Guest guest Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 parathvam It would be my conveying inability if a feeling has been generated based on this series, that the Almighty's magnanimity is confined to vibhavavAthAram- i.e during only incarnations. This can only be far from the truth. While the vibhavAvathArangaL throws up several instances highlighting this auspcious quality, the Supremacy and antharyAmithvam are not bereft of this. Sri thirumangai mannan in the same 'yEazhai yEadhalan 'thirumozhi in the third and fourth pAsuram talks of the magnanimity of the Supreme Lord Sriman nArAyaNA. The gajEndra mOksham happens to be the day after tomorrow and perhaps this is the opportune moment to recall that divine event. GajEndrAzhwAn after fighting against the crocodile for years, called the Lord, the Lord overlooking the protocol of Sri vishwaksEnar and forgetting His dress and sandals rushed to the spot on the GarudAzhwAr. Due to the extreme passion towards His devotees, the speed of the garudAzhwAn was not enough for the Almighty. The Lord who is by nature very soft and does not have anger innately, gets on Him, the anger for the sake of His devotee. 'koNda sERRam' says kaliyan. After killing the crocodile, the Lord takes care of the gajEndrAzhwAn giving treatment to the feet which was suffering due to the crocodile bite. The Lord could have right from His spot 'parama-padham' could have slain the alligator. He could not tolerate the suffering of the devotee. He rushed Himself and also presented His divine sight to the worship-desiiring elephant -thozhum kAdhal kaLiRu says swAmi nam-AzhwAr. The next episode mentioned by the nAlu kavip perumAL is that of sumukan the serapnt who surrendered unto the feet of Lord having been vowed by garudA to kill him. The Lord vested the responsibilty of taking care of sumukA to the Divine bird himslef making the incompatible possible. The third pAsuram -kadi-koL pUm-pozhil kAmaru poigai and nanju sOrvadhOar depict the magnanimity of sriman nArAyaNA, precisely. dAsan vanamamalai padmanabhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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