[sri ramanuja] Infrequently Asked Questions--contd

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ThirunedunthaNDakam pAsuram -3

peruvadivil kadal amudham kONDa kAlam

Some answers..............contd

5. what is malattu yugam?

Malattu yugam is threthayugam

6. Who else have talked about this varNam-s?

Thirumazhisai azhvar in thiruchantha viruttham 44

pAli nIrmai sempon nIrmai pAsiyun pasumpuram---

7. What is His natural colour?

nIlamEgha nibha SyAman “perumAnai kaRunEla vaNNan thannai”

8. why the natural colour in kali yugam?

emperumAn took different colors in other three yugams, to adopt to the upasakas mind. White in krithayugam, lohitha (sort of red) in threthAyugam, greenish hue in dwaparayugam. But in kaliyugam, the people has no special ruchi for bhagavad vishyam. So he too didn’t chose some particular color and stayed back in his original color.

9. what is the prose order for this pasuram?

1. thrEathaik kaN sEyan,

2. peruvadivil kadal amudham koNda kAlam-vaLaivuruvil thigandhAn

3. silent about-dhvApara yugam

4. perumAanai -karu nEla vaNNan thannai -again silent -kaliy ugam

10.what is periya ThirunAL and the relationship with this pAsuram?

Thirumangai azhwar is specially interested in the act of samudra madhanam, in krithayugam, so instead of using the word krithayugam, he makes use of

peruvaDivil kaDalamutham koNda kaalam. This is like people in srirangam, decides about other functions before or after periya thirunal.

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

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