<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n In the earlier pAsuram, AzhwAr<\/a> said that others cannot know about emperumAn<\/a>. In this pAsuram he is asking emperumAn whether he [emperumAn] knows about himself.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n bAlan thanadhu uruvAy EzhulaguNdu Alilaiyin<\/em> bAlan thanadhu uruvAy \u2013 having the form of a child bAlan thanadhu uruvAy<\/strong> \u2013 he was so small that if milk falls on one cheek, it will fill up the other cheek!<\/p>\n Ezh ulagu uNdu<\/strong> \u2013 keeping the seven worlds inside the stomach [here seven implies all the worlds other than his nithyavibhUthi<\/em>, SrIvaikuNtam]<\/p>\n Al ilayin mEl<\/strong> \u2013 on top of a banyan leaf which formed just then<\/p>\n anRu nI vaLarndha<\/strong> \u2013 that you had rested on that day<\/p>\n mey enbar<\/strong> \u2013 great people will say that this was true and not any act of magic<\/p>\n bAlan thandhu uruvAy<\/strong> \u2013 even though he was in a form (as an infant) needing someone else\u2019s protection, he protected the worlds. He contracted his form that is transcendental [emperumNa\u2019s divine form, unlike ours, is not composed of the five elements but is composed of upanishaths<\/em>) and became an infant.<\/p>\n Ezhulagu uNdu<\/strong> \u2013 without any discrimination (that he likes some and dislikes the others) he kept all the entities, other than himself, in his stomach, and on top of the banyan leaf which was smaller than his form . . . .<\/p>\n anRu nI vaLarndha mey enbar<\/strong> \u2013 the rishis (sages) said that it is true that you [emperumAn<\/a>] slept on top of a banyan leaf on the day when there was total annihilation<\/p>\n mey enbar<\/strong> – \u00a0For men of truth, this will appear as truth and for the others, it will appear as false. While the entire universe was under deluge, and there was flood everywhere, when there was not a piece of straw as far as the eye could see, where was that banyan leaf \u2013 was it on top of the ocean or was it on the unsupported sky [ether] or was it in the dissolved earth? If one were to ask where it was, it appears as if emperumAn<\/a> wanted to hear it from AzhwAr<\/a> himself.<\/p>\n sOlai sUzh kunRu eduththAy sollu<\/strong> \u2013 one has to mention the wondrous activity of your [emperumAn<\/a>] lifting the hill, supporting all the objects which were on the hill. The opinion here is that his ability to do the impossible acts can only be seen and enjoyed, and cannot be examined [by way of how he did it]. AzhwAr<\/a> says that nowhere else can one see the objects being supported and the person supporting them in the same entity. Thus, AzhwAr says that he himself cannot explain his qualities. AzhwAr says that it was because of him that the earth, which was the support for the banyan leaf on which he was lying, did not dissolve in the deluge.<\/p>\n We shall take up the 70th<\/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 In the earlier pAsuram, AzhwAr said that others cannot know about emperumAn. In this pAsuram he is asking emperumAn whether he [emperumAn] knows about himself. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: bAlan thanadhu uruvAy EzhulaguNdu Alilaiyin mEl … 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-17187","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\/17187","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=17187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/krishna-on-leaf-e1454584811199.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n mEl anRu nI vaLarndhadhu mey enbar AlanRu<\/em>
\n vElai nIr uLLadhO viNNadhO maNNadhO<\/em>
\n sOlai sUzh kunRu eduththAy sollu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nEzh ulagu uNdu \u2013 swallowing the seven worlds
\nAl ilayin mEl \u2013 on top of a banyan leaf
\nanRu \u2013 during deluge
\nnI vaLarndha \u2013 your sleeping
\nmey enbar \u2013 (vaidhikas, experts in vEdhas) would say (that it) is true
\nanRu \u2013 during that time
\nAl \u2013 that banyan leaf
\nvElai nIr \u2013 inside the oceanic water (where you had slept)
\nuLLadhO \u2013 was it?
\nviNNadhO \u2013 was it in the sky (which does not have a support)?
\nmaNNadhO \u2013 was it in the (dissolved) earth?
\nsOlai sUzh kunRu eduththAy sollu \u2013 one who lifted the (gOvardhana) hill surrounded by gardens
\nsollu \u2013 only (you) have to tell<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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