<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> tell his heart that emperumAn<\/a> alone, who has the characteristic of annihilating enemies, is our protector. Hence think of him as the refuge. Even though he is the protector for everyone, should we not think of our lowly characteristics such as our knowledge, birth, activities etc? AzhwAr says that there is no need; he will shower his grace on lowly persons too.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n araNAm namakkenRum Azhi valavan<\/em> Azhi \u2013 the divine disc araNAm namaku enRum Azhi valavan<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> who has the divine disc on his divine right hand is always our protector. During times when we face difficulties when we are looking for protection, it is only he who removes our difficulties and protects us. He alone, who is omnipotent, is the protector. Isn\u2019t the one who has disc on his divine hand, the protector! Did he not say in SrI bhagavath gIthA<\/a> 18.66 \u201caham thvA sarva pApEbhyO mOkshayishyAmi<\/em>\u201d (I will redeem you from all sins) by pointing to himself! AzhwAr<\/a> says that his (the sentient entity\u2019s) ego causes troubles and emperumAn\u2019s ego removes those difficulties.<\/p>\n muran nAL valam suzhindha moymban<\/strong> \u2013 his ability to destroy enemies is mentioned here. emperumAn<\/a> has the strength to negate the strength of the demon muran<\/em> who obtained it as a result of his long life.<\/p>\n saraNAm mEl<\/strong> \u2013 if he becomes the protector<\/p>\n Azhivalavan<\/strong> \u2013 he will protect with his divine disc. periya thiruvandhAdhi 87 says \u201ceppOdhum kai kazhalA nEmiyAn<\/em>\u201d (emperumAn<\/a> always has the disc which will not go out of his hand)<\/p>\n Edhu gadhi Edhu nilai Edhu piRappu ennAdhE araNAm<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn protects irrespective of the knowledge, the status, the birth etc of the chEthana, by being born in any type of birth and by carrying out any type of activity. nammAzhwAr<\/a> too has mercifully mentioned in thiruvAimozhi 1-3-2<\/a> \u201cnilai varambila pala piRappAy oLivaru muzhunalam<\/em>\u201d (emperumAn<\/a> incarnates without looking at the status, boundary etc). We can also construe the meaning for this as AzhwAr<\/a> saying \u2013 after knowing that he removes our enemies, you try and think about him instead of looking at your birth, activities, knowledge etc. Has it not been mentioned in SrI bhagavath gIthA 9-29<\/a> \u201csamOham sarvabhUthEshu na mE dhvEshyOsthi na priya:<\/em>\u201d (I am equanimous to all creatures; there is none who I like nor anyone who I do not like) and \u201cyEpi syu: pApayOnaya:<\/em>\u201d (even those who commit sins attain mOksham). nammAzhwAr<\/a> too has mercifully mentioned in thiruvAimozhi 3-7-9<\/a> \u201ceththanai nalandhAnillAdha chaNdALa chaNdALargaLAgilum<\/em>\u201d (even if they are lowliest among the lowliest…).<\/p>\n Odhu gadhi mAyanaiyE Orththu<\/strong> \u2013 praise him after analysing that he, who has amazing auspicious qualities and activities, is fit to be attained. Think of his divine feet as the refuge. If the text is Odhu gadhi mAdhavanai Orththu<\/em> we should construe the meaning as \u2013 recite his divine names considering emperumAn<\/a> who is the consort of mahAlakshmi<\/a> as the means.<\/p>\n We will move on to the 79th<\/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 tell his heart that emperumAn alone, who has the characteristic of annihilating enemies, is our protector. Hence think of him as the refuge. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n muraNAL valam suzhindha moymban saraNAmEl<\/em>
\n Edhu gadhi Edhu nilai Edhu piRappu ennAdhE<\/em>
\n Odhu gadhi mAyanaiyE Orththu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nvalavan \u2013one who has on his right divine hand
\nmuran \u2013 the demon muran
\nnAL \u2013 caused by the lengthy life
\nvalam \u2013 strength
\nsuzhindha \u2013 one who removed
\nmoymban \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> who is strong
\nsaraN Am El \u2013 if he becomes the protector
\ngadhi Edhu nilai Edhu piRappu Edhu ennAdhE \u2013 instead of despising \u201cWhat is our knowledge? What is our status? What is our birth?\u201d (Instead of looking at the lowliness of these)
\nnamakku enRum araN Am \u2013 one who is our protector at all times
\nmAyanaiyE \u2013 (Oh heart!) that emperumAn<\/a> alone, who has amazing auspicious qualities and activities
\ngadhi \u2013 as means
\nOrththu \u2013 being steadfast
\nOdhu \u2013 recite his divine names.<\/p>\nvyAkyanam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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