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Dear SrEvaishNavites,
 
It was seen that the Lord churned the milky ocean and reclaimed thAyAr. IN nAchiyAr thirumozhi this event is aptly brought out by Sri ANDAL " mandharam nATTi -madhurak kozhum sARu koNDA" This is dealt by thirumangai mannan in the second pAsuram of the first thiru-mozhi of the sixth ten.
 
Sri Sadagopan swAmy goes on to detail on the background of this divinely deed of the Lord Almighty .
 
dAsan
vanamamalai padmanabhan
 
 
mandharam nATTi -madhurak kozhum sARu koNDa
 
In the second Paasuram , Thirumangai Azhwar celebrates the churning of
the Milky Ocean by Bhagavan and refers to the bhAgyams obtained by
the DevAs , Lord Siva and the Lord Himself , who got the best of the rewards
from that  effort :
 
aNNal seythu alai kadal kadainthu  athanuL , kaNNuthal najunAAnk-kaNDavanE
ViNNavar amuthuNa amudhil varum , peNNamudhuNda EmperumAnE !
ANDAi unaik-kANbhathOr aruLenakkaruLithiyEl
vENDEm amani vAzhkkayai ViNNagar mEyavanE
 
(meaning ) : Oh Lord who showed in so many ways that You are the Supreme Master of
both the DevAs and the Asuraas during the churning of the Milky Ocean and took on
the leadership to churn that ocean full of turbulent waves all by Yourself ! The first
object that came out of Your effort was the greatest among poisons , the Haalaahala
Visham . You looked over Lord Sivan --with His third eye on His forehead--  partaking
that poison and gaining the name of Neelakantan or the Blue-throated One . Next arose
the amrutham , which You distributed among the DevAs . Amrutham was almost like
the husk compared to the delectable essence of that nectar that appeared next in
the form of the most beautiful and auspicious Yuvathy , MahA Lakshmi . Oh Lord ,
You made sure that the Supreme gem among women choose You as Her NaaTan
and enjoyed Her as Your dhivya Mahishi . Oh Lord of such clever acts of
managing  the churning operations of the Milky Ocean ! adiyEn will cast
aside the samsAric bhOgams immediately , if adiyEn is granted the boon of
Your darsanam in person .
 
(Comments) : For Rudran , the poison was his preferred food . He consumed that
and saved the world from being destroyed by it . For Sriman NaarAyaNan , the femenine
nectar ( PeNNamudhu) was the most enjoyable food ( BhOgyam ) . The DevAs got
what they wished for with the matchless valor of the Lord (viz)., the ordinary nectar ,
which banished death and aging on consumption . The dEvAs became ViNNavars as 
a result of consuming the nectar that arose from the Milky Ocean through the Lord's
efforts . The dEvAs were content with the nectar and did not perform SaraNAgathy
to the Lord  and did not select Him as their PrApyam ( the PurushArTam to be gained ) .
That most beautiful femenine nectar ( BhOgyam ) , MahA Lakshmi chose You as PrApyam
and the purpose of the KoormAvathAram was completed . You came to be
known since then as " PeNNamuthu uNDa EmperumAn : the Sarva Swamy ,
who orchestrated the whole drama of the churning of the Milky Ocean and
reserved Yourself the Supreme Gift of MahA Lakshmi as Your Devi .
 
Special Notes on Amrutha maTanam ( Churning of the Milky Ocean for Nectar)
***************************************************************************************************
Our Lord was the Master , who commanded the Churning operations
and assigned the duties to the various participants and when they failed , He had
a solo operation to bring it to a successful end . He rewarded Himself
at the end . His various acts of valor and supervision is referred to by
Thirumangai AzhwAr as "aNNal seythu" . Let us reflect on those critical
supervision of the Lord to complete this gigantic effort and the provision of
leadership to the dEvAs and the asurAs during that operation .
 
Sage DhurvAsA's curse
******************************** 
Once Indran was cursed by Sage DhurvAsa for his insolence and lost all
his Iswaryam . Indran became desolate and joined with Brahma and the DevAs
to pray to Sriman NaarAyaNan for the restoration of his Iswaryam . Pleased with
their prayers , the Lord of Sri Vaikuntam appeared befre them , blessed them
and commanded them to make peace with their enemies , the asurAs ,
and join with them to churn the Milky ocean for nectar for restoration of
their wealth .
 
Start of the Churning Operations
********************************************
The dEvAs made peace with the asurAs and then followed the command of
the Lord to lift the Mandara mountain to be used as  the Churning rod . The 33 crores of
DevAs and the 66 crores of AsurAs were full of pride and as a result ,the mountain
that they lifted slipped from their hands .  Our Lord stepped in , lifted that mighty
mountain single handedly , placed on the back of Garudan and positioned it in
the middle of the Milky Ocean as a churning rod . The great serpent , Vaasuki  was
the strong churning rope and the dEvAs and the asurAs held on to the rope
to start the churning . As they churned strenously under the direction of the vigilant
Lord , the mountain ( the churning rod )  became unsteady . Our Lord took on
the avathAram of a giant Tortoise ( Koormam ) , dived in and steadied the mountain
by holding it on His vast back . Meanwhile , the assembly of asurAs and dEvAs
were tiring and were unable to carry on with the churning . The fiery breath of snake
Vaasuki did not help them either . Our Lord then decided to churn the ocean
single handedly . One by one emerged the objects and people from the Ocean .
 
Products of amrutha MaTanam
*****************************************
First came the most potent poison with the name of HaalAhalam . For pleasing his Lord
and to save the devAs and others , Lord Rudran assembled that poison and drank it.
KaamadhEnu ( the boon granting Cow) , Ucchaisravas ( the beautiful White horse ),
IrAvadham ( the white elephant with four tusks ) , Kalpa Vruksham and Apsaras women .
appeared next one after the other. Our Lord allocated all these gifts to the DevAs .
 
Appearance of MahA Lakshmi
*****************************************
After that , MahA Lakshmi arose out of the Milky Ocean like a streak of
lightning that brightened all directions ( Ranjayanthi disa: kAnthyA
vidhyuth-soudhAmanee yaTA ) . Her youth , hue, udhAra svabhAvam
and other KalyANa guNams attracted evey one's mind. She however was
interested only in Her Lord . She walked towars Her Lord . Maha Rishis
perfomed abhishEkam for Her and the DevAs beautified Her with special
pieces of Jewelery and silken garments . MahA Lakshmi took a flower
garland in Her hand and placed that garland around the neck of Her Lord
as if it was a svayamvaram . Our Lord placed Her on His chest  . The whole
world was filled with happiness over Her choice of Sriman NaarAyaNan
as Her husband .
 
Dhanvanthri arrives with the amrutha Kalasam
*************************************************************
Our Lord disappeared now from the side of MahA Lakshmi and then
emerged out of the Milky Ocean as a Sundara Purushan with amrutha
kalasam in HIs hands  . SrImath Bhaagavatam describes the appearance of
ParamAdhbhutha Purushan , Danvanthri (  8. 8.31-35) :     
 
amruthApoorNa kalasam Bibrath valaya-bhUshitha:
Sa  Vai Bhagavatha: SaakshAth VishNOr-amsaamsa sambhava:
Dhanvantaree ithi khyAthO AayurvEda dhrugijyabhAk
 
The Selective Distribution of the Nectar to the DevAs by Kapata Mohini
*******************************************************************************************
AsurAs rushed now towards Dhanvantari and fought for the nectar.
Our Lord took on the Mohini avathAram through VishNu MaayA and
distracted the asurAs , who began to run after Mohini forgetting their
desire for the nectar. Mohini persuaded the smitten asurAs to sit in
a seperate row and and selectively fed the dEvAs with the nectar so
that they could become immortal and be freed from old age. The asurAs ,
the sworn enemies of the DevAs , were cheated by the Lord
 
Thus , there were many adhbhuthams performed by the Lord during
the churning of the Milky ocean for Nectar . All of these wonderous acts
are summarized by Thirumangai as " aNNal seythu alai kadal kadainthu--
atanuL PeNNamuthu uNDa EmperumAnE " . All of these are the results of
the crafty orchestration of the events by the Supreme Master ,
Sri Hari NaarAyaNan. Thirumangai salutes the  Lord as KoormAvathAram
in htis context here .
 
ThruviNNagrappan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,
Oppiliappan  Koil  Varadachari Sadagopan  


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