krishna and aazhvaar 16

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Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

 

We saw the list of donors in vaamana and krishNa avathaarams together-

which is mor or less same. Now we will see why I come to such a

conclusion – it must be understood that sree sukhar has not indicated

anything about somebody offering gifts to child Vishnu or child

krishNa. The gifts, which are basically required for a vatu – a

brahmachari is given at the upanayanam of sri vaamana. Same list of

donors is ascribed by aazhvaar as donors to krishNa.

 

To conclude that way, dear bhakthaas, again it is not my imagination –

aazhvaar himself gives those clues -- from the addressing of the

child vishNu -- in his padhikam maaNikkam katti – each verse has that

addressing --

 

in the very first verse he says – maaNikuRaLanE – meaning vaamananE -

 

in the second – vaiyam aLanthaanE - thrivikramanE

in third thaamaraik kaNNananE – that vishNu to vaamanan – vaamanan to

thrivikraman – thrivikraman is vishNu – the punDareeka aksha: or or

who has ambuja eekshaNam– now in front as a child of nandha and

yasOdhaa – just recall that slokam `tham adhbhutham baalakam ambuja

eekshaNam'.

in fourth dhEvakee singamE – son of dhEvakee – a confirmation that he

only has come now as this son of dhEvakee – which is lord's words –

mE vyartham sathyam

in fifth – maNivaNNanE – kousthubha dhaari

in sixth – sOthich chudar mudiyaai – kreeta dhaari

in seventh – thirumangai poth thandhaaL kOnE – thirumangai koNE

in eighth – naaraayaNaa – a straight addressing

in ninth – aiyaa – oh lord

 

the addressing such as sundharathOlanE, kudandhaik kidanthaanE and

arangaththu aNaiyaanE are all additional ones.

 

In that third verse, another great point is also there

– en thambiraanaar ezhil thiru maarvarkku – indhiran thandhu – to

that lord who came as upEndhran –

 

en thambiraanaar ezhil thiru maarvaRkku

sandham azhagiya thaamaraith thaaLaRkku

indhran thaanum ezhiludaik kiNkiNi

thandhu uvanaay ninRaan thaalElO! thaamaraik kaNNanE! thaalElO!

 

Meaning: [as per sri madavakkaNNan swamy – mail in 2002]

My God - My Swamy - who has the divine chest where most beautiful

Mahaa lakshmi resides; who has the eyes of most charming red lotus

colour; - To You, kaNNaa! dhevEndhran also offered the bright anklets

(sathangai) for your short, stout cute legs and stood aside happily.

Oh red lotus eyed Lord! thaalElO! Here PiraaTTi is referred to

because of her kataaksham (merciful, benevolent glances) dEvEndhran

attained that status, which was lost earlier.

 

That word `en thambiraanaar' – change it slightly to `en

thambiyaanaar' – indhran says - to `uPendhran' – my `younger brother'

vaamanan.

But since that word upa is also mean `lord' – upa in Sanskrit - seen

in previous post – so

en thambiraanaar – en thambi aanaar, en thambiraan aanaar –

thambiraan is thalaivan – leader - so also indhra came and gave to

his brother, leader vaamana. So again it is vaamana.

 

If this mention is only once I agree it is for krishNa only – since

krishNa is the supreme lord to aazhvaar he might have mentioned about

vaamana for it is also an avathaaram of same lord - but when all 9

paasurams are having – it is not an `also came' instance – but

intentional – hey I am giving that list of vaamana but changing to

krishNa about whom I am singing – that changing is in the last verse –

10th – aaichchi thaalaatiya sol pudhuvai battan sol.

 

Perhaps, dear bhakthaas, you also agree with me in the above. Let

that aazhvaar and his lord our lord krishNa make us trouble free –

that is what aazhvaar also says – illai idar thane.

 

Vaamana dhaasan - cum - krishNa dhaasan

Vasudevan m.g.

 

PS: with this I think we can colclude this series. When I was going

thru that third sargam in 10th skandham and 18th sargam of 8th

skandham – it just opened up in me and I shared it with you all.

Thank you all, and the moderators in particular, who allowed this

series to appear in the lists.