<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n When AzhwAr<\/a> was asked \u201cWhy do brahmA and rudhra worship him like this?\u201d AzhwAr responds saying \u201cWhen these knowledgeable entities lose their knowledge, is it not emperumAn<\/a> who protects them by carrying out benefits for them?\u201d He further says \u201c Even when you have the strength, go to thirumalai where he stands and worship him\u201d<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n koNdu kudangAL mEl vaiththa kuzhaviyAy<\/em> kumarar uLLIr \u2013 Oh those without senility! koNdu . . .\u00a0 kumaran<\/strong> \u2013 This narrative has already been mentioned by poygai AzhwAr<\/a> in mudhal thiruvandhAdhi 45<\/a> \u201cAmE amararkku aRiyavadhuniRka ….vALarakkan nINmudiyai pAdhamaththAL eNNinAn paNbu<\/em>\u201d and by pEyAzhwAr<\/a> in mUnRAm thiruvandhAdhi 77<\/a> \u201cAyndha arumaRaiyOn nAnmugaththOn nanguRangil vAyndha kuzhaviyAy vALarakkan Eyndha mudippOdhu mUnREzhenRu eNNinAn Arndha adippOdhu nangatkaraN<\/em>\u201d. When the demon rAvaNa was observing stringent penance toward brahmA, emperumAn took the form of an infant and lay in brahmA\u2019s lap as if he were sleeping. In order to indicate to brahmA that this demon has ten heads and that he\u00a0 will become a very cruel person on earth, emperumAn counted his ten heads by scratching rAvaNa\u2019s ten heads with his divine foot. He also indicated to brahmA that he would incarnate later as SrI rAma and pluck his heads out. There is no reference to this narrative in ithihAsa (epic) or purANa (ancient sacred text which appears new every time) but since AzhwArs<\/a> were granted faultless knowledge by emperumAn<\/a> himself, they would have seen this.<\/p>\n koNdu kudangAl mEl vaiththa kuzhaviyAy<\/strong> \u2013 becoming an infant who will be kept on the lap<\/p>\n dhaNda arakkan . . .<\/strong> \u2013 he is the demon who is going to be punished. The meaning implied here is that emperumAn is hinting to brahmA that he is going to later sever the heads of the demon and punish him, by scratching his heads and counting them.<\/p>\n paNdeNNippOm kumaran niRkum<\/strong> \u2013 the place where emperumAn<\/a>, who had at an earlier point in time counted the heads, shown to brahmA in order to help him and disappeared, took residence.<\/p>\n pozhil vEngdamalaikkE<\/strong> \u2013 to thiruvEngadamalai which is surrounded by orchards.<\/p>\n kumararuLLIr purindhu pOm<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr<\/a> implores samsAris to go to thiruvEngadam hills before they reach the age of senility when their bodies would bend forward and they would need a stick to move. He is asking samsAris to go there and worship when they still have strength in them, as it will become very difficult for them to climb the hills when they grow old.<\/p>\n kumararuLLIr<\/strong> \u2013 Just as it is mentioned in SrUthi (vEdhas) \u201cbAlyEna thishtAsEth<\/em>\u201d (let the brahmagyAni<\/em> (most knowledgeable) be like a child), kumararuLLIr<\/em> could be construed to mean that those with knowledge would have the heart of a child.<\/p>\n pOm<\/strong> \u2013 go immediately.<\/p>\n We will take up the 45th<\/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 \u201cWhy do brahmA and rudhra worship him like this?\u201d AzhwAr responds saying \u201cWhen these knowledgeable entities lose their knowledge, is it not emperumAn who protects them by carrying out benefits for them?\u201d He further says \u201c … 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-21525","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\/21525","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=21525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/srinivasar-garudan-hanuman.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n dhaNdavarakkan thalai thALAl paNdeNNip<\/em>
\n pOm kumaran niRkum pozhil vEngada malaikkE<\/em>
\n pOm kumarar uLLIr purindhu<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\npaNdu \u2013 once upon a time
\nkudangAl mEl \u2013 on the lap
\nkoNdu vaiththa kuzhaviyAy \u2013 with the infant kept
\ndhaNdam arakkan \u2013 rAvaNa, apt to be punished
\nthalai \u2013 ten heads
\nthALAl \u2013 with divine foot
\nkIRi \u2013 showing by scratching and counting
\npOm \u2013 one who disappeared
\nkumaran \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> who is always young
\nniRkum \u2013 the place where he stands
\npozhil vEngadam malaikkE \u2013 to thiruvEngadam which is surrounded by orchards
\npurindhu pOm \u2013 go with desire<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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