Thirucchandhaviruttham- 71st verse- Rudra praises the Lord after bANAsura battle!

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

EmperumAn Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan is unbiased

and impartial to all. If devotees pray to Him and act

in accordance with saastrAs, which too are His

command, they are all recipient of His Grace. No doubt

about it. The enemy bANAsura was later conferred with

all good by the Lord after the battle due to His mercy

and tremendous compassion. See and realize that Sriman

Narayanan alone is our Lord and take refuge at His

feet. dhEvAnAm dhAnavAnAm Cha saamaanyamaDhi

dhaivatham- says jitanthE sthOthra.

 

bANAsura, angered on the girl Usha who had fallen in

love with Aniruddhan (grandson of KaNNan), picked up a

battle with KaNNan and had all his thousand shoulders

cut by Him. On the same day (time), the shaved-off

headed, the ash laden bodied Rudran and his sons

(Vinayaka and Subramanya), the Rudra jwara devatha

(Durga), their ally Fire, et al had come in support of

the asurA and were chased away by KaNNan running away

showing their backs. When KaNNan started attacking

bANAsura, his mother Kodari (Durga) came naked in

front of KaNNan (to distract Him and to make Him feel

shy), KaNNan looked away (as expected by Durga) and

bANAsura fled… [Later KaNNan searched fro the asurA

and started cutting his shoulders and spared his life]

 

Such is the most wonderful Lord KaNNan – Ascharya

purushan – the Only One whom we should take refuge. He

is the One who took pity and showed mercy on the

bANAsura and saved his life.

 

Angered by his daughter Usha (who had arranged to

bring her lover Aniruddhan to her harem with the help

of her friend Chithra lekha) bANAsura tied down

Aniruddhan and went for a battle (with the support of

Rudran and his family). When everyone else fled, and

bANAsura was about to lose and get killed, his mother

(axe) appeared naked in front of KaNNan. What terrible

warriors! They take all sorts of measures! KaNNan felt

ashamed and shy for fighting against them and except

for his natural two hands, cut all other ~thousand

shoulders. Who else but KaNNan can be so merciful!

 

mundane- shaved off headed;

niRan- ash colured – ash laden bodied

 

Rudran was made to yawn with jrumbakAsthra;

Subrahmanya and Vinayaka were robbed off their

ahankAram with the hmmmm (hoonkAram) of KaNNan and of

GarudA..

 

Veppu- the hot, three legged, three headed mahEswara

jwaram- a personification of fever with three heads

and three legs- approached Lord Krishna to fight Him.

KaNNan, seeing the mahEswara jwaram, sent from his

body- Vaishnava jwaram which overpowered Siva jwara.

Siva jwara surrended to the Lord and was even granted

boons.

 

naaNi- shy, ashamed. What a shame! We have fought

against such dhurbalars (weak enemies) ! Also they

take such lowly measures to appear as naked in the

battle field! The God herself is the mother. Hence

mother appeared naked meaning durga appeared. The

Kodari (Axe); bANAsura’s actual mother’s name is

asasani (in sixth skandham of Bhagawatha) Kodari is

thus durga (read 53rd verse also)

 

Srimad Bhagawatha (10-63 verse 20)

 

thanmAthA kOdarA nAma nagnA mukthaSirOruhA |

purO(S)vathasThE krishNasya puthraprANarirakshayA ||

 

bANAsura’s mother Kotari appeared before KaNNan naked

(in order to save her son).

Vishnu purANAm also mentions this.

 

Later Maheswara came back, praised Him with verses

seeking his forgiveness to spare bANAsura’s life.

 

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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