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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah

Dearest Srivaishnavas

ilaiththalaicca ranthuranthi
  lankaikatta zhiththavan,
malaiththalaippi Ranthizhinthu
  vanthun^unthu santhanam,
kulaiththalaiththi RaththeRintha
  kunkumakku zhampinOdu,
alaiththozhuku kaaviriya
  rankamEya vaNNalE.      (54)

Sending the sharp arrows ?that are like large sharp
cornered leaves- to lankA city, Rama destroyed the
army there completely; He is the Swami Sri Ranganathan
of Sri rangam divya desam where the river cauveri,
that starts from sahya mountain [in Karnataka] and
runs for long distances, breaking trees, collecting
sandal branches and kumkumam creepers on the way flows
here (in Srirangam). 

River cauveri offers the sandal and kumkum paste to
the son in law Sri Ranganathan Sri Ramachandra murthy
? whose Divine consort is SitA PiraaTTi [came out of
SamudrarAjan- husband of river cauveri]. 

kulaitthalaitthiRuttheRindha- also can be applied to
mean both sandal and kumkum creepers ? says Sri
UttamUr Swamy. 

We can see the azhwArs' devotion to Rama manifested in
two ways; through hundreds of allusions to Rama, and,
through their participation in the story of Rama by
singing through the voices of various characters in
the Ramayana. Of the hundreds of references to the
story of Rama, the incident most frequently alluded to
is the actual killing of Ravana and the destruction of
Lanka. Thus in the Periya Tirumozhi of Tirumankai
alvar, out of approximately 106 references to Rama or
to an incident from the Ramayana, over 51 deal with
the killing of Ravana/destruction of Lanka

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr also enjoys on the same token the
valour of Rama in this grand manner. Thirumazhisai
AzhwAr also refers in his naanmukhan ThiruvandhAthi
44th verse- 

koNdu kudangaalmEl vaiththa kuzhaviyaay,
thaNda arakkan thalaithaLaal- paNdeNNi,
pOmkumaran niRkum pozhilvENG kadamalaikkE,
pOmkumara ruLLIr purindhu

Oh Young People! Proceed to ThiruvEmkatam desirously,
where the Ever Youthful Lord Srinivasan is standing
most gracefully- the One (as a baby sitting on his
lap) who had hinted to BrahmA, that he should not
grant boon to punishable rAvaNan, , by drawing ten
lines on the ground with his toe finger, erased them
and disappeared. ?DhaNda arakkan thalai thaaLaal-
paNdu eNNip pOm?.  

{Supplement By our Sri V Satakopan swamin USA]
According to purANams , Brahma devan was approached by
RaavaNAn . He hid his natural form with ten heads and
appeared before BrahmA as some one else to seek the
boon of indestructibility at any one's hands . At that
time, our Lord appeared before BrahmA as a beautiful
toddler . 
Brahmaa was charmed by the beautiful child and lifted
it up and placed it lovingly on his lap .

What did this MaayAvi child do ? It used its fingers
to count the ten fingers on its two feet to indicate
on the sly to Brahma that the one seeking the boons is
none other than the ten headed Ravana in disguise. 
Sriman NaarAyaNA wanted to curb the runaway impulse of
BrahmA from giving too much away and strengthening the
hands of RavaaNA , who deserved punishment instead of
rewards . RavanA ended up with a boon that offered
protection from every one and every thing except a
human , since he did not think too much about a human
being as an adversary in battle. He asked for
protection against devAs , animals, weapons etc . Our
Lord forewarned thus Brahma as a playful infant to
protect His avathAra Kaaryam .       
 
That is what Thirumazhisai is alluding to . 

Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan



        
                
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