Thirumangai AzhwAr's ThirunedunthANdakam- 5th verse- The blessed one- Mahabali takes on the lotus feet of Trivikrama on his head!

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Sri:

SrimathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

 

For everyone to see and enjoy, Sriman Narayana, the

Jagath kaaraNan took the huge form as Trivikraman in

His avathAram. VishNu word is mostly referred to

Trivikrama avathAram in Vedas; and AazhwAr who

immserses himself in vibhava, archA avathArams, begin

to enjoy Trivikrama avathAram here in this verse.

 

oNmidhiyil punaluruvi orukaal niRpa

orukaaluNG kaamaruseer avuNan uLLatthu,

eNmadhiyuNG kadanthaNda meedhu pOgi

iruvisumbi NnoodupO yezhundhu mElaith

thaNmathiyum kathiravanum thavira Odith

thaaragaiyin puRandhadavi appaal mikku,

maNmuzhuthum agappadutthu ninRa endhai

malar_puraiyum thiruvadiyE vaNangi NnEnE. 5

 

orukaal – One lotus foot

oN midhiyil – by placing the same on the Universe most

beautifully

punal uruvi – by cutting across the samashti waters

beyond the universe, tearing it apart to extend

beyond;

niRpa – considering that it is enough; it stopped with

that.

Oru kaal um yezhundhu – the Other lotus Foot also

raised itself

Kaamaruseer avuNan – the most auspicious endearing

asuran, Mahabali

uLLatthu yeNN mathiyum kadanthu – going beyond the

thoughts that come into the mind (of Mahabhali) even;

aNdam meedhu poagi – extended beyond the skies;

iruvisumbin oodu pOi – entered through the skies and

into them

mElai thaNNmathiyum – the cool moon

kathiravanum- the Solar system

thavira Odi- they all became lower elements (the leg

extended above all of these)

thArakaiyin puRam thadavi – the stars and their system

are also touched and extended beyond them even;

appal mikku maNN muzhudhum – Beyond all of these; thus

the whole worlds

agappadutthu ninRa – are retained under His lotus Feet

 

enthai- My father, my Lord Trivikraman’s

malar puraiyum – the lotus flower like

thiruvaDiyE – Divine Lotus Feet alone

vaNanginEn – (adiyEn) prostrates at Them.

 

In the yaagam of Mahabali Chakravartthi, the dwarf

like Vaamanan as a small Brahmin bachelor boy, went

begged for three measures of earth, showing his cute

small feet, Bhali immediately offered to grant with

waters from his kamaNdalu, then and there, the Lord

took huge Trivikrama avathAram measuring the bhoo

maNdalam in one step; other step to extend beyond the

skies.

 

Maabhali never even thought that he had been deceived.

Instead, he felt great and happy that he is blessed

with this great bhAgyam of giving to the Lord. Who

will have such a mind to give it all? Though he had

taken the same from Devas, now he has become

bhagyavaan. Hence AzhwAr praises him saying, “kaamaru

seer avuNan”.

 

He started thinking, how will he measure? How will he

measure the upper world? In one step? Or two steps? He

could not comprehend them all. Beyond his thinking

faculty, even faster than his thought process, the

Lord took huge Trivikrama avathAram and measured the

universe extending beyond everything.

 

It went beyond Sathyaloka and the thumb entered into

the Samashti jalam (waters). That waters became later

ganges- Purana says. Thus from this very act itself,

it is distinctly clear that He, my dearest Father is

the Paramathama; my Swami.

 

He did not want his property to become more asuric.

Hence he wanted the Lord to touch everything thus

making it sacred. He touched the universe with His

lotus Feet. Sankha rathAnga kalpaka dvajAvindhaankusa

vajra lAnchanam…

 

AzhwAr feels that had we been there at that time, we

would have been touched by His Lotus Feet and would

have been saved; We would have enjoyed the lines

underneath His Lotus Feet. Oh mind, at least now we

are blessed to pay our obeisance. Great.

 

Thus with His divya mangaLa vigraham itself, He grew

and occupied eberywhere; Is there any wonder, He

manifests as antharyaami in everything and in

everyone?

 

Swamy Desikan described beautifully in dehaleesa

sthuthi sthora on Lord Trivikraman of ThirukkOviloor

Divya Desam, (in sloka 10)

 

bhakthapriya tvayi tathA parivardhamAnE

mukthA vithAna vithathis tava pUrvamAseeth I

hArAvaLi : paramathO rasanA kalApa:

tArA gaNas tadhanu mowkthika nUpura sree: II

 

Oh Lord! The one who pours affections and showers

mercy on devotees! As You grew so huge into a

staggering size as Trivikraman on the sacrificial

arena of Bali, first the sky that is star studded with

surface as the canopy of Your divya thirumukham (on

the Head), a lovely pearl (immediately) necklace

around Your neck;

 

You grew so fast that the stars soon became the waist

band, a diamond studded girdle, (ottiyANam); within no

time, the same star studded assembly appeared to serve

as an ornament to Your Lotus Feet- as anklets

 

All in all- the stars seek to serve You in a variety

of ways! Am I also not entitled to serve You? Please

enable me to be your servant.

 

[sri Satakopan Swamy writes] Swami dEsikan is till awe

struck over the adhbhutham that happened at the tiny

dEhaLi at ThirukkOvalUr. The thought of the Lord, who

expanded in all eight directions to pervade the

universe shrinking now to a tiny form to squeeze

Himself, fills the mind of Swami Desikan and he once

again reflects on that viswa rUpam of the Lord as

Trivikraman. He concludes that it is the bhaktha

vaatsalyam of the Viswa rUpi that made Him take the

tiny from to enter the crowded dEhaLi to be near His

dear ones.

 

Swami addresses DehaLeesan and says:

 

In his dasAvathAra sthOthram , Swami Desikan has

saluted the gigantic strides of Lord Trivikraman as "

Traivikrama: vikrama: na avathu ) . Swami's mind

starts with the Lord's thirumudi (crown ) and ends at

the sacred feet . He sees around those feet the sky

(canopy with bejewelled stars ) serving as the

silambhus ( NUParams ) . Swami visualizes that

limitless form of the Lord as TrivikramA transforming

itself to a tiny from to fit the proportions of the

dEhaLI to be close to his parama bhakthAs .

 

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

 

 

 

 

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