<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> says that emperumAn<\/a> very much desires dhivyadhESams<\/a> (divine abodes) as being solitary places from where he can protect followers. Is it that he has merely taken residence in this world? He says that emperumAn\u2019s stay at paramapadham is also devoid of anything; isn\u2019t it only at dhivyadhESams that he is together with witnesses!<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n viNNagaram vehkA viri thirai nIr vEngadam<\/em> viNNagaram \u2013 thiruviNNagaram (a divine abode in kumbakONam) (all these divine abodes) viNNagaram vehkA viri thirai nIr vEngadam<\/strong> \u2013 thiruviNNagaram, thiruvehkA and, thirumalai which has lot of water resources. Just as it is mentioned in nAchchiyAr thirumozhi 8.3 \u201ckuLiraruvi vEngadam<\/em>\u201d, it is thiruvEngadam which has lot of streams. AzhwAr<\/a> will not mention thirumalai without adding a special adjective for it!<\/p>\n maNNagaram mA mAda vELukkai<\/strong> \u2013 even though it is located in the materialistic realm, the town of vELukkai with its tall mansions will equal paramapadham.<\/p>\n mA mAda<\/strong> \u2013 this signifies the tall mansions.<\/p>\n maN agaththa then kudandhai<\/strong> \u2013 the dhivyadhESam thirukkudandhai which is on earth is considered to be a piece of paramapadham.<\/p>\n thEnAr thiruvarangam<\/strong> \u2013 the huge temple of thiruvarangam (SrIrangam) which has orchards which have unlimited sweetness.<\/p>\n thenkOtti<\/strong> \u2013 thirukkOttiyUr, which is on the southern side [of bhAratham].<\/p>\n than kudangai nIrERRAn thAzhvu<\/strong> \u2013 the divine places where emperumAn<\/a> who received water in his small palms (from mahAbali) took residence with simplicity in his divine mind. Just as he came down to this world as a mendicant in order to retrieve the worlds which are his possession, he took residence as a mendicant in these divine abodes in order to retrieve souls which are his possessions.<\/p>\n thAzhvu<\/strong> \u2013 these are the places where he has taken residence will total happiness that he is fortunate to help his followers all the time instead of coming down once in a while through his incarnations and helping his followers once and disappearing. These are the divine abodes where he remains as a humble entity always, instead of having to incarnate every time when his followers request him.<\/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 very much desires dhivyadhESams (divine abodes) as being solitary places from where he can protect followers. Is it that he has merely taken residence in this world? He says that emperumAn\u2019s stay at paramapadham is also … 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-20295","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\/20295","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=20295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/srirangam.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n maNNagaram mAmAda vELukkai maNNagaththa<\/em>
\n thenkudandhai thEnAr thiruvarangam thenkOtti<\/em>
\n thankudangai nIrERRAn thAzhvu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nvehkA \u2013 thiruvehkA (a divine abode in kAnchIpuram)
\nviri thirai nIr vEngadam \u2013 thirumalai where there is plenty of water resource with splashing waves
\nmaNNagaram \u2013 only this is a city on earth
\nmA mAdam vELukkai \u2013 thiruvELukkai (a divine abode in kAnchIpuram) which has huge mansions
\nmaN agaththa then kudandhai \u2013 the beautiful thirukkudandhai (kumbakONam) which is at the centre of earth
\nthEn Ar thiruvarangam \u2013 the divine thiruvarangam town which has flood of honey (inside the surrounding gardens)
\nthen kOtti \u2013 the divine thirukkOttiyUr on the southern side<\/p>\n
\nthan kudangai \u2013 in his palm
\nnIr ERRAn \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> who took water (from mahAbali as symbolic of accepting alms)
\nthAzhvu \u2013 are the places of residence where emperumAn stays with modesty<\/p>\nvyAkyanam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a>
\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a>
\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"