MoondRam thiruvandhAdhi paasuram-49

Sri Parthasarathi thunai  

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 Paasuram 49

“seRRadhuvum sERA Iraniyanai senRERRup

  peRRadhuvum mAnilam pinnaikkAi-muRRal

  muriyERRin munnindRu moimpozhiththAi moorich

  suriyERu sankinAi! Soozhindhu”

pinnaikkAi – for the sake of nappinnai piratti;

mural – tough;

muri – (here and there) running;

ERRin – (seven) bulls;

mun nindRu – (without fear) stood in front;

soozhindhu – (way to kill them) analysed;

moimpu ozhiththAi – (their) overpower the valour;

moori – big

suri Eru – (inside) swirling;

sankinAi – One who holds the divine couch in His hand!

sERA Iraniyanai- hiranyasura who can never accept the union with you;

seRRadhuvum neeyandRE – you were the one who tore him apart;

sendRu – (infront of mahabali) went;

mA nilam – big earth;

ERRu-begged;

peRRadhuvum (neeyandRE) – you were the one who received alms;

Introduction

What all you have done for the sake of your devotees that is innumerable!

Commentary

(seRRadhuvum sERA Iraniyanai) you killed Hiranya who was unable to live in peace with prahlada. Hiranya was unable to accept the fact that prahlada was a devotee of the Lord;

(sendRu ERRuppeRRadhuvum mAnilam) you went all the way to Mahabali’s yagna to get in alms your own property this vast earth;

Mudal azhvars were deeply immersed in the trivikramavatara and hence peyazhvar repeats the same incident in 3 consecutive paasurams.

(pinnaikkAi mural muriyERRin mun nindRu soozhindhu moipozhiththAi) For the sake of nappinnai piratti you overpowered those tough bulls that were roaming here and there without an iota of fear and stood in front with great strength and deep thinking for the appropriate way to kill them easily and thereby also succeeded in your attempt.

(moorisuriyERu sankinAi) During the war between the devas and asuras, you stood beautifully holding the divine conch with a bend in the left and a swirl at the centre.

Just the sound of His conch is enough to make the enemies half dead;

‘moori’ can be considered to refer to the ocean and hence thereby indicating the conches found in the ocean here specifically to ‘panchajanya’.

To conclude, for the sake of bhaktha prahlad you killed Hiranyasura, for fulfilling Indra’s wish begged in front of mahabali, to marry nappinnai overpowered the seven big bulls and for the sake of devas held the divine panchajanya in your divine hands.  These are only a few of the many you have done for the sake of your devotees

Interesting points from divyArthadeepikai of Sri Kanchi swamy

sERA Iraniyan – Hiranya who was an enemy; Those who are enemies of devotees are the Lord’s enemy; Hiranya considered prahlada and emperuman as enemies and hence became emperuman’s enemy;

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam