{"id":52776,"date":"2024-02-03T00:13:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T00:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=52776"},"modified":"2024-02-03T00:13:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T00:13:47","slug":"thiruchchandha-viruththam-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/02\/thiruchchandha-viruththam-85\/","title":{"rendered":"thiruchchandha viruththam &#8211; pAsuram 85 \u2013 nachcharAvaNaik kidandha"},"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\/02\/thiruchchandha-viruththam-84\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"52774\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AzhwAr requests emperumAn in this pAsuram \u201cWhen I look at this physical form made of primordial matter, I do not know whether you wish, in your divine mind, to ruin this or to uplift me. You should ensure that my involvement with other [worldly] matters is removed such that my involvement with your divine feet is not changed\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>nachcharAvaNaik kidandha nAdha pAdha pOdhinil<\/em><br><em>vaiththa sindhai vAnguviththu nInguvikka nIyinam<\/em><br><em>meyththan vallai AdhalAl aRIndhanan nin mAyamE<\/em><br><em>uyththu nin mayakkinil mayakkal ennai mAyanE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>nachchu<\/em> \u2013 (towards enemies) spitting venom<br><em>arAvaNai<\/em> \u2013 on the mattress known as thiruvananthAzhwAn (AdhiSEshan)<br><em>kidandha<\/em> \u2013 one who is reclining<br><em>nAdha<\/em> \u2013 Oh sarvESvaran (lord of all!)<br><em>pAdha<\/em> \u2013 your divine feet<br><em>pOdhinil <\/em>\u2013 in the lotus flower<br><em>vaiththa<\/em> \u2013 kept<br><em>sindhai<\/em> \u2013 my mind<br><em>vAnguviththu<\/em> \u2013 redeeming it from them [your divine feet]<br><em>nInguvikka<\/em> \u2013 to remove<br><em>nI<\/em> \u2013 you, who are totally independent<br><em>inam<\/em> \u2013 even now<br><em>meyththan vallai<\/em> \u2013 truly, capable<br><em>AdhalAl<\/em> \u2013 hence<br><em>aRindhanan<\/em> \u2013 I know that you are totally independent<br><em>mAyanE<\/em> \u2013 Oh, one who has amazing activities!<br><em>ennai<\/em> \u2013 me, who has surrendered to you<br><em>nin mAyamE uyththu<\/em> \u2013 making me to be together with your divine nature<br><em>nin mayakkinil<\/em> \u2013 in the worldly pursuits such as Sabdham (sensory perceptions such as sound) etc, which are yours, and which make one to be bewildered<br><em>mayakkal<\/em> \u2013 do not make be to be bewildered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, sarvESvaran who is reclining on the mattress, also called as AdhiSEshan, who spits fire on enemies! You are capable of removing my mind, even now. which I have kept on your divine feet which are like lotus flowers. Hence, I know that you are totally independent. Oh, one who has amazing activities! Do not make me, who has surrendered to you, to be bewildered by making me, who is together with your divine nature, to be involved with worldly pursuits such as Sabdham etc, which are also yours and which make one to be bewildered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nachcharAvaNaik kidandha nAdha<\/strong> \u2013 Oh the lord of all who has reclined on thiruvananthAzhwAn, who spits poison such that those who are not favourable to emperumAn cannot get near him! AzhwAr implies that emperumAn is such an independent entity that he will get all services from those who are favourable to him, just as poygai AzhwAr had said in mudhal thiruvandhAdhi 53 \u201c<em>senRAl kudaiyAm<\/em> &#8230;\u201d (when emperumAn goes by walk, AdhiSEshan will become an umbrella over his head; when emperumAn sits, he will become his throne\u2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pAdha pOdhinil vaiththa sindhai<\/strong> \u2013 [my] mind which is firmly attached to your divine feet which are like just-then blossomed flowers. This indicates that emperumAn\u2019s divine feet are ordained to be attained, and are like flower in terms of tenderness, fragrance, sweetness etc. and that AzhwAr\u2019s mind is engaged with those divine feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vAnguviththu<\/strong> \u2013 taking the mind away from such divine feet. Just as it has been said by ALavandhAr in the 27<sup>th<\/sup> SlOkam of sthOthra rathnam &#8220;<em>thavAmruthasyandhini pAdha pankajE nivESithAthmA