<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n After hearing the sweetened words of AzhwAr<\/a>, emperumAn<\/a> became very happy. His divine mouth, divine eyes and divine form blossomed and became radiant. AzhwAr became wondrous at the change in the form of emperumAn, a change that emperumAn brought on himself for the sake of his follower (AzhwAr) even though vEdhas (sacred texts) refer to him as one who is unchanged in his form (avikArAya<\/em>). Immediately emperumAn\u2019s form as narasimha, a combination of human head with lion\u2019s body, which he took when his devotee prahlAdha was tortured, came to his mind. AzhwAr engages with this form of narasimha, wondering as to how emperumAn transformed himself for the sake of a follower.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n ivaiyA pilavAy thiRandherikANRa<\/em> thiRandhu \u2013 spread out ivaiyA pilavAy<\/strong> \u2013 Could one sing in a pAsuram how an entity, who is spoken of as in chAndhOgya upanishath 3-6 \u201cavAkyanAthara:<\/em>\u201d (he will not engage in conversation with anyone and he does not have any likes or dislikes) and as in muNdanIka upanishaths 1-1-7\u00a0 \u201cvruksha iva sthabdhO dhivi thishtathi<\/em>\u201d (he stands like an unbending tree in paramapadha), suffers for the sake of his followers?<\/p>\n ivaiyA pilavAy thiRandheri kAnRa<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s divine mouth is described by thiruppANAzhwAr<\/a> in his amalanAdhipirAn 7 as \u201cmAyanAr seyya vAy aiyO ennaich chindhai kavarndhadhuvE<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 (the divine, reddish mouth of the amazing entity engaged my mind. How is this?) and by nammAzhwAr<\/a> in his thiruvAimozhi 7-7-3 \u201cvAliyadhOr kanikol vinaiyAttiyEn valvinaikol kOlaththiraL pavaLath thuNdangolO aRiyEn neelanedumugil pOl thirumEniyammAn thoNdai vAy<\/em>\u201d (emperumAn\u2019s divine mouth appears like a ripened fruit fit to be enjoyed, but AzhwAr<\/a>, in the guise of parAngusa nAyaki, is sorrowful that her cruel sins have taken a form to prevent her from enjoying that). How amazing that such a divine, beautiful mouth could spit fire after opening out like a cave!<\/p>\n ivaiyA<\/strong> \u2013 this could be construed as ivai Ah<\/em> \u2013 here, \u00a0Ah<\/em> would mean that this is very wondrous. Alternatively, this could be taken as one word ivaiyA<\/em> which would mean is this (same as the other one)? [in other words, such a divine, fruit like mouth of emperumAn<\/a> is spitting fire after opening out like a cave; are the two, the same or are they different?] AzhwAr<\/a> is wondering whether the mouth that he is seeing, looked different during emperumAn\u2019s incarnation as narasimha by opening out like the mouth of a cave and spitting fire from it.<\/p>\n ivaiyA erivattak kaNgaL<\/strong> \u2013 would the divine eyes, which were sung about by AzhwArs<\/a> (1) as in periya thirumozhi 7-1-9 \u201csudar mAmadhi pOl uyirkkellAm thAyAyaLikkinRa thaNdAmaraikkaNNA<\/em>\u201d (Oh one with cool, comforting lotus eyes! Your eyes are like the bright, huge moon looking at the people of this world like a mother), (2) as in thiruvAimozhi 7-7-1 \u201csUzhavum thAmarai nANmalar poL vandhu thOnRum kaNdIr<\/em>\u201d (emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s eyes will appear from all four sides like lotus which has just then blossomed) and (3) as in amalanAdhippirAn 8 \u201ckariyavAgip pudai parandhu miLirndhu sevvariyOdi nINda apperiyavAya kaNgaL ennaip pEdhamai seydhanavE<\/em>\u201d (those black, expansive, bright, with reddish lines, long eyes made me lose my control), which attract his followers and engage with them, become inimical in the case of the enemies of followers and spit fire? How amazing that these eyes have become balls of fire and are spitting fire?<\/p>\n ivaiyA eripongik kAttum imaiyOr perumAn ari pongik kAttum azhagu<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn, whose divine form is radiant and who is the lord of nithyasUris, transformed himself, for the sake of his follower, into a lion and how beautiful is this!<\/p>\n eri pongik kAttum<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn<\/a>\u2019s divine form will outwit all the radiant, glowing objects. His divine form is described in muNdakOpanishath 2-2-11 as \u201cna thathra sUryO bhAthi na chandhrathArakam nEmA vidhyuthO bhAthi kuthO\u2019yamagni<\/em>\u201d (in the presence of that paramAthmA (supreme being) sun and moon will not shine; lightning too will not look bright; is there a need to talk about agni (fire)?)<\/p>\n imaiyOr perumAn<\/strong> \u2013 It is implied that since he is the lord of celestial entities, he carried out this task (of transforming himself into a lion, spitting fire) for\u00a0 their sake.\u00a0 It also implies that they wilfully became his servitors after seeing this beauty and losing out to it.<\/p>\n ari pongik kAttum azhagu<\/strong> \u2013 even though he is the supreme being, his beauty in the form of a furious narasimha was superior to that of his original form (as emperumAn<\/a>). Wasn\u2019t it to experience and enjoy this beauty of narasimha, which was like sugar mixed well with milk, that thirumangai AzhwAr<\/a> mercifully composed a whole decad in periya thirumozhi 1.7 \u201cangaN gyAlam<\/em>\u201d!<\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> thus mercifully mentioned as to how an entity [emperumAn], who does not change at all, transforms himself for the same of its followers.<\/p>\n We will take up the 22nd<\/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 After hearing the sweetened words of AzhwAr, emperumAn became very happy. His divine mouth, divine eyes and divine form blossomed and became radiant. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n ivaiyA eri vattak kaNgaL ivaiyA<\/em>
\n eri pongik kAttum imaiyOr perumAn<\/em>
\n ari pongik kAttum azhagu<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\neri kANRa \u2013 spitting fire
\npilavAy \u2013 mouth as huge as a cave
\nivaiyA \u2013 is it this?
\nerivatta \u2013 like a huge ball of fire, being round and glowing
\nkaNgaL \u2013 divine eyes
\nivaiyA \u2013 are these?
\neri \u2013 like fire
\npongi \u2013 tumultuous
\nkAttum \u2013 having a divine form
\nimaiyOr perumAn \u2013 lord of nithyasUris, who controls them
\nari \u2013 as lion faced
\npongi \u2013 tumultuous
\nkAttum \u2013 shown
\nazhagu \u2013 beauty
\niviayA \u2013 is it this?<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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