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vaShaTkAraha

(star-aShwini)

Jai Sriman Narayana

vaShaT karOti iti = The one who has everything under His control.

pASuram : nAcchiyAr Tirumozhi - 3-1 (AnDAL TiruvaDigaLE SaraNam)

samanvayam with pASuram : Leaving our clothes (divya dEhams) on the bank, we 
have entered this pond (samsAram) in the dark (due to our ajnAnam). You have 
kept our clothes with you. As the sun has come out, we can come out of the pond 
only if you give us our clothes. By stealing our clothes, you have kept us all 
under your control. So the name, 'vaShaTkAra' aptly fits onto you.

pASuram :

kOzhi azhaippadan munnam | - Before the hen signalled the morning.

kuDaindu nIrADuvAn pOndum | - We have come to take bath in the lake.

azhiyan Selvan yezhundAn | - The ball like sun has dawned.

aravaNai mEl paLLikonDAi | - You are sleeping on the Adi SEShA.

yezhmai attivum paTTOm | - We have strained ourselves a lot.

ini yenrum poigaikku vArOm | - Never shall we come to this lake again.

tOzhiyum nAnum tOzhitOm | - I along with my friend, bow to you.

tukiLai paNittu aruLAyE | - Kindly grace us with our clothes.

Detailed Meaning :

1) Before the hen signalled the morning : 

Before our AchArya had warned us.

How the hen can be taken to be an AchArya?.

a) AchArya picks up the kaLyANa guNAs of the Lord from the vEdAs and enjoys 
them just like the hen searches and picks the food grains.

b) The hen has two wings. Similarly, AchArya has two wings, one jnAnam and the 
other anuShThAnam. Using these wings, the AchArya flies to great heights.

2) We have come to take a dip in the lake : 

We have come to take a dip in this lake called samsAram.

3) The round & opulent sun has dawned : 

Sunlight sets in with the sun rise. This light is the light of knowledge. After 
getting this knowledge, we have realized, in what kind of a terrible state we 
are in.

4) You are sleeping on the AdiSESha. We have strained ourselves a lot :

We require our clothes to come out of this lake. You have kept our clothes with 
you and have confined us to this samsAram. You have to give us our clothes, for 
us to come out.

That day, you went and sat on a tree with our clothes. Today, you are happily 
sleeping on the AdiSEShA in SriRangam. But here we are being troubled by the 
cold water and the bites of the fish in the water. That day, you sat on the 
tree just for a short period of time. Now, you have been sleeping for ages 
happily in SriRangam. You have no trouble. We are immersed neck deep in this 
water and are suffering.

Thus you have kept us all under your control. So, we are expressing our anguish 
by calling you, 'vaShaTkAra'.

5) We will never come to this lake again : 

We thought that the happiness that we can get by entering this lake is more 
than that, which we can get due to your samSlESham. We were wrong. Forgive us. 
We have fully realized our folly. Never shall we get back into this lake.

6) I along with my friend (fellow women) bow before you : 

What else can we do other than this?. We pray to you - Om vaShaTkArAya namaha

7) Kindly grace us with our clothes : 

Kindly grace us with our divine bodies, which are bhOgyam to you. There is 
nothing which we can give in return to you. We can only pray to you.

We have to suffer in this samsAram, till we are graced by you. Our Anandam is 
in your control. 

Before you give us our clothes, we are under your control. After we get our 
clothes (divya dEhams) from you, we become bhOgyam to you. A thing which is 
bhOgyam to its owner is always under His control. Thus, we have been, we are 
and we will continue to be under your control always.

Who else, other than you, can we call by the name 'vaShaTkAra'?..

Om vaShaTkArAya namaha

Jai Sriman Narayana





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