{"id":17625,"date":"2017-09-13T08:11:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T08:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=17625"},"modified":"2017-09-13T08:11:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T08:11:23","slug":"mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/09\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-94\/","title":{"rendered":"mudhal thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; 94 &#8211; seRRezhundhu"},"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\/09\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-93\/\">&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/krishna-on-leaf-e1454584811199.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7226\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/krishna-on-leaf-e1454584811199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/krishna-on-leaf-e1454584811199.jpg 511w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/krishna-on-leaf-e1454584811199-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>avathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/poigai-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a>, who was thinking of the danger from iraNiyan (hiraNya kashyap) [in the previous pAsuram] now thinks of the danger from dhuryOdhana\u2019s group. In this pAsuram, AzhwAr is mercifully saying about the viSvarUpam that <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> manifested before mahAbhAratha war to bhIshma and others or as an alternative explanation, how he showed to rishi (sage) mArkaNdEya, the worlds that he had swallowed during deluge. It would be appropriate to consider the first two words in this pAsuram \u201c<em>seRRezhundhu thIvizhiththu<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 together with the incarnation as narasimha in the previous pAsuram or with emperumAn\u2019s act as in this pAsuram.<\/p>\n<p>Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n<p><em>seRRezhundhu thIvizhiththuch chenRa indha Ezhulagum<\/em><br \/>\n<em> maRRivaiyA enRu vAy angAndhu muRRum<\/em><br \/>\n<em> maRaiyavarkkuk kAttiya mAmEniyanai allAl<\/em><br \/>\n<em> iRaiyEnum EththAdhu en nA<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>first explanation when he showed his viSvarUpam to bhIshma and others<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>seRRu ezhundhu \u2013 getting up angrily<br \/>\nthI vizhiththu \u2013 looking with fiery eyes (at dhuryOdhana and others)<br \/>\nsenRa indha Ezhu ulagaum maRRu ivai \u2013 these are the seven worlds which keep going about<\/p>\n<p>(saying so)<br \/>\nA enRu vAy angAndhu \u2013 opening his divine mouth wide open<br \/>\nmuRRUm \u2013 all the worlds<br \/>\nmaRaiyavarkku \u2013 to bhIshma, dhrONa and other vaidhikas (those who believe in vEdhams)<br \/>\nkAttiya \u2013 showed (in his mouth)<br \/>\nmAyavanai allAl \u2013 other than krishNa who showed amazing power (no one else)<br \/>\nen Na \u2013 my tongue<br \/>\niRaiyEnum \u2013 even a little bit<br \/>\nEththAdhu \u2013 will not praise<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>second explanation when he showed the worlds that he had swallowed to mArkaNdEya<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ezhundhu \u2013 getting up angrily (to destroy the worlds)<br \/>\nthI vizhiththu \u2013 looking with fiery eyes<br \/>\nseRRu \u2013 destroying (all the worlds)<br \/>\nsenRa indha Ezh ulagum maRRu ivai \u2013 (saying) these are the seven worlds that went (inside my stomach)<br \/>\nAvenRu vAy angAndhu \u2013 opening his divine mouth wide open<br \/>\nmuRRum \u2013 all the worlds<br \/>\nmaRaiyavarkku \u2013 to mArkaNdEya rishi (sage), a vaidhika (one who believes in vEdhams)<br \/>\nkAttiya \u2013 one who showed mercifully<br \/>\nmAyavanai allAl \u2013 other than <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> who has <em>agatithagatanA sAmarthyam<\/em> (the ability to bind together those which cannot be bound)<\/p>\n<p>(another person)<br \/>\nen nA \u2013 my tongue<br \/>\niRaiyEnum \u2013 even a little bit<br \/>\nEththAdhu \u2013 will not praise<\/p>\n<h3><strong>vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>When the reference is to dhuryOdhana and others<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Just before the mahAbhAratha war, krishNa had gone to the court of dhritharAshtra as a messenger from yudhishtra and other pANdavas. dhuryOdhana, desiring to kill krishNa, had put a false seated throne for him when he visited the court. As soon as krishNa sat on that throne, the throne got pulled down and krishNa went down where dhuryOdhana had arranged for wrestlers to kill krishNa. But krishNa took his viSwarUpam (a form which encompasses the whole universe with all its galaxies) and showed it to bhIshma, dhrONa and such other vaidhikas, who follow vEdhams (sacred texts)]<\/p>\n<p><strong>seRRezhundhu thIvizhiththu<\/strong> \u2013 getting angry on dhuryOdhana et al who said \u201cyour coming here as a messenger is a mistake; pANdavas sending you as a messenger is mistake\u201d, who laid out a false throne for him, who abused vidhura and who carried out contemptuous deeds to <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> and his followers, and looking at them with fiery eyes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>senRa indha Ezhulagum maRRivai A enRu vAy angAndhu<\/strong> \u2013 opening his divine mouth widely and telling them to see the worlds which are in the universe, inside his divine mouth<\/p>\n<p><strong>muRRum maRaiyvaRku kAttiya mAyavanai<\/strong> \u2013 the amazing entity [emperumAn] who showed all the worlds to vaidhikas such as bhIshma, dhrONa et al.