MoondRAm thiruvandhAdhi paasuram-50

Sri Parthasarathi thunai  

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

Paasuram-50

“soozindha thuzhAialangal sOdhi maNimudimAl

  thAzindha varuvith thadavaraivAi – Azhindha

  maNineerch chunaivaLarindha mAmudalai kondRAn

  aNineela vaNNath thavan”

soozhindha – adorned all over the body;

thuzhAi alangal – tulasi garland;

sOdhi -radiant;

maNimudi – crown with studded gems;

aNineelam vaNNaththavan – He, who is beautiful blue in colour;

mAl – sarveshvaran;

thAzhindha aruvi tadavarai vAi -the hills, in between which flooding waterfalls that fall down to earth;

Azhindha maNi neer sunai – In the beautiful ponds that are deep and filled with water;

Valarindha – (fearless) growing;

mA mudalai – Big crocodile;

kondRAn -killed;

Introduction

Immediately after talking about the divine quality of Ashridha rakshanam (protection of devotees) the incident of Gajendran being saved from the clutches of the crocodile flashes in azhvar’s memory;

Commentary

(soozhindha thuzhAyalangal mAl) The predominant decoration for Thirumal, thirutulasi all over His divine body;

(sOdhi maNi mudi mAl) The divine radiant crown, studded with precious gems pointing to His absolute supremacy mAl-supreme;

“Adhi rAjyamadhikam bhuvanAnAm eesathe pisunayan kilamowli:” [varadaraja stavam]

[oh Lord your crown is enough to prove to the world that you are world’s master]

“kireeta soodharatna rajirAdhi rAjya jalpika” [Sri Rangarajastavam]

[The arrangement of the gems in the crown indicates He is the chakravarthi]

(soozhindha…..mAl) The tulasi garlands and the gem studded crown indicate that He is the supreme opines Sri Periyavachan pillai whereas appillai considered soozhindha thuzhaialangal as an adjective to sOdhimanimudi

(soozhindha thuzhAi alangal sOdhi maNi mudimAl) Divine tulasi garland adorned in a round form around the radiant gem studded crown of that supreme personality;

(aNi neela vaNNaththavan) He is beautiful blue (that very colour removes all the tiredness from the viewer at just one sight) coloured;

That Lord gave darshan to Gajendra and removed all the miseries.  The darshan was Ishta prapthi, what gajendra wished for and He killed the crocodile anishta nivruththi (removing of obstacles).

(thAzhindha aruvi tadavarai vAi) In between the mountains with waterfalls reaching till the ground and large areas around; or otherwise tadavarai – big mountain;

(Azhindha maNineersunai) In between such mountains, deep ponds with crystal clear water;

(valarindha mAmudalai) Huge crocodiles grown to the extent of even swallowing elephants. Since it has grown in between mountains in deep ponds without much human interface it has grown strong fearlessly;

(kondRAn) Though for the Lord this crocodile is like a water worm due to the height of apacharam/mistake done, emperuman killed the crocodile with great anger;

(aNi neela vaNNaththavan) The divine body got a special glow on killing the enemy of His devotee;

 Interesting points from divyArthadeepikai of Sri Kanchi swamy

The first line indicates His supremacy and hence He is the saviour.  His divine body got its special glow once He saved gajendrazhvan and He regained His colour on removing the obstacles of His dear devotee as explained in the last line.

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam