<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n Since emperumAn<\/a> came to dwell in thirumalai, with desire, AzhwAr<\/a>, on seeing this, describes with joy, all the entities which have connection with emperumAn in that place. If a particular place is desired, all the things associated with that place also become desirable! Just as all the people in paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam) are desired since paramapadham is a place to be attained.<\/p>\n Let us enjoy the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n Urum vari aravam oN kuRavar mAL yAnai<\/em> Urum \u2013 that which crawls Urum<\/strong> \u2013 The snakes in thirumalai will crawl around, as they like. Without any specific target, they will keep crawling, as a pastime. sumithrA tells lakshmaNa in SrI rAmAyaNam ayOdhyA kANdam 40-5 \u201crAmE pramAdham mA kArshi: puthra bhrAthari gachchathi<\/em>\u201d (Oh dear child! By watching the gait of SrI rAma when he is walkling, don\u2019t get involved in that and slip from protecting him). Similar to that beautiful gait of Sri rAma, the beauty of the snakes crawling all over the hills engages AzhwAr<\/a>.<\/p>\n vari aravam<\/strong> \u2013 The lines on the body of the snake are beautiful to look at. AzhwAr<\/a> involves with the snake as if it is a part of emeprumAn\u2019s divine body and it is the mattress thiruvananthAzhwAn <\/em>(AdhiSEshan) for emperumAn<\/a>.<\/p>\n oN kuRavar<\/strong> \u2013 great inhabitants of the hill, the hunters. The greatness about these people is that they do not leave thirumalai and go down the hills. They think that leaving the hills will be termed as a great calumny to their heritage.\u00a0 If someone says \u201csuch and such person\u2019s great\u00a0 grandfather\u2019s great grandfather had left the hill once\u201d, they will consider that as an affront on their clan. Without inviting such insults, these inhabitants have been residing in the hills. Unlike mukthars<\/em> who had once lived in the samsAram and then got liberated to reach paramapadham, these inhabitants, very much like the nithyasUris who had always lived in paramapadham, always lived on the thirumalai hills (they are thus different from the brAhmaNas (that we had seen in the previous pAsuram) who come to thirumalai hills from all directions to worship and carry out kainkaryam to emperumAn<\/a> there).<\/p>\n mAl yAnai pEra eRindha perumaNiyai<\/strong> \u2013 elephants looking like mEru mountain, would be straying in the fields.<\/p>\n pEra eRindha<\/strong> \u2013 In order to drive away the elephants, the hunters of the hills will throw carbuncles on them. Afraid of the radiance of the carbuncles, the elephants will get bewildered and run wildly, like mountains moving suddenly.<\/p>\n perumaNiyai <\/strong>\u2013 the inhabitants throw the invaluable carbuncles as if they are throwing them on mountains.<\/p>\n kAr udaiya min enRu puRRadaiyum<\/strong> \u2013 When these carbuncles hit the elephants, it would appear as if lightning is streaking across dark clouds. Snakes will mistake this action as if it is the clouds which are moving with lightning flashing across them and in fearful anticipation of the subsequent thunder, they will enter their protective anthills. It would appear as if lightning carries the cloud as lightning flashes across the clouds! Thus, AzhwAr<\/a> engages deeply with the thirumalai hills, the snakes which keep moving around there, with the elephants which stray into the fields, with the inhabitants who drive away the elephants, with the carbuncle gems which are used to drive them, with the snakes which are afraid of this simulation and reach their anthills, without any difference, since all these entities are in thirumalai hills.<\/p>\n meLA surar emmennum mAladhidam<\/strong> \u2013 the nithyasUris who are permanent dwellers of paramapadham are the distinguished celestial people, unlike the dhEvars (celestial persons in indhra\u2019s place of swargam<\/em> \/ heaven) who are created. Each of these nithyasUris will come to thirumalai hills claiming \u201cthis is ours; this is ours\u201d and reside there with affection.<\/p>\n Even though the term \u201cUrum variaravam<\/em>\u201d appears to be in singular, the opinion is that all the snakes in thirumalai would act like this.<\/p>\n We shall move on to the 39th<\/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 Since emperumAn came to dwell in thirumalai, with desire, AzhwAr, on seeing this, describes with joy, all the entities which have connection with emperumAn in that place. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n pEra eRindha peru maNiyai kArudaiya<\/em>
\n min enRu puRRadaiyum vEnkatamE mEla surar<\/em>
\n em ennum mAladhu idam<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nvari aravam \u2013 snake with lines (on its body)
\noN kuravar \u2013 wise inhabitants (hunters) of thirumalai hill
\nmAl yAnai pEra \u2013 making the huge elephants, which are grazing in the fields, to leave
\neRindha \u2013 thrown (on those elephants)
\nperu maNiyai \u2013 huge carbuncle gems
\nkAr udaiya min enRu\u00a0 \u2013 thinking that it is the lightning amidst clouds
\npuRRu adiyum vEnkatamE \u2013 (fearing the thunder) such snakes entering their anthills in thiruvEnkatam
\nmEla surar \u2013 distinguished celestial beings [nithyasUris]
\nem ennum \u2013 thinking that this is ours
\nmAladhu idam \u2013 is the place desired by emperumAn<\/a> as his dhivyadhESam.<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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