<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> tells his divine mind that this being his [emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s] nature, keep meditating on his divine feet with affection, without any break. Only those who give up the worldly pursuits and desire only him, will get to have his dharSan (see him). AzhwAr tells his mind, hence you too desire him and attain him. When asked whether there are any hurdles to attaining him, AzhwAr says that those hurdles will suffer the fate of the demon, namuchi.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings<\/p>\n kazhal eduththu vAy madiththuk kaN suzhanRu mARRAr<\/em> Azhi nenjE \u2013 Oh mind, which is as deep as the ocean!<\/p>\n (Earlier, during the time of thrivikrama incarnation) kazhal eduththu<\/strong> \u2013 lifting his divine foot when he measured the world. This implies that he blessed the dhEvas (celestial persons), the dwellers of upper worlds, who are his followers. On top of this, this also implies that he destroyed asuras (demons) who are not his followers.<\/p>\n vAy madiththu kaN suzhanRu mARRAr azhal eduththa sindhaiyarAy anja<\/strong> \u2013 two interpretations are given for this: emperumAn<\/a> donned the divine disc such that demons such as namuchi were fearful with their lips puckered and their eyes rolling, and their hearts burning with the fear of fire. Or, these qualities (of puckering the lips and rolling the eyes) could be attributed to emperumAn and it could be said that he donned the divine disc which spewed scorching fire such that his enemies such as namuchi et al were grieving in fear.<\/p>\n pon malarch chEvadiyE <\/strong>\u2013 the divine feet which are like gold, like flower and are beautiful.<\/p>\n Or<\/strong> \u2013 try and meditate.<\/p>\n Azhi nenjE<\/strong> \u2013 Oh heart, which is deep.<\/p>\n When meditating on emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s divine feet,<\/p>\n ugandhu Or<\/strong> \u2013 meditate with desire. Do not meditate with your limitations. Meditate with desire. Instead of having to meditate out of necessity, meditate with desire.<\/p>\n Or<\/strong> \u2013 implies \u201ctry and attain\u201d<\/p>\n We shall move on to the 8th<\/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> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai AzhwAr tells his divine mind that this being his [emperumAn\u2019s] nature, keep meditating on his divine feet with affection, without any break. Only those who give up the worldly pursuits and desire only him, will get to have his dharSan … 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":[72,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irandam-thiruvandhadhi","category-iyarpa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17953","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=17953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/trivikrama.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n azhal eduththa sindhaiyarAy anja thazhal eduththa<\/em>
\n pOr Azhi EndhinAn pon malarch chEvadiyE<\/em>
\n Or Azhi nenjE ugandhu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meaning<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nkazhal eduththu \u2013 as one who lifted his divine feet
\nmARRAr \u2013 those enemies such as namuchi
\nazhal eduththa sindhaiyarAy anja \u2013 shivering with their hearts burning like fire, out of fear
\nvAy madiththu \u2013 puckering his lips
\nkaN suzhanRu \u2013 rolling his eyes (such that his enemies will collapse by the mere look)
\nthazhal eduththa pOr Azhi \u2013 the sudharSana chakkaram (divine disc) which is spitting fire and is battle ready
\nEndhinAn \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> who is donning
\npon malar chE adiyE \u2013 the divine feet which are like beautiful flower
\nugandhu Or \u2013 keep meditating, with desire.<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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