Thirucchandhaviruttham- 53rd verse- bANAsura thousand shoulders cut... and his life spared...

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

AzhwAr enjoys the bANAsura episode and the manner in

which Rudran and co were chased away in the battle by

KaNNan effortlessly and victrously when they had come

in support of bANAsura…

 

mOdiyOdi laccaiyaaya

saapameythi mukkaNaan,

koodusEnai makkaLOdu

koNdumaNdi veNYcamath

thOda,vaaNa Nnaayiram

karankazhiththa vaathimaal,

peedukOyil koodun^eera

rankamenRa pErathE. 53

 

The One who holds the bow in his hand; reddish eyed,

three eyed one- Rudran- being with Durga- the

personification of shyness and the cursed one (saapam

yeydhi) has two children Subramanya and Ganapathi.

Along with those two, he (Rudran) came in support of

bANAsura against the battle with KaNNan and they [all

of them] were chased away by KaNNan in the said battle

and KaNNan cut the thousand shoulders of the asurA

with His divine charka due to His great mercy for

sparing his life (after Rudran sought forgiveness on

behalf of bANAsura). This KaNNan is none other than

mahAvishNu- who is the cause of even Rudra and brahmA

and he resides in this grandest temple in a place by

name Srirangam- where lots of devotees and

paramaikAnthis assemble and take sacred bath in the

river.

 

Due to Parvathi’s anugraham, Ushai (bANAsura’s

daughter) was blessed with a dream that only

Aniruddhan [KaNNan’s grandson] will be her husband

and her girl friend Chithra lEkhA used to draw well

and with her yogic power, she got to know of

Aniruddhan’s whareabouts and the friend arranged for

having Usha and Aniruddhan be together in her palace

(bringing him with Chithra’s yogic powers). The

security force came to know of the same and informed

the girl’s father bANAsura and he started the battle

with Aniruddhan and tied him with NAgAsthram; Having

heard this from Sage Narada, KaNNan rushed with his

army to bANAsura’s place anf fought with him. Rudran –

the one who granted him strength and thousand

shoulders- appointed fire god at the entrance of the

fort as the rampart and organizes his sons and himself

as supporter to bANAsura and entered the battle.

KaNNan not surprisingly, effortlessly conquered all of

them and in fact chased them - who ran away with fear

showing their backs seeing the fiery divine

chakradhAri. He cut the 1000 shouldres of bANAsura and

tamed the pride of Rudra and his sons. Such Supreme

Lordship- KaNNan is mahAvishNu and he resides in this

Srirangam.

 

mODi- Durga- She also was able to fight and hence she

had also come along- one can say.

mOdi also means axe- she came as an axe in Rudran's

hand

 

lajjaiyAya- vetkam- shame- shyness is the meaning.

 

Saapam yeydhi- ParamaikAnthins do not pray to her; and

that is her curse. OR one can also infer that since he

(Rudran) was cursed with the skull stuck to his palm;

she is the spouse of his and hence saapam yeydhi.

Or saapam- may also mean Bow- on one hand he has Durga

and the other hand holding the bow. With all that in

both hands, he ran away followed by his children.

Saapam yeydhi- Let us look at the commentary of Vishnu

purANam- Vishnu chittheeyam- when kaNNan was fighting

with Rudran and bANAsura, she (Durga) came as an axe

(kOdari- mOdi)… shamelessly .

 

[As also mentioned in Harivamsa sloka- if one performs

his prostration to Durga once, his puNya of

prostrating and praying to Vishnu for twelve years

will be destroyed. And that is the curse on the axe

(Durga) after the battle]. This axe is none other than

Gowri – says Harivamsam.

 

samsApa ChainAm bhagawaan yasCha mAm bhakthi samyutham

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dwAdhaSAbdham namaskuryAth yath phalam mahath ||

thvannamaskaraNAth thasya thath sarvam namSayarthA

sadhA dhigambarA bhUyA: thishta vA gaCCha vA(S)gratha:

||

 

mukkaNAn- three eyed- The one who sent the third eye

fire- as rampart for bANAsura’s fort. (refer also

Thirumaaymozhi 3.6.10)

 

Adhimaal- maal- KaNNan- after cutting the shoulders of

bANAsura, mukkaNNan (three eyed One- Rudran) bowed

down to KaNNan and sought forgiveness on bANAsura’s

behalf and pleaded KaNNan for sparing his (bANAsura’s

life) and also prayed to Him for showing the same

mercy and dayA on Rudran himself as before and also be

merciful on his adiyaan- bANAsura. KaNNan- the most

compassionate One- left bANAsura’s four shoulders and

left him alive..

bANAsura and Rudra and co. later treated Aniruddhan

with great honour and also his relations and friends

and arranged for Usha and Aniruddhan’s wedding /life..

 

Such greatest - victorious Lord- the most merciful and

most compassionate One- KaNNan is here at Srirangam

easily accessible for all of us. Such is His

sowlabhyam....

Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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