<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n emperumAn<\/a> asks AzhwAr<\/a> \u201cyou have mentioned about how others approach me for other benefits. What is it that you want me to do for you?\u201d. AzhwAr says \u201cshrink the affection that I have for you so that I can hold it\u201d.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n mAlE nediyOnE kaNNanE\u00a0 viNNavarkku<\/em> mAlE \u2013 Oh one who is affectionate (towards his followers)! mAlE<\/strong> \u2013 one who is superior to everyone else! We can also construe this as one who has excessive affection towards his followers.<\/p>\n nediyOnE<\/strong> \u2013 one who cannot be estimated. This can also be construed as one who has boundless affection.<\/p>\n kaNNanE<\/strong> \u2013 the qualities mentioned earlier can be seen in kaNNan (krishNa). One who is bound to his followers; one who controls everyone.<\/p>\n viNNavarkku mElA viyan thuzhAyk kaNNiyanE<\/strong> \u2013 this mentions about the absence of limit to his wealth. One who is superior to nithyasUris and who is donning the garland of thuLasi as a manifestation of his wealth. It says how emperumAn<\/a> is donning the divine garland on his shoulders and is manifesting his beauty to nithyasUris.<\/p>\n mElAl [mEnAL] viLavin kAy kanRinAl vIzhththavanE<\/strong> \u2013 earlier, he had plucked a wood-apple fruit using a calf. Demons [sent by kamsan to kill krishNa] had entered the two objects, wood apple and calf. By throwing the calf at the fruit, krishNa hit one against the other and destroyed both [demons] of them. This is mentioned to show that he will destroy our enemies too like this.<\/p>\n enRan aLavanRAl yAnudaiya anbu<\/strong> \u2013 the affection that I have towards you has grown too big and I am unable to enjoy you due to this. You have to shrink the size of this love so that I can contain it within myself. AzhwAr<\/a> is speaking like hanuman who said, as in SrI rAmAyaNam uththara kANdam 40-16 \u201csnEhOmE paramO rAjan thvayi nithyam prathishtitha: bhakthiScha niyathA vIra bhAvO nAnyathra gachchathi <\/em>\u201d (the deep affection that I have towards you is firmly stabilised in me.\u00a0 My devotion towards you is also permanent. My thoughts do not go elsewhere). The mAl <\/em>(affection) that emperumAn<\/a> has towards AzhwAr<\/a> is because of the affection that AzhwAr has towards him. AzhwAr is unable to contract that affection. emperumAn showed himself to AzhwAr. When emerpumAn told AzhwAr to carry out service to him with affection, AzhwAr is trying to sustain himself by saying what he had said at the beginning [of this prabandham] \u201canbE thagaLiyA ArvamE neyyAga<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n Alternatively, once love becomes excessive, isn\u2019t the next stage having direct vision (sAkshAthkAram<\/em>)! Hence, we can construe that AzhwAr<\/a> is having direct dharSan of emperumAn<\/a> by saying \u201cthirukkaNdEn ponmEni kaNdEn<\/em>\u201d in the next prabandham.<\/p>\n periya pirAtti periya perumAL thiruvadigaLE SaraNam 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 emperumAn asks AzhwAr \u201cyou have mentioned about how others approach me for other benefits. What is it that you want me to do for you?\u201d. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n mElA viyan thuzhAyk kaNNiyanE\u00a0 mElAl [mEnAL]<\/em>
\n viLavinkAy kanRinAl vIzhththavanE enRan<\/em>
\n aLavanRAl yAnudaiya anbu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanimg<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nnediyOnE \u2013 Oh one who cannot be estimated [as this much]!
\nviNNavarkku mElA \u2013 Oh one who is the lord of nithyasUris!
\nviyan thuzhAyk kaNNiyanE \u2013 Oh one who is adorning the thuLasi garland!
\nkaNNanE \u2013 Oh one who was born as krishNa!
\nmEnAL \u2013 once upon a time
\nviLavin kAy \u2013 wood apple fruit (inside which a demon had entered)
\nkanRinAl \u2013 with a calf (inside which another demon had entered)
\nvIzhththavanE \u2013 Oh one who felled it
\nyAn udaiya \u2013 that I have (towards you)
\nanbu \u2013 the affection
\nenthan aLavanRu \u2013 does not remain within me<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nbhUthaththAzhwAr thiruvadigaLE SaraNam
\nemperumanAr thiruvadigaLE SaraNam
\nnampiLLai thiruvadigaLE SaraNam
\nperiyavAchchAn piLLai thiruvadigaLE SaraNam
\njIyar thiruvadigaLE SaraNam
\nappiLLAr thiruvadigaLE SaraNam<\/p>\n
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