vali slain - part ii

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Dear raama bhakthaas,

 

We have seen in previous post how vaali’s birth happened. Now we will

see what is his physical power and might. Already in the vaalmeeki’s

slOkam referred earlier, we saw he is like mount mahEndhra. [see the

word indhra appearing even in comparison, for he is indhran’s amsam]

 

vaaali's power was so much, that, at the time of churning the milk

ocean for amirtham, the nectar, with mandhara hill as the churning

rod, vaasuki as the rope, he went to help churning. He started

churning with his two mighty arms by catching the vaasuki both by

head and tail. With his might the mountain became a simple churning

rod in curd pot, says poet Kamban in his raamaayaNam. See verse

below.

 

mandhara neduvarai maththu vaasugi

andham il kadai kayiRu adaikal aazhiyaan

chandhiran thooN edhir tharukkin vaangunar

indhiran mudhaliya EnaiyOr

 

– 26 vaali vadhaip padalam kitkindhaa kaaNdam

 

[nedu varai – is the big hill,

andham il – mudivu illaadha – without end – means such a long snake vaasugi is the rope to churn

adaikal – the base supporting stone is - aazhiyaan

– aazhi means discuss the wheel – one who has the wheel in his

hand – the bhagavaan vishNu who holds a discuss. aazhi also mean the

ocean or the ocean king himself who supports as well being churned.

– [but since we know very well vishNu went as a koorma roopi

and gave his back to support the mount mandhara while churning, we

can take it as meaning vishNu only]

– chandhran the moon is the pillar against which this churning

rope is supported

– persons in the opposite ends are indhran et al – indhran

father of vaali]

 

peyarvuRa valikkavum midukku il peRRiyaar

ayarvuRal uRRadhai nOkki yaan adhu

thayir enak kadaindhu avarkku amudham thanthadhu

mayil iyal kuyil mozhi maRakkal aavadhO

 

- 27 vaali vadhaip padalam kitkindhaa kaaNdam

 

[seeing these people are getting tired, vaali just took the rope and

started churning the milk ocean just like the curd pot and got the

amudham – nectar.

– since this verse is addressed to thaaraa his wife while she

persuades him not to go to fight with his younger one, he says

– hey taara – my dear wife – how can you forget such incidents

about your husband].

 

See another verse:

kazhaRu dhEvarOdu avuNar kaNNin ninRu

uzhalum mandharaththu uruvu thEya mun

azhalum thOL araa agadu theevida

suzhalum vElaiyaik kadaiyum thOLinaan

 

- 38 natpukkOtpadalam – kitkindhaa kaaNdam

 

While sugreevan is seeking raamaa’s introduction and telling about his

plight etc sugreevan expresses about vaali as above. Same incident of

dhEvaas and asuraas joining together and churning the milk ocean and

at that time vaali helped to make it easy the churning with his

physical might. “Such a strong vaali is my brother’ says sugreevan to

raamaa.

 

Yet another verse:

neeRu aam mEruvum nee nerukkinaal

maaRu oR vaaLi un maarbai eervadhO?

ThEREn yaan idhu dhEvar maayamO?

VERu Or vaali kolaam viLindhuLaan.

 

- 14 thaarai pulambal padalam kitkindhaa kaaNdam

 

See here the words of thaaraa who says ‘the mount mEru will also

become powder if you crush it. Then how can such a powerful person be

beaten down by a single arrow, is it a wonder from the dhEvaas?’

 

Needless to mention here that raavaNan became the friend of such a

powerful vaali. For raavaNan was tied in the tail of vaali and while

vaali flew in the air, poor raavaNan was hanging afraid of his life.

Also raavaNan was afraid of vaali’s other boon or power of taking

away to himself the 50% power of the person whomsoever is standing

opposing him in war.

 

This capacity of vaali is also said by sugreeva to raama while the

friendship agreement is being signed in front of a fire. See verse

 

meikkoL vaalinaal midal iraavaNan

thokka thOL uRaththdarp paduththa naaL

pukkilaadhavum pozhi araththa neer

ukkilaadha vERu ulagam yaavadhO?

 

- 48 natpukkOt padalam – kitkindhaa kaaNdam

 

That midal raavaNan – powerful fellow was – vaalinaal thokka – hanging in tail.

 

Such was vaali’s power. [of course if you really see in vaalmeeki

raamaayaNam there is no evidence for this version of churning of milk

ocean when vaali helped etc. Kamban would not have inserted in his

work if there is no evidence. So knowledgeable bhakthaas can quote

references / evidence for this version included here].

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