<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n Will he protect only his followers? What would happen to those who are not his followers? Will they have to die? When there is a danger, without making any distinction between his followers and disbelievers, he will protect every living being, even at the cost of his greatness. AzhwAr<\/a> says that when there was danger through mahAbali (a ruler in the lineage of hiraNyakashyap and prahlAdha) and deluge, he took the form of a mendicant to beg from mahAbali and took the form of a boar to dig out the earth respectively, not minding about what such forms would do to his greatness.<\/p>\n Let us look at the pAsuram.<\/p>\n porukOttu Or EnamAyp pukku idandhAykku anRu un<\/em> Word by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n viri thOtta sEvadiyai \u2013 reddish coloured divine feet which resemble a lotus with blossomed petals vyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n poru kOttu Or EnamAy<\/strong> \u2013 as a boar with tusks meant for battling. He took the incarnation of boar which keeps digging at all the places with its tusks. The boar cannot keep quiet without digging; it is its nature. When not digging the earth, he would dig the saffron present in bhUmip pirAtti\u2019s bosom.<\/p>\n Or Enam<\/strong> \u2013 an incomparable, unique boar. Even if he has a body which could be destroyed, his beauty was such captivating that one would carry out Alaththy<\/em> (a custom carried out in the southern parts of\u00a0 India to ward off evils).<\/p>\n pukku idandhAykku<\/strong> \u2013 the way the boar went under water to search for earth which had got stuck to the walls of the universe. Just us pearl divers dive into the deep parts of the ocean in search of pearls, emperumAn<\/a> also dove into deeper parts to search for earth.<\/p>\n anRu un oru kOttin mEl kidandhadhanRE<\/strong> \u2013 the earth that you dug out from the deep waters with so much of involvement was lying at one corner of your tusk like a bluish jewel! (the opinion here is that the earth was so small compared to his huge form that it could have passed through the gap between his teeth). It is clear from this that the involvement of the person who protects is much larger than the object that is to be protected. When a magnanimous person is asked to arrange food for one person, he would arrange for nine persons. In the same way, to dig out such a small earth, emperumAn<\/a> took the huge form of a boar.<\/p>\n virithOtta sEvadiyai nItti <\/strong>\u2013 stretching his reddish coloured divine feet which were like the blossomed petals of a lotus. While there is reference to only the petals here, mentioning the petal is equivalent to mentioning the flower itself. Another interpretation is: \u201cvirithOtta<\/em>\u201d also refers to shining ear studs. Here it would be calling out to emperumAn<\/a> who has shining ear studs [and then referring to his reddish coloured divine feet].<\/p>\n thisai nadunga viN thuLanga<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn measured the worlds making people in various directions to quiver; making dhEvas who are in upper worlds (celestial persons) to quiver. He measured the worlds only for redeeming them for the sake of dhEvas. Why then should they be afraid? Here, their fear is out of affection for him, wondering \u201cwhat will happen now?\u201d<\/p>\n mAvadivil nI aLandha maN<\/strong> \u2013 the huge form that you had taken as thrivikrama in order to measure the earth. Wasn\u2019t that same earth like a dot on your tusk when you took varAha avathAram! The opinion conveyed in this pAsuram is that emperumAn<\/a> will carry the earth on his head as well as on his foot in order to protect it (as varAha and as thrivikrama respectively) when his focus in on protecting the earth.<\/p>\n We shall next enjoy the 10th<\/sup> pAsuram.<\/p>\n adiyEn krishNa ramanuja dhAsan<\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai Will he protect only his followers? What would happen to those who are not his followers? Will they have to die? 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n oru kOttin mEl kidandhadhanRE virithOtta<\/em>
\n sEvadiyai nItti thisai nadunga viN thuLanga<\/em>
\n mAvadivin nI aLandha maN<\/em><\/p>\n
\nnItti \u2013 making them grow
\nthisai nadunga \u2013 making people in all directions to quiver
\nviN thuLanga \u2013 making people in the upper worlds also to tremble out of fear
\nmA vadivin \u2013 with a huge form (as thrivikraman)
\nnI aLandha \u2013 measured by you
\nmaN \u2013 the earth
\nporu kOttu \u2013 with tusks which are meant for battle
\nOr EnamAy \u2013 a unique boar [incomparable]
\npukku idandhAykku \u2013 (during deluge) immersed in water and dug it out
\nanRu \u2013 during that time
\nun \u2013 your
\noru kOttin mEl \u2013 in a corner of one tusk
\nkidandhadhu anrE \u2013 was it not staying?<\/p>\n
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