Tiruviruttam and the Lord's qualities Part - 11

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TIRUVIRUTTAM

And

THE AUSPICIOUS QUALITIES OF THE LORD (11)

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51. For that sake, He will exert Himself even to churn

an ocean using a mountain as a staff.

“malai-koNdu matthA aravAl chuzhaRRiya mAyappirAn

alai-kaNdu koNda amutham”

 

(Using the mountain (Manthara mountain) as the

churning-rod and the snake (vAsuki) as the rope, the

Lord, who had immense strength, churned the ocean

(Milky ocean) and took the nectar from it.)

[Here it is implied that the Lord got the nectar after

the great effort for the gods and not for Himself.

Similarly, He will labour hard for His devotees.]

 

52. To assist Him in that work, He has SrI, His

Consort.

“alarvAi mazhzikkaN madanthai arvaNai ERa”

 

(SrI, who lives in the lotus and is with delightful

looks, gets on to the Lord’s snake-bed --

[of AdishEShan, in the middle of the Milky Ocean.])

 

53. He is of such great excellence as to make every

thing connected with Him to provide the same bliss as

His.

“deivat

taNNan-thuzhAit

thArAyinum, thazhaiyAyinm, thaN-kombathAyinum, keezh

vErAyinum, ninRa maNNAyinum koNdu veesuminE.”

 

(Please fan me with His pleasant Tulasi garland, or

its leaves, or its stem, or its root, or even the soil

on which it stood.)

 

54. Even though He is in the highest position, He will

not hesitate to do the meanest acts for the sake of

His devotees.

 

“ney thoduvuNdu

Esumpadi-yanna cheyyum em Isar viNNOr pirAnAr.”

 

(He is our Lord, also the Lord of nitya sooris of

SrIvaikuNtam, Who did reproachable acts like steeling

and eating the butter with His own hands, in the

cowherd-colony here.)

 

55. He considers that only by such acts His high Abode

acquires dignity.

“EnamonRAy maNthukaLAdi vaikuntam”

 

(The Vaikuntam belongs to Him, Who as a pig (VarAha

incarnation), enjoyed the mud of the earth.)

 

(To continue)

dAsan

Anbil S.SrInivAsan

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