<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n When some people asked AzhwAr<\/a> \u201cdid not rudhra protect those who attained him?\u201d, AzhwAr mercifully responded saying \u201disn\u2019t it by speaking about the auspicious qualities of emperumAn<\/a> and telling them that he worships emperumAn, that rudhra, who is distinguished in his knowledge protects those who attain him?\u201d.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n Ala nizhaRkIzh aRaneRiyai nAlvarkku<\/em> mey thavaththOn \u2013 rudhra, who has true knowledge about the methods of penance AlanizhaR kIzh aRaneRiyai nAlvarkku mElai yugaththuraiththAn<\/strong> \u2013 rudhra gave a discourse on the path of devotion (as a means of attaining emperumAn) to four great sages, agasthya, dhaksha, pulasthiya and kaSyapa, in the shadow of a banyan tree, in a previous yuga<\/em> (a period of time) and thus protected them.<\/p>\n meyththavaththOn<\/strong> \u2013 rudhra, who had observed rare to practice penances, to the extent that one would say \u201cthis is the true penance; there is no penance beyond this\u201d<\/p>\n If one were to ask as to by saying what, did rudhra protect the four great sages…<\/p>\n AzhikkidandhAnai<\/strong> \u2013 one who reclined in the thiruppARkadal<\/em> (milky ocean) in order to take many incarnations [to protect his devotees]<\/p>\n gyAlam aLandhAnai<\/strong> \u2013 later taking the incarnation of thrivikrama and stroking all the people of the world with his divine feet, without distinguishing between a vaSishta (a great sage) and a chaNdALa (a person belonging to a very lowly birth)<\/p>\n Al mEl vaLarndhAnai<\/strong> \u2013 the amazing entity who lay on a tender banyan leaf, after swallowing and protecting all the chEthana (sentient) and achEthana (insentient) entities during the time of deluge.<\/p>\n thAn vaNangumARu<\/strong> \u2013 rudhra instructed the four great rishis, the way he was worshipping emperumAn<\/a>, and thus protected them.<\/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 When some people asked AzhwAr \u201cdid not rudhra protect those who attained him?\u201d, AzhwAr mercifully responded saying \u201disn\u2019t it by speaking about the auspicious qualities of emperumAn and telling them that he worships emperumAn, that rudhra, who is distinguished in … 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":[6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iyarpa","category-nanmugan-thiruvandhadhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21043","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=21043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/krishna-on-leaf-e1454584811199.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n mElai yugaththuraiththAn meyththavaththOn gyAlam<\/em>
\n aLandhAnai AzhikkidandhAnai AlmEl<\/em>
\n vaLarndhAnaith thAn vaNangumARu<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\ngyAlam aLandhAnai \u2013 one who measured the worlds
\nAzhi kidandhAnai \u2013 one who reclined in the milky ocean (kshIrAbdhi<\/em>)
\nAl mEl vaLarndhAnai \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> who lay on the tender banyan leaf
\nthAn vaNangum ARu \u2013 the path by which he worships
\naRam neRiyai \u2013 the righteous path
\nmElai yugaththu \u2013 in earlier yuga (period of time)
\nAla nizhal kIzh \u2013 in the shadow of a banyan tree
\nnAlvarkku \u2013 to four great sages
\nuraiththAn \u2013 discoursed (instructed)<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a>
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