Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha
Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
Paasuram -47
“nindRa perumAnE neeRERRu vugalellAm
sendRa perumAnE senkaNNa-andRu
turagavAi keeNda thuzhAi mudiyAi nangaL
naragavAi keeNdAyum nee”
neer ERRu nindRa perumAnE – (from
mahabali) The Lord vamana who received the water (as an indication of receiving
alms)
vulagu ellAm sendRa perumAnE –
The Lord who measured all the worlds!
Sem kaNNA – one with Red Lotus
coloured eyes;
andRu – once upon a time;
turagam – kEsi, the asura who
disguised as a horse to kill Krishna;
vAi – mouth;
keeNda – tore open;
tuzhAi mudiyAi – one with the
crown decorated beautifully with divine tulasi;
nangaL – our;
naraga vAi – (samsara) the mouth of
naraka;
keeNdAyum nee – you are the one
who removed it;
Introduction
Not only for the devas but also
for all of us you were the person who removed obstacles and bestowed goodness.
Commentary
(neeRERRu nindRa perumAnE) Oh
Lord! You who is always used to bestow the wishes of your devotees with all
your four arms, now took the vamana avatara and stood begging in front of Mahabali
and accepted the sacred water poured in your arms as a symbol of charity
(nindRa perumAnE) Usually a beggar
stands with humility and in a state of sorrow feeling shy to receive alms. But the Lord who is never used to receiving
from others stood in front of Mahabali exhibiting all His valour and strength
(everything is His property which cannot be forgotten)
(neeRERRu nindRa perumAnE) Even
after receiving His own property which another person claims to be His as alms,
emperuman stood with great happiness as if He received something He has never
possessed.
(neeRERRu vulagellAm sendRa
perumAnE) The very moment the water of charity touched vamana’s hands, His
happiness reached no bounds that he grew in all directions thereby measuring
all the worlds with His divine feet and thereby clearly indicating to everyone
that He is the one and only Supreme master.
(senkaNNA) Why did His eyes turn
reddish? Due to the extreme joy of fulfilling Indra’s request, receiving back
His property and measuring the worlds;
(andRu) That day, when kEsi took
the form of a horse;
(turagavAi keeNda) One who put
His divine hands into the mouth of the horse and tore it apart thereby saved
the world from the asura, kEsi;
(tuzhAi mudiyAi) Even while
fighting with KEsi , the Lord’s crown was beautifully decorated with divine tulasi
and that remained the same after He killed the asura also;
(nangaL naragavAi keeNdAyum nee)
Just like protecting others from the asuras He also removes the hindrances that
prevent devotees who consider Him as the final goal from reaching Him.
When you are capable of breaking
this great cycle of birth and death all by yourself then is there any wonder if
you killed kEsi?
Here anishta nivriththi, removing
the obstacles, samsara also connotes to Ishta prApthi reaching Him (Bhagavat prApthi)
By the incident of kEsi vadham, Krishna
showed to all of us that He is not only capable of protecting the gokula vases from
asuras sent by kamsa but also capable of protecting all of us from our karmas
that puts us into this infinite cycle of samsara.
Interesting points from divyArthadeepikai of Sri Kanchi swamy
What to say about the beauty when
He received the alms from Mahabali!
What to say about the way He grew
as trivikrama and spread all over the cosmos!
What to say about the wonderful
eyes that exhibit ashridha pakshapadham (partiality towards devotees)!
What to say about the strength to
overpower the asura KEsi!
What to say about the surprising
fresh tulasi garland that remained unchanged even after the fight with an
asura!
Is there anything to wonder, a
person who is capable of breaking our cycle of samsara killing kEsi?
turagam is a Sanskrit word -word
that points to horse as it is capable of running fast;
naragavAI keeNdAn – He closed the
doors of naraka/hell (the samsara) so that we do not return back here;
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE
sharaNam
Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam
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