<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr says that emperumAn who removed the danger of gajEndhran is the one who is our means [for attaining him]. Is it that he removed the danger from one crocodile alone? AzhwAr says that it is emperumAn who ensures that no danger comes our way and leads us to paramapadham (SrIvaikuNtam). Even though emperumAn could have killed the crocodile through his sankalpa<\/em> (vow\/thought), he came running to the shore of the pond in order to manifest his affection for followers and killed the crocodile.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n avanE aruvaraiyAl AniraigaL kAththAn<\/em> aruvaraiyAl \u2013 with the help of gOvardhana hill which nobody could move avanE aruvaraiyAl AniraigaL kAththAn<\/strong> \u2013 holding as an umbrella, the hill gOvardhana, which could not be shaken by anybody. AzhwAr says that it was only emperumAn who protected the cows and the cowherds so that no trouble came their way. Did either the cows or the cowherds try to protect themselves when indhra caused torrential rains? Neither did the cows nor the cowherds go to kaNNan (krishNa) and appeal to him to save them. The only thing that they did was when kaNNan lifted the gOvardhana hill as an umbrella, they did not say that they will not stand under it. There is nothing that either the cowherds or the cows could do. He also does not expect them to do anything. All that is required is that they should not change their stance that they are the protected and kaNNan is the protector.<\/p>\n avanE aNi marudham sAyththAn<\/strong> \u2013 it was he who felled the two demons yamaLa and arjuna who came in the form of the intertwined marudha<\/em> (arjuna) trees. At that time, is it not true that people like yaSOdhA et al did not help him! AzhwAr says that emperumAn protects himself without having to take the support of yaSOdhA. The emphasis in the word avanE<\/em> denotes that he carries out these tasks without support from anyone.<\/p>\n avanE kalangAp perunagaram kAttuvAn kaNdIr<\/strong> \u2013 when his support was required for cowherds in places which are well known to them do we have to mention that his support is required for us to reach paramapadham which we have not seen at all! Isn\u2019t he the means for us, without the need for anyone to support him, to attain our goal [paramapadham]! He does not expect anything good in us for him to grant paramapadham. He will show us paramapadham without expecting anything from us.<\/p>\n kalangAp perunagaram<\/strong> \u2013 paramapadham is not in the grip of poverty like our samsAram where the clothes worn by one person will have to be shared by seven.<\/p>\n kAttuvAn kaNdIr<\/strong> \u2013 just as SrI rAma showed ayOdhyA to sIthAppirAtti as mentioned in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 123-55 \u201c\u201dEshA sA dhruSyathE<\/em>\u201d (ayOdhyA town is visible here), emperumAn will show us paramapadham and all that we have to do is to see it. It cannot be seen by those who try to see it with their efforts.<\/p>\n ilangApuram eriththAn eydhu<\/strong> \u2013 wasn\u2019t it he who burnt the town of lankA by shooting the arrows and making them fly around, when the weapons of people like brahmA et al could not even enter the town! Did sIthAppirAtti let go of one arrow to protect herself? There is no difference between the ignorant cows and the knowledgeable sIthAppirAtti when it comes to the realisation that they cannot protect themselves. The purpose of sIthAppirAtti having knowledge was to say, as mentioned in SrI rAmAyaNam sundhara kANdam 39-40 \u201cmAm nayEth yadhi kAkuthstha: thath thasya sadhruSam bhavEth<\/em>\u201d (it will be fitting if SrI rAma could come on his own and take me). The ignorance of the cows was the reason for their not shunning the help when emperumAn came to help them from danger.<\/p>\n We will take up the 52nd<\/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 removed the danger of gajEndhran is the one who is our means [for attaining him]. Is it that he removed the danger from one crocodile alone? 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n avanE aNimarudham sAyththAn avanE<\/em>
\n kalangAp perunagaram kAttuvAn kaNdIr<\/em>
\n ilangApuram eriththAn eydhu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nAniraigaL \u2013 herds of cows
\nkAththAn \u2013 protected them mercifully
\navanE kaNdIr \u2013 see, it was only emperumAn
\naNi marudham \u2013 the two arjuna trees which were very close to each other
\nsAyththAn \u2013 felled it
\navanE kaNdIr \u2013 see, it was only emperumAn
\neydhu \u2013 shooting arrows
\nilangApuram \u2013 the town of lankA
\neriththAn \u2013 one who burnt it
\navanE \u2013 he himself
\nkalangAp perunagaram \u2013 paramapadham which is without any bewilderment
\nkAttuvAn kaNdIr \u2013 will show the way, see that.<\/p>\nvyAkyanam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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