Thirucchandhaviruttham 54th verse- destruction of lankA and rAvaNA glorified by AzhwAr

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas

 

ilaiththalaicca ranthuranthi

lankaikatta zhiththavan,

malaiththalaippi Ranthizhinthu

vanthun^unthu santhanam,

kulaiththalaiththi RaththeRintha

kunkumakku zhampinOdu,

alaiththozhuku kaaviriya

rankamEya vaNNalE. (54)

 

Sending the sharp arrows –that are like large sharp

cornered leaves- to lankA city, Rama destroyed the

army there completely; He is the Swami Sri Ranganathan

of Sri rangam divya desam where the river cauveri,

that starts from sahya mountain [in Karnataka] and

runs for long distances, breaking trees, collecting

sandal branches and kumkumam creepers on the way flows

here (in Srirangam).

 

River cauveri offers the sandal and kumkum paste to

the son in law Sri Ranganathan Sri Ramachandra murthy

– whose Divine consort is SitA PiraaTTi [came out of

SamudrarAjan- husband of river cauveri].

 

kulaitthalaitthiRuttheRindha- also can be applied to

mean both sandal and kumkum creepers – says Sri

UttamUr Swamy.

 

We can see the azhwArs' devotion to Rama manifested in

two ways; through hundreds of allusions to Rama, and,

through their participation in the story of Rama by

singing through the voices of various characters in

the Ramayana. Of the hundreds of references to the

story of Rama, the incident most frequently alluded to

is the actual killing of Ravana and the destruction of

Lanka. Thus in the Periya Tirumozhi of Tirumankai

alvar, out of approximately 106 references to Rama or

to an incident from the Ramayana, over 51 deal with

the killing of Ravana/destruction of Lanka

 

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr also enjoys on the same token the

valour of Rama in this grand manner. Thirumazhisai

AzhwAr also refers in his naanmukhan ThiruvandhAthi

44th verse-

 

koNdu kudangaalmEl vaiththa kuzhaviyaay,

thaNda arakkan thalaithaLaal- paNdeNNi,

pOmkumaran niRkum pozhilvENG kadamalaikkE,

pOmkumara ruLLIr purindhu

 

Oh Young People! Proceed to ThiruvEmkatam desirously,

where the Ever Youthful Lord Srinivasan is standing

most gracefully- the One (as a baby sitting on his

lap) who had hinted to BrahmA, that he should not

grant boon to punishable rAvaNan, , by drawing ten

lines on the ground with his toe finger, erased them

and disappeared. “DhaNda arakkan thalai thaaLaal-

paNdu eNNip pOm”.

 

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According to purANams , Brahma devan was approached by

RaavaNAn . He hid his natural form with ten heads and

appeared before BrahmA as some one else to seek the

boon of indestructibility at any one's hands . At that

time, our Lord appeared before BrahmA as a beautiful

toddler .

Brahmaa was charmed by the beautiful child and lifted

it up and placed it lovingly on his lap .

 

What did this MaayAvi child do ? It used its fingers

to count the ten fingers on its two feet to indicate

on the sly to Brahma that the one seeking the boons is

none other than the ten headed Ravana in disguise.

Sriman NaarAyaNA wanted to curb the runaway impulse of

BrahmA from giving too much away and strengthening the

hands of RavaaNA , who deserved punishment instead of

rewards . RavanA ended up with a boon that offered

protection from every one and every thing except a

human , since he did not think too much about a human

being as an adversary in battle. He asked for

protection against devAs , animals, weapons etc . Our

Lord forewarned thus Brahma as a playful infant to

protect His avathAra Kaaryam .

 

That is what Thirumazhisai is alluding to .

 

Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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