{"id":16929,"date":"2017-07-31T11:59:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T11:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=16929"},"modified":"2017-07-31T11:59:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T11:59:06","slug":"mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/07\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-51\/","title":{"rendered":"mudhal thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 51 &#8211; eLidhil iraNdadiyum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/06\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi\/\">Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/07\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-50\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Narasimha_Avatar1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7702\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Narasimha_Avatar1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>avathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In this pAsuram, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/poigai-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> says if we are devoted to <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>, he will destroy our enemies and show himself to us just as he destroyed prahalAdha\u2019s enemy hiraNyan and showed himself to prahalAdha.<\/p>\n<p>Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n<p><em>eLidhil iraNdadiyum kANbadhaRku ennuLLam<\/em><br \/>\n<em> theLiyath theLindhozhiyum sevvE kaLiyil<\/em><br \/>\n<em> porundhAdhavanaip poraluRRu ariyAy<\/em><br \/>\n<em> irundhAn thirunAmam eN<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>en uLLam \u2013 Oh my heart!<br \/>\neLidhil \u2013 easily<br \/>\niraNdu adiyum \u2013 both divine feet<br \/>\nkANbadhaRku \u2013 appropriate to worship<br \/>\ntheLiya \u2013 if (you) attain clarity<br \/>\nsevvE theLindhu ozhiyum \u2013 (he also) will become very clear [and happy]<br \/>\nkaLiyil \u2013 due to vanity<br \/>\nporundhAdhavanai \u2013 one who doesn\u2019t come to him<br \/>\nporal uRRu \u2013 being intent on waging war<br \/>\nariyAy \u2013 as narasimhan (face of lion and body of human)<br \/>\nirundhAn \u2013 one who incarnated<br \/>\nthirunAmam \u2013 beautiful divine names<br \/>\neN \u2013 keep meditating<\/p>\n<h3><strong>vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>eLidhil iraNdu adiyum kANbadhaRku<\/strong> \u2013 the word <em>eLidhil <\/em>can be interpreted in two ways \u2013 (1) not\u00a0 simple and (2) easy. If it is taken to mean that it is <em>not simple<\/em>, the meaning for this phrase would be \u201cto see the two divine feet which are very exalted\u201d. If it is taken to mean <em>easy <\/em>it would mean \u201cto see the divine feet of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> without any effort\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ennuLLam theLiya<\/strong> \u2013 Oh my heart! If you leave aside your devotion to worldly pursuits and get clarity [that he is the one to be devoted to] emperumAn will be happy. He will be happy, without being angry at the sins that we have been committing since time immemorial, which had prevented us from seeing him. He will not see our faults if you stop indulging in worldly pursuits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>sevvE theLindhu ozhiyum<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> will become very clear. Instead of doing something superficially, he will also become wholeheartedly very clear. Earlier, looking at the countless sins that I was committing, he was very disturbed. Now, after I become clear in my mind and approach him, he will also become very clear and happy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/poigai-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> recounts an incident that happened earlier when his devotee recited his divine name and he went to his help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>kaLiyil porundhAdhavanaip poraluRRu<\/strong> \u2013 engaging in fight with hiranya kashyap who was not amicable with <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>. hiraNyan, owing to his boons and his strength, became very vain and said that he will not bow down to anyone. A person who says that he himself is God cannot be amicable with emperumAn, can he! Hence, in order to do good to him, emperumAn destroys his physical body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ariyAy irundhAn thirunAmam eN<\/strong> \u2013 since <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> was in the form of narasimhan to remove the sadness of his devotee, meditate on the divine names of this form. Another interpretation \u2013 he was lazing since there were no more enemies, who would become fodder to his anger, to destroy. What we need to do is to meditate on emperumAn\u2019s divine names, just as his child-devotee prahlAdha did. If we did that, emperumAn will himself protect us, instead of driving us to other deities. Oh Heart! Don\u2019t you know the difficulties that hiraNyan had to endure because he did not meditate on emperumAn\u2019s divine names! <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/poigai-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> says, meditate on his divine names and gain the result that prahlAdha gained instead of suffering like hiraNyan,<\/p>\n<p>We shall take up the 52<sup>nd<\/sup> pAsuram next.<\/p>\n<p>adiyEn krishNa ramanuja dhAsan<\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series &lt;&lt; Previous avathArikai In this pAsuram, AzhwAr says if we are devoted to emperumAn, he will destroy our enemies and show himself to us just as he destroyed prahalAdha\u2019s enemy hiraNyan and showed himself to prahalAdha. Let us go through the pAsuram and &#8230; <a title=\"mudhal thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 51 &#8211; eLidhil iraNdadiyum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/07\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-51\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about mudhal thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 51 &#8211; eLidhil iraNdadiyum\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iyarpa","category-mudhal-thiruvandhadhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16929","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}