<\/p>\n<p><strong>mAyavanai<\/strong> \u2013 this indicates the <em>agatithagatanA Sakthi<\/em> (the ability to bind entities which cannot be bound) of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>, when he showed inside his mouth, the worlds which are floating in the universe outside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>mAyavanai allAl iRaiyEnum eththAdhu en nA<\/strong> \u2013 my tongue will not praise anyone other than that amazing benefactor <em>vatathaLasAyi <\/em>(one who lies on the banyan leaf). Here the reference [to not praising others is not to other dhEvathas, but] is to the other forms of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> such as param (supreme being in SrIvaikuNtam), vyUha (his form in milky ocean) and other vibhava forms (incarnations).<\/p>\n<p><strong>en nA<\/strong> \u2013 my tongue which is unable to eat because it is not praising emperumAn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>en Na EththAdhu<\/strong> \u2013 since <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/poigai-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> has said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-64\/\">64<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram<\/a> of this prabandham \u2018<em>thirumAlai alladhu dheyvam enrEththEn<\/em>\u201d (I will not worship anyone other than the consort of SrI mahAlakshmi) he has already confirmed that he will not praise other deities. Hence there is no need for him to convey the same message here. Instead, he is saying that he will not praise other forms of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> [as mentioned above].<\/p>\n<p><strong>When the reference is to mArkaNdEya maharishi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ezhundhu <\/strong>\u2013 just as a mother throws out a stick that her child is playing with when the child tries to poke itself with that stick, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a>, desiring to put an end to the world when he sees the samsAris (dwellers of materialistic realm) utilising the sensory perceptions that he had given them in the wrong ways as this would disable them from harming themselves more and more, gets up angrily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>thI vizhiththu<\/strong> \u2013 looking at the samsAris with fiery eyes such that they will get annihilated by his mere look, manifesting in his eyes, the anger in his heart, at their improper deeds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>senRa indha Ezhulagum seRRu<\/strong> \u2013 destroying the seven worlds such that they (the inhabitants of these worlds) will be without a form and name, and keeping them within himself<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ezh ulagum<\/strong> \u2013 mentioning seven worlds implies all the worlds<\/p>\n<p><strong>maRRu<\/strong> \u2013 more than that<\/p>\n<p><strong>ivaiyAvenRu<\/strong> \u2013 aren\u2019t the destroyed entities these<\/p>\n<p><strong>vAyangAndhu <\/strong>\u2013 opening his divine mouth widely<\/p>\n<p><strong>muRRum <\/strong>\u2013 as mentioned in mahAbhAratham AraNya kANdam 191-123 \u201c<em>yachcha kinchin mayA lOkE dhrushtam sthAvarajangamam, thatha: paSyamaham sarvam thasya kukshau mahAthmana:<\/em>\u201d (whatever entities in the world which were seen seen by me, whether mobile or immobile, I have seen them in that supreme being\u2019s divine stomach), all the destroyed worlds<\/p>\n<p><strong>maRaiyavaRkuk kAttiya mAyavanani<\/strong> \u2013 the amazing <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> who showed to <em>mArkaNdEya bhagavAn<\/em> (great sage mArkaNdEya) all the worlds as they were before [annihilation].<\/p>\n<p><strong>mAyavanai<\/strong> \u2013 how amazing is this! It is amazing that even after destroying all the entities leaving them as they were for mArkaNdEya to see! It is amazing that even after removing their names and forms, leaving them as before, for mArkaNdEya to see! The opinion here is that no one else can demonstrate such an <em>agatithagatanA Sakthi<\/em> (power to bind those entities which cannot be bound together)<\/p>\n<p><strong>mAyavanai allAl iRaiyEnum EththAdhu en nA<\/strong> \u2013 my tongue will not praise anyone other than that amazing benefactor <em>vatathaLasAyi <\/em>(one who lies on the banyan leaf). Here the reference is to the other forms of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> such as param (supreme being in SrIvaikuNtam), vyUha (his form in milky ocean) and other vibhava forms(incarnations).<\/p>\n<p><strong>en nA<\/strong> \u2013 my tongue which is unable to eat because it is not praising emperumAn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>en Na EththAdhu<\/strong> \u2013 since <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/poigai-azhwar\/\">AzhwAr<\/a> has said in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/mudhal-thiruvandhadhi-64\/\">64<sup>th<\/sup> pAsuram<\/a> of this prabandham \u2018<em>thirumAlai alladhu dheyvam enrEththEn<\/em>\u201d (I will not worship anyone other than the consort of SrI mahAlakshmi) he has already confirmed that he will not praise other deities. Hence there is no need for him to convey the same message here. Instead, he is saying that he will not praise other forms of <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">emperumAn<\/a> [as mentioned above].<\/p>\n<p>We shall take up the 95<sup>th<\/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; Previous avathArikai AzhwAr, who was thinking of the danger from iraNiyan (hiraNya kashyap) [in the previous pAsuram] now thinks of the danger from dhuryOdhana\u2019s group. 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