<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr<\/a> experienced the reclining posture of emperumAn<\/a> in thiruppARkadal (milky ocean), wherein emperumAn was waiting expectantly for someone (his devotees) to approach and attain him. In this pAsuram, he says \u201cIs it only expectation that he has? Did he not incarnate as a mendicant too, in order to retrieve his possession?\u201d<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n sIrAl piRandhu siRappAl vaLarAdhu<\/em> pErALA \u2013 Oh supreme being! sIrAl piRandhu<\/strong> \u2013 Couldn\u2019t you have been born similar to the divine son of chakravarthy (emperor) dhaSaratha who observed rituals such as puthra kAmEshti yAga using his wealth and his penance, as mentioned in SrI rAmAyaNam AraNya kANdam 66-3 \u201cmahathA thapasA rAma mahathA chApi\u00a0 karmaNA<\/em> I rAjyA dhaSarathEnAsi labdhO\u2019mruthamivAmarai: <\/em>\u00a0II\u201d (Oh SrI rAma! Just as dhEvas obtained nectar, you were obtained by emperor dhaSaratha through great penance and great deeds). Couldn\u2019t you have been like kaNNa (krishNa) who was obtained by vasudhEva after observing anantha<\/u><\/em> vratha\u00a0 (anantha<\/em> here could mean the name of a specific ritual or innumerable rituals)?<\/p>\n siRappAl vaLarAdhu<\/strong> \u2013 Couldn\u2019t you have been brought up by the great gyAni (one with lot of knowledge) SrI sumanthra or vaSishta who nurtured you thoroughly? Couldn\u2019t you have grown up like kaNNa who ate up all the butter saved by his favourite devotees and who killed the unfavourable entities such as pUthanA?<\/p>\n pEr vAman AgAkkAl<\/strong> \u2013 should you have assumed the most famous name of vAmana through which you made all the dwarfs, living then, to be referred to as thrivikrama? Couldn\u2019t you have assumed a great name such as Sriya:pathi<\/em> (consort of SrI mahAlakshmi)? It was inside the hut of athithi, the consort of sage kashyapa that you were born; you grew up without having anyone to nurture you with care; your name was vAmana (dwarf).<\/p>\n AzhwAr<\/a> says further whether he couldn\u2019t have obtained this earth from mAvali (mahAbali) if he had not lowered himself to such an extent.<\/p>\n pErALA<\/strong> \u2013 Oh one who has great affection! Just as this AzhwAr<\/a> said \u201ceththiRam<\/em>\u201d (in thiruvAimozhi 1-3-1) even before saying about his activity, he engages with the simplicity of emperumAn<\/a> by saying pErALA<\/em>. He says that he cannot see the limit to emperumAn\u2019s partiality towards his followers.<\/p>\n mArbArappulgi nI uNdumizhndha bhUmi nIr ERparidhE<\/strong> \u2013 if you didn\u2019t manifest such simplicity, is it impossible to obtain from mahAbali this earth, which underwent as many transformations as cotton undergoes (twelve transformations, from flower stage to cloth stage) by way of being embraced by you tightly when you dug it out during your incarnation as varAha, being swallowed by you during deluge, being spat out during next cycle of creation etc?<\/p>\n sollu nI yAmaRIyach chUzhndhu<\/strong> \u2013 you must analyse the reason for incarnating with such simplicity and explain to us, so that we will know. Since AzhwAr<\/a> cannot estimate such simplicity, he is asking emperumAn himself to explain this. When emperumAn<\/a> speaks about his incarnations as in SrI bhagavath gIthA 4-9<\/a> \u201cjanma karma cha mE dhivyam Evam yO vEththi thathvatha: <\/em>I thyakthvA dhEham punarjanma naithi mAmEthi sO\u2019rjuna<\/em> II\u201d (Oh arjuna! One who knows truthfully my aprAkrutha<\/em> (not related to primordial matter) birth and my activities, will not take birth again after relinquishing his body; he attains me), he only called his incarnation as dhivyam (divine) but did not elaborate on it. vEdham (sacred texts) too , when speaking about the mystery of his incarnation as in purusha sUktham, mentioned that only intelligent people will know about it \u201cajAyamAnO bahudhA vijAyathE thasya dhIrA: parijAnanthi yOnim<\/em>\u201d (even though he (emperumAn)\u00a0 is without any birth, he incarnates many times; only the knowledgeable ones know the mysteries of his incarnations) [Hence AzhwAr is requesting emperumAn to state the reasons himself].<\/p>\n We will go on to the 17th<\/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 In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr experienced the reclining posture of emperumAn in thiruppARkadal (milky ocean), wherein emperumAn was waiting expectantly for someone (his devotees) to approach and attain him. 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<\/a><\/p>\navathArikai<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\npEr vAmanAgAkkAl pErALA mArbArap<\/em>
\npulgi nI uNdumizhndha bhUmi nIr ERparidhE<\/em>
\nsollu nI yAmaRiyach chUzhndhu<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nsIrAl piRandhu \u2013 being born into a wealthy family
\nsiRappAl vaLarAdhu \u2013 not growing up in a grand manner
\npEr vAman AgAkkAl \u2013 even if you had not borne the name of vAman
\nnI \u2013 you
\nmArbu Ara pulgi \u2013 (during your incarnation as varAha, the great boar) embracing with\u00a0 your chest
\nuNdu \u2013 swallowing (during the time of deluge)
\numizhndha \u2013 spitting it out (during the time of creation)
\nbhUmi \u2013 this world
\nnIr ERpu aridhE \u2013 is not possible to take it in alms?
\nnI \u2013 you
\nsUzhndhu \u2013 analyse
\nyAm aRiya \u2013 such that we know
\nsollu \u2013 please tell<\/p>\nvyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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