<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> says that emperumAn<\/a>, who is like this, gives whatever is asked of to those who ask for them. He says that emperumAn\u2019s possessions are all only for others.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings.<\/p>\n pAlaganAy Alilai mEl paiya ulagellAm<\/em> mEl oru nAL \u2013 once upon a time pAlaganAy<\/strong> \u2013 taking the form of an infant so that some people will have sympathy on him<\/p>\n Alilai mEl<\/strong> \u2013 atop a tender banyan leaf which had just then sprouted<\/p>\n mEl orun nAL uNdavanE<\/strong> \u2013 when deluge showed itself, you kept all the worlds inside your stomach and protected so that the worlds would not face hurdles from the deluge<\/p>\n ulagellAm paiya uNdu<\/strong> \u2013 keeping the worlds in the divine stomach slowly so that they would not hit against each other<\/p>\n meymmaiyE<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr<\/a> says that truly there was no fault in this activity. Unlike clairvoyants who carry out some magical acts [with the sleight of their hands], did not emperumAn<\/a> truly carry out this deed [of keeping the worlds in his divine stomach]!<\/p>\n mAlavanE<\/strong> \u2013 mAl<\/em> refers to greatness. Oh supreme being! No one can estimate the extent of activities carried out by you<\/p>\n mandharaththAL mA nIr kadal kadaindhu<\/strong> \u2013 churning the huge ocean with the [celestial] mountain manthara<\/em> as the staff.<\/p>\n vAn amudham<\/strong> \u2013 the potent nectar; in other words, the nectar which has the power to provide permanency to the physical form; the nectar which would give life to dhEvas (celestial entities) so that they would not face old age, death etc.<\/p>\n andharaththArkku IndhAy nI anRu<\/strong> \u2013 you gave nectar to dhEvas who dwell in suvargam (<\/em>heaven). dhEvas are referred to as andharaththAr<\/em> since they are neither in samsAram which is down below nor in SrivaikuNtam which is far above, but somewhere in between the two, like a loft for samsAram fastening themselves to samsAram (remaining in samsAram by taking nectar, without having to face death).<\/p>\n meymmaiyE<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr<\/a> is amazed that emperumAn<\/a> truly swallowed the worlds during the time of deluge, protecting them, and churned the oceans to offer nectar to dhEvas, without any trace of magic.<\/p>\n We will take up the 34th<\/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 says that emperumAn, who is like this, gives whatever is asked of to those who ask for them. He says that emperumAn\u2019s possessions are all only for others. Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings. pAlaganAy Alilai … 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":[6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iyarpa","category-munram-thiruvandhadhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20024","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=20024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kurmavatar.jpg\"){kind=avatar}
<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n mEloru nAL uNdavanE meymmaiyE mAlavanE<\/em>
\n mandharaththAl mAnIrkkadal kadaindhu vAnamudham<\/em>
\n andharaththArkkIndhAy nI anRu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\npAlaganAy \u2013 in the form of an infant
\nAl ilai mEl \u2013 on top of a tender banyan leaf
\nulagu ellAm \u2013 all the worlds
\npaiya \u2013 slowly
\nmeymmaiyE \u2013 truly
\nuNdavanE \u2013 Oh one who ate and reclined!
\nmAlavanE \u2013 Oh the great one!
\nnI \u2013 you, who are like these
\nanRu \u2013 on that day
\nmandharaththAl \u2013 with the manthara<\/em> hill [a celestial hill]
\nmA nIr kadal kadaindhu \u2013 churning the ocean which has huge quantity of water
\nvAn amudham \u2013 the great nectar
\nandharaththArkku \u2013 to dhEvas (celestial entities)
\nIndhAy \u2013 you offered<\/p>\nvyAkyanam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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