<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n SrI rAmAnuja<\/a> thought to himself, \u201cwhat a great fortune for me to have got a person like mAmunigaL <\/a>who stands by the facets of \u201cAkinchanyam (lack of any principal to offer)\u201d and \u201cananyagadhithvam (lack of place to go as refuge)\u201d. SrI rAmAnuja<\/a> was pleased and was thinking of the list of things that mAmunigaL should be blessed with. He was involved in blessing mAmunigaL who had a pleasant and lovable character. At this juncture, mAmunigaL <\/a>expressed his \u201cananyagadhithvam\u201d even more by briefly describing the \u201cuNNilAviya<\/em> (thiruvaimozhi <\/a>7.1)\u201d padhigam (decad), where the wrecking effects of one\u2019 senses is explained graphically. Listening to this from mAmunigaL<\/a>, srI rAmAnuja<\/a> went to a state wherein he felt he could not live anymore if he does not protect mAmunigaL <\/a>right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n aimpulangaL mElittu adarumpozhudhu adiyEn<\/em> aimpulangaL \u2013 (My) five senses The phrase \u201cun padhangaL thammai ninaindhOlamittAl<\/em>\u201d \u2013 this means that if one calls out loudly the phrase \u201cemperumAnAr thiruvadigaLE SaraNam\u201d while simultaneously thinking about him in his mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this pAsuram, mAmunigaL <\/a>says that SrI rAmAnuja<\/a> is his sole protector. He is the protector for all people who are suffering from a multitude of difficulties. mAmunigaL <\/a>establishes his \u201cananyagadhithvam\u201d by comparing himself to the elephant gajEndhra who realized its helplessness and believed SrIman nArAyaNan<\/a> as his only protector. Likewise, mAmunigaL<\/a>, thought about SrI rAmAnuja<\/a>\u2019s lotus feet and uttered his name loudly that was a \u201csave the soul\u201d call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n mAmunigal <\/a>says that his five senses are pouncing on him and pulls him in different directions. Each one of them is making me its servant and is asking me to satisfy it needs, as seen in the phrase \u2018kOvai aivar en mey kudiyERi<\/em> (periya thirumozhi<\/a> 7.7.9)\u201d. During that time, me, who is the eternal servant of you, my master SrI rAmAnuja<\/a>, let out a loud cry for help, uttering your name. This is similar to how the elephant gajEndhrAzhvAn, who was bitten and dragged by the crocodile in the pond, called out SrIman nArAyaNan<\/a> loudly. The crocodile gains power in its home territory that is water, as revealed by the phrase \u201cgrAham AkarshathE jalE<\/em>\u201d. When it dragged the feet of gajEndhran into the pond, the latter thought about SrIman nArAyaNan<\/a> in his mind as per \u201cmanasA chinthayan harIm<\/em> (vishNu dharmam)\u201d. While it exclaimed \u201cnArAyaNAvO\u201d<\/em>, I called out you who protects everyone from all sorts of danger\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I request you to not let my five senses conquer and control me which has proved to be utterly detrimental to the soul. Hey the leader of yathis (ascetics)!!! Is there any one apart from you who can protect me? There is no one. Hence, you should protect me\u201d. For the phrase \u201cun padhangaL thannai ninaindhOlamittAl<\/em>\u201d, it is to be construed that mAmunigaL <\/a>thought within his mind that \u201cSrI rAmAnuja<\/a>\u2019s lotus feet is the sole refuge\u201d and uttered the name of \u201cSrI rAmAnuja<\/a>\u201d loudly while thinking about him and his lotus feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n adiyEn santhAnam ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n\n\n\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Introduction SrI rAmAnuja thought to himself, \u201cwhat a great fortune for me to have got a person like mAmunigaL who stands by the facets of \u201cAkinchanyam (lack of any principal to offer)\u201d and \u201cananyagadhithvam (lack of place to go as refuge)\u201d. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,14],"tags":[142,342,508],"class_list":["post-14270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arththi-prabandham","category-other","tag-arththi-prabandham","tag-mamunigal","tag-ramanuja"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gajendramoksham.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIntroduction<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
pAsuram 42<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
un padhangaL thammai ninaiththu OlamittAl<\/em>
pinbu avaithAm ennai adarAmal irangAy ethirAsa<\/em>
unnai allAl enakku uNdo?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nWord-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
mElittu \u2013 are so overwhelming and overpowering on me that
adarumpozhudhu \u2013 each one of them asks to feed their respective channels when they pounce on me.
adiyEn \u2013 (at that time) me, who is the eternal servant of you, my master SrI rAmAnuja
ninaiththu \u2013 will meditate upon (just like how the elephant gajEndhran thought about emperumAn. The crocodile pulled elephant by its leg into the river and elephant started to rebel and tried to push itself back to the land. This happened for like 1,000 dhEva years (one human year is one dhEva day). After such a long time, when the crocodile started to gain strength, elephant started to lose its grip on the land. Water is home for crocodile where its power gets multiplied. Similarly land is home for elephant where it can show its might. But now, since crocodile had the upper hand in the tug of war, it pulled the elephant more and more into the water that at one stage, all but the trunk of elephant was under water. At this point in time, the elephant gajEndra reazlied that there is no other one to protect him except SrIman nArAyaNan<\/a>, who removes the enemies and saves people. gajEndhra let out a huge cry of help in \u201cnArAyanAvO<\/em>\u201d to ask SrIman nArAyaNan to come and rescue him immediately. Just like how the elephant called out for help, mAmunigaL realizes his helplessness and calls out SrI rAmAnuja who is the sole refuge.)
un \u2013 your
padhangaL thammai \u2013 lotus feet.
OlamittAl \u2013 (and at the same time of thinking about your lotus feet) If I call you loudly by your name \u201crAmAnuja<\/a>\u201d
ethirAsa \u2013 Oh!!! The leader of yathis
pinbu \u2013 After this (crying out your name loudly while thinking about your lotus feet)
irangAy \u2013 Please bless
ennai \u2013 me
avaithAm \u2013 that those senses that has high degree of harm in it
adarAmal \u2013 does not pounce on me.
uNdo? \u2013 Is there another protector (you are the sole protector as there are no one else)
enakku \u2013 for me
unnai allAl \u2013 except you?<\/p>\n\n\n\nSimple Translation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Explanation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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