<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n When AzhwAr<\/a> was asked as to what is the greatness of the benefit that he attained, he says \u201cdon\u2019t think that I attained this benefit only today. Right from the time that I was in the womb, I have known my nature of servitude to emperumAn<\/a> and have been enjoying him\u201c.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n inRAvaRiginREn allEn iru nilaththaich<\/em> anRu karukkOttiyuL kidandhu \u2013 lying inside the womb, earlier Hence, inRA aRiginREn allEn<\/strong> \u2013 am I knowing something new? I am not starting to know this just now. I had received his [emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s] grace earlier itself.<\/p>\n iru nilaththaich chenRu AngaLandha thiruvadiyai<\/strong> \u2013 not that someone prayed him to do it, but emperumAn went on his own and measured this expansive earth. Did the earth go to the place where he wanted to measure? No; did he not go to where the earth was and measure it!<\/p>\n anRu<\/strong> \u2013 much earlier, when no one had the qualification to observe any means, he went on his own and measured it.<\/p>\n karukkOttiyuL kidandhu kai thozhudhEn kaNdEn<\/strong> \u2013 I saw [emperumAn<\/a>] even when I was inside the womb.<\/p>\n kaNdEn kai thozhudhEn<\/strong> \u2013 in order to manifest the experience that I enjoyed I involved in servitude such as joining the palms together (anjali<\/em>). nammAzhwAr<\/a> has also mercifully mentioned in thiruvAimozhi 2-3-3<\/a> \u201caRiyAk kAlaththuLLE adimaikkaN anbu seyviththu<\/em>\u201d (even when I was ignorant, you created the craving desire in me for carrying out service to you). The rushis of dhaNdakAraNya said of themselves in SrI rAmAyaNam AraNya kANdam 1-21 \u201cgarbhabhUdhAsthapOdhanA:<\/em>\u201d (even while residing inside the womb, we adopted penance as wealth). Just as it is mentioned in mahAbhAratham SAnthi parvam 358-73 \u201cjAyamAnam hi purusham yam paSyEth madhusUdhana: sAthvikas sathu vigyEya: sa vai mOkshArtha chinthaka:<\/em>\u201d (it is to be known that that AthmA who is blessed by madhusUdhana even as he is born, is the one with sathvaguNa<\/em> (noble qualities); it is he who thinks about attaining SrIvaikuNtam), emperumAn<\/a> graced me even while I was in the womb.<\/p>\n thirukkOtti endhai<\/strong> \u2013 the one who has taken residence in thirukkOttiyUr (one of the divine abodes of emperumAn) saw my pitiable state and blessed me.<\/p>\n thirukkOtti endhai<\/strong> \u2013 while I saw emperumAn\u2019s greatness in SrIvaikuNtam, I saw his simplicity (easily approachable quality) in thirukkOttiyUr. At the very first sight itself, I saw his completeness in archAvathAram<\/em> (emperumAn\u2019s incarnation in deity form)<\/a>.<\/p>\n endhai thiRam<\/strong> \u2013 I saw the qualities of emperumAn<\/a> who is my Lord.<\/p>\n We shall go on to the 88th<\/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 When AzhwAr was asked as to what is the greatness of the benefit that he attained, he says \u201cdon\u2019t think that I attained this benefit only today. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n chenRAngu adippaduththa sEvadiyai anRu<\/em>
\n karukkOttiyuL kidandhu kai thozhudhEn kaNdEn<\/em>
\n thirukkOtti endhai thiRam<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meaning<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nthirukkOtti endhai thiRam \u2013 the nature of thirukkOttiyUr perumAn
\nkaNdEn \u2013 I had the fortune to enjoy
\nkai thozhudhEn \u2013 (as a consequence of that experience) I worshipped with folded hands<\/p>\n
\nirunilaththai \u2013 this expansive mass of land [earth]
\nAngu senRu aLandha thiru adiyai \u2013 (during the time of thrivikrama avathAram) the divine foot which spread out, on its own, to various places and measured them
\ninRA aRiginREn allEn \u2013 it is not that I knew about it only today (I have not forgotten it right from my days of being in the womb)<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a>
\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a>
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