{"id":34674,"date":"2020-04-05T23:49:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T23:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=34674"},"modified":"2020-04-05T23:49:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T23:49:45","slug":"siriya-thirumadal-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2020\/04\/siriya-thirumadal-38\/","title":{"rendered":"siRiya thirumadal &#8211; 38 &#8211; vArAr vanamulaiyAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2018\/03\/siriya-thirumadal\/\">Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2020\/04\/siriya-thirumadal-37\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>vArAr vanamulaiyAL vaidhEvi kAraNamA<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>41<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>ErAr thadandhOL irAvaNanai \u2013 Iraindhu<br \/>\n<\/em><em>sIrAr siram aRuththuch cheRRugandha sengaNmAl<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>42<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Word by Word Meanings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>vAr Ar vana mulaiyAL<\/em> \u2013 one having beautiful bosom, donning a corset<br \/>\n<em>vaidhEvi kAraNam A<\/em> \u2013 for sIthAppirAtti<br \/>\n<em>Er Ar thada thOL irAvaNanai<\/em> \u2013 rAvaNa, who has beautiful, huge shoulders<br \/>\n<em>sIr Ar siram aRuththu cheRRu<\/em> \u2013 severing the ten great heads, and killing<br \/>\n<em>ugandha<\/em> \u2013 (having destroyed the enemy of sages), feeling happy in his divine mind<br \/>\n<em>sem kaN mAl<\/em> \u2013 kaNNa, with lotus like eyes<\/p>\n<h3><strong>vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>sendhuvar vAy . . . .<\/strong> \u2013 after <em>kara<\/em> was killed, <em>akampana<\/em> was the only survivor who could carry the narration, dressed as a female, to rAvaNa. Soon, rAvaNa, with the help of <em>mArIcha<\/em> came to chithrakUta and separated perumAL and pirAtti on either side of the ocean. With this as the reason, SrI rAma killed rAvaNa and this narration is described further.<\/p>\n<p><strong>sendhuar vAy<\/strong> \u2013 one with deep, reddish mouth. SrI rAmAyaNam AraNya kANdam 64-78 \u201c<em>purEva mE chArudhathImanindhithAm dhiSanthi sIthAm yadhi nAnyamaithileem<\/em> I <em>sadhEva gandharva manushya pannagam jagath saSailam parivarthayAmyaham <\/em>II\u201d (If the princess of mithilA, who is without any fault, is not returned to me with her smile as before, I will invert the earth with its mountains, dhEvas, gandharvas, humans and snakes). sIthA\u2019s smile was such that it could make SrI rAma, who is the sustaining force for the world, like a shed for supplying water to travellers to quench their thirst, to take a vow to destroy the world. When the golden deer appeared in their hermitage, sithA requested SrI rAma, with a smile on her face, \u201cOh Lord! Please get me that deer\u201d. SrI rAma said that he will destroy the entire world, much like severing a bunch of bananas, if that sIthA is not back in his presence, with her smile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>vArAr vanamulaiyAL<\/strong> \u2013 Just as it has been said in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2018\/02\/munram-thiruvandhadhi-3\/\">mUnRAm thiruvandhAdhi 3<\/a> \u201c<em>malarAL thanaththuLLAn<\/em>\u201d (emperumAn resides in the bosom of SrIdhEvi), isn\u2019t it the place where SrI rAma dwells?<\/p>\n<p><strong>vaidhEvi<\/strong> \u2013 isn\u2018t she having the pride of being spoken often by SrI rAma of having been born in the clan of <em>vidhEha rAja<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>kAraNamA<\/strong> \u2013 on her account, who has such a fame.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ErAr thadandhOL irAvaNanai<\/strong> \u2013 hanuman, who will not bother about anyone other than SrI rAma and sIthAppirAtti, says of rAvaNa, as in SrI rAmAyaNam sundhara kANdam 49-17 \u201c<em>ahO rUpam ahO dhairyam ahO sathvam ahO dhyuthi: <\/em>I <em>ahO rAkshasa rAjasya sarvalakshaNa yukthathA<\/em> II\u201d (How amazing is his form, his courage, his strength and his radiance! How is it that he, who is the king of demons, has all the identities [of a great person] fitting well on him!) This explains how rAvaNa has such qualities to be respected by even hanuman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iraindhu sIrAr siram aRuththu<\/strong> \u2013 if all the ten heads were severed at the same time, rAvaNa cannot see how he appears with his heads severed. Hence to enable him to see that great sight and to feel distressed, SrI rAma severed five heads at a time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>sIrAr siram aRuththu<\/strong> \u2013 severing the great heads. Greatness of the severed heads is that even as they are getting severed and are falling down, just as it is mentioned in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam \u201c<em>SathrO<\/em>: <em>prakyAtha vIryasya ranjanIyasya vikramai<\/em>:\u201d (an enemy who had a famed valour and who has to be praised for his activities of bravery, such rAma\u2019s), they praise the bravery of SrI rAma with a smile on their faces. Alternatively, instead of fearing being severed, taking that [being severed] itself as a sign of bravery, is their greatness. In other words, even as the severed heads are falling prey to the eagles and vultures, the heads which are still on his neck are desiring to get severed and to fall down so that they too could get the fame of having fallen in an act of bravery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>seRRu<\/strong> \u2013 instead of killing the person [rAvaNa] who came to fight with a single arrow, SrI rAma destroyed his divisions of chariots, elephants, horses and foot-soldiers, killed the horses which were drawing rAvaNa\u2019s chariot, killed the charioteer, destroyed the chariot, brought down the flag flying atop the chariot, removed rAvaNa\u2019s crown, as if tonsuring his head, hurt his shoulders, severed his heads, and making him suffer at all such ignominy, finally killed him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ugandha sengaNmAl<\/strong> \u2013 <em>ugandha<\/em> \u2013 feeling happy that he had destroyed the enemy of sages and crowned SrI vibhIshaNAzhwAn. Isn\u2019t he one who carries out activities for the sake of others and feels happy about it! <em>sengaNmAl<\/em> \u2013 showing in his divine eyes, his affection and motherly love towards his devotees, thinking \u201cWe have removed the enemies of our devotees and made them feel happy\u201d. When the eyes are full of love and motherly affection, they will be reddish in colour. <em>mAl<\/em> \u2013 one who has affection.<\/p>\n<p>In the next article, we will discuss the next part of this prabandham.<\/p>\n<p>adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series &lt;&lt; Previous vArAr vanamulaiyAL vaidhEvi kAraNamA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 41 ErAr thadandhOL irAvaNanai \u2013 Iraindhu sIrAr siram aRuththuch cheRRugandha sengaNmAl\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 42 Word by Word Meanings vAr Ar vana mulaiyAL \u2013 one having beautiful bosom, donning a corset vaidhEvi kAraNam A \u2013 &#8230; <a title=\"siRiya thirumadal &#8211; 38 &#8211; vArAr vanamulaiyAL\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2020\/04\/siriya-thirumadal-38\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about siRiya thirumadal &#8211; 38 &#8211; vArAr vanamulaiyAL\">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":[6,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iyarpa","category-siriya-thirumadal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34674","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=34674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}