SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
periyAzhwAr thirumozhi<\/a> >> Fourth Centum<\/a> >> Ninth decad<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n avathArikai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that SrIrangam is the divine abode, where emperumAn, who manifested splendorously his eminence to SrI nAradha bhagavAn [sage nAradha] such that nAradha could praise him and worship him, resides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AmaiyAyk kangaiyAy AzhkadalAy avaniyAy aruvaraigaLAy<\/em> Word-by-word meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n puL inangaL<\/em> \u2013 flocks of birds such as swan etc Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n SrIrangam has fertile water bodies where flocks of birds such as swans etc settle on flowers in water, singing the praise of their king, garuda, in an illegible manner. It is also the abode where emperumAn reclines such that SrI nAradha bhagavAn, who has the protection of brahma bhAvanai<\/em>, could come many times, praising and worshipping him. emperumAn manifests himself as tortoise inside the river gangA, as the river gangA, as the ocean, as the earth, as huge mountains, as brahmA with four faces, as the four vEdhams, as yagyams<\/em>, as the dhakshiNA for the yagyams<\/em> and as himself, with his distinguished divine form, who bestows the benefits desired by those who conduct the yagyams<\/em> and pay the dhakshiNA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n vyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai\u2019s svApadhESam, which we have been enjoying until the previous pAsuram, is not available from this pAsuram onwards. Instead, a shortened svApadhESam, is available, whose authorship is not known. We shall enjoy from this shortened version, wherever the contents are different from mAmunigaL\u2019s vyAkhyAnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [The first part of the vyAkhyAnam gives the narration of SrI nAradha bhagavAn, praising and worshipping krishNa in dhwArakA. The SlOkams quoted in this narrative are from SrI harivamSam chapter 139. The second part deals with the meanings of the pAsuram under 4.9.5]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [Part 1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n When dhuryOdhana conducted a yAgam<\/em> [ritual with fire], kings who had come there, mentioned about the fort in the capital city of SrImadh dhwArakA, the prosperity in that place, the eminence with which krishNa had mercifully taken residence there etc. Deciding that they should establish relationship with krishNa, dhuryOdhana et al and pANdavas, along with their respective retinue, reached a mountainous place called as \u201craivatham<\/em>\u201d and sent a message to krishNa that they wished to see him. krishNa thought \u201cWhat is the reason for them to come with their retinue?\u201d Along with balarAma [his elder brother], sAthviki AzhwAn [his relative, sAthyaki, a yAdhava king], along with his retinue and weapons, he mercifully went to the place where dhuryOdhana et al and pANdavas were staying. He enquired them of their well-being, offered them seats, based on their age, their strengths and their eminence. He sat on a divine throne, which was apt for him. At that time, SrI nAradha bhagavAn came there, worshipped krishNa and told him \u201cAScharya kalu<\/em>: dhEvAnAm Ekasthvam purushOththama<\/em> \u2013 dhanyaSchAsi mahAbAhO lOkE nAnyOsthi kaSchana<\/em>\u201d (Oh, one with valorous shoulders! You are the most eminent among all entities. You are the most amazing and who has everything. There is none like you, in all the worlds). krishNa responded to the sage, saying \u201cEvamukthas smitham kruthvA prathyuvAcha munim prabhu<\/em>: AScharyaSchaiva dhanyaScha dhakshiNApisshEritha<\/em>:\u201d (Hearing the sage speaking those words, with a smile, krishNa mercifully said \u2018I have been mentioned as the one, along with dhakshiNA<\/em> [fees paid during conducting of yagyam<\/em>], who is the most amazing and most blessed\u2019). Feeling happy, after hearing this, nAradha said \u201cEvam ukthO muniSrEshta<\/em>: prAhamadhyE mahIkshithAm \u2013 krishNa paryAptha vAkyOsmi gamishyAmi yathAgatham<\/em>\u201d (After hearing your words amidst these kings, I have become fulfilled. I shall now return in the way in which I had come) and set out to go. After seeing nAradha bhagavAn, who was about to go, since they did not know the secret that he had mentioned, they looked at the divine face of krishNa, and said \u201cThe sage told you that you are amazing and that you are blessed. You responded saying that you are like that, along with dhakshiNA<\/em>. We are not able to comprehend the great secrets. You should mercifully reveal those to us\u201d. krishNa told them \u201cAsk the great sage. He will reveal these\u201d. Looking at nAradha bhagavAn, he said \u201cYou should tell them\u201d. nAradha bhagavAn said \u201cPlease listen\u201d. Starting with aham kadhAchith gangAyAsdhIrE thrishavaNAdhibhi<\/em>: [once, when I had completed the three activities of bath etc on the banks of river gangA], he told the following narrative:<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I was carrying out the activities, a night passed. When Adhithya<\/em> [sun] rose in the sky, I saw a tortoise which was the distance of a calling out [distance over which a person would hear when called out] in its breadth, and twice that, in its length, immersed in water, with moss all over its form, and looking dear to the eyes. I told him \u201cthvam Ascharya SarIrOsi kUrma dhanyOsi mE matha<\/em>: – yasthvamEva mahOdhvApyAm kapAlAbhyAm smAvrutha<\/em>: thOyE charasi niSchanga<\/em>: kinchith anyatha chinthayan<\/em>\u201d (You, with this double cranium as protection, are moving about in the water, without worrying about anything, without any doubt; you, who are like this, have an amazing physical form and you are blessed. This is my opinion). That tortoise, looking at me, spoke, like a person \u201cOh, great sage! Welcome. What is anything amazing about me? Where am I blessed? Isn\u2019t it river gangA, which holds more than tens of thousands of entities like me, who is indeed amazing and blessed?\u201d Hearing this, I told gangA \u201cYou are amazing, you are blessed\u201d. River gangA took a form and told me \u201cI am neither amazing nor blessed. Isn\u2019t it the ocean, where many rivers, like me, enter, which is amazing and blessed?\u201d Then, I went to the ocean and told it \u201cIn the world, you are amazing and blessed!\u201d The ocean told me \u201cThe amazement and blessedness which you are mentioning are not present in me. Isn\u2019t it the earth, on which I reside, which has these two qualities?\u201d Then, I looked at earth, praised it and said \u201cYou are amazing; you are blessed\u201d. Feeling shy upon hearing my words of praise, earth, looking at me, told me \u201cI am neither amazing nor blessed; Don\u2019t the anchoring mountains, which support me, have the two qualities?\u201d Then, I approached the anchoring mountains and told them \u201cIn the world, you are amazing and blessed\u201d to which the mountains, looking at me, said \u201cWe are neither amazing nor blessed. It is prajApathi [one who creates], brahmA, who has these qualities\u201d. Subsequently, I went to brahmA, followed the procedures to be followed, stating his eminences and told him \u201cIn terms of being amazing and blessed, there is none matching you\u201d. That brahmA, who is the pithAmahan<\/em> [grand-father] for all the worlds, said \u201cWhy are you praising me as an amazing and blessed person like this? Don\u2019t the vEdhams, which have the form of rig, yajur, sAma<\/em> and atharvaNa<\/em>, which reveal all the truthful meanings, and which sustain the worlds and me, have these two qualities?\u201d Subsequently, I approached the vEdhams, praising their eminences and told them \u201cAren\u2019t you the amazing and blessed entities!\u201d The vEdhams, looking at me said \u201cWe have been created for the yagyams<\/em> [rituals]. Hence, isn\u2019t it with the yagyams<\/em>, which are our refuge, that these qualities are present?\u201d Then, praising the yagyams<\/em>, I told them \u201cThere is nothing in the world, which is more amazing and more blessed than you\u201d The yagyams<\/em>, looking at me, told me \u201cAscharya SabdhO nAsmAsu dhanyaSabdhOpivAmunE \u2013 AScharyam paramam vishNus sahya samAgam parAgathi<\/em> l yathAgyam vayamaSnImO hutham agnishu pAlanam \u2013 thath sarvam puNdarIkAkshO lOka mUrthi<\/em>: prayachchathi<\/em> ll\u201d (The meanings for amazement and blessedness are not present in us; it is vishNu, who is the most amazing. He is our ultimate refuge. Isn\u2019t puNdarIkAkshan<\/em> [one, who has lotus-like eyes] the one, who gives us the strength which we get and enjoy by consuming ghee which is offered as a sacrifice in yagyams<\/em>?) Hearing this I came to earth, worshipped krishNa, who is amidst you all and told him \u201cYour highness is the most amazing and the most blessed\u201d. Hearing my words, the words