< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr<\/a> pointed out to entities which are like emperumAn<\/a> and how he sustained himself. In this pAsuram, he mentions about how emperumAn removed the enemy of his devotee prahlAdha through his physical form and how he gave himself to prahlAdha. AzhwAr mentions about emperumAn’s qualities of removing the enemies of his followers and showering affection on his followers.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n varaththAl vali ninaindhu mAdhava nin pAdham<\/em> Ir ari Ay \u2013 being the enemy appropriate to be cut varaththAl vali ninaindhu<\/strong> \u2013 iraNiyan (hiraNya kashyap) thought a great deal about the boons that he had obtained from various deities, who were given that power [to grant boons] by emperumAn<\/a>. He had thought a mountain out of a mole hill. With the boons obtained, he thought that he was more powerful than emperumAn himself. Alternatively, he did not know that the deities who granted him the boons were under the control of emperumAn.<\/p>\n mAdhava<\/strong> \u2013 isn\u2019t the consort of thirumagaL (SrI mahAlakshmi)<\/a>, the entity to be attained by everyone!<\/p>\n nin pAdham siraththAl vaNangAnAm enRE<\/strong> \u2013 Did you kill him because he did not bow down to your divine feet? You did not kill him because he considered you as an enemy. You killed him because he considered the child prahlAdha as his enemy and tortured him. Had you ever thought that he had committed fault against you? You only thought that he had not attained the benefit that he should have and that he did not regret his actions. It could also be considered that emperumAn<\/a> did not want his property (the soul of iraNiyan) to go in the wrong path and end up suffering and hence killed him.<\/p>\n uraththinAl<\/strong> \u2013 you destroyed him through your strength. Though he had obtained so many boons, even iraNiyan had to retreat after seeing your strength .<\/p>\n Ir ariyAy nEr valiyOnAna iraNiyanai<\/strong> \u2013 he was the enemy apt to be torn asunder, strong enough to engage with you in direct combat. Earlier AzhwAr<\/a> had spoken of the power of his boons (varaththAl vali ninaindhu<\/em>). Here he is referring to the strength of his shoulders (nEr valiyOn<\/em>).<\/p>\n uraththinAl Ir ariyAy<\/strong> \u2013 an enemy fit to be broken through strength; enemy fit to be killed. Alternatively, he was the enemy whose body you had torn with your strength.<\/p>\n Or ariyAy<\/strong> \u2013 as a unique lion. AzhwAr<\/a> is saying that he is the incomparable narasingam<\/em> (combination of lion and human being), anywhere in the world. Another explanation \u2013 he is the narasingam<\/em> that his followers will always aim to attain, thinking of the activity that he had undertaken for the sake of his follower.\u00a0 In other words, this indicates the way his followers, coming after the time of prahlAdha, will rid themselves of their fear, after meditating on emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s activity in protecting prahlAdha from his enemy. Or ariyAy<\/em> \u2013 unlike the other lions which were created by brahmA, this was the incarnation that emperumAn took out, of his own volition.<\/p>\n nI idandhadhu Un<\/strong> \u2013 you tore his body. You carried out this activity to benefit iraNiyan so that iraNiyan\u2019s soul will not suffer further as he had not worshipped you, an act that was apt for iraNiyan. Isn\u2019t worshipping emperumAn<\/a> the apt activity for the soul! Several pramANams (authentic sources) have been quoted in the vyAkyAnam to substantiate this point: (a) nammAzhwAr<\/a>\u2019s thiruvAimozhi 6-5-1 \u201cthozhum ivaL<\/em>\u201d (she who worships) (b)\u201d prahvAnjaliputasthitha:<\/em>\u201d (he stood\u00a0 in humility with folded palms) (c) mahAbhAratham SAnthi parvam 344-45 \u201cnama: ithyEdhi vAdhina:<\/em>\u201d (those who say \u00a0nama:<\/em> (I am totally dependent on you)). (Physical) Body is formed in order to make the person suffer, just as it happened in the case of kaikEyi! Did you tear apart iraNiyan\u2019s body because he did not worship you! No. (it was only because he caused hardship to prahlAdha).<\/p>\n We shall take up the 91st<\/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 previous pAsuram, AzhwAr pointed out to entities which are like emperumAn and how he sustained himself. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n siraththAl vaNangAnAm enRE uraththinAl<\/em>
\n IrariyAy nEr valiyOnAna iraNiyanai<\/em>
\n Or ariyAl nI idandhadhu Un<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nnEr valiyOn Ana \u2013 having the strength to fight in direct combat
\niraNiyanai \u2013 hiraNya kashyap\u2019s
\nUn \u2013 body
\nOr ari Ay \u2013 unique form of narasimha (face of lion and body of human)
\nuraththinAl \u2013 through (your) strength
\nnI idandhadhu \u2013 you tore
\nvaraththAl \u2013 through boons (granted by brahmA and other celestial entities)
\nvali ninaindhu \u2013 thinking of (his) huge strength
\nsiraththAl \u2013 through his head
\nnin pAdham \u2013 your divine feet
\nvaNangAnAm enRE \u2013 was it because he did not worship? (no; it was because emperumAn<\/a> could not tolerate the faults [committed by hiraNya kashyap] towards his follower prahlAdha)<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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