{"id":17350,"date":"2017-08-28T23:37:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T23:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=17350"},"modified":"2017-08-28T23:37:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T23:37:56","slug":"mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-79\/","title":{"rendered":"mudhal thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 79 &#8211; koNdArai allAl"},"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\/08\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-78\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/thrivikraman-thirukkovalur-e1445160734322.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4734\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/thrivikraman-thirukkovalur-e1445160734322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/thrivikraman-thirukkovalur-e1445160734322.jpg 602w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/thrivikraman-thirukkovalur-e1445160734322-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>avathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It has been mentioned in the previous pAsurams that <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> transforms himself and is capable of carrying out the tasks for the sake of his followers. To the query where he did like this, AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that he made himself as one asking for alms for the sake of indhra (head of celestials).<\/p>\n<p>Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n<p><em>koNdArai allAl koduththArai yAr pazhippAr<\/em><br \/>\n<em> maN thA ena irandhu mAvaliyai oN thArai<\/em><br \/>\n<em> nIr am kai thOya nimirndhilaiyE nIL visumbil<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Ar am kai thOya aduththu<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cmaN thA\u201d ena \u2013 give (three footsteps of) earth<br \/>\nmAvaliyai irandhu \u2013 begging mahAbali<br \/>\noN thArai nIr \u2013 radiant stream of water (poured by him)<br \/>\nam kai thOya \u2013 once it fell on (your) beautiful hands<br \/>\nnIL visumbilAr \u2013 the dhEvas (celestial entities) in the expansive sky<br \/>\nam kai \u2013 beautiful hands<br \/>\nthOya \u2013 to wash (your) divine feet<br \/>\naduththu nimirndhilaiyE \u2013 did you not grow immediately?<br \/>\nkoNdAnai \u2013 one who made (his property)\u00a0 as his own<br \/>\n(pazhippAr) allAl \u2013 blaming only him<br \/>\nkoduththArai \u2013 one who gave (what was not his, but presumed to be his)<br \/>\nyAr pazhippAr \u2013 there is no one to blame!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>AzhwAr is asking emperumAn whether he carried out an activity which the people of this world praised (the people are blaming emperumAn). This world is full of people who consider virtue as vice and vice as virtue! While this world already belonged to <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>, mahAbali thought that it belonged to him. While he thought that he was giving it to emperumAn as a gift, emperumAn also agreed with his perception and accepted it as a gift. But, the people are blaming emperumAn for pushing mahAbali into <em>pAthALam<\/em> (nether world).<\/p>\n<p><strong>koNdAnai allAl koduththArai yAr pazhippAr<\/strong> \u2013 the demon mahAbali seized the wealth of emperumAn as if it were his. He had the quality of being a magnanimous person, as a result of which he could not be killed. If the world became his, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>&#8216;s followers will suffer. If he became happy because he was gifting it, emperumAn did not mind taking it from him by begging for it and hence begged mahAbali. Instead of thinking on these lines, the people of the world would blame emperumAn and say that he cheated mahAbali and got the three worlds from him. In reality, mahAbali should have been punished (like a weed is plucked along with paddy grain)! Just as rAvaNa, who abducted sIthAppirAtti, was killed, mahAbali, who seized the three worlds should have been killed. Could a person who does not own a property, gift that property to another! Did not <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/alavandhar\/\">ALavandhAr<\/a> say in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/02\/sthothra-rathnam-53\/\">sthOthra rathnam 53<\/a> \u201c<em>athavA kinnu samarppayAmi thE<\/em>\u201d (what could I offer to you!) upon submitting his AthmA to emperumAn and then realising that the <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/06\/thathva-thrayam-chith-who-am-i\/\">AthmA<\/a> is emperumAn\u2019s property only and felt remorseful! But mahAbali gifted the worlds belonging to emperumAn to emperumAn himself and even after that thought that he had gifted his own properties to emperumAn. There is a variation in this verse, with the word <em>koNdArai<\/em> used instead of <em>koNdAnai<\/em>. In this case, the meaning could be construed as referring to the benefit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>maN thA ena irandhu mAvaliyai<\/strong> \u2013 did emperumAn not go to mahAbali and begged him for gifting the world, which is a part of his properties!<\/p>\n<p><strong>oNthArai nIr angai thOya nimirndhilaiyE<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn rose rapidly into the skies the moment that stream of water poured by mahAbali touched his hand, wondering what if mahAbali changes his mind. It appeared as if emperumAn got something which he had never before obtained. In SrI rAmAyaNam sundhara kANdam 29-6, it is said \u201c<em>varshENa bIjam prathisanjaharsha<\/em>\u201d (the seed feels happy due to rains). In the same way, emperumAn grew as soon as the stream of water touched\u00a0 his hands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nIL visumbil Arangai thOya aduththu<\/strong> \u2013 this could be construed as either (1) reaching up to the sky so that his [<a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>&#8216;s] necklace and beautiful hands touched each other or (2) reaching so that dhEvas (celestial entities) could touch him with their hands. Did not <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/bhuthaththazhwar\/\">bhUdhaththAzhwAr<\/a> mention in his iraNdAm thiruvandhAdhi 78 \u201c<em>dharaNi nivandhaLappa nIttiya poRpAdham sivandha than kai anaiththum Arak kazhuvinAn<\/em>\u201d (when emperumAn stretched his divine feet at the time of measuring the worlds, brahmA washed his divine feet with his hands). Another explanation \u2013 did you not rise up so that the sky could touch\u00a0 your divine hands!<\/p>\n<p><strong>nIr angai thOya nimirndhilaiyE<\/strong> \u2013 the water which mahAbali poured on emperumAn\u2019s hands and the water that brahmA poured to wash emperumAn\u2019s divine feet when he stretched them in the sky, fell onto the earth together (he grew up that fast). We may not have our svarUpa gyAnam (the knowledge of our true selves [which is that we are servitors to emperumAn]) but we would benefit from our sensory perceptions if we could see or hear about such divine activities of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>&#8216;s.<\/p>\n<p>We shall next consider the 80<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram.<\/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 It has been mentioned in the previous pAsurams that emperumAn transforms himself and is capable of carrying out the tasks for the sake of his followers. To the query where he did like this, AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that &#8230; <a title=\"mudhal thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 79 &#8211; koNdArai allAl\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-79\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about mudhal thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 79 &#8211; koNdArai allAl\">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-17350","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\/17350","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=17350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}