which he said in response \u201cdhakshiNApissayEthyEvam<\/em>\u201d (only I remain as amazing and blessed, along with the dhakshiNA<\/em> offered during yagyams<\/em>), have satisfied me. If you ask me as to how it is \u201cyagyAnAm hi gathirvishNus sarvEshAncha sadhakshiNa<\/em>: – dhakshiNApissahEthyEvam praSnO mama samApthavAn<\/em>\u201d (For all the yagyams<\/em>, it is sarvESvaran, who is with dhakshiNA<\/em>, who is the refuge. Hence, through the words, dhakshiNApi<\/em>: sahEthyEvam<\/em>, my question has been responded to my satisfaction). nAradha bhagavAn further said \u201ckUrmENApihitham pUrvam pAramparyAdhihAgatham<\/em>: l sa dhakshiNEsmin purushE thadh vAkyam prathipAthitham<\/em>ll\u201d (The words spoken of earlier by the tortoise, having passed on from one entity to the next in a lineage, until now \u201cyou are amazing and you are blessed<\/em>\u201d, have been spoken of by me to this supreme entity, krishNa). He further said \u201cyanmAmbhavantha<\/em>: pruchchanthi vAkyAsyAsyacha nirNayam<\/em> \u2013 thadhEthath sarvamAkyAtham sAdhayAmi yathAgatham<\/em>\u201d (The question in this sentence, which you asked, has been responded to, by me. Now, I shall go on my way). The narration, mentioned in SrI harivamSam chapter 159, has been mentioned briefly by AzhwAr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [Part 2 \u2013 vyAkhyAnam for the pAsuram]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amai \u2026<\/strong> – In order to manifest his supreme nature to SrI nAradha bhagavAn, initially, emperumAn took the form of a huge, beautiful tortoise inside the waters of river gangA; then, he manifested himself as the eminent gangA, which offers habitat to that tortoise and thousands of other entities; then, as the ocean, which has the eminence of being unfathomable, and which is the refuge for gangA and many other rivers; then, as earth, which has the greatness of offering dwelling place for that ocean; then, as the anchoring mountains, which\u00a0 have the eminence of supporting earth; then, as brahmA, who has the distinction of being the creator of fourteen worlds; then as the four vEdhams, which gave that position to brahmA, and thus have that distinction; then, as yagyams<\/em>, which were created to take refuge under the vEdhams, and which offer benefits to all as the means; subsequently, as dhakshiNA<\/em>, the fee offered for conducting the yagyams<\/em>, which give power to the yagyams<\/em> and then, through that dhakshiNA<\/em>, showering the people who conduct the yagyams<\/em>, with whatever they had expected, as emperumAn with the eminence of granting these, and having a distinguished divine form. Among these [ten entities], tortoise, which was mentioned first, has the distinction of being his incarnation. Hence, it was mentioned as emperumAn himself. Subsequently, the entities, which were mentioned, one after another, with increasing level of greatness, came about due to emperumAn\u2019s omniscience. With the relationship of sAmAnAdhikaraNyam<\/em> of controller-controlled [all the entities have the same substrate, emperumAn], all the entities were mentioned as emperumAn himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n sEmamudai nAradhanAr senRu senRu thudhiththu iRainja<\/strong> \u2013 this verse is linked to both the earlier verse and the next verse. sEmam<\/em> \u2013 protection. nAradha bhagavAn having sEmam<\/em> refers to being immersed only in brahma bhAvanai<\/em> [always meditating on emperumAn], without any trace of karma bhAvanai<\/em> [being constantly engaged with carrying out karma<\/em>, deeds, due to birth in samsAram]. The word nAradhanAr<\/em> [with an honorific suffix [Ar<\/em>] at the end] has been used to show the reverence arising out of his knowledge \u201csaravasamSaya nirmukthO nAradhassarva dharmavith<\/em>\u201d [entity, who has got rid of all his doubts and following all the righteousness], and coming to the proximity of emperumAn, singing and dancing [the eminence of emperumAn]. When combined with the earlier part of the pAsuram, the verse senRu senRu thudhiththu iRainja<\/em> refers to his going to various entities, starting from tortoise individually, praising them for their amazing and blessed nature. When the verse is combined with the subsequent part of the pAsuram, the repetitive words senRu senRu<\/em> refer to coming repeatedly to emperumAn, and worshipping him. Mentioning of nAradhar coming often to SrIrangam many times and worshipping emperumAn here, has been mentioned in perumAL thirumozhi 1.5<\/a> \u201cinbath thumburuvum nAradhanum iRainjiyEththa<\/em>\u201d (celestial entities thumburu and nAradhar, who have attained happiness, praise periya perumAL, after falling at his divine feet) and in thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi 8<\/a> \u201cthumburu nAradhar pugundhanar<\/em>\u201d (celestial musicians, thumburu and nAradhar, who constantly serve emperumAn, enter the big temple at SrIrangam). The term thudhiththu<\/em> refers to SrI nAradha bhagavAn praising emperumAn, coming to perumAL\u2019s proximity, singing through his stringed instrument, vINA<\/em>. The term iRainja<\/em> refers to falling at the divine feet of emperumAn, appropriate to his nature of being a servitor and worshipping him, and emperumAn\u2019s nature of being the lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n kidandhAn kOyil<\/strong> \u2013 it is the divine abode, where, emperumAn reclines such that SrI nAradha bhagavAn could worship him, in this manner, and all those, who have the desire, could attain him and enjoy him with their eyes, as mentioned in thirumAlai 23<\/a> \u201ckidhandhadhOr kidakkai<\/em>\u201d (unparallelled reclining posture).<\/p>\n\n\n\n pUmaruvip piLLinangaL<\/strong> \u2013 Birds such as swans etc settle down on flowers in the water, as mentioned in thiruviruththam 55<\/a> \u201cnIrppU nilappU marathil oN pU<\/em>\u201d (among the flowers in water, among the flowers on land and among the beautiful flowers on trees), unable to give up on the enjoyment arising out of the coolness, softness, fragrance and availability of honey in the flowers; they sing praises on the king of their species, garuda, incoherently. It is SrIrangam which has abundance of water bodies, which have those flowers, which are enjoyed by the swans. The pAsuram should be transposed to get the sequential meaning \u2013 in order to manifest the radiance of his supreme nature to SrI nAradha bhagavAn such that the sage comes, praises and worships entities, starting from tortoise, coming in a lineage up to himself, and subsequently for the sage to come on many occasions to come to worship him, SrIrangam is the divine abode where emperumAn has reclined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We shall next consider the 6th<\/sup> pAsuram of this thirumozhi.<\/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 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama: periyAzhwAr thirumozhi >> Fourth Centum >> Ninth decad Previous avathArikai AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that SrIrangam is the divine abode, where emperumAn, who manifested splendorously his eminence to SrI nAradha bhagavAn [sage nAradha] such that nAradha could praise him and worship him, resides. 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nAnmuganAy nAnmaRaiyAy vELviyAyth thakkaNaiyAyth thAnum AnAn<\/em>
sEmamudai nAradhanAr senRu senRu thudhiththu iRainjak kidandhAn kOyil<\/em>
pUmaruvip puLLinangaL puLLaraiyan pugazh kuzhaRum punal arangamE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
pU<\/em> \u2013 in water flowers
maruvi<\/em> \u2013 settling aptly
puL araiyan<\/em> \u2013 periya thiruvadi [garuda] who is the king of their species, his
pugazh<\/em> \u2013 fame
kuzhaRum<\/em> \u2013 speaking illegibly
punal<\/em> \u2013 having fertile water bodies
arangam<\/em> \u2013 SrIrangam
Amai Ay<\/em> \u2013 as a tortoise, inside river gangA
gangai Ay<\/em> – as gangA too, which is the residing place for entities such as tortoise
Azh<\/em> \u2013 unfathomable
kadal Ay<\/em> \u2013 as an ocean (which is the refuge for rivers such as gangA) too
avani Ay<\/em> \u2013 as earth too
aru varaigal Ay<\/em> \u2013 as huge mountains too
nAnmugan Ay<\/em> \u2013 as brahmA too, with four faces
nAl maRai Ay<\/em> \u2013 as four vEdhams too
vELvi Ay<\/em> \u2013 as yagyams<\/em> too (rituals with fire)
thakkaNai Ay<\/em> \u2013 as dhakshiNA<\/em> (fee for the ritual) (which gives energy to the ritual)
thAnum AnAn<\/em> \u2013 as himself, with distinguished divine form, giving the desired objects prayed for
by those, who had offered that dhakshiNA
sEmam udai<\/em> \u2013 having the protection of brahma bhAvanai<\/em> [constantly focussed on
emperumAn)
nAradhanAr<\/em> \u2013 SrI nAradha bhagavAn
senRu senRu<\/em> \u2013 coming many times
thudhiththu<\/em> \u2013 praising
iRainja<\/em> – such that he worships
kidandhAn<\/em> \u2013 one, who reclined
kOyil<\/em> \u2013 it is the abode where he resides<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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