Thirucchandhaviruttham - 30th verse- AzhwAr glorifies Rama's valour! [a tribute on Rama navami day!]

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

Raama: SasthrabhUthAmaham- Rama’s asthra prayOgam

(sending arrows victoriously and effortlessly) is

described by AzhwAr in this pAsuram:

 

vaanakammum maNNAkammum veRpum EzhkadalkaLum

pONnakam seydhu Alilait thuyinRa puNdareekanE

thEnakam sey than naRu malar thuzhaaynan maalaiyaay

koon aham pugath theRiththa koRRavilli yallaiyE?

(30)

 

The place of Devas- the upper world; the place of

humans- the earth; the mountains; the seven oceans;

were all swallowed (eaten) and then reclined on little

Banyan leaf that was floating on praLaya waters as an

infant Baby! [what a wonder!] PundareekA!

SarvashrEshtanE! Supreme Lord! The One who wears good

most fragrant cool ThuLasi garland (where bees drink

honey)! You are One who sent the arrow victoriously

entering into the hunch back woman (Koon agam puga

theRittha) You are the unparalleled Warrior

[dhanurveeran)

 

With absolutely no weapon with You, You swallow the

entire universe with all worlds, oceans and all beings

including Devas; When such is the case, where is the

question of a simple Raakssa Raavana winning! You

effortlessly send arrows to destroy such insignificant

enemies! With no difference You retain everyone in

Your stomach; And You are the One who helps them (us)

in danger (Apathsaha.. )

 

Vaanakam- meaning the upper world including residents;

 

veRupm yEzh kadalgaLum- the seven mountains and seven

oceans; Kulaparvathams are seven. There are seven

dweepams in universe. Jambu, plaksham, saalmalam,

kusam, krowncham, saakam and pushkaram. Each one is

surrounded by oceans namely, salt waters, sugar cane

juice, kaL (liquor), Ghee, curd, milk and pure water..

– enlists Abhinava Desika Sri UttamUr Swamy in his

commentary. Jambu dweepam is at the center. In that

lies mEru mountain- the golden mountain. This

Jambudweepam is divided into seven varsham... namely,

bhAratha varsham, kimpurusham, Hari, inAvrutham,

ramyakam, hiraNmayam and Uttharaguru. Between two

varshams there is a mountain that splits divides them.

At the centre is mEru and three on one side are:

nishadham, hEmakootam, Himalayas. On other side of

mEru are: Nilgiri, KailAsam, Srungi- Uttharavindhya.

Thus there are seven mountains. These are all varsha

mountains.. Thus there are mountains in each dweepam,

What we saw are in Jambhu Dweepam.

 

There are also individual mountains in each varsham.

mahEndram, malayam, sahyam, sukthimaan, vindhyam,

paariyaathram are Bharatha varsha mountains. They are

called kula parvathams. Thus there are very many

mountains. Hence AzhwAr mentions oceans alone as seven

(veRpum yEzh kadalgaLum)

 

Alilai- After swallowinbg all these mountains,

universe, oceans, beings and everything that you name-

retaining all of them intact without any swapping or

mix ups, showing no disparity if it is a Deva, human

or plant or animal, the Lord most mercifully protects

them in His stomach and lies down as a small infant on

a little Banyan leaf floating on waters… what a

wonder! A small tender leaf holding the little Boy who

had eaten all these huge mountains! What a mystery! –

wonders AzhwAr.

 

PundareekanE! Red lotus is Pundareekam, His hands,

palms, eyes, feet, navel, the red lips, the divine

charming face are all lotuses. He is the lotus forest.

The Paramapadham itself is called Pundareekam –

Pundareekam ParamdhAma:- says VishnusahasranAmam.

Hence when AzhwAr addresses Him as PundareekanE! He is

greatest and most beautiful like Pundareekam and hence

He is addressed so- as He is SarvOtthaman; nirmalan

(Blemishless); Supran; ShrEshtan. Hence We need to

infer this word as SarvOtthamanE!

 

thEnagam sey- The bees drink honey in the thUlasi

leaves when he wears; nanmaalai- Good garland- why

good? Because the ThuLasi does not let itself be worn

by any other demi god. It has such a

ParamaikAnthyathvam. Hence good. Thus He is the

nAthan (Master) of Nithya vibHuthi as well. Earlier by

his swallowing he proves that he is the nAthan of

LeelAvibhUthi. He is thus ubhayavibhUthi nAthan.

 

Koon agam- KaNNan’s affair with a hunch back woman

Trivakrai is described beautifully and divinely in

Srimad Bhagawatham. Thus when Krishna appeared He did

such wonders. Befroe that during RamavathAram as human

birth, You also performed wonders with Your Bow – says

AzhwAr mentioning about kooni (hunch back). Though

Vaalmeeki does not mention about this incident, it is

however referred to in Kamba Ramayanam that Rama as a

young Boy sent an arrow (with flower tip) at the back

of a hunch back maid (of KaikEyi) and her ego got

hurt. She took revenge by sending him to the forest

which made Rama perform great histrionics with His

wonderful arrows showing his feat at the divine Bow

destroying the thousands of Raakshasas including

Raavanan. Thus she made Him prove that.

 

OR Kooni entered and never disappeared and bounced

back with a vengeful action.

Or it can also be read as : Koon agam puga- theRittha-

When the hunch back entered (puga- into the house or

room of KaikEyi), everything followed and then Rama

set the arrows to the destruction of Raakshasas.

Thus she helped the process to get over with Rama’s

valour.

 

OR she wanted to destroy Rama (with a vengeance) and

He destroyed the raakshasaas with his divine arrows

effortlessly and victoriously and made the success

enter into her making her feel ashamed.

 

How many ways Acharyas have enjoyed the verse lines..

so beautifully!

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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