; the mountains; the seven oceans; were all swallowed (eaten) and then reclined on little Banyan leaf that was floating on praLaya waters as an infant Baby! [what a wonder!] PundareekA! SarvashrEshtanE! Supreme Lord! The One who wears good most fragrant cool ThuLasi garland (where bees drink honey)! You are One who sent the arrow victoriously entering into the hunch back woman (Koon agam puga theRittha) You are the unparalleled Warrior [dhanurveeran) With absolutely no weapon with You, You swallow the entire universe with all worlds, oceans and all beings including Devas; When such is the case, where is the question of a simple Raakssa Raavana winning! You effortlessly send arrows to destroy such insignificant enemies! With no difference You retain everyone in Your stomach; And You are the One who helps them (us) in danger (Apathsaha.. ) Vaanakam- meaning the upper world including residents; veRupm yEzh kadalgaLum- the seven mountains and seven oceans; Kulaparvathams are seven. There are seven dweepams in universe. Jambu, plaksham, saalmalam, kusam, krowncham, saakam and pushkaram. Each one is surrounded by oceans namely, salt waters, sugar cane juice, kaL (liquor), Ghee, curd, milk and pure water.. ? enlists Abhinava Desika Sri UttamUr Swamy in his commentary. Jambu dweepam is at the center. In that lies mEru mountain- the golden mountain. This Jambudweepam is divided into seven varsham... namely, bhAratha varsham, kimpurusham, Hari, inAvrutham, ramyakam, hiraNmayam and Uttharaguru. Between two varshams there is a mountain that splits divides them. At the centre is mEru and three on one side are: nishadham, hEmakootam, Himalayas. On other side of mEru are: Nilgiri, KailAsam, Srungi- Uttharavindhya. Thus there are seven mountains. These are all varsha mountains.. Thus there are mountains in each dweepam, What we saw are in Jambhu Dweepam. There are also individual mountains in each varsham. mahEndram, malayam, sahyam, sukthimaan, vindhyam, paariyaathram are Bharatha varsha mountains. They are called kula parvathams. Thus there are very many mountains. Hence AzhwAr mentions oceans alone as seven (veRpum yEzh kadalgaLum) Alilai- After swallowinbg all these mountains, universe, oceans, beings and everything that you name- retaining all of them intact without any swapping or mix ups, showing no disparity if it is a Deva, human or plant or animal, the Lord most mercifully protects them in His stomach and lies down as a small infant on a little Banyan leaf floating on waters? what a wonder! A small tender leaf holding the little Boy who had eaten all these huge mountains! What a mystery! ? wonders AzhwAr. PundareekanE! Red lotus is Pundareekam, His hands, palms, eyes, feet, navel, the red lips, the divine charming face are all lotuses. He is the lotus forest. The Paramapadham itself is called Pundareekam ? Pundareekam ParamdhAma:- says VishnusahasranAmam. Hence when AzhwAr addresses Him as PundareekanE! He is greatest and most beautiful like Pundareekam and hence He is addressed so- as He is SarvOtthaman; nirmalan (Blemishless); Supran; ShrEshtan. Hence We need to infer this word as SarvOtthamanE! thEnagam sey- The bees drink honey in the thUlasi leaves when he wears; nanmaalai- Good garland- why good? Because the ThuLasi does not let itself be worn by any other demi god. It has such a ParamaikAnthyathvam. Hence good. Thus He is the nAthan (Master) of Nithya vibHuthi as well. Earlier by his swallowing he proves that he is the nAthan of LeelAvibhUthi. He is thus ubhayavibhUthi nAthan. Koon agam- KaNNan?s affair with a hunch back woman Trivakrai is described beautifully and divinely in Srimad Bhagawatham. Thus when Krishna appeared He did such wonders. Befroe that during RamavathAram as human birth, You also performed wonders with Your Bow ? says AzhwAr mentioning about kooni (hunch back). Though Vaalmeeki does not mention about this incident, it is however referred to in Kamba Ramayanam that Rama as a young Boy sent an arrow (with flower tip) at the back of a hunch back maid (of KaikEyi) and her ego got hurt. She took revenge by sending him to the forest which made Rama perform great histrionics with His wonderful arrows showing his feat at the divine Bow destroying the thousands of Raakshasas including Raavanan. Thus she made Him prove that. OR Kooni entered and never disappeared and bounced back with a vengeful action. Or it can also be read as : Koon agam puga- theRittha- When the hunch back entered (puga- into the house or room of KaikEyi), everything followed and then Rama set the arrows to the destruction of Raakshasas. Thus she helped the process to get over with Rama?s valour. OR she wanted to destroy Rama (with a vengeance) and He destroyed the raakshasaas with his divine arrows effortlessly and victoriously and made the success enter into her making her feel ashamed. How many ways Acharyas have enjoyed the verse lines.. so beautifully! Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/XUWolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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