<< Previous<\/a> Just as AzhwAr<\/a> mentioned in the previous pAsuram \u201cennoppArkkuth thAnAyuLan<\/em>\u201d, he demonstrates through varied examples in this pAsuram as to how emperumAn<\/a> helped those who are without any means, just like him [AzhwAr].<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n imayap perumalai pOl indhiranArkkitta<\/em> imayap perumalai pOl \u2013 being like a huge himAlaya mountain (from the danger of hailstorm which happened) (Is it not emperumAn<\/a> who did all these?)<\/p>\n imayap perumalai pOl indhiranArkkitta samaya virundhu uNdku Ar kAppAr<\/strong> \u2013 every year, the herdsmen at gOkulam used to offer food to indhra as a way of expressing their gratitude for giving them good rain, as mentioned by periyAzhwAr<\/a> in his periyAzhwAr thirumozhi \u201cattukkuvi sORRup paruppadhamum thayir vAviyum neyyaLaRum <\/em>\u201d(food cooked and heaped like a mountain, with a stream of curd and rice made with ghee (clarified butter)). One year, the food, which was as huge as the himAlaya mountain, was denied to indhra and eaten by someone else [krishNa himself]. Out of anger of being denied the annual food, indhra started raining hailstorm on gOkulam. Who ate the food and lifted the hill gOvardhana for seven days, protecting the herdsmen from the hailstorm?<\/p>\n Ar kAppAr<\/strong> \u2013 when a favourable person such as indhra himself turned into an unfavourable person and rained hailstorm, did the herdsmen protect themselves or did emperumAn<\/a> save them? Can this not be analysed?<\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> shows through the subsequent incidents that it was not only here that emperumAn became a protector to those who are without means, like himself (AzhwAr) but in other places too.<\/p>\n samayangaL kaNdAn Ar<\/strong> \u2013 just as it has been mercifully mentioned in SrI rangarAja sthavam 2-1 \u201cmAnam pradhIpamiva kAruNikO dhadhAthi <\/em>\u201d (sarvESvaran<\/a> who is like an ocean of mercy offers vEdhas (sacred texts) like a lamp), who has seen the philosophy of vEdhas and spread it in the world?<\/p>\n samayangaL<\/strong> \u2013 instead of saying it in the singular (samayam<\/em>) why is AzhwAr<\/a> saying it in plural (samayangaL<\/em>)? Since the sacred texts show that there are different end goals such as aiSvaryam<\/em> (going after wealth), kaivalyam<\/em> (AthmA enjoying itself) and bhagavath prApthi<\/em> (attaining emperumAn<\/a>) and there are different means to attain them such as bhakthi<\/em> (devotion towards emperumAn), prapaththi<\/em> (surrendering to emperumAn), thirunAma sangIrththanam<\/em> (reciting the divine names of emperumAn) etc, these can be considered as a collection of different philosophies and usage of plural noun is acceptable. Since this is quoted as proof of helping those without any means, we cannot construe this to mean other religious beliefs.<\/p>\n avai kAppAn Ar<\/strong> \u2013 who protects these philosophies so that they do not get ruined? This act is also carried out to protect those who are helpless.<\/p>\n kArkkaNdan nAnmuganOdu kAppAn Ar<\/strong> \u2013 Who protects brahmA, rudhra et al when they are troubled by rAvaNa et al and become helpless and who removes their sorrows?\u00a0 Alternatively<\/p>\n kArkkaNdan nAmuganOdu uNdAn ulagOdu uyir<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr<\/a> says that during deluge, when very knowledgeable people such as brahmA, rudhra et al, along with other jIvAthmAs (souls) were caught and were wandering here and there [not knowing how to protect themselves] without any distinction between them, it was emperumAn<\/a> who kept them safely in his stomach and protected them. thirumangai AzhwAr<\/a> mentioned mercifully in his periya thirumozhi 11-6-2 \u201cellArum aRIyArO emperumAn uNdumizhndha echchil dhEvarallAdhAr thAmuLarE<\/em>\u201d (doesn\u2019t everyone know that there is no deity who has not been swallowed during deluge and has later been spat out?)<\/p>\n ulagOdu uyir uNdAn Ar<\/strong> \u2013 Who kept all the worlds and the chEthanas [and achEthanas] living in those worlds in his stomach and protected them? It was based on this that ALavandhAr<\/a> (one of our preceptors) wrote\u00a0 mercifully in his sthOthra rathnam 11<\/a> \u201ckasyOdharE haravirinchimukha: prapancha:<\/em>\u201d (in whose divine stomach brahmA, rudhra, the universe took shelter).<\/p>\n We will take up the 88th<\/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 Just as AzhwAr mentioned in the previous pAsuram \u201cennoppArkkuth thAnAyuLan\u201d, he demonstrates through varied examples in this pAsuram as to how emperumAn helped those who are without any means, just like him [AzhwAr]. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nsamaya virundhu uNdu Ar kAppAr samayangaL<\/em>
\nkaNdAn avai kAppan kArkkaNdan nAnmuganOdu<\/em>
\nuNdAN ulagOdu uyir<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nindhiranArkkitta \u2013 cooked for the sake of indhra (lord of celestial entities)
\nsamayam virundhu \u2013 usual worship
\nuNdu \u2013 when he was eating<\/p>\n
\nAr kAppAr \u2013 who saved?
\nsamayangaL \u2013 philosophies based on sacred texts
\nkaNdAn \u2013 one who saw (in the beginning)
\nAr \u2013 who?
\navai kAppAn \u2013 one who protects (without their being ruined)
\nAr \u2013 who?
\nkArkkaNdan nAnmuganOdu kAppAn Ar \u2013 who protects brahmA and Siva (from huge dangers)?
\nulagOdu uyir uNdAn Ar \u2013 (during deluge) who swallowed and protected the worlds and the creatures (in the world)?<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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