<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> says \u201cdid I lose emperumAn<\/a> because he is at a long distance at thiruppARkadal (milky ocean) and attaining him there would be difficult? Did I not lose him when he came very close?\u201d<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings.<\/p>\n adiyum padi kadappath thOL thisai mEl sella<\/em> vadi ugirAl \u2013 with sharp nails adiyum padi kadappa<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr<\/a> was asked, \u201cis it possible to enjoy emperumAn<\/a> staying in this world, as we wish? Should we not enjoy him only after going to SrIvaikuNtam?\u201d AzhwAr responds \u201cwhen his mercy flowed like flood on this earth, did I get it? Did I not lose it even then?\u201d<\/p>\n adiyum padi kadappa<\/strong> \u2013 nammAzhwAr<\/a> says in thiruvAimozhi 4-3-6<\/a> \u201ckOlamAm en sennikku un kamalamanna \u00a0kazhalE<\/em>\u201d (your lotus like divine foot is like a decoration on my head). In the same manner, AzhwAr says that the earth also donned his divine foot, which he likes immensely, on its head, as a decoration. Alternatively, we can say that the soft divine foot, which the nithyasUris[permanent dwellers of SrIvaikuNtam] wear on their heads, had to measure earth which contains hardened forests and streams.<\/p>\n padi kadappa<\/strong> \u2013 the divine feet which we had to go and worship, came on their own and measured the earth.<\/p>\n thOL thisai mEl sella<\/strong> \u2013 the divine shoulders, which would normally be embracing pirAtti (bhUmidhEvi, here), went past the directions.<\/p>\n mudiyum visumbu aLandhadhu<\/strong> \u2013 the divine crown went till the wall of the universe. The divine crown measured the immeasurable skies [ethereal layers]. Just as great warriors will win over enemies from the same place where they are standing, emperumAn<\/a> also measured the worlds standing in the same place and won them over.<\/p>\n enbar<\/strong> \u2013 I have heard gyAnis (knowledgeable people) say that emperumAn did this. But I did not get to see this! AzhwAr<\/a> laments, \u201cwhen the divine feet came on their own and stood over my head also, where had I gone?\u201d<\/p>\n vadi ugirAl IrndhAn iraNiyadhu Agam<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> tore apart the rough body of iraNiyan<\/em> (hiraNyakashyap).<\/p>\n irum siRaip puL UrndhAn<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn is soft and straddles periya thiruvadi<\/em> (alternative name for garuda)[in our sampradhAyam, hanumAn is called as thiruvadi (divine feet) and garuda is called as periya thiruvadi (huge divine feet)].<\/p>\n ulagu aLandha nAnRu <\/strong>\u2013 it is not surprising that I did not get to see emperumAn<\/a> when he went to annihilate the enemy of his devotee at one place [reference to emperumAn killing hiraNakashyap to protect prahlAdha]. It is not surprising that I could not see him when he went to another place to protect\u00a0 gajEndhra, a devotee [reference here is to the elephant gajEndhar which was troubled by the crocodile]. AzhwAr<\/a> laments that he lost when emperumAn<\/a> came, not for one or two individuals, but for all, when he took the incarnation of thrivikrama and kept his divine feet atop everyone\u2019s head.<\/p>\n Let us consider the 18th<\/sup> pAsuram next.<\/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 AzhwAr says \u201cdid I lose emperumAn because he is at a long distance at thiruppARkadal (milky ocean) and attaining him there would be difficult? 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n mudiyum visumbu aLandhadhenbar vadi ugirAl<\/em>
\n IrndhAn iraNiyanadhu Agam irum siRaippuL<\/em>
\n UrndhAn ulagu aLandhanAnRu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\niraNiyanadhu Agam \u2013 iraNiyan (hiraNyakashyap)\u2019s heart
\nIrndhan \u2013 tore apart
\nirum siRai puL \u2013 huge bird garuda with massive wings
\nUrndhan \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> straddled
\nulagu aLandha nAnRu \u2013 on the day when he measured the worlds
\nadiyum \u2013 (his) divine feet
\npadi kadappa \u2013 measured the worlds
\nthOL \u2013 the divine shoulders
\nthisai mEl sella \u2013 went beyond the directions
\nmudiyum \u2013 divine crown
\nvisumbu \u2013 skies (ether)
\naLandhadhu \u2013 pervaded
\nenbar \u2013 so will say (gyAnis, the knowledgeable)<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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