<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> asks in this pAsuram as to whether the entire country shouldn\u2019t worship the hills whose ignorant animals and the lowly knowledgeable hilly people carry out service to emperumAn<\/a> and his followers.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n vaippan maNiviLakkA mAmadhiyai mAlukkenRu<\/em> mA madhiyai \u2013 (this) distinguished\u00a0 chandhra (moon) (to catch that chandhra) (to catch which) vaippan maNiviLakkA mAmadhiyai mAlukku enRu eppOdhum kai nIttum yAnaiyai<\/strong> \u2013 this is the nature of animals in thiruvEngadam. An elephant which is living in thiruvEngadam happens to see the moon one night. Since it is as mentioned in this thiruvandhAdhi 43rd<\/sup> pAsuram<\/a> \u201cmangulthOy senni vadavEngadam<\/em>\u201d (vEngadam whose hills reach up to the skies), the elephant stretches out its trunk in order to keep the moon as nandhAviLakku<\/em> (perpetual lamp which is lit inside sanctum sanctorum) for sarvESvaran<\/a> (lord of all). Though it could not catch when it stretched its trunk once, since it is a service being rendered for emperumAn, out of deep desire, it keeps its truck aloft to somehow catch the moon. It appears that due to the distinction of the place [being a divine abode] even animals in the forest have a deep affection for emperumAn<\/a>.<\/p>\n eppAdum vEdu vaLaikka<\/strong> \u2013 since they do not live in this divine abode, the hunters who come from other places (peripheral areas) who have rajas and thamas qualities only (passionate and ignorant respectively) and who have come here to catch the elephant, surround it on seeing it. The elephant, which is engaged in rendering service to emperumAn, being devoted to something else, does not see the hunters around.<\/p>\n What will happen to the elephant?<\/p>\n kuRavar villedukkum<\/strong> \u2013 the hilly people (tribals) who live in thiruvEngadam, in order to oppose the hunters and drive them out, take their bows.<\/p>\n eppAdum vEdu … kuRavar<\/strong> \u2013 since the hunters have been identified with the adjective eppAdum<\/em> and the hilly people have not been identified with any such adjective, it is implied that the hilly people are from thiruvEngadam. Since the hunters are not residing in the divine abode, they carry out a cruel deed which is in line with their clan. While the hilly people are also from a cruel clan only, since they live in a divine abode, they have become sAthvika<\/em> (those who have only good qualities). They exhibit their cruel nature towards the hunters, instead.<\/p>\n eppAdurm vEdu … kuRavar<\/strong> \u2013 there is no difference in the cruel nature of the hunters and hilly people, coming from their clans. Living [and not living] in the divine abode creates a huge difference in their qualities.<\/p>\n kuRavar villedukkum vEngadamE nAduvaLaiththu AdudhumEl nanRu<\/strong> \u2013 if ignorant as well as knowledgeable people \u00a0can go and dance around the thiruvEngadamalai, which gives knowledge even to the ignorant people, it will do the country a lot of good.<\/p>\n vEdu vaLaikkak kuRavar villedukkum vEngadamE … nanRu<\/strong> \u2013 when there is protection for even animals in the divine abode, should one talk about it for people?<\/p>\n We will take up the 47th<\/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 asks in this pAsuram as to whether the entire country shouldn\u2019t worship the hills whose ignorant animals and the lowly knowledgeable hilly people carry out service to emperumAn and his followers. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n eppozhudhum kai nIttum yAnaiyai eppAdum<\/em>
\n vEduvaLaikkak kuRavar villedukkum vEngadamE<\/em>
\n nAdu vaLaiththu AdudhumEl nanRu<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nmAlukku \u2013 for thiruvEngadamudaiyAn
\nmaNiviLakkA \u2013 as an auspicious lamp
\nvaippan enRu \u2013 vowing to keep it (before emperumAn<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\neppozhudhum \u2013 always
\nkai nIttum \u2013 holding its raised trunk, aloft
\nyAnai \u2013 one elephant<\/p>\n
\neppAdum vEdu \u2013 the hunters from outer peripheries
\nvaLaikka \u2013 to surround
\nkuRavar \u2013 the hilly people of thiruvEngadam
\nvil edukkum \u2013 taking to their bows (to oppose such hunters)
\nvEngadamE \u2013 only thirumalai
\nnAdu \u2013 all the people in the\u00a0 world
\nvaLaiththu \u2013 to carry out pradhikshaNa<\/em> (circum-ambulation)
\nAdudhum El \u2013 if they dance (to express their happiness)
\nnanRu \u2013 it is good<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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