ThiruvAimozhi VII.4 decad /Sudarsana sathakam : Part II

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SrI:

 

Dear SrI Sudarsana BhakthAs:

 

adiyEn mentioned in my earlier posting that the above

decad is very auspicious for those who are facing a lot

of difficulties in life. These paasurams have been recited

for overcoming many of the life's inauspiciousness, big & small.

It is customary to recite them before SrI Sudarsana sathakam

slOkams .

 

Prior to exploring the meanings of these pAsurams ,

let us see the context of this decad.

 

In the previous decad , ParAnkusa Naayaki expressed her

intense desire to visit her Lord at ThirupEryail dhivya

Desam .In the last paasuram of that previous decad ,

Swamy NammAzhwAr stated that those , who recite these ten

paasurams dealing with the lord of ThiruppEryeil with

MahA Sudarsanam in His upper right hand would be blessed

with noble Kaimkarya SrI like SudarsanAzhwAr Himself.

 

At the thought of the Lord with Sudarsanam on His hand ,

ParAnkusa Naayaki was blessed with the vision of the Lord

returning from His Vijaya YaathrA adorning all His aaydhams

such as Chakram , Conch, Bow, Mace and Sword .Paraankusa Naayaki's

viraha Taapam and worries were all banished and out of the joy

of the Lord's sevai, she blessed us with these ten paasurams.

PerumAL's Vijaya Sri is celebrated along with the Kaimkarya

SrI of all the weapons headed by SudarsanAzhwAn.Nanjeeyar

has commented on the purport of these paasurams this way :

 

" virahatthAl vantha taLarcchi theertthu midukkuNDAm-padiyAha

--Tannudaya vijayangalai EmperumAn Kaati aruLak-kaNDu dharittha

AzhwAr---yEtthi iniyanAnAr".

 

AzhwAr's weakness and sorrow arising from separation

from His Lord were banished and he felt fulfilled over

the sevai of the Lord returning from His Vijaya YaathrAs.

AzhwAr sang about this victorious Lord and became filled with

a sweet and delectable experience . AzhwAr starts with

the visualization of ThrivikramAvathaaram (Ongi UlahaLantha

Utthman's avathAram and conquest on Earth & sky).

 

ThiruvAi Mozhi(TVM): 7.4.1

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1) Azhiyezhac-changumum villumezhat-tisai

vAzhi yezha taNDum VaaLumezha, anDam

mozhai yezhamudi paadham yezha, Appan

Oozhi yezha ulaham koNDavArE

 

Oh Lord ! Hail to Thy Victory over MahA Bali!

When You recieved the arghya jalam to solemnize

the gift of three feet of land from MahA Bali,

You grew to a gigantic ThrivikramA form . Your weapons

hurried and got in to their wonted sthAnams

and rushed as it were to protect You and grew

in proportion to Your growing ThirumEni. The first of

the Lord's weapons to report to duty was Hethi RaajA,

the Sudarsanam .The Sankham (Paanchajanyam), the bow

(Saarngam), the Mace (KoumEthaki) and the Sword

(Nandhakam ) followed the Chakra Raajan and grew

in proportion to Your growing body. They were ready

to engage in fight to protect You in the event of

any danger that might come Your way.Your head

adorning the crown rose and pierced the wall of aNDam .

Your Sacred feet now grew and got past Your crown.

The big toe of Your left foot was instrumental in piercing

the wall of aNDam and aavaraNa jalam flooded in and mixed

with Gangai that had risen earlier from the KamaNDalu

Jalam used by BrahmA as Paadhyam to wash Your feet as it

shot past Sathya Lokam , the residence of Your son .

 

AzhwAr has the adhbhutha sEvai of ThrivikramAvathAram

here and celebrates this and exclaims: What a great victory

by the Lord engaged in returning the Earth from

MahA Bali, who had taken it away from the DevAs

by force !

 

(2) Next , the Lord's KoormAvathAram and churning

of the Milky ocean for nectar (amrutha maTanam) is

seen by Swamy NammAzhwAr. He sings about that

Vijaya Yaathrai that he was blessed to witness:

 

aaRu-malaikkedinthOdum oli ara-

vooRu sulAi malaittEykkum oli kadal

mARu suzhanRu azhaikkinRa oli Appan ,

sARu pada amudham koNDa nAnRE

 

---TVM: 7.4.2

 

During amrutha maTanam , the vehemence of

the churning made all the rivers reverse their

direction of flow , the ocean heaved and the ear

shattering sound of the churning with the rope of

Vaasuki wrapped around the mountain of Mandara

spread all around. My Lord took such an effort

to hold the rope of Vaasuki in His own hands and

made such a gigantic effort to churn the milky

ocean to release the nectar for the benefit of

the DevAs.I was blessed to witness this sight

of the Lord at work . What a great service

He performed for His aasritha janams and what

a gigantic victory He scored on that day !

 

3) The Varaha avathAram is brought next before the eyes

of Swamy NammazhwAr by the Lord.This is another rakshaNa

leelai performed for rescuing His divine consort, BhUmi

PirAtti.

 

nAnrila yEzh maNNum tAnatthavE oinnum

nAniRla yEzh malai tAnatthavE pinnum

nAnRila yEzh kadal tAnatthavE Appan

oonRi idhanthu yeyiRRil koNDa nALE

 

---TVM:7.4.3

 

What a miracle my Lord performed during His

incarnation as the gigantic Varaham! my Lord

dived to the bottom of the praLaya jalam and

lifted His Devi from there and placed Her on His

long Tusk. While doing this, He made sure that

the seven Kula parvathams , the seven oceans ,

the seven dhveepams did not slacken from their

original places . Ever so carefully and skillfully ,

He lifted His Devi without disturbing

these land marks . What a glorious feat!

 

4) In this Pasuram, Swamy NammazhwAr is blessed

to witness another mighty leelai of His Lord.

The time is PraLaya Kaalam. The world is experiencing

a mighty disarray. The divisions of Time , the Earth,

the water, the Sky , the Nakshathra maNDalams, the Sun ,

Moon and the stars, the planets , the galaxies and

the intergalactic dust are entering in to the mouth

of the Lord with great rapiditiy to the accompaniment

of a roaring noise. Mountains crash against rivers

and stars collide against the waters and all enter

a small portion of the Lord's stomach to rest there

until the dangers are over.Universe achieves layam.

The Lord protects them there as MahOpakAram.This is

another great leelai of the lord to help the world!

 

nALum yezha nilam neerum yezha , ViNNUm

kOLum yezha yerikAlum yezha malai

tALumezhac-chudar thAnumezha Appan

ooLi yezha ulaham uNDa ooNE

 

--T.V.M: 7.4.4

 

(5) Swamy NammAzhwAr witnesses next the scenes

from KrishNAvathAram. The most skillful way in

which He conducted the BhAratha Yuddham without

weapons and supervised the destruction of KouravAs

and their army unfolds in front of the eye of

Swamy NammAzhwAr.DevAs were cheering from their

positions in the sky. With a loud clap of hands ,

The Lord started and concluded that war without

taking any weapons as PaarthasArathy. The Bhaaram

for BhUmi was lightened . It was the Mother of all

Victories ! " That is Victory if victory

can be spoken of for anybody".

 

OoNudai mallar taharntha oli mannar

aaNudaic-chEnai nadungum oli viNNuL

yENudait-thEvar veLipatta oli Apaan

kaaNudaib-Bhaaratham kai yeRi pOzhthE

 

--TVM: 7.4.5

 

(To be continued)

 

Swamy NammazhwAr ThiruvadigaLE Saranam ,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan