{"id":52750,"date":"2024-01-28T23:47:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T23:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=52750"},"modified":"2024-01-28T23:47:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T23:47:19","slug":"thiruchchandha-viruththam-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/thiruchchandha-viruththam-80\/","title":{"rendered":"thiruchchandha viruththam &#8211; pAsuram 80 \u2013 vAsiyAgi nEsaminRi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2023\/09\/thiruchchandha-viruththam\/\">Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/thiruchchandha-viruththam-79\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"52747\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr had said that keeping the <em>avathAra rahasya gyAnam<\/em> (knowledge about the secrets of incarnation of emperumAn) to the fore, carrying out devotion to him is a means for mOksham (SrI vaikuNtam). In this pAsuram, he recalls that in one of his incarnations, as kaNNan (krishNa), emperumAn has as his nature, destroying the enemies of his followers. He says that apart from those who proffer love to his divine feet, there is no possibility to enjoy emperumAn by being together with nithyasUris in paramapadham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>vAsiyAgi nEsaminRi vandhedhirndha dhEnugan<\/em><br><em>nAsamAgi nALulappa nanmai sEr pananganikku<\/em><br><em>vIsimEl nimirndha thOLin illaiyAkkinAy kazhaRku<\/em><br><em>AsaiyAm avarkkalAl amararAgal AgumE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><br><em>vAsiyAgi <\/em>\u2013 as a mule<br><em>nEsaminRi vandhu<\/em> \u2013 coming without any affection<br><em>edhirndha<\/em> \u2013 one who opposed<br><em>dhEnugan<\/em> \u2013 the monster, dhEnukan<br><em>nAsamAgi<\/em> \u2013 making him suffer<br><em>nAL ulappa<\/em> \u2013 to put an end to his life<br><em>nanmai sEr<\/em> \u2013 being beautiful<br><em>pananganaikku vIsi<\/em> \u2013 throwing it on top of palm fruit<br><em>mEl nimirndha<\/em> \u2013 going above the capability of enemy<br><em>thOLin<\/em> \u2013 due to the strength of shoulders<br><em>illaiyAkkinAy<\/em> \u2013 made that dhEnukan to be non-existent; for such your<br><em>kazhaRku<\/em> \u2013 to the divine feet<br><em>AsaiyAmavarkkallAl<\/em> \u2013 other than those who have affection<br><em>amararAgal AgumE<\/em> \u2013 is it possible to be on a par with nithyasUris?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The monster, dhEnukAsuran, without any affection, came in the form of a mule and opposed you [emperumAn]. You made him suffer and destroyed him by throwing him atop beautiful palm fruits. Due to the strength of your shoulders, you went far above the capability of your enemy. Other than those who have affection towards the divine feet of such an entity like you, is it possible to be on a par with nithyasUris [and enjoy you in paramapadham]?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vAsiyAgi nEsaminRi vandhedhirndha dhEnukan<\/strong> \u2013 unlike enemies such as kAlayavanan who came in their original [physical] form, the monster dhEnukan came in the form of <em>vAji<\/em>, a mule, in order to pounce on kaNNan when he was not attentive enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nEsaminRi vandhedhirndha dhEnugan<\/strong> \u2013 <em>nEsaminRi <\/em>vandhu (coming without affection) &#8211;\u00a0 periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 3-6-9 says \u201c<em>maruNdu mAn gaNangaL mEygai maRandhu mEyndha pullum kadaivAy vazhisOra<\/em>\u201d (groups of deer, which are always bewildered, forgot grazing [on hearing the sound of flute played by krishNa], and even the grass which they were chewing came out of the corners of their mouth). Thus, attracted by the activities of kaNNan, even animals got entranced due to affection and stayed quietly. However, dhEnukan, being a wicked person, was unlike those animals, and came without affection. <em>edhirndhu vandhu<\/em> \u2013 even if one were not without affection, one could stay neutral; however, he came only to cause harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nAsamAgi nAL ulappa<\/strong> \u2013 in order to make such dhEnukan to lose his life and become a corpse. Since the term <em>nAL ulappa<\/em> refers to putting an end to his [dhEnukAn\u2019s] life, the term <em>nAsam<\/em> here, instead of referring to destruction, refers to suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nanmai sEr pananganikku vIsi<\/strong> \u2013 throwing him on top of palm trees so that the beautifully matured palm fruits will fall down. Hasn\u2019t SrI vishNu purANam too said this in 5-8-9 and 5-8-10? &#8220;<em>kruhIthvA bhrAmaNE naiva sOmbarEgathajIvitham<\/em> l <em>thasminnEva sa chikshEpa dhEnukam thruNarAjani<\/em> ll <em>thatha<\/em>:<em> palAnyanEkAni thalAgrAn nipathan khara<\/em>: l <em>pruthivyAm pAthayAmAsa mahAvAthO ghanAniva<\/em> ll&#8221; (That bhagavAn caught hold of dhEnukAsuran who was in the form of a mule, whirled him around and threw him, who had lost his life when he was thrown to the sky, against the palm tree. The wicket demon, once thrown like that, just like a strong wind forces clouds to let go of the water held by them to fall as rain drops, hit against the tree and made many fruits to fall on the ground, from the top of the tree).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>mEl nimirndha thOLin illaiyAkkinAy kazhaRku<\/strong> \u2013 to the divine feet of yours, who had powerful shoulders whose strength was far superior to the enemy\u2019s and with with which you destroyed the enemy. The implied meaning is that instead of killing him with his vow or any weapon, emperumAn had caught hold of his enemy and destroyed him with the power of his shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AsaiyAm avarkkallAl amararAgal AgumE<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr asks whether it is possible for one other than those who meditate on your nature of destroying the enemies of your followers and are affectionate towards your divine feet, to be on a par with nithyasUris and enjoy you in paramapadham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, we will take up the 81<sup>st<\/sup> pAsuram of this prabandham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br>pramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br>pramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br>SrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full Series &lt;&lt; Previous avathArikai (Introduction) In the previous pAsuram, AzhwAr had said that keeping the avathAra rahasya gyAnam (knowledge about the secrets of incarnation of emperumAn) to the fore, carrying out devotion to him is a means for mOksham (SrI vaikuNtam). In this &#8230; <a title=\"thiruchchandha viruththam &#8211; pAsuram 80 \u2013 vAsiyAgi nEsaminRi\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/thiruchchandha-viruththam-80\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about thiruchchandha viruththam &#8211; pAsuram 80 \u2013 vAsiyAgi nEsaminRi\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudhalayiram","category-thiruchchandha-viruththam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52750","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=52750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52766,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52750\/revisions\/52766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}