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

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Madhavakkannan V • January 7, 2003 


SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

TodayÂ’s pAsuram: 24th- anRivvulagam aLandhaay aDi pORRi:-
As per the girlsÂ’ prayers, KaNNan came out walking so majestically; so 
handsomely, like a youthful lion he walked and sat down on His singAsanam 
for everyone to witness and enjoy His divine beauty. They are so overwhelmed 
with His beauty (so is ANdAL in their words) and AndAL sings paaLLNdu 
thorugh GopikaÂ’s words like her father. Her father did it when he saw Him on 
GaruDA. Now AndAL sings pallAndu for all His deeds that had happened 
earlier. A step ahead of her father.

anRu ivvulagam aLandhaay aDi pORRi- You measured the whole Universe with 
your feet that day- when You appeared as Vaamana. You puriefied the upper 
world with one foot and with the other foot covering worlds below. Everyone 
was blessed with your touch. May that divine lotus feet of yours live for 
millions of years after years! Praise to Your feet.

How did He measure the Universe? Did He one step for the lower worlds and 
one for upper worlds? It appears like this: He grew so huge and tall as 
Trivikraman and He raised His left leg above and the left toe was seen by 
chathur mukha BrahmA . By looking at the Sankha rEkhA, Chakra rEkhA, Kalpaka 
rEkhA, dwaja rEkhA, padma rEkhA and the colour of red lotus feet, BrahmA 
identified that it belongs to Sriman Narayanan- the unparalleled Lord- 
Parabrahmam. He made use of the opportunity to perform Thirumanjanam for the 
same from his khamaNdalu and Sivan got himself purified by taking those 
Thirumanjana waters on his tresses. The other foot grew so huge and it 
touched the entire world below. Thus, he covered both worlds in one measure.

Also- anRu ivvulagam aLandhaay- You measured the worlds those days- during 
mahApraLayam- when you took the entire leelA vbhuThi with all Jeevathmas in 
the small corner of Your stomach and reclined on a small Banyan leaf as 
Baby. Vedanthacharya enjoys this wonder. You measured the worlds so in that 
form in such minutest way.

Also, when creation commenced by Your sankalpam, You manifested in everyone 
and everything “sarvam khalu idham brahmA”- and aLandhaay.. (measured thus). 
May those divine lotus feet be there for millions of years with us in 
Srivaikuntam.

anRu seNru thennilankai seRRAy thiRal pORRi- That day- You (when appeared as 
mere human being as Rama) took friendship with monkeys and built a bridge on 
stones acroos the deep vast ocean to go to lanKA and victoriously fought a 
battle with the mighty Ravanan and destroyed his kulam completely. Even that 
sEthu (where the bridge was built and touched by Your divine Lotus feet and 
of your BhAgawathas) darshan alone will remove all sins; Thus, the Sethu was 
made even more sacred that Ganges (which is Vaamana pAdha Gangai) by You as 
Rama. May those lotus feet live for millions of years after years with us 
along with Them.

ponRacchakatam udhaitthAY- You kicked the wheel (sakatam) asurA when you 
were an infant. Kamsa had sent an asurA o kill you and he appeared near You 
(when you were lying down as baby) and attempted to roll towards You and 
crush You. You kicled with your small cute charming feet and destroyed the 
wheel thrown to pieces.

Also this is only symbolic as everyone of us- Jeevathmas are surrounded by 
Sakatas (wheel). This Chakram (sakatam- wheel) is karma vidhyAdhi chakrE 
prathipurushamihAnAdhichithrapravahE..”- Karma- papa, puNya chakram; 
avidhyA- due to the karma- the vibharItha jnAnam, the dHeha prApthi, 
anjnAnam etc..- that chakrA; sukha dhukka chakram- and the chain of briths 
and deaths like a wheel- are all crushed if one goes towards Your feet- 
(surrenders to Your lotus feet); thos feet simply kick these charkas and 
crush them to dust. By some non-performance of wrong deeds (sometime or 
other – by a jeevathma accidentally- which is also considered by Lord as 
some good action and He mercifully arranges) enables SadhAchArya sambandham 
and get to know Sampradaya, SaasthrA jnAnam; gets to know the upAyam of 
Saranagathi and surrenders to Your feet. Such lotus feet burns all sins and 
the whole wheel of Samsaaric afflictions completely.

kaNru kiNilaa eRindhaay kazhal pORRi. – When vasthAsura appeared as calf and 
came near You with an attempt to kill you, You noticed that asurA by its 
different eyes (thiruttu muzhi and not loving affectionate eyes like other 
calves) and took the calf by its tail and swirled the calf hitting against 
the another asurA (who came in as viLAm pazha tree) so that your friends 
could eat the fruits and enjoy as well.. your marvelous deeds can not be 
described in words at all. May Your such grandest deeds and Your lotus feet 
remain for millions of years after years with us.

kuNru kudaiyaay edutthAY guNam pORRi- all the above is nothing compared to 
this stupendous action of Yours. It was raining cats and dogs; torrential 
downpour sent by Devendhran to show his might against you; and the whole 
Ayarpaadi with ten to fifteen lakhs of cattle, the cowherd folks were all 
losing their homes; their shelter and food. You immediately lifted the huge 
Govardhana mountain to give shelter to everyone (of those 15 lakhs- 1.5 
million cattle and cowherd folks) under the mountain. How many people! How 
many calves? For Seven days- where and what did they eat? It is told you 
made them feel absolutely full of stmach and no hunger at all for seven full 
days. How did the stones from the mountain not fall down? How did you lift 
the who;le thing with Your little finger? Did not pain? How everyone had 
such a mahAviswAsam on the little Boy and come under? How did You life- 
upside down or as it is?

Though we also saw underneath the mountain and were there near You, thinking 
of all this- makes our heads swirl KaNNA! You are simply divine. May Your 
such merciful guNA live for millions of years after years!

veNru pagai kedukkum ninkaiyil vEl pORRi- May the sharp spear of Yours 
(which is in your Hand; which destroys your enemies effortlessly) be there 
for millions of years! Here, the spear is vEl- The ChakrathAzhwAn is the One 
which is referred to (Poorvacharyars say) as ChakRA is full of thousands of 
spears all around. Also when KaNNan went to Deva lOka to get the Parijatha 
tree (celestial tree) for SathyabhAma- Subramanya fought with KaNNan; KaNNan 
came back victorious with the tree and as a symbol brought the vEl with Him 
to declare His Parathvam. So there can be no doubt that this line refers to 
some devathantharam- as Gopikas address KaNNan who is sitting there calling 
Him, “nin kaiyil vEl pORRi.

Okay. You all have been praising me like that- and never seem to stop. You 
all said, “Think why and what we have come for- in last pAsuram? Tell me 
what is that for. “.
What shall we do? KaNNA! Once we saw Your gait, Your divine beauty, there is 
no way that one can stop but praising Your lotus feet. jithanthE 
puNdareekAksha! namasthE viswapAvanA! namasthEsthu hrishIkEsa! – we feel 
like doing only that. There is no fruit other than that for us. This itself 
will lead one to perform saranagathi at your lotus feet automatically 
soonest. Your dayA will make arrangements for us to perform BharanyAsam.

We have now come to attain Parama Purushaarttham. We have spent so many 
millions of births. We have wasted all those births. Today, due to our some 
unknown puNya (as vyAjam) you mercifully made us be born here in your place 
and in your time. It is our Bhagyam. Also it is Your grace that we got 
ourselves involved in yoru kalyANa GuNAs. In addition, when You ignored us 
due to our ahankara, mamakaram,we did not go away in depression and anger; 
Your dayA again made us be steadfast in our path to Your feet. Whatever be 
the suffering or paribhavam, we will not go back without His Lotus feet0 was 
our determination and it is Your dayA only which enables us to be so firm. 
We have come to You now with no ahankaram at all; please have mercy on us 
(irangEl).

What is this> Just now You asked me to climb and sit on the SimhAsanam; and 
now again, You say, “iRangEl..” climb down- not the Ra and not ra..) GopikAs 
laugh.. and said, “even if you interpret that way with vallina Ra.. fine. It 
is iRangEl—meaning “do not climb down.. Just be there always for us to enjoy 
Your darshan and bless u with Paripoorna anugraham.

Please read from vidwAns' commentaries about other greater details- Srimath 
MukkUr Azhagiyasingar ends with such great humility. anything good - the 
credit goes to the divine commentary of SrI Mukkur Azhagiya Singar's.
Errors, faults are only due to my lack of understanding.
Sri Andal ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan

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