<< Previous<\/a><\/p>\n Since he had obtained what he had desired, in order to spend his time purposefully, AzhwAr<\/a> looks up at the expansive sky, which is the possession of emperumAn<\/a>. He saw the countless stars there and thinks \u201cAre these [the stars] flowers which the celestial people scattered when emperumAn measured the worlds with his divine foot? \u201d One conclusion that we can draw out of this is that even when AzhwArs<\/a> see normal events, these would appear to them to be connected to emperumAn always. periyavAchchAn piLLai<\/a>, the commentator for this dhivya prabandham (divine composition) quotes an incident from the lives of our pUrvAchAryas<\/a> (preceptors): siRiyAchchAn would tell nampiLLai<\/a> \u201cJust as for samsAris like ourselves, when we attempt to enjoy bhagavath vishayams<\/em> (matters related to emperumAn) they would appear to have some connection with SabdhAm etc (the five sensory perceptions), for AzhwArs<\/a>, even whey look at events which happen in samsAram as a routine, these would appear to be connected to bhagavath vishayam<\/em> and they cannot extricate themselves from such matters\u201d.<\/p>\n Since brahmA, rudhra et al cannot go to paramapadham and enjoy emperumAn<\/a> there, AzhwAr<\/a> recounts an incident during one of his incarnations in which these celestial entities experienced emperumAn.<\/p>\n Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n iRaimuRaiyAn sEvadimEl maNNaLandha annAL<\/em> iRai muRaiyAn \u2013 one who has the relationship of being ISvaran (controller) for us<\/p>\n maNNalandha \u2013 when he measured the worlds (which are his possessions)<\/p>\n annAL \u2013 during that time<\/p>\n thAzh visumbin mIdhu \u2013 on the expansive sky<\/p>\n ilagi kidakkum mIn \u2013 stars which are scattered over an expansive area, emitting lustre<\/p>\n vAnAdar \u2013 celestial entities<\/p>\n kUdi \u2013 together<\/p>\n muRai muRaiyin \u2013 standing in an orderly way<\/p>\n maRai muRaiyAl \u2013 in the method mentioned in the vEdhas (sacred texts)<\/p>\n sEvadi mEl \u2013 on those divine feet<\/p>\n thAdhu ilagu pU theLiththAl ovvAdhE \u2013 appear scatted like flowers which are lustrous due to their pollens<\/p>\n iRai muRaiyAn maNNaLandha sEvadimEl<\/strong> \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> measured the worlds in order to establish the fact that he possesses these worlds. During that time, on his divine feet . . .<\/p>\n The rest of the pAsuram mentions about what kainkaryam the celestial entities carried out to those divine feet . . .<\/p>\n annAl vAnAdar kUdi muRai muRaiyin maRai muRaiyAl thAdhilagu pUththeLiththAl ovvAdhE thAzh visumbin mIdhu ilagikkidakkum mIn thAn<\/strong> \u2013 stars which are scattered on the expansive sky, emitting lustre, appear like the flowers shining due to their pollens, which celestial entities such as brahmA, rudhra, indhra et al, standing in a line and following the way mentioned in the sacred texts, proffered to the divine feet of emperumAn<\/a> when he measured the worlds<\/p>\n We will take up the 62nd<\/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 Since he had obtained what he had desired, in order to spend his time purposefully, AzhwAr looks up at the expansive sky, which is the possession of emperumAn. 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\nmaRai muRaiyAl vAnAdar kUdi muRai muRaiyin<\/em>
\nthAdhilagu pUththeLiththAl ovvAdhE thAzh visumbin<\/em>
\nmIdhilagith thAn kidakkum mIn<\/em><\/p>\nWord by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n
vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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