Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr anubhavam Periya Thirumozhi 6.8.1

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

Let us continue to enjoy Thirumangai AzhwArs wonderful

verses on Thiruvenkatamudiayaan.

 

kalayaami kalidhvamsam kavim lOkadhivaakaram

yaSya kObi: prakaaSaabir aavidhyam niHatham thama:

 

I meditate on the Poet, who is like the Sun for the

whole world, to destroy the darkness of

ignorance(a~jnAnam) with his word and who destroys the

Kali dhOsham. Thirumangai mannan enjoys the Lord of

ThirunaRaiyoor Divya Desam and blissfully reminisces

the good deeds that he had done to the world.

 

1. The Emperumaan, who appeared as the brahmachari boy

with pooNool, tied with the deer skin (which had

incidentally hidden the PiraaTTi residing in His

Chest), and begged the measures of earth from Bhali

and measured the whole Universe with His steps; the

PerumAn, who shows Himself gracefully at

ThiruvEmkatam, - That SarvEshawaran, - I went in

search of Him and have seen Him at ThirunaRaiyoor.

 

When amrutham was obtained as a result of the Lord's

assistance as KUrma mUrthy , Indra and the DevAs got

the upper hand in their battle with the asurAs and the

kings of the asurA clan like MahA Bali were killed .

The guru of asurAs ,SukrAchAryA with his power of

penance brought back to life , MahA Bali and his

retinue throught the performance of a MahA Yajnam

known as Visvajith .

 

MahA Bali and his associates got restored to their

lives and

went after IndrA and the DevAs and drove IndrA from

his kingdom . The mother of IndrA , Athithi Devi

appealed to her lord , Kasyapa PrajApathi and asked

him for guidance on redressing the sufferings of their

son , IndrA . Kasyapa PrajApathi advised his wife that

the performance of the PayOvratha hOmam consisting of

the aahuthi of rice cooked in milk would please Sriman

NaarAyaNA would lead to the birth of a son , who would

help IndrA regain his kingdom . Athithi Devi

performed with austerity the recommended hOmam and had

the good fortune of having Sriman NaarAyaNA Himself

as her son ( Vaamana MUrthy ) . She appealed to her

new –born dwarf-staured son to help His brother ,

IndrA and restore his kingdom .

 

MahA Bali was restored to life not only because of the

manthra balam of SukrAchAryA , but also because of the

vow given by the Lord during NarasimhAvathAram to

PrahlAdhan that He will not kill any of his

descendants . MahA Bali was the grandson of PrahlAdhA

.. Hence , Sriman NaarAyaNA brought him back to life

and to enact his avathAra kaaryam as Vaamana

-TrivikramA .

[above is an extract from Sri Satakopan Swami’s

article]

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana