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Re: ThiruppAvai 24th verse- Sri Mukkur Azhagiya Singar's divine anubhavam- excerpts

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TCA Venkatesan • January 8, 2003 


Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Dear Smt Rajalakshmi,

This is what I have read about this. "eRinthAy"
definitely shows the action of the hands while
"kazhal" is feet. So, there appears a little 
contradiction here. Our acharyas explaint this as,
that the yadava girls are praising the beautiful 
and "veeram polintha" feet of Krishna as He walked 
toward the calf to pick him up and throw him.

I would venture that they are praising His tender
feet as He had to use them first to walk toward 
the calf.

Personally, adiyEn thinks that our Azhvars and 
Acharyas are so enamored with His lotus feet which 
is the source of our surrender ("thiru-k-kamala 
pAtham vanthu" says ThiruppANAzhvAr), that they 
use every opportunity to praise them. For example,
"paraman adi pAdi" says Andal in the second 
pasuram, and not "paramanai-p pAdi".

The other interesting thing that I read about this
pasuram was that after praising His divine avayas
or His divine guNas in a row ("adi", "thiRal", 
"pugazh", "kazhal", "guNam"), Andal suddenly switches
to praising a weapon ("vEl"). It is described that 
just as Dasaratha and his sons were known to always
keep a bow, so too Nanda and his sons are known to
keep a spear - "kUrvEl kodunthozilan nandagOpan"
says Andal. But why praise the spear suddenly? The
vyakhyanam said that after praising Him, Andal
suddenly realized that someone might cast an evil
eye at Sri Krishna upon hearing all of these great
things about Him. So, Andal is saying, hold on, it
is not all Him; He was using weapons too; so don't
go about casting your evil eye on Him. After all,
she is the daughter of Periyazhvar and His mangaLam
will be in her mind always.

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan

--- RAJI SRIDHAR  wrote:
> kunila yerindai! -- "Kazhal poRRi"
> 
> here kazhal means 'feet', hope i understood the
> meaning correct.  When something is thrown the hand
> should be praised or his veeram should be praised. I
> dont understand why 'kanna's feet' is praised here.
> 
> i heard about this long back but could not remember
> now.  Could some bhagavata explain why andal is
> referring Kanna's feet?
> 
> If this has already been discussed, could someone give
> the reference?
> 
> pranams once again,
> rajalakshmi


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