MoondrAm thiruvandhAdhi-Paasuram-13

Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-13

“padivatta thAmarai paNdulagam neerERRu

  adivatta thAlaLappa neeNda – mudivattam

  AgAya moodaRuththu aNdampOi neeNdadE

  mAgAyamAi nindRa mARkku”

paNdu – once upon a time;

vulagam neer ERRu – (from mahabali) got the water (indicative of receiving alms) and hence the worlds;

thAmarai padivattam – the earth that is round like a blossomed lotus;

adi vattaththAl aLappa – to measure with the round divine feet;

mAkAyam Ai nindRa mARkku – That supreme lord (thrivikramA) who stood with a escalated divine body;

neeNda mudi vattam – The lengthened Divine circle around the crown;

AgAyam vUdu aRuththu – piercing through the upper worlds;

andam pOi neeNdadhE – extending up the heavens;

What a surprise!

Ulagalandha perumal-Thirukkachchi

Introduction

In the previous paasuram peyAzhvar established the difficulty in visualizing the lord with one’s own efforts but at the same time the easiness in having the divine experience if the lord wishes so.  Azhvar now proceeds to reiterate the same with one such divine happening.

Commentary

(paNdu) once upon a time, during the vamanavatara;

(vulagam neerERRu) Lord Sriman Narayana, as vamana a small brahmachari boy went to mahabali and begged for getting his own property as alms.  He with great pleasure accepted the water poured by mahabali in his hands as a practice indicative of getting the 3 feet land in alms from mahabali.

(thAmarai padi vattam) Azhvar symbolizes world as a lotus.   Lotus is of soft nature but there are rough and tough terrains viz., forests and mountains on the earth.  But still azvar calls earth as a lotus inorder to give a soothing effect to the soft divine feet of the lord who measured it.

(adivattaththAl aLappa) To measure the world shaped like a lotus the divine feet also grew into the same circular form.

(mAgAyamAi nindRa mARkku) one who grew piercing through the andas.

(mAl) exalted person, sarvEshvaran

Otherwise mAl refers to the supreme lord who has a special feeling towards his devotees including Indra.  Due to which he went to the extent of begging his own property from mahabali to make Indra happy.

(neeNda mudivattam) Like a fast flowing river, swirling and flooding, the crown of the lord grew glittering with enormous light.

(AgAyam moodaRuththu) Breaking through the upper worlds;

(Andam pOi neeNdathE) The divine feet grew to reach the heavens and further went on growing reaching no bounds;

Thus, Azhvar in this paasuram admires the love the lord had for his devotee that made him measure all the worlds though only 3 were under mahabali’s control.

Interesting points from DivyArthdeepikai of kanchi swamy

In the previous paasuram azhvar stated that well learnt intelligent people control their senses and visualize the lord.  Now azhvar proceeds to elaborate the way they visualize His Excellency.  They will be able to even visualize the divine past events as happening now in front of their eyes. 

The lord’s divine feet measured the world, here equated to a circular blossomed lotus (vattam-circle; padi vattam-World in circular form; adivattam-the divine feet also filled the circular world hence called as circular feet). In the last line ‘kAyam’ is a Sanskrit word meaning sareeram (body).

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharNam