Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam series: Posting 220/Desika Prabhandham : Thirucchinna Maalai ( Part 9/Paasuram 277

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SrI:

 

Dear SrI VaradarAja BhakthAs :

 

Let us focus today on the ninth Paasuram of

Thirucchinna Maalai ( Paasuram 277 of Desika

Prabhandham ) . It is a glorious tribute to Lord's

avathAram as SrI KrishNa , who blessed us with

the Charama SlOkam for our ujjeevanam( upliftment) .

 

In the previous posting , the Lord's role as PaaNdava DhUthan ,

as PaarthasAraTy , as the One who performed GeethOpadEsam

and blessed us with Charama slOkam and gave abhaya pradhAnam

to SamsAris were covered . The Paasurams for PaaNDavar DhUthan

and ThiruvallikkENi dhivya dEsams as well as the aruLiccheyalkaLs

for Pancha KrishNa kdhEthrams have to be enjoyed in this context .

 

In this Desika Prabhandha Paasuram , PoothanA SamhAram , destruction of

the wrestlers in the court of Kamsan , the vadham of Kamsan , BhANAsura

garva

Bhangam , granting of Moksham for offending SisupAlan and protection

of the vow of PaanchAli ( Droupathi) as well as His innumerable upakArams

for the PaaNDavAs are covered . This covers the content of many chapters

of MahA BhAratham and the Dasama Skandham of SrImadh BhAgavatham .

 

277. Vanjanai sey Poothanayai mAytthAr vanthAr

Mallar madha-kari mALa malainthAr vanthAr

Kanjanaip-pOr kadumchinatthAl kaDinthAr vanthAr

kaNNUthal munn VaaNan thOL kazhitthAr vanthAr

vemm soll tara veedu kodutthu uhanthAr vanthAr

vilakku illA vazhi nadattha virainthAr vanthAr

Panchavarai pallvahayum kAtthAr vanthAr

PaanchAli kuzhal muditthAr vanthAr

 

Line 1: " Vanchanai sey Poothanayai MaaytthAr vanthAr " :

 

Lord VaradarAja is the One who sucked the life out of

the raakshasi , Poothanai, who took on the deceitful role as a mother &

a wet nurse to destroy the infant KrishNa .She tried to cheat KrishNa

and pretended to serve as His caring Mother , who wanted to

feed Him with the poisonous milk from her breasts . Our Lord obliged to

be fed and during that process sucked the life out of Poothanai .

The reference is to " pEy mulaittala nanjuNDa PiLLai " /PoothanA

Naasakan ( Periya Thirumozhi:7.10.4, ThirukkaNNamangai Paasuram ).

 

Line 2. " Mallar madha-kari maaLa malainthAr vanthAr "

 

The Lord who killed the mighty wrestlers and the angry court

elephant of Kamsan ( KuvalayApeetam ) at Vada Mathurai

is saluted here . Krishna accompanied by BalarAma arrived at

the wrestling arena to watch the wrestling match between

the wrestlers of KamsA's court. At the entrance of this arena , Kamsan

had placed his royal elephant in rut to attack KrishNa and His brother.

The elephant controller ordered the elephant to charge at KrishNa

to kill the Lord of the Universe. KrsihNa fooled the attacking elephant

in to making many missteps , tired it out and killed it with a blow of His

palm

and pulled its tusk and hit it to put an end to its suffering ( Srimath

BhAgavatham: 10.43) . Next , KrishNa was challenged by the mighty

wrestlers of KamsA's court to fight them .The combat between

the boyish KrishNa and the seasoned strong men (wrestlers)

looked uneven for the onlookers. Our Lord accepted

their ( ChaNura and Mushtika ) challenge and crushed

their joints with thunderbolt like punches and destroyed them.

 

3. Line 3: " Kanchanaip-pOr kadum sinathAl kadinthAr vanthAr "

 

After the destruction of the royal elephant and the wrestlers ,

the next in line for the Lord's anger was His offending uncle :

Kamsan .He lightened Himself and flew at Kamsan seated

at His high throne and grabbed Kamsan like Garudan seizing

a Serpent ( yaTOragam Taarkshyasutha: prasahya: BhAgavatham

10.44.36). Our Lord threw Kamsa from his high seat in to

the arena and killed him .The mighty anger of KrishNa over

the many apachArams of Kamsan is saluted by Swamy Desikan

as " Kadum Chinam " here.

 

4. Line 4: " KaNN nudhal munn VaaNan thOl kazhitthAr vanthAr "

 

The reference here is to the humiliation of BhANAsuran right

in front of the eyes of his protector , Rudra Sivan ( SrImath

BhAgavatham:10.62 & 63). Siva fought on the side of BaaNan

and was chased away from the battle field by the mighty KrishNa.

Rudra saluted the Lord as His Master and offered SaraNAgathy

to the Lord of the universe . Rudra's SaraNAgathy words are:

" Brahma and I and other DevAs and sages , who have attained

purity of mind by Thy grace , all of us have made total surrender

to Thee , the Soul of our Souls , the dearest of the dear and our

Lord and Master " ( BhAgavatham: 10.63.43).Our Lord accepted

Rudran's SaraNAgathy and spared the life of the client of Rudran

( BaaNan) and spared his life , while cutting off all but four of

his thousand shoulders to put down the asuran's pride.

 

Line 5: " Vemm soll tara veedu kodutthu uhanthAr vanthAr "

 

Sisupaala Vadham and granting of Moksham to him

by the Lord is alluded to here ( BhAgavatham: 10.74).

SishupAla was a sworn enemy of the Lord. During Raajasooya

Yaagam , King Yudhishtra elected to perform the Agrapooja

for KrishNa . SisupAla challenged that choice and put KrishNa

down and mocked at KrishNa's qualifications .Bhagavan KrishNa

could not put up with the arrogance of SisupAla and used His chakram

to cut off latter's head .Now a jyOthi rose from the fallen body of

SisupAla and reached KrishNa's sacred feet .SisupAlA's constant

thinking of the Lord even if it was in the mode of Him as his

(SisupAlan's) enemy , SisupAla got Moksham from BhagavAn

KrishNa .

 

Line 6: " Vilakku illA vazhi nadattha viraindAr avnthAr "

 

" Vilakku illA vazhi " means the archirAdhi Maargam without

any obstacles. Our Lord is the One , who hastens to take

the Muktha Jeevan on this ArchirAdhi Maargam to SrI Vaikuntam .

 

Line 7: " Panchavaraip-palavahayum kAtthAr vanthAr "

 

" Panchavar " is Pancha PaaNDavar . Our Lord KrishNa protected

the PaaNdavAs in many , many ways from all the dangers that

they faced from DuryOdhana and his ill meaning brothers .

 

Line 8: " PaanchAli kuzhal muditthAr vanthAr ThAme "

 

When Droupathi was humiliated at DuryOdhana's court

and an attempt to disrobe her in front of her husbands

was made , Bhagavan KrishNa came to her rescue and

protected her. At that time , Droupathi untied her hair and vowed

that she will not tie it back until DuryOdhana and his brothers

were killed . BhagavAn KrishNa empowered the Pancha

PaaNDavAs to destroy the DuryOdhana , his brothers

and all who fought on his behalf. After that , Droupathi

tied her hair back . Thus , Lord VaradarAjan , who during His

KrishNAvathAram protected Pancha PaaNdavas ,

Droupathi and their families from all the harms caused by

DuryOdhanan and his brothers . The Lord of such Vaibhavam

has now appeared amidst us to the accompaniment of

the Thirucchinna SunAdham .

 

NaarAyaNa , NarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradachAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN SaThakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: