Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-2)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

In the previous posting we saw that not being able to withstand the

atrocities of kamsA and other asuras bhoomi piratti prostrasted

brahma to protect her. Brahma then fell to the feet of emperuman to

do something about this. There was one other time when brahma and

the other devas surrendered to emperuman to save bhoomi piratti

(mother earth). When was that?

 

That was during the varAhAvataram. Svayanbhuva manu who was placed in

the position of taking care of the srushti was astonished to find no

place to keep his creations. Earth, bhoomi was submerged into the

ocean. So he ran to sathyalokam and wanted to find a solution for

his problem. What will brahma do? He again surrendered to emperuman

who took the form of a divine varaha moorthi. Initially emperuman

who was so small as a thumb then grew up very fast. Andal enjoys

this roopam as “pAsitoorthu kidantha pArmagatkku pandorunAl

mAsudambil neervArA mAna milA pandriyAm” Emperuman didn’t even mind

to take the lowest of the lowest form (pig is considered to be a very

dirty animal disliked by all) for the sake of bhoomi piratti. When he

has done such a lowly avatara earlier will he ever hesitate to take

KrishnAvatara as kutti kannan enjoying all pleasures in gokulam?

 

All the devas descended to earth as gopans and gopikas to enjoy

Krishna leela and waited for the same. Emperuman choose the right

time and took birth in the jail of kamsan and rushed to gokulam the

very first night. What was the state of the gopis who were waiting

for the avatara. PeriyAzhvar says, “ooduvAr vizhuvAr vugandhAlippAr

nAduvAr nambirAn enguththAr enbAr”.

 

During the varAhAvataram after saving piratti from under the ocean

emperuman did jnana upadesam to piratti. That is why varaha moorthi

is adorned as jnana varahan, svetha varahan (as he took avatara as

white pig and that kalpam itself is called svetha varaha kalpam) and

bhoo varAhan. Kaisika puranam forms part of this upadesam only. One

another important thing usually quoted as varaha moorthi’s words is

the varAha charama slokam (stithE manasi susvasthE …….aham smarAmi

math bhaktham nayAmi paramAm gathim) Emperuman assures all of us

that if we think of him today for sure he will think of us when we

are in our death beds and take us to the divine abode. Bhoomi

piratti who listened to these words wanted to put it into our minds

also and uplift us. Let us see how she did the same in the next

posting.

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

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