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Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n << Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr enjoyed emperumAn protecting the righteous people and punishing the evil ones. In this pAsuram, he speaks about how he annihilated the group of demons who were inimical towards celestial entities such as indhran [the lord of celestial entities], who did not have the affection which cowherds, who were mentioned in the previous pAsuram, had towards him and how emperumAn got back their worlds. He also speaks about the affable quality of emperumAn when he spared indhran and protected the cowherd people on the occasion when indhran, who had received so much of help from emperumAn, turned against the cowherds because he was not offered food by them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n veRpeduththu vElai nIr kalakkinAy adhanRiyum<\/em> Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n veRpu<\/em> \u2013 manthara mountain Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You took the manthara mountain and churned the ocean water; further, with the help of troop of monkeys, you built a divine dam across the ocean waters. You had destroyed the protection of lankA, established by viSvakarmA on the thrikUta mountain range and which had the ocean as a protective moat and further by fortified wall surrounding the city. Aren\u2019t you the one with the divine form of dark clouds who had held a mountain gOvardhana and protected cows, cowherd boys and cowherd girls!<\/p>\n\n\n\n vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n veRpeduththu vElai nIr kalakkinAy<\/strong> \u2013 sage dhurvAsar had given indhran a garland gifted to him by SrI mahAlakshmi. However, indhran did not pay due respect to the garland. Sage dhurvAsa cursed indhran in anger saying \u201cLet your wealth, the reason for your arrogance, be destroyed\u201d. indhran et al lost their entire wealth as a result of the curse and took refuge under emperumAn, just as it has been stated in SrI vishNu purANam 1-9-65 “praNAma pravaNA nAtha dhaithya sainya parAjithA<\/em>: l SaraNam thvAmanuprApthA<\/em>: samasthA dhEvathA gaNA<\/em>: ll” (Oh lord! We, the assembly of all the celestial entities, who were won over by the demonic entities, were engaged only with bowing down to you and have taken refuge under you). As a result of their taking refuge under you (emperumAn), you had churned the ocean with manthara mountain in such a way that all their wealth was regenerated in it. Going past the nature of ocean which is famous in the world as rathnAkaram <\/em>(dwelling place for gems), mathsyAkaram <\/em>(dwelling place for fish), you made it as the place of creation of materials which are in svargam (heaven). Didn\u2019t kUraththAzhwAn too mercifully say this in his athimAnushasthavam 26? “Ethath katham yanmathithas thvayAsau hithvA svabhAvam niyamam prathitham thrilOkyAm<\/em> l aSvApsarO visha sudhA vidhu pArijAtha lakshmyAthmanA pariNathO jaladhir bhabhUva<\/em> ll” (This milky ocean, which was churned by you, going beyond its natural custom (of giving materials such as curd, ghee, fish, gems etc), gave horse, apsaras<\/em> (celestial women), poison, nectar, chandhran (moon), pArijAtham (a type of jasmine) tree, lakshmI dhEvi and the like; how did this happen? You only have to mercifully declare this). Not looking at the lowliness of indhran, who desires only other benefits, not looking at your eminence, that you grant only mOksham (liberation), not looking at his old activities when, with the arrogance that \u201cI am the head of celestial entities\u201d indhran had refused to give pArijAtha tree [to krishNa] and indulged in opposing you, you saved him merely because he took refuge under you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n adhanRiyum<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cThis activity alone is enough to make your followers to believe in you as the refuge. However, how many more activities did you indulge in, for the sake of your followers!\u201d exclaims the AzhwAr, listing other activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n veRpeduththu vElai nIr varambu katti<\/strong> \u2013 you built a dam on the ocean to enable the troops of monkeys to walk on [in order to reach lankA], by throwing mountains that they could lay their hands on. Isn\u2019t this an amazing activity, beyond the power of human beings! The mountains did not sink into the unfathomable ocean; the sand from the dam did not get eroded due to the agitating waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n vElai sUzh veRpeduththa inji sUzh ilangai kattazhiththa nI<\/strong> \u2013 lankA had the ocean as its protective moat and was established ithe range of thrikUta mountains by viSvakarma. It had the protection of fortified wall surrounding it as another protection. You destroyed this casually, just as it has been said in “yathA saikathamambhasi”<\/em> (just like a house made of sand dissolves in water). The term inji<\/em> refers to fortified wall. The term kattu<\/em> refers both to protection and natural quality. When it is taken as referring to natural quality, the meaning will transform to \u201cYou changed the natural quality of lankA where righteousness is non-existent\u201d. The implied meaning is that emperumAn made vibhIshaNa who has righteousness as his natural quality as the king of lankA and through that made righteousness to return to lankA, just as it has been mentioned in SrI rAmAyaNam AraNya kANdam SlOkam 17-24 “vibhIshaNasthu dharmAthmA na thu rAkshasachEshtitha<\/em>:” (vibhIshaNa is the epitome of righteousness; he is without the activities of demon)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, the pAsuram speaks about how emperumAn protected his followers without killing indhran when he, who is a favourable person, created harm to his followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n veRpeduththu mArikAththa mEgavaNNan allaiyE<\/strong> \u2013 indhran became angry that \u201cThe cowherd people, listening to krishNan, have changed the tradition of offering food to me and have insulted me\u201d. He ordered the clouds which normally pour heavy rain during the time of deluge, to create hailstorm on thiruvAyppAdi (SrI gOkulam). For this heinous act, while it was appropriate to destroy such indhran, thinking mercifully in your divine mind \u201cDue to his anger of having been denied his food, he is angry; fighting with us is not his nature\u201d, did you not lift the gOvardhana mountain and remove the harm caused by indhran, with this act of magnanimity! You did this only because, unlike rAvaNan, who had said, just as it has been mentioned in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 36-11 “dhvidhA bhajyEyamapyEvam na namEyam thu kasyachith<\/em> l Esha mE sahajO dhOsha<\/em>:svabhAvO dhurathikrama<\/em>: ll” (Even if split into two, I will not bow down to anyone like this. This is my fault, from birth. One\u2019s nature cannot be crossed), indhran did not have this obstinacy of not bowing to anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n mEgavaNNan<\/strong> \u2013 you have the quality of doing good to the world, just like clouds, without expecting anything in return. Alternatively, it would refer to your divine form which will remove the ennui of beholders, like a dark, monsoon cloud. The implied meaning is that while the cloud of deluge was waiting to harm the cow-herd people, the cloud of krishNa negated that harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We will take up the 40th pAsuram of this prabandham, next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n\n\n\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series << Previous avathArikai (Introduction) In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr enjoyed emperumAn protecting the righteous people and punishing the evil ones. 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veRperuththu vElai nIr varambu katti vElai sUzh<\/em>
veRpeduththa inji sUzh ilangai kattazhiththa nI<\/em>
veRpeduththu mAri kAththa mEgavaNNan allaiyE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
eduththu<\/em> \u2013 took it
vElai nIr<\/em> \u2013 water of the ocean
kalakkinAy<\/em> \u2013 churned it
adhanRiyum<\/em> \u2013 further
veRpu<\/em> \u2013 mountains
eduththu<\/em> \u2013 took them through the troop of monkeys<\/em>
vElai nIr<\/em>– in the ocean water
varambu<\/em> \u2013 divine dam
katti<\/em>– built
vElai<\/em> \u2013 through the moat of ocean
sUzh<\/em> \u2013 being surrounded
veRpu<\/em> \u2013 in thrikUta mountains [a mountain range]
eduththa<\/em> \u2013 established (by viSvakarmA)
inji<\/em> \u2013 through fortified walls
sUzh<\/em> \u2013 surrounded by
ilangai<\/em> \u2013 lankA
kattu<\/em> \u2013 protection
aziththa<\/em> \u2013 destroyed by
nI<\/em> \u2013 your highness
veRpu<\/em> \u2013 the mountain gOvardhanam
eduththu<\/em>– held
mAri<\/em> \u2013 from rains
kAththa<\/em> \u2013 protected (cows, cowherd boys and cowherd girls)
mEgavaNNan allaiyE<\/em> \u2013 are you not the one with the divine form of dark clouds?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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