<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n When AzhwAr<\/a> was asked \u201cDo you then know the divine form of emperumAn completely?\u201d he responds saying \u201cIsn\u2019t he one whose divine form cannot be known by anyone!\u201d<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n ugappuruvam thAnE oLiyuruvam thAnE<\/em> madhikkil \u2013 if one were to think ugappuruvam thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 it\u00a0 is emperumAn alone who has a divine form which is much desired by everyone. parAsara maharishi in his SrI vishNu purANam 6-5-84 says \u201csamastha kalyANa guNAthmakO\u2019sau svaSakthilESOdhruthabhUthasarga:<\/em> I ichchAgruhIthAmathOrudhEhas samsAdhithA\u2019SEshajagadhdhithithO\u2019Sau <\/em>\u00a0II\u201d (this emperumAn has all auspicious qualities as his nature; with just a fraction of his power, he sustains all the creations; he has several forms which he takes of his own volition and desires; he is benevolent to all the worlds).<\/p>\n ugappuruvam thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 apart from others desiring his divine form, his divine form is superior to his auspicious qualities. Hasn\u2019t ALavandhAr (one of our primary preceptors) mentioned in his chathu:SlOki 4<\/a> \u201cSAnthAnandha mahAvibhUthi paramam yadhbrahma rUpam harE:<\/em> I mUrtham brahma thathO\u2019pi priyatharam rUpam yadhathyadhbutham <\/em>\u00a0II\u201d (the rUpam of hari (divine form of emperumAn) is without variations, joyous, has many wealth, is huge, makes others huge, due to all of which it is denoted by the word brahmam<\/em>. Is there anything superior to it which is desired by emperumAn, which is seen by the eyes, which is denoted by the word brahmam and which is amazing!)<\/p>\n ugappuruvam thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 since it is the goal of his followers, his divine form is a matter of exhilaration for them.\u00a0 Since his followers desire it, his divine form will be pleasing for emperumAn too.<\/p>\n ugappuruvam thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 his rUpam<\/em> and svarUpam<\/em> (divine form and basic qualities) will be intertwined to such an extent that they will appear same. The text could also be ugappuruvan thAnE<\/em>.<\/p>\n The reason for being desired by everyone is mentioned next.<\/p>\n oLiyuruvam thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 it is he who is spoken of as having a radiant form at many places in vEdhas (purusha sUktham, nArAyaNa sUktham etc) such as \u201cparam jyOthi:<\/em>\u201d (superior radiance), \u201cnArAyaNa parO jyOthi:<\/em>\u201d (SrIman nArAyaNa has superior radiance), \u201cAdhithyavarNam<\/em>\u201d (he has the complexion of sUrya), \u201cvidhyutha: purushAth<\/em>\u201d (his divine form is like lightning).<\/p>\n oLiyuruvam thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 Isn\u2019t emperumAn referred to as \u201cthEjasAm rASimUrjitham<\/em>\u201d (he is a huge pile of splendour)!<\/p>\n oLiyuruvam thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 just as nammAzhwAr<\/a> has mercifully declared in his thiruvAimozhi 3.1.3<\/a> \u201cparanjOthi nI paramAy ninnigazhndhu pin maRROr paranjOthiyinmaiyin padiyOvi nigazhginRa paranjOthi <\/em>\u201d his splendour is such that apart from him no one else has any quality of radiance. His splendour is such that it will make the rays of sUrya and chandhra (sun and moon respectively) appear dark as mentioned in the vEdhic saying \u201cna thathra sUryObhAthi<\/em>\u201d. In paramapadham, his radiance will be such splendorous that the radiance of nithyasUris will appear similar to that of fireflies in front of sun.<\/p>\n magappuruvam thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 he has a huge form himself. The greatness of his form has been spoken of in SrIvishNu purANam 6-7-70 \u201csamastha: SakthyaSchaithA nrupa yathra prathishtithA:<\/em> I thath viSvarUpavairUpyam rUpamanyath harEr mahath<\/em> II\u201d (Oh King! That hari\u2019s (emperumAn\u2019s) form, in which all these powers get established, is superior to and different from all the other forms). The greatness here is derived due to the form and qualities such as wondrousness etc. The Sanskrit word mahath<\/em> (large, great, lustre etc) is written here is magappu<\/em>.<\/p>\n Is the one who has such great qualities the Lord of SrIvaikuNtam? AzhwAr<\/a> says in the second half of the pAsuram that it was one who considered himself as a human being as mentioned in the SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam SlOkam \u201cAthmAnam mAnusham manyE<\/em>\u201d….<\/p>\n puruvam onRukkonRu OsanaiyAn vIzha<\/strong> \u2013 kumbhakarNa, who had a yOjana<\/em> (distance equivalent to ten miles) between his eyebrows and who was huge,\u00a0 fell like a heap.<\/p>\n miga anRikkoNdu eydhAn<\/strong> \u2013 SrI rAma shot the arrow in a state of anger as mentioned in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam SlOkam \u201ckOpamAhArayath thIvram<\/em>\u201d while he is normally said to be very calm as mentioned in the SlOkam \u201ckshamayA: prithvImai:<\/em>\u201d (being like earth in his calmness). Instead of being calm considering that he was carrying the activity for his followers, he became angry as if he were carrying out the task for himself.<\/p>\n kaNaiyAl eydhAn<\/strong> \u2013 instead of killing through his vow (this would appear similar to a suicide) and thinking that it would not befit the insult heaped on his followers, emperumAn came in person and shot the arrow from the bow held in his hand. His posture was described by thirumangai AzhwAr<\/a> in siRiya thirumadal \u201cvennaragam sErAvagaiyE silaiguniththAn<\/em>\u201d (there is no hellish experience greater than seeing him holding his bow).<\/p>\n Since the enemy was so huge (ten miles between his eyebrows), did he have to put in lot of efforts to destroy kumbhakarNa?<\/p>\n oru kaNaiyAL eydhAn<\/strong> \u2013 he killed kumbhakarNa effortlessly with just one arrow.<\/p>\n madhikkil<\/strong> \u2013 if one were to analyse such SrI rAma he will appear to be with ugappuruvam, oLiyuruvam <\/em>and magappuruvam<\/em> (as we have just seen). Since AzhwAr<\/a> has used the term madhikkil<\/em> (if one were to think) it is implied that it is not possible for anyone to estimate his divine form.<\/p>\n eydhAnavan ugappuruvam thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 SrI rAma had a divine form which was desired by sages and trees, as brought out by the SlOkam where the sentient sages say \u201cthE tham sOmamivOdhyantham<\/em>\u201d (SrI rama who has a form similar to the rising moon) and the SlOkam where the insentient trees felt \u201capi vrukshA: parimlAnA: <\/em>\u201d (trees withered, not seeing him).<\/p>\n eydhAnavan oLiyuruvam thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 Just as it is mercifully mentioned in SrI rAmAyaNam AraNya kANdam SlOkam \u201cSObhayan dhandakArAnyam dhIpthEna svEna thEjasA <\/em>\u201d (SrI rAma reached the forest area of dhaNdakAraNyam, emitting radiance which made the entire forest area to glow), he is the one who is capable of making even a dark forest to glow.<\/p>\n eydhAnavan magappuruvam thAnE<\/strong> \u2013 just as it is mentioned in the SlOkam \u201cpumsAm dhrushitichiththapahAriNam<\/em>\u201d SrI rAma\u2019s form was so great that it could steal the hearts and eyes of even men.<\/p>\n We will take up the 30th<\/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 When AzhwAr was asked \u201cDo you then know the divine form of emperumAn completely?\u201d he responds saying \u201cIsn\u2019t he one whose divine form cannot be known by anyone!\u201d Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings: ugappuruvam thAnE oLiyuruvam … 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-21225","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\/21225","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=21225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/srirama.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n magappuruvam thAnE madhikkil migappuruvam<\/em>
\n onRukkonRu OsanaiyAnvIzha oru kaNaiyAl<\/em>
\n anRikkoNdu eydhAn avan<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nugappu uruvam thAnE \u2013 he himself has the divine form which is desired by everyone
\noLi uruvam thAnE \u2013 he himself has the divine form which is radiant
\nmagappu uruvam thAnE \u2013 he himself has the form which is amazing
\navan \u2013 that SrI rAma
\nmiga \u2013 huge
\npuruvam onRukkonRu OsanaiyAn \u2013 kumbhakarNa who is so huge that his eye brows are separated by a huge distance
\nvIzha \u2013 to be destroyed
\nanRikkoNdu \u2013 coming furiously (at kumbhakarNa)
\noru kaNaiyAl \u2013 with one arrow
\neydhAn \u2013 shot and killed him<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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