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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

AzhwAr enjoys the bANAsura episode and the manner in
which Rudran and co were chased away in the battle by
KaNNan effortlessly and victrously when they had come
in support of bANAsura? 

mOdiyOdi laccaiyaaya
  saapameythi mukkaNaan,
koodusEnai makkaLOdu
  koNdumaNdi veNYcamath
thOda,vaaNa Nnaayiram
  karankazhiththa vaathimaal,
peedukOyil koodun^eera  
  rankamenRa pErathE.     53

The One who holds the bow in his hand; reddish eyed,
three eyed one- Rudran- being with Durga- the
personification of shyness and the cursed one (saapam
yeydhi) has two children Subramanya and Ganapathi.
Along with those two, he (Rudran) came in support of
bANAsura against the battle with KaNNan and they [all
of them] were chased away by KaNNan in the said battle
and KaNNan cut the thousand shoulders of the asurA
with His divine charka due to His great mercy for
sparing his life (after Rudran sought forgiveness on
behalf of bANAsura). This KaNNan is none other than
mahAvishNu- who is the cause of even Rudra and brahmA
and he resides in this grandest temple in a place by
name Srirangam- where lots of devotees and
paramaikAnthis assemble and take sacred bath in the
river. 

Due to Parvathi?s anugraham, Ushai (bANAsura?s
daughter) was blessed with a dream that only
Aniruddhan [KaNNan?s grandson]  will be her husband
and her girl friend Chithra lEkhA used to draw well
and with her yogic power, she got to know of
Aniruddhan?s whareabouts and the friend arranged for
having Usha and Aniruddhan be together in her palace
(bringing him with Chithra?s yogic powers). The
security force came to know of the same and informed
the girl?s father bANAsura and he started the battle
with Aniruddhan and tied him with NAgAsthram; Having
heard this from Sage Narada, KaNNan rushed with his
army to bANAsura?s place anf fought with him. Rudran ?
the one who granted him strength and thousand
shoulders- appointed fire god at the entrance of the
fort as the rampart and organizes his sons and himself
as supporter to bANAsura and entered the battle.
KaNNan not surprisingly, effortlessly conquered all of
them and in fact chased them - who ran away with fear
showing their backs seeing the fiery divine
chakradhAri. He cut the 1000 shouldres of bANAsura and
tamed the pride of Rudra and his sons. Such Supreme
Lordship- KaNNan is mahAvishNu and he resides in this
Srirangam. 

mODi- Durga- She also was able to fight and hence she
had also come along- one can say. 
mOdi also means axe- she came as an axe in Rudran's
hand 

lajjaiyAya- vetkam- shame- shyness is the meaning. 

Saapam yeydhi- ParamaikAnthins do not pray to her; and
that is her curse. OR one can also infer that since he
(Rudran) was cursed with the skull stuck to his palm;
she is the spouse of his and hence saapam yeydhi. 
Or saapam- may also mean Bow- on one hand he has Durga
and the other hand holding the bow. With all that in
both hands, he ran away followed by his children. 
Saapam yeydhi- Let us look at the commentary of Vishnu
purANam- Vishnu chittheeyam- when kaNNan was fighting
with Rudran and bANAsura, she (Durga) came as an axe
(kOdari- mOdi)? shamelessly .

[As also mentioned in Harivamsa sloka- if one performs
his prostration to Durga once, his puNya of
prostrating and praying to Vishnu for twelve years
will be destroyed. And that is the curse on the axe
(Durga) after the battle]. This axe is none other than
Gowri ? says Harivamsam. 

samsApa ChainAm bhagawaan yasCha mAm bhakthi samyutham
|
dwAdhaSAbdham namaskuryAth yath phalam mahath ||
thvannamaskaraNAth thasya thath sarvam namSayarthA
sadhA dhigambarA bhUyA: thishta vA gaCCha vA(S)gratha:
||

mukkaNAn- three eyed- The one who sent the third eye
fire- as rampart for bANAsura?s fort. (refer also
Thirumaaymozhi 3.6.10)

Adhimaal- maal- KaNNan- after cutting the shoulders of
bANAsura, mukkaNNan (three eyed One- Rudran) bowed
down to KaNNan and sought forgiveness on bANAsura?s
behalf and pleaded KaNNan for sparing his (bANAsura?s
life) and also prayed to Him for showing the same
mercy and dayA on Rudran himself as before and also be
merciful on his adiyaan- bANAsura. KaNNan- the most
compassionate One- left bANAsura?s four shoulders and
left him alive.. 
bANAsura and Rudra and co. later treated Aniruddhan
with great honour and also his relations and friends
and arranged for Usha and Aniruddhan?s wedding /life..

Such greatest - victorious Lord- the most merciful and
most compassionate One- KaNNan is here at Srirangam
easily accessible for all of us. Such is His
sowlabhyam.... 
Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan



        
                
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