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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Every archA becomes grand to AzhwAr. Hence now enjoys
our Rangan of Sri Rangam- num perumAL- Azhagiya
maNavaaLan? 

AzhwAr enjoying ThiruvEmkatam before Rangan reminds us
of PiLLaiThirunaRaiyoor araiyar?s commentary for
Amalanaadhipiraan verse- viraiyaar pozhil
vEnkatavan--- when ThiruppNAzhwAr sang Rangan in
Amalanaadhipiraan, he sang first Venkatam and then
Rangan?s lotus feet. Araiar writes: When one sings in
praise of Him, he needs to sing first the history- He
came from Sri vaikuNtam to Vemkatam and then to Sri
Rangam. [Sri vaikuntatthininRum ThirumalaiyailE
thangiaaytthu kOilukku vandhadhu..]

Hence Thirumazhisai AzhwAr follows the same sequence
perhaps- enjoys Sri Uttamur Swamy.
  
koNdaikoNda kOthaimeethu
  thEnulaavu koonikoon,
uNdaikoNda rankavOtti
  yuLmakizhntha naathaNnoor,
naNdaiyuNdu naaraipEra
  vaaLaipaaya neelamE,
aNdaikoNdu keNdaimEyu
  manthaNeera rangamE.     (49)

Swami- KaNNan- the one who enjoyed removing the hunch
back of Thrivakrai woman [wearing bee humming most
fragrant flower in her dark hairs] and made her
beautiful; resides in the place of Srirangam ? where
long beautiful fishes [getting scared of the bird
cranes that eat the crabs and loiter in the river
banks looking for fishes to eat] jump behind the karu
neydhal flower with no fear (by hiding itself from
cranes behind the flower) in the cool river flowing
besides the temple;

AzhwAr enjoyed in 47th verse- kaarodotthamEbi KaNNan-
the dark cloud hued KaNNan- and searches for Him in
divya Desams in another form.. and says- His place is
here in Srirangam alone. (arangamE). 

When Kannan went to kill Kamsa, there was a woman who
was selling sandal (and she was hunch backed old
woman) and she enjoyed KaNNan?s divine beauty and
devotedly and affectionately offered KaNNan with lots
of sandal (whichw was actually meant perhaps for the
king Kamsa). KaNNan pleased with her love ? without
knowing what He can pay her back for the devoteion and
sandal, she hugged her from behind, holding her chin
with one hand, placing His fingers (toes) on her feet
and lifted her whole body firm to straighten her
body.. what a bhAgyam! What an anubhavam she would
have enjoyed and had! She became beautiful?naturally.
Thus the Lord accepts a small offering from the
devotees and considers as the huge one and shows His
kruthagnathai (gratitude?) for that little minutest
action as if it was a grand one.. Kruthagna
saarvabhouman.. Such most merciful DayAkaran- is here
in front of us Lord Sriya: Pathi Sri RanganAyakI
samEtha SrI RanganAthan. (num perumAL).. 

The crane ? Kamsan attempts to eat the crabs-
yaadhavars- 
The lovely fish- Thirvakrai woman getting scared of
kamsa as she sells sandal to him daily; 
Jumps and Hides behind the karuneydhal flower-  gets
behind the blue hued dark most beautiful KaNNan and
saty there hiding herself without fear..
What a comparison! Only Acharyas can enjoy! 

Also commentators enjoy this as RamavathAra hunch back
woman incident.. But that incident does not go well
here. Also it was described in earlier verse. 

Crane -eating crabs ? should AzhwAr describe this?-
one may ask. Periyavaacchaan Pillai comments
wonderfully in his swApadEsam(inner esoteric meaning):


Naarai- crane- is the ahankAra mamakAram (I and mine)
that eat away the samsaaris- crabs. 
The fishes that get sacred of such ahankAra mamakAram
ans stay away from the same (Crane) are the
bhAgawathAs who have hidden behind EmperumAN the
karuneydhal flower. Great anubhavam. 

Let that grand commentary be there of course and let
us enjoy.. Sri Uttamur Swamy adds: In Dhivya Desam,
all beings are Nithya sUris who have come to enjoy His
presence and hence how can AzhwAr talk about eating
crabs and looking fish etc..=- some may argue.. The
answer is AzhwArs are also great poets (kavis) and
hence when they enjoy the beautiful chill reiver
flowing they need to describe the scenery and so,
there is no harm in describing the nature and enjoy..
That is also beautiful and bhOgyam only for reciters. 
Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan



        
                
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