<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr tells the people that once he likes you, you also try and like him.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n mAlai ariyuruvan pAdhamalar aNindhu<\/em> gyAlam \u2013 the entire world carrying out the activities (of protection) like these earlier in order to show mercy on prahlAdha mAlai ari uruvan pAdhamalar aNindhu<\/strong> \u2013 gathering beautiful garlands and offering them at the divine feet of emperumAn who keeps the form that he takes for the sake of his followers.<\/p>\n ari uruvan<\/strong> \u2013 divine feet of narasingan who is beautiful and gentle<\/p>\n kAlai thozhudhu ezhumin kai kOli<\/strong> \u2013 worship emperumAn at the appropriate period of sathvam (tranquil), which is also called as brahma muhUrtham [4 am to 6 am] and uplift yourselves. kaikOli<\/em> would refer to the involvement with which he is attained. Alternatively it would refer to folding the hands and performing anjali (worshipping with folded hands). emperumAn has created various methods to attain, to worship and to decorate.<\/p>\n gyAlam aLandhu idandhu uNdu umizhndha aNNalai<\/strong> \u2013 protecting in all the ways. emperumAn who has such qualities and activities.<\/p>\n What are those activities?<\/p>\n gyAlam aLandhu<\/strong> \u2013 measuring the entire earth. This implies that he keeps his divine feet on the heads of even those who do not fold their hands in worship.<\/p>\n idandhu<\/strong> \u2013 incarnating as mahA varAha (great boar) to dig out the earth during deluge. This implies that he protects when there is danger.<\/p>\n uNdu umizhndhu<\/strong> \u2013 keeping in the stomach due to deluge and protecting, and later spitting so that it world can go on an outing. This implies that he is accustomed to protecting during times of deluge.<\/p>\n aNNalai<\/strong> \u2013 indicating to the world due to his aforesaid activities that he is the head of the world. The head who has qualities and activities enjoyed by chEthanas (sentient entities)<\/a>.<\/p>\n aNNal<\/strong> \u2013 chief. This indicates the relationship for carrying out the aforesaid activities. It indicates the unbreakable relationship even if he is not the one to protect.<\/p>\n maRRu allAl uLam kidandhavARRAl uNarndhu<\/strong> \u2013 apart from these [activities], mediating on all the others which were to be thought of. Other than the general activities that he had carried out for protecting the world, there will be many other activities to which he would have undertaken for the sake of his followers, making them feel \u201chow simple is he\u201d and losing their hearts out. AzhwAr thinks that since he melts on thinking of activities of emperumAn other then whatever had been mentioned in this pAsuram, others will also melt like he did.<\/p>\n The sequence to get the correct flow of meaning is: gyAlam aLandhu idandhu uNdu umizhndha aNNalai maRRallAl uLam kidandhavARRAl uNarndhu ariyuruvan pAdhamalar mAlai aNindhu kaikOli kAlai thozhudhu ezhumin.<\/em><\/p>\n We shall take up the 48th<\/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 tells the people that once he likes you, you also try and like him. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: mAlai ariyuruvan pAdhamalar aNindhu kAlai thozhudhezhumin kaikOli gyAlam aLandhu idandhu uNdu umizhndha aNNalai maRRallAl uLam kidandhavARRAl … 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-18505","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\/18505","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=18505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Narasimha_Avatar1.png\"){kind=avatar}
<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n kAlai thozhudhezhumin kaikOli gyAlam<\/em>
\n aLandhu idandhu uNdu umizhndha aNNalai maRRallAl<\/em>
\n uLam kidandhavARRAl uNarndhu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meaning<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\naLandhu \u2013 (playfully) measured
\nidandhu \u2013 (as varAha) dug out
\nuNdu \u2013 (during deluge) kept inside the stomach
\numizhndha \u2013 later spat it out<\/p>\n
\naNNalai \u2013 emperumAn, my supreme swAmy
\nmaRRu aLLAl \u2013 apart from the protective activities mentioned earlier
\nuLLam kidandha ARRAl \u2013 in different ways residing inside the hearts of followers (melting their hearts)
\nuNarndhu \u2013 meditating<\/p>\n
\nari uruvan \u2013 that emperumAn who incarnated as narasinga mUrthy
\npAdha malar \u2013 in the divine lotus feet
\nmAlai aNindhu \u2013 decorating with garlands
\nkAlai \u2013 in the early hours of the morning
\nkai kOli thozhudhu \u2013 worshipping with folded hands
\nezhumin \u2013 uplift yourselves<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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