MoondRam thiruvandhAdhi-Paasuram-33

Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

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Paasuram-33

“bAlaganAi AlilaimEl paiya vulagellAm

mElorunA LundavanE meimaiyE-mAlavanE

mandharaththAl mAneerkadal kadaindhu vAnamudham

andharaththArk keendhAi nee andru”

"பாலகனாய் ஆலிலைமேல் பைய உலகெல்லாம் 

மேலொருநாள் உண்டவனே மெய்ம்மையே-மாலவனே 

மந்தரத்தால் மாநீர்க்கடல்  கடைந்து வானமுதம் 

அந்தரத்தார்க் கீந்தாய்நீ யன்று. 

mEl oru nAl – Once upon a time;

balaganAi – in the form of an Infant;

Al elaimEl – on top of a banyan leaf;

ulagam ellAm – entire cosmos;

paiya – slowly;

meimaiyE – truly/really;

vundavanE – one who swallowed;

mAlavanE – outstanding (extremely big);

nee – (such a personality) you;

andru – that day;

mandhiraththAl – with the mandhara mountain;

mA neer kadal kadaindhu – churned the big ocean;

vAn amudham – divine nectar;

andharaththArkku – for the residence of upper world (devas);

eendhAi – presented;

Introduction

The Lord might be easily accessible but will he also provide what we require? Why not! Answers azhvar. The lord's divine manifestations show what He is capable of! He protected all of us even when we didn’t ask for refuge during pralaya and He took so much personal pains to bless the devas with their selfish benefit of obtaining the divine nectar.

Commentary

(bAlaganAi) Oh! A small infant amidst the huge pralaya flood. Anyone who even thinks of this state gets mentally disturbed. What will happen to this small beautiful child lying on top of a small banyan leaf amidst the pralaya jalam?

(Alelai mEl) In the ocean of water, the infant is not lying on top of some hard surface but on a freshly born tender banyan leaf.

(mElorunAl ulagellAm vundavanE!) Surprisingly this very child has swallowed the entire cosmos earlier. This act is not destruction instead it is protection in disguise and without any request raised.

(paiya vundavanE) The Lord is cautious even while swallowing. He slowly swallows and places each and everything safely and securely inside His stomach and not leaving anything outside.

(meimaiyE vundavanE) It is no magic but the supernatural powers of the supreme Lord that allows Him to swallow the cosmos in reality!

(mAlavanE!) By His agadithagatinA sAmarthyam (special super powers unique to the supreme Lord alone) stands unique from all the so called superior souls viz., Brahma, Rudra, Indra and all devatas. mAl indicates superiority.

(nee) you, embodiment of great potentials;

(andru) that day, when the devas came requesting for the divine nectar for the purpose of retaining their mortal body immortal;

(mandharaththAl mA neer kadal kadaindhu) Using the big mandhara mountain as a stirrer, churned the huge milky ocean effortlessly;

(vAnamudham andharaththArkkeendhAi) vAn – special ; andharam – sky/Akash; You blessed the residence of the upper world (svargavasees) with the special nectar (to make them immortal);

(engu) here; when He gives what the devas requested wont He not fulfill our desires?

Interesting points from DivyArthdeepikai of kanchi swamy

Rakshana (protection) is of two types anishta nivaranam (removing the obstacles) and ishta prApanam (granting the desires); In this paasuram azhvar highlights how emperuman does both - protecting in the stomach during pralaya (anishta nivaranam) and churning the milky ocean to grant the devas divine nectar (ishta prApanam);

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharNam