Thiruvaaymozhi 7.3- Great are His Victorious acts! Grand are His avataars!

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SrI:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

Last ten pAsurams, AzhwAr narrated about his (or her) loss to KaNNan.

"KaNNapiraanukku en peNmai thORREn". Now, The Lord was really impressed

with the AzhwAr's anubhavam and shows him His Victories and Valorous

acts. AzhWar enjoys all His victorious and valorous acts and describes

them to us. Let us also enjoy along with AzhwAr and be blessed. (this

introduction for these ten is by PiLLai thirunaRaiyoor araiyar.)

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers, Those who read and enjoy (good ) Tamil and

admire its rhythm and words, please read this ten. IT IS SIMPLY

EXCELLENT. Please read with a beat and thaaLam. It is so nice to read

aloud. Kamban, also writes in such lovely rhyming words. Swami Desikan's

Sanskrit is beyond compare for his such rhyming words (of course with

the rich, deep meanings).

 

1. aazhi yezha chchangum villum ezha, dhisai

vaazhi yezhath thaNdum vaaLu mezha, aNdam

mOzhai yezha mudi paadha mezha, appan

oozhi yezha ulagham goNta vaaRE.

 

(Did you read? The words just come and dove tail into the slots so

cute.) This pAsuram is about Thrivikramavataar. - Bhagawaan

Thrivikraman, when He took the Huge, Large, Great, Grand, Form to

measure the universe, firstly, the ChakratthAzhwAn appeared. Then Sanghu

and Kothandam (Divine Conch and Bow) appeared. From all directions,

there were sounds of greetings that emanated with "Vaazhgha; Vaazhgha".

Subsequently, The maze and the Sword appeared. Like the fountain of

water that just spurts out spontaneously, the Cup of His crown and the

tip of His tow appeared simultaneously, ripping apart, the sky and the

world. Immediately, it is good and great time that appeared for the

world. Thus,-My father (appan),- The way He measured the Universe- What

a marvel it is! What a shining form the world was of (when He appeared

in this world)!

 

2. aaRu malaikk ethirnN thOtu moli,ara

vooRu chulaaymalai thEykku moli,kadal

maaRu chuzhanRu azhaik kinRa voli, appan

chaaRu pada amudham konda naanRE

 

(In the second pAsuram, AzhwAr talks about Emperumaan's act during

Churning of Milk Ocean by Devas and asurAs). My father, - en appan- He

churned the Milk Ocean for Devas and created a mood of Big Festival.

When the Ocean was churned with the Manthara mountain in the middle, the

rivers (that were to run and flow towards the Ocean) started running

away form it and were flowing back to their respective mountains (from

where they came from). (Naturally, when the mountain was in the middle,

the whole place was at a higher elevation, and the rivers were flowing

form the higher elevation to their mountains.). Due to all those rivers

flowing backwards, there was tremendous roar of water gushing backwards.

There was also the Great big sound of Vasuki snake, rubbing against the

Manthara mounatin, which made the mountain move form right to left. That

sound added to the noise. The waves and the deep water coming to the

surface due to churning was also supplementing to the enormous noise

that engulfed the whole area. (what a visualisation of AzhwAr! Wha a

show Emeprumaan showed to AzhwAr!) Like that Emperumaan, as KurmA

avataar, helped Devas churn the Ocean and eat Nectar (Amirtham).

 

3. naanRila vEzh maNNum thaanaththavE, pinnum

naanRila vEzh malai thaanaththavE, pinnum

naanRila vEzh kadal thaanaththavE, appan

oonRi yidandheyiR Ril koNda naaLE.

 

(In this thrid pAsuram, it is Varaaha avattar's mahaatmiyam.) en appan-

My father- took Varaaha avathaaram and brought the BhUmi (The Earth)

back. When He brought back the Earth, all Seven oceans, Seven mountains,

Seven islands, were all in tact and did not at all shift their

respective locations. It is due to His protections and grace, everything

was in its place.

 

4. naaLu mezha nila neeru mezha, viNNum

kOLum ezha eri kaalu mezha, malai

thaaLu mezhach chudar thaanum ezha, appan

ooLi yezha vulakam uNda vooNE.

 

(This is about His saving the entire universe during PraLayam (Cosmic

cycle end)). During the Big PraLaya kaalam, Emperumaan, ate the whole,

entire universe as His food, and retained it in His stomach to protect

the same. When He did that, He sucked the whole world. There was a huge

sound and was a great noise to suck the entire land, the water, etc..

The time, the directions, the land, the space, the air, the water, - all

were sucked. There was NO DIFFERENCE between them, when they were all

hidden inside the stomach. The Planets, The fire the mountains, The Sun,

The Moon- all went inside and lost their places and forms. - Like that

He ate EVERYTHING as His food and had them in His stomach.

 

5. ooNudai mallar thagharndha voli, mannar

aaNudai chEnai nadungum oli, viNNuL

ENudaith thEvar veLip patta voli, appan

kaaNudaip bhaaradham kaiyaraip pOzhdhE.

 

(This pasuram decsribes the way Lord conducted and made Pandavas win

KurushEthra battle.) My father- Emperumaan- majestically brought the

Chariot to the middle of the army, with everyone seeing with awe, His

effortlessness. During that time, there were various noises. When the

soldiers (mallars- wrestlers?) fell on the ground dying, after being hit

very badly, there were huge noises; There were also noises of running

away from the scene by other kings' soldiers who were terribly scared

and were shivering looking at Emperumaan's effortless coming to the

middle with Divine tEjas and exquisite Beauty. The Proud Devas, appeared

in the sky and praised Him and such noises also added to the sound.

 

6. pOzthu melindhapun chekkaril,vaan dhisai

choozhum ezhundhu uthirap punalaa, malai

keezthu piLandha chiNGkam oththathaal, appan

aazthuyar cheydhu asuraraik kollumaaRE.

 

(This is the excellent description of Nrisimha avataar.) en appan- My

father- took Narasimha avataar and showed His anger. He gave hiraNyan

terrible regret for his misdeeds and apchaaram to His bhakthA and cured

that regret by killing the asuran and destroying him. When the evening

was about to come in and the day time was getting over (during

twilight), Emperumaan killed HiraNyan. He tore him and killed him with

blood gushing out everywhere- the sky, the earth and in all directions.

This act was similar to a huge mountain that has been dropped on the

ground and a Big, ferocious Lion cuts that mountain into two pieces with

terrible anger.

 

7.maaRu niraiththu iraikkum charaNGkaL, ina

nooRu piNam malai pOl puraLa, kadal

aaRum aduthth uthirappunalaa, appan

neeRu pada ilaNGkai cheRRa nErE.

 

(Sri Ramaavathaaram is narrated herein.). en appan- Sri Raman- the way

He destroyed lankaa with His Valour, His Dharma and His Greatness. There

was no "mayyam" (no cheating or mischief). There were metallic twangs

and sounds everwhere with the twangs of Emperumaan's bow chord (and also

of IlayaperumaaL's) and the sound of arrows hitting against each other

in all directions. There were hundreds and hundreds of bodies falling on

the ground dying. The entire area was filled with blood and it was a

blood river that was flowing towards the sea to make it look red. Thus

the entire lankaa was made to dust by Sri Rama.

 

8. nEr charinNthaan kodikkOzhi koNdaan, pinnum

nEr_charinNthaan eriyum analOn, pinnum

nErcharinNthaanmukkaN moorththikaN teer,appan

nEr_chari vaaNandhiN tOLkoNta anRE.

 

(Bhagawaan's cutting the shoulders of bANAsuran). En appan- (when

bANAsuran came to fight against Him,) KaNNan, conquered him and cut his

shoulders and won the battle. To support the bANAsuran, SubramaNyan came

and lost. Then came Agni and he also lost to KaNNan. After agni ran away

from the scene, came Sivan, who also lost to KaNNan.

 

9. anRu maN neer eri kaalviN malaimuthal,

anRu chudariraN tumpiRa vum,pinnum

anRu mazaiyuyir thEvummaR Rum,appan

anRu muthalula kamchey thadhumE.

 

(Here, AzhwAr talks about the way He created the worlds). He is the

Primordial Chief. He, created the whole universe, in the beginning. At

that time, He created BhUmi, Water, Fire, Air and the Space (the Panch

BhUthAs). He also created the Sun and the Moon. He created many other

objects and then, on top of that He created rains, the lives (among

beings) and the demi Gods.

 

10. mEy nirai keezhpuka maapura La,chunai

vaaynNiRai neer_piLi Richchori ya,ina

aanNirai paadiyaNG kEyotuNG ka,appan

theemazai kaaththuk kunRa metuththaanE.

 

(The Govardhana Giri episode is described). Like the fierce fire, the

rains rained (like cats and dogs) for consecutive seven days and nights)

to destroy the Aayar kulam (due to Indran getting antagonised by them).

KaNNan- Kutti KaNNan- Boy KaNNan, with little finger, effortlessly

lifted the huge Govardhana mountain above His Head in order to let all

in Aayar kulam- (the cattle, the salves, the people etc.. etc..) cone

under the mountain and stay for seven days. The animals from the

mountain fell down rolling down from the top of the mountain. The water

falls and the streams started flowing down with more force (due to

higher elevation now). Every one belonging to Aayarpaadi stayed under

the mountain peacefully (drinking the Sowlabhya- Sowseelaya exquisite

Beauty of that Neela mEgha ShyAmaLan- lifting the Huge mountain

effortlessly with a mandhahaasam (smile) on His face, and looking at

them (the "poor" aayar kulam- enriched with His Most merciful glance on

them- I am quite sure they would have felt bad when the rain stopped!)

 

11. Sri SadagOpar has sung 1000 pAsurams about KaNNan and narrated His

glories, with Bhakti laden verses. Those who read these ten (out of 1000

) are SURE to come out VICTORIOUS. (NampiLLai says: those who read with

a desire in their hearts will get their desires fulfilled; Those who are

after wealth, will get more wealth; Those who have surrendered to the

Lord will get their five senses conquered by them; those who are

prapannas will win against the Kaimkarya virOdhis (enemies of

kaimkaryam). (The ChUrNikai 8 to 21 in Thirumanthra prakaraNam in

mumukshupadi is equivalent to these ten verses)

 

NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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