<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> instructs the others to engage their sensory organs, which were given in order to carry out service for emperumAn<\/a>, in the matter of that sulabhan (simple person).<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n vAzhthuga vAy kANga kaN kEtka sevi magudam<\/em> sUzhththa \u2013 encircling vAzhththuga vAy<\/strong> \u2013 praise him with the mouth which has been created only for praising him, as mentioned in the saying \u201csA jihvA yA harIm sthauthi<\/em>\u201d (only that which praises hari (emperumAn<\/a>) is termed as tongue)<\/p>\n kANga kaN<\/strong> \u2013 see him with the eyes which have been created only for seeing his divine form.<\/p>\n kEtka sevi<\/strong> \u2013 hear his divine qualities, names and activities with the ears which have been created only for hearing his auspicious qualities.<\/p>\n magudam thAzhththi vaNangumingaL<\/strong> \u2013 lower the head which has been created to bow down to his divine feet, at his divine feet and worship him.<\/p>\n vaNangumingaL thaNmalarAl<\/strong> \u2013 worship him with the apt flowers which are cool enough for his soft divine form.<\/p>\n malarAl<\/strong> \u2013 among flowers, there is no rule that only such and such flowers are apt for him and others are not. Has he not mercifully mentioned in SrI bhagavath gIthA 9.26<\/a> \u201cpathram palam pushpam thOyam yO mE bhakthyA prayachchathi<\/em> I thadhaham bhakthyupahrutham aSnAmi prayathAthmana:<\/em>\u00a0 II\u201d (I take with full happiness with whatever leaf or flower or fruit or water has been offered to me by one with devotion) and hasn\u2019t AzhwAr<\/a> too mercifully mentioned in his thiruvAimozhi 1.6.1<\/a> \u201cpurivadhum pugai pUvE<\/em>\u201d (whatever fragrance or flower is offered to emperumAn<\/a>…)!<\/p>\n AzhwAr next describes the distinguished feature of emperumAn for our bowing our head to him.<\/p>\n sUzhththa thuzhAy mannu<\/strong> \u2013 donning thuLasi garland in itself is a distinguished feature for his being the supreme entity.<\/p>\n sUzhththa thuzhAy mannu<\/strong> \u2013 decorated with the coiled thuLasi garland.<\/p>\n thuzhAy mannu nINmudi<\/strong> \u2013 isn\u2019t he the entity who has \u201cthOLiNai mElum nanmArbin mElum sudar mudi mElum thALiNai mElum punaindha thaNNandhuzhAyudai ammAn\u00a0 <\/em>\u201d (the lord who is decorated with cool thuLasi garland on his divine shoulders, on the great chest, on the radiant lock and on his divine feet)! Didn\u2019t kUraththAzhwAn<\/a> (a primary disciple of bhagavath SrI rAmAnuja<\/a>) also mercifully say in athimAnusha sthavam \u201cAdhirAjyamadhikam bhuvanAnAm Isa! thE piSunayan kila mauli:<\/em>\u201d (Oh Lord! That you are the controller of all the worlds is indicated by your divine crown)!<\/p>\n en thollai mAl thannai<\/strong> \u2013 we can construe this as one who has showered his affection on me from time immemorial. mAl<\/em> \u2013 an affectionate person.<\/p>\n vazhA<\/strong> \u2013 unchanged.<\/p>\n vaN kai kUppi<\/strong> \u2013 joining the magnanimous hands together. AzhwAr<\/a> quotes the adjective (vaN<\/em>) based on emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s recitation in SrI bhagavath gIthA 7.18<\/a> \u201cudhArAs sarva EvaithE<\/em>\u201d (those who worship me are magnanimous persons). It can also be taken as AzhwAr celebrating since those who bow down to emperumAn in samsAram (materialistic realm) are indeed rare.<\/p>\n thollai mAL thannai madhiththu vaNangumingaL<\/strong> \u2013 worship the supreme being with the heart which thinks of him. Since periyavAchchAN piLLai<\/a> has said in his vyAkyAnam for this pAsuram \u201cthinking, without a break, of the divine names of supreme being \u201d it could be construed that the words in the text could also be thollai mAl nAmam<\/em>.<\/p>\n magudam thAzhththi vaNangumingaL<\/strong> \u2013 since you are thinking in vain that you are someone great, get rid of that vanity and worship emperumAn<\/a> with bowed head.<\/p>\n vAzhththuga vAy…..vaNangumingaL<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr<\/a> is recalling the verse of rishis who said \u201cvichithrA dhEhasampaththirISvarAya nivEdhithum <\/em>I pUrvamEva kruthA brahmaN hasthapAdhAdhi samyuthA <\/em>II\u201d (Oh brahmaNa! This body with its strange hands and legs has been created at the beginning only for offering to the supreme being) and the divine hymn of mudhal AzhwAr (poygai AzhwAr<\/a>) who mercifully said in mudhal thiruvandhAdhi 11<\/a> \u201cvAy avanai alladhu vAzhthAdhu kaiyulagam thAyavanai alladhu thAm thozhA…<\/em>\u201d (the mouth will not praise anyone except emperumAn and the hands will not worship anyone other than emperumAn<\/a> who is like a mother to the worlds..).<\/p>\n We will go on to the 12th<\/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 instructs the others to engage their sensory organs, which were given in order to carry out service for emperumAn, in the matter of that sulabhan (simple person). 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n thAzhththi vaNangumingaL thaNmalarAl sUzhththa<\/em>
\n thuzhAy mannu nINmudi en thollai mAl thannai<\/em>
\n vazhA vaN kai kUppi madhiththu<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nthuzhAy \u2013 divine thuLasi garland
\nmannu \u2013 aptly fitting
\nnIL mudi \u2013 one who has the long divine crown
\nen thollai mAL thannai \u2013 sarvESvaran (supreme being) who has been having affection towards me for a long time
\nvazhA \u2013 without even a moment\u2019s break
\nvaN kai kUppi madhiththu \u2013 joining the hands together in salutation and meditating
\nmagudam thAzhththi \u2013 bowing the head down
\nthaN malarAl \u2013 with cool flowers
\nvaNangumin \u2013 attain him
\nvAy \u2013 (your) mouth
\nvAzhththuga \u2013 let it praise (emperumAn<\/a>)
\nkaN \u2013 eyes
\nkANga \u2013 let them see( only him)
\nsevi \u2013 ears
\nkEtka \u2013 let them hear (only his narratives)<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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