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Padmanabhan • January 8, 2003 


                                    guNam pORRi

Twenty fourth pAsuram is AndAL's thiruppallAndu. The fifth event which gets AndAL's thiruppallAndu is " kunRu kudaiyAi eduthAi guNam pORRi".

AndAL praises the guNam of the Lord on taking up the goverdhana giri as an umbrella for saving the gopikAs and the cattles. What is the guNam here?

The first guNam is emperumAn's generosity in not vanqusihing indhira instantly on indhirA's action of creating the ceaseless rain. Instead the Lord waits till indhiran gets exhausted and then condones him. This guNam is celebrated.

The next guNam referred here is the emperumAn's kalyANa guNam. Which kalyANa guNam?
Each kalyANa guNam. Daily AzhwAr discovers one kalyANa guNam and learns and cherishes it. This guNam is referred to here in ARAyirappadi. From which pAsuram.
>From nam AzhwAr's thiruvoi mozhi 1-8-4- 'veRpai onReduthu, voRkaminRiyE, niRkum ammAn,
sEr kaRpan vaigalE'. The ARAyirappadi vyAkyAnam is as follows in this context"aRivudaiyAr nALdhORum kaRpadhoru guNamiRE". 

The next guNam referred to here is empurmAn's rakshagathvam. The act of saving the catlles and idaiyargaL for all the seven days under the hill/umbrella. The fingers do not get fatigue on continuous stress or strain of holding the hill. 

It can be taken that all the auspicious qaulities are referred to here in the general term as 
'guNam pORRi'
vAnamAmalai padmanAbhan


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