katham anyadhichchthi<\/em>? l <em>sthithE\u2019ravindhE makarandhanirbharE madhuvrathO nEkshurakam hi vIkshathE<\/em> ll&#8221; (How will the mind, kept on your divine feet (through your mercy) which secrete honey copiously, like anything else? Will a beetle leave aside a reddish lotus flower which secretes honey and go to a wild flower?) removing the mind which has been firmly kept on your divine feet and making it to loathe them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nInguvikka nI inam meyththan vallai<\/strong> \u2013 I have been away from you since time immemorial. You are truly capable of making my mind to be away from you further too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AdhalAl aRindhanan<\/strong> \u2013 I know that you are completely independent, since you are capable of transforming one entity into another, without the need to take anyone\u2019s permission for doing so. emperumAn asks him \u201cWhat do you wish to do?\u201d AzhwAr responds saying<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nin mAyamE uyththu nin mayakkinil mayakkal<\/strong> &#8211; just as it has been mentioned in bhagavath gIthA 7-14 &#8220;<em>dhaivI hyEshA guNamayI mama mAyA dhurathyayA<\/em> l <em>mAmEva yE prapadhyanthyE mAyAm EthAm tharanthi thE<\/em> ll&#8221; (This mAyai [prakruthi, the primordial matter], which has been created by me, the lord and which has three guNas [of sathva, rajas and thamas, viz. noble, passion and ignorance respectively) is difficult to cross over. Those who surrender to me will be able to cross over this), I request you not to let me go away from you by making me to engage constantly with worldly pursuits such as Sabdham (sound) etc, which are part of this prakruthi (primordial matter) and which are under your control. The term <em>mAyamE<\/em> refers to the word <em>mAyA<\/em> which is seen in the above-mentioned bhagavath gIthA SlOkam, which in turn refers to prakruthi (primordial matter) which has amazing power. The term <em>mayakku<\/em> refers to worldly pursuits such as Sabdham (sound), sparSam (touch) etc which are capable of ruining the knowledge of badhdha chEthanas (souls still bonded to samsAram).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ennai<\/strong> \u2013 me, who has submitted AthmA as well as all the belongings of AthmA, and is looking up to you for being uplifted. emperumAn asks AzhwAr in his divine mind \u201cWill I ruin the knowledge of people like you who cannot sustain themselves without me, by engaging you with worldly pursuits such as Sabdham etc? Don\u2019t I do that only with svathanthras (those samsAris who think that they are totally independent) who live life as they wish?\u201d AzhwAr responds saying<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>mAyanE<\/strong> \u2013 Oh one who has amazing activities! Just as SrI vishNu purANam 1-15-157 says \u201c<em>upamAnam aSEshANAm sAdhUnAm yassadhA\u2019bhavath\u2026<\/em>\u201d (that prahlAdhAzhwAn, who was taken as the analogy for all sAdhus (ascetics) all the time \u2026) you are capable of making even prahlAdhAzhwAn who is considered as the analogy for eminent people, to oppose you. In the <em>arumpadhavurai <\/em>(explanation for difficult terms) in this commentary, it is stated that in the commentary for raghuvamSam 7<sup>th<\/sup> sargam 35<sup>th<\/sup> SlOkam, the brahmANda purANa vachanam quoted by mallinAthan is as follows: \u201c<em>virOchana virOdhE\u2019pi prahlAdha<\/em>:<em> prAkthanam smaran<\/em> l <em>vishNOsthu kramamANasya pAdhAmbhOjam rurOdha ha<\/em> ll\u201d (Though prahlAdhAzhwAn had enmity towards (his son) virOchanan, recalling his old enmity with indhra, when thrivikraman started measuring the worlds (to seize them from mahAbali and hand over to indhra), he stopped the lotus-like divine feet of thrivikraman which measured the worlds). Similarly, you are capable of granting mOksham even to SiSupAlan who was constantly opposing you. Isn\u2019t this your svAthanthryam (being totally independent)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, we will take up the 86<sup>th<\/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) AzhwAr requests emperumAn in this pAsuram \u201cWhen I look at this physical form made of primordial matter, I do not know whether you wish, in your divine mind, to ruin this or to uplift me. 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