Thirucchandhaviruttham- 79th verse- Wonderful avathArams of the Lord are there!

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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

AzhwAr had mentioned about Paramapadha nAthan and then

KsheerAbhi nAThan- Now he enlists the various vibhava

athAramas – any of these forms can be meditated upon

for enjoyment. That would keep the mind focused as

well.

 

paththinOdu paththumaayo

rEzhinOdo ronpathaay,

paththinaalthi saikkaNinRa

naadupeRRa nanmaiyaay,

paththinaaya thORRamOdo

raaRRalmikka vaathipaal,

pattharaama varkkalaathu

muththimuRRa laakumE? (79)

 

 

With ten plus ten avathArams, and in addition seven

plus nine avathArams, and hence, the two times seven –

fourteen lokas are blessed with the divine presence of

the Lord and people residing therein and having seen

Him or heard about the glories about Him and His

pastimes, were blessed with enormous and greatest

devotion on His Lotus feet. Because of their devotion

alone these avathArams took place and the most

merciful Lord- Bhaktha vathasalan- the unparalleled

Lord- the epitome of Patience and of Grandness; Other

than those who are devoted to such Greatest Supreme

Lord, can anyone else be blessed to even contemplate

on mOkshAnubahavm (leave alone attainment.. even think

on such lines or having semblance of thoughts on

mOksham…- is possible only among His bhakthAs..

devotees.).

 

paththinOdu paththumaayo

rEzhinOdo ronpathaay,

paththinaalthi saikkaNinRa

naadupeRRa nanmaiyaay,

paththinaaya thORRamOdo

raaRRalmikka vaathipaal,

pattharaama varkkalaathu

muththimuRRa laakumE? (79)

 

There is a different school of opinion on this verse

that the first line enlists the ten directions, ten

dhikpAlars (keepers); Saptha swaras, srunAram, etc..

nine rasas (bhAvams) etc.. are mentioned. Since the

Lord manifests everywhere, these are also manifested

by Him and He is the essence of all of these 36… - is

their views and commentary. Thus, for their goodness,

He is there in them and …. The lines are to be

inferred as usual for third and fourth lines.

 

With the avathArikA, Sriman Narayanan- KsheerAbdhi

sayanan is the One who has out of His own dayA and

will, on His own accord, for the sake of devotees,

have taken various avathArams and oh bhakthAs! You do

not have to only think of KsheerAbhdi sayanan Sriman

Narayanan! Even contemplating on any of these 36

avathArams is great and fine- is our AvathArikA

(preface to this verse). In view of this context, this

view is more appropriate for this verse.

 

These avathArams are meant only for those saadhus who

were desirous of enjoying Him and seeing Him and only

for the sake of those devotees, He took various

avathArams.

 

What are these 36 avathArams? Even one of the first

few verses AzhwAr had mentioned same 36 avathArams-

moonRu muppatthARinOdu- three plus 36. (4th verse- I

think). This is also mentioned by Rishis as follows:

 

padmanAbhAdhikA sarvE vaibavIyasthaThaiva Cha |

shadthrimsath (36) sankhyA: sankhyAthA: prAThAnyaiva

gaNESwara: ||

 

also as Shadthrimsath bhEdha bhinnAsthu padmanAbha

paadhaya:

 

Here prAThAnyaiva is mentioned; meaning: these are

main ones and there are other avathAras as well is to

be understood. Hence there is also 39 avathArams and

these 36 are main ones- out of which there are popular

common ten avathArams… That’s why ten plus ten is

broken up by AzhwAr.

 

Thus the bhakthi- devotion referred to here is the

samaanya bhakti which is devotion to His lotus feet

and is not to be inferred as bhakti yoga – as

mentioned in earlier verses as well.

 

Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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