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Sri Parthasarathi thunai,

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

? Mattrondrum vEinda Maname Madhilarangar

Kattrinum meitha kazhalinai keezh- uttra

Thirumaalai paadum seer Thondaradipodi Emperumaanai

Eppozhudum peesu?

 

? Srimat Krishna samahvaya Namo yaamuna soonave 

yetkadAkshai kalakshyAnAm sulabha: Sridara: sadaa?

 

Pranams,

 
Paasuram-36
 

?mazhaikkandru varai munEndhum mainthanE! Madhura ArE!

Vuzhaikandre pOla nOkka mudaiyavar valaiyul pattu

VuzhaikindrErkku ennai nOkkA thozhivadhE!* vunnai andrE

AzhaikkindrEn Adhi moorthi arangamAnagarulAnE!?

 

mazhaikkandru varai munEndhum mainthanE! Madhura ArE!:  

Alwar here remembers the govardhana giri vrittAntham. Everyone in gokulam were 
busy decorating the place and getting ready for some celebration. Ourkutti 
kannan didn?t know what was going around and hence he enquired about the same 
to his father, nandagOpan. Nandan said that it was ?Indra vizha? which was 
celebrated each year to thank Indran, the king of devas for the plentiful rains 
which he has showered. Krishnan then asked nandan, why at all such a festival 
to thank should be done when showering the rain is the act of the clouds. Never 
do we see Indra before rain it is only the clouds we see. Nandan replied that 
though it was natural to rain after theappearance of clouds but lord Indra is 
the one who governs the clouds and makes it to rain in the appropriate place, 
rather than raining in the sea. Athi vrishti(floods) and anAvrishti(no rain) 
will spoil the entire cultivation. We thank Indra for controlling the same.  

 

Krishna continued saying, looking after the cattle and cultivating the landis 
our duty which we are doing properly so isn?t it Indra?s duty to shower the 
rain in appropriate time? Why should we thank him? Instead I do accept that 
there is one bhagavan, for us the pratyaksha deivam is only govardhana giri and 
hence the actual pooja should be done only to that. The gopars were innocent 
people and they could never argue with intelligent Krishna. They were so fond 
of Krishna that they were ready to accept anything Krishna said and hence they 
all happily accepted that Krishna was right andthe pooja should be done only to 
the govardhana giri and hence all of themwith all the prasads made proceeded 
towards the govardhana giri.  

 

Alwar here calls emperuman as mainthanE! because during the govardhana 
girivriththAntham kannan was only 7 years old and since only this small kid 
lifted the whole mountain for the sake of saving the whole gokulam. Indran,not 
getting the actual pooja this year sprouted with anger and he engaged all the 
clouds capable to submerging the whole world to shower on gokulam alone. Not 
knowing what to do all the gokula vAsees surrendered to Krishna saying, 
?govindam sharanam yayuhu?. So to save the whole lot of gokulavasees including 
the cattle lord Krishna carried the whole govardhana giriand asked all of them 
to settle inside. He carried the mountain for 7 days till indran got tired of 
pouring the rain without any effect on gokulam. Imagine a 7-year kid carrying 
the mountain for saving so many people and cattle. Though he was paramAtma 
himself still the gokula vAsees even after the giri dhAranam asked Krishna if 
his hand pained and with love gave him butter and considered him to be their 
kutti kannan. Similarly alwar says even though you do all such remote things 
still you appear to be like my son and not a paramAtma.

 

Emperuman has number of nAmAs. We can call him sarva loka rakshakan, 
bhakthavatsalan, dheenadhayAlan but then alwar is not interested in all these 
nAmAs. He may be the protector of all the worlds but what is important to meis 
his sweetness. Alwar calls emperuman as ?madhura ArE!?. SishupAlan and even 
Indran criticized krishna?s vAchAlam. They say his talk is cruel by which he 
diverts everyone. However a child may be, will the mother ever accept her 
child?s mistake? She will say my child never does like that you are all lying. 
Similarly alwar who considers kannan to be his own child says my kid?s words 
are always very sweet. You know not only his words he is himself a river of 
sweetness. This river started as a small river in Srivaikundam and now it is 
flowing with great vigour in this gOshAlA(gokulam). Adi shankara celebrates 
kannan as, ?adharam madhuram, nayanam madhuram???madhurAdhipathE akilam 
madhuram?(his mouth and words aresweet, his eyes are sweet???.he the king of 
madhura is fully sweet himself)

 

Vuzhaikandre pOla nOkka mudaiyavar valaiyul pattu VuzhaikindrErkku ennai nOkkA 
thozhivadhE! :    

You saved the gokula vAsees and the cattles from the heavy rain and from the 
wrath of Indra. But Oh! My lord I have been caught in the clutches of the 
samsara sAgaram where all my indriyams(sense organs) are troubling me. I am 
suffering due to all these, why do you turn your face from me, without coming 
to help me? asked alwar.

 

Vunnai andrE azhaikkindrEn Adhi moorthi arangamAnagarulAnE! : 

Emperuman immediately asked alwar why he should come to his rescue? Nandan and 
others where krishna?s relatives and they surrendered to him in their hour of 
need. So he protected him. Why should I save you, asked emperuman? For which 
alwar replies, ?vunnai andrE azhaikkindrEn?, I always call only your 
thirunAmams. Oh! Adhi moorthi you came running to save gajendra from the 
clutches of one crocodile when he shouted ?Adhi moolamE!? but now I am been 
suffering due to number of crocodiles in this samsAram, day in and day out and 
I am shouting for help. I do not call anyone else other than you for help Oh! 
Lord ranganatha, shouldn?tyou come and save me? laments alwar.

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 



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