<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> wonders whether emperumAn<\/a> protected only one prahlAdha. He says that when the danger crosses limits, doesn\u2019t he protect everyone by keeping everyone inside him! Aren\u2019t the worlds existing merely by his sankalpam<\/em> (will)!<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n sinamA madhakaLiRRin thiN maruppaich chAyththu<\/em> sinam mA madha \u2013 being angry and having huge exultation sina mA madha kaLiRRin thiN maruppaich chAyththu<\/strong> \u2013 breaking the tusks of the elephant kuvalayApIdam which was angry, huge, in exultation and not knowing what is going on around it; snatching it effortlessly.<\/p>\n punamEya bhUmi adhanai<\/strong> \u2013 the earth which has arable land, which could be enjoyed by the sentient entities [by cultivating]<\/p>\n dhanamAga<\/strong> \u2013 considering it as a wealth<\/p>\n bhUmiyadhanaith thanamAga<\/strong> \u2013 did he not protect earth which has forests and streams [implying ups and downs or in other words, rough terrain] as a great wealth!<\/p>\n pEragalaththu uL odukkum<\/strong> \u2013 one who has the ability to protect it inside his stomach which [stomach] is so huge that even after keeping these worlds inside his stomach, it could be said that there was still a lot of space.<\/p>\n pEr Ara mArvanAr<\/strong> \u2013 even when he swallows all the worlds, he does it so capably that his decorations do not get disturbed. His qualities are also equally beautiful. It is implied here that even as he protected the worlds which were his possessions, it appeared that he had decked himself up with ornaments out of that happiness.<\/p>\n Or agalaththuL uLLadhu ulagu<\/strong> \u2013 the worlds are in his incomparable, immeasurable sankalpa<\/em> (will \/ thought). We can also construe that the worlds are in the memory of his knowledge which is in the form of his will. While he can protect the worlds through his mere thoughts, the fact that he physically carried out the act by keeping them in his stomach indicates the affection that he has for his followers.<\/p>\n We will take up the 44th<\/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 wonders whether emperumAn protected only one prahlAdha. He says that when the danger crosses limits, doesn\u2019t he protect everyone by keeping everyone inside him! Aren\u2019t the worlds existing merely by his sankalpam (will)! Let us go through the pAsuram … 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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20165","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=20165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mahavishnu-universes.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n punamEya bhUmi adhanai dhanamAgap<\/em>
\n pEragalaththuLLodukkum pErAra mArvanAr<\/em>
\n OragalathuL uLLadhu ulagu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nkaLiRRin \u2013 the elephant (kuvalayApIdam)
\nthiN maruppai \u2013 its strong tusks
\nsAyththu \u2013 one who broke it
\npunam mEya \u2013 being together with arable land
\nbhUmi adhanai \u2013 the earth
\ndhanam Aga \u2013 considering it as a gift
\npEr agalaththuL odukkum \u2013 one who protected by keeping in his expansive stomach
\npEr Aram mArvanAr \u2013 emperumAn<\/a>, who has donned huge chains on his chest, his
\nOr agalaththu \u2013 in a part of his knowledge, which is in sankalparUpam<\/em> (in the form of his will or solemn vow)
\nulagu uLLadhu \u2013 all the worlds are existing<\/p>\nvyAkyanam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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