<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that we cannot but carry out all kainkaryams (services) to emperumAn as said by lakshmaNa in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 31-25 \u201caham sarvam karishyAmi<\/em>\u201d (I will carry out all kainkaryams), if we think about all the deeds carried out by emperumAn for our sake.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n idar Ar paduvAr ezhu nenjE vEzham<\/em> vEzham \u2013 elephant [by name gajEndhra AzhwAn]<\/p>\n thodar \u2013 following (to swallow it)<\/p>\n vAn \u2013 having strength<\/p>\n kodu mudhalai \u2013 cruel crocodile<\/p>\n sUzhndha \u2013 one who destroyed<\/p>\n padam udaiya \u2013 having spread hood<\/p>\n pai nAgam paLLiyAn \u2013 emperumAn who has as his mattress, the expansive thiruvananthAzhwAn (AdhiSEshan)<\/p>\n pAdhamE \u2013 divine feet<\/p>\n nAgam koy pUm pOdhu koNdu \u2013 with beautiful flowers plucked from punnai tree [a kind of flower bearing tree]<\/p>\n kai thozhudhum \u2013 we shall worship<\/p>\n nenjE \u2013 Oh heart!<\/p>\n ezhu \u2013 arise (to worship like this)<\/p>\n (if worshipped like this)<\/p>\n Ar idar paduvAr \u2013 who will experience sorrows?<\/p>\n idar Ar paduvAr<\/strong> \u2013 who is capable of bearing the sorrow of separation from emperumAn? Just as looking for people who are hungry when food is available, AzhwAr is asking who will suffer in separation from emperumAn when he is available.<\/p>\n ezhu nenjE<\/strong> \u2013 Oh my intelligent heart! Rise immediately and set forth. If sorrows come our way, they [the sorrows] will suffer the same consequence that the crocodile suffered.<\/p>\n vEzham thodar vAn kodu mudhalai sUzhndha<\/strong> \u2013 the crocodile followed the elephant; it thought that it was very powerful; emperumAn killed that crocodile which did\u00a0 not have any mercy in its heart and hence was cruel.<\/p>\n padam udaiya pai nAgap paLLiyAn pAdhamE kai thozhudhum<\/strong> \u2013 let us worship the divine feet of emperumAn who has the characteristic of having given his divine form to thiruvananthAzhwAn (AdhiSEshan), who in turn is extremely happy since he is with emperumAn and due to which he has spread his hoods fully. Since both killing of crocodile and offering himself to thiruvanthAzhwAn have been mentioned, this verse clarifies the way emperumAn conducts himself in matters relating to his enemies and his followers. It says that emperumAn will remove our enemies and make us servitors similar to thiruvanthAzhwAn.<\/p>\n With what will the service be carried out?<\/p>\n koynnAgap pUm pOdhu koNdu<\/strong> \u2013 worship with the sweet flowers plucked from (pun)nAga tree. One need not look for an exalted flower like nAgappU. AzhwAr says that any flower from the forest is sufficient to worship him. nanjIyar (disciple of parAsara bhattar and AchArya of nampiLLai (one of the commentators for this prabandham)) would say mercifully \u201csince this AzhwAr was spending lot of time in the forest, he would have known about the flowers in the forest too\u201d. In an earlier time, he showered mercy on gajEndhra AzhwAn (the elephant gajEndhra) who wanted to offer him flowers, by removing his hurdle and making him his servitor. He will remove our hurdles too if we offer him flowers and worship him.<\/p>\n We shall move on to the 79th<\/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 in this pAsuram that we cannot but carry out all kainkaryams (services) to emperumAn as said by lakshmaNa in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 31-25 \u201caham sarvam karishyAmi\u201d (I will carry out all kainkaryams), if we think about all … 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":[43,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thiruvaimozhi","category-thiruvaimozhi-5th-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17331","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=17331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gajendramoksham.jpg\")
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\n thodarvAn kodu mudhalai sUzhndha padamudaiya<\/em>
\n painnAgap paLLiyAn pAdhamE kai thozhudum<\/em>
\n koinnAgap pUm pOdhu koNdu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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