namO namO yAmunAya yAmunAya namO nama: namO namO yAmunAya yAmunAya namO nama: slOkam 14: kasyOdarE haravirinchi mukha: prapancha: kO rakShatImamajanishta cha kasya nAbhE: | krAntvAnigIrya punarudgiriti tvadanya: ka:kEnavaiSha paravAniti shakyashanka: || hara = rudra virinchi mukha: = brahma prapancha: = the world (this, that of brahma and that of siva) kasya udarE - in whose stomach were they present? imam = this created world, ka: rakshati? = who protects? kasya nAbhE: = from whose navel (imam) ajanishta - has (these) been generated? tvath ananya: ka: = who elee other than you? krAntvA : measured nigIrya = swallowed (during dissolution - praLAya) puna: again udgirati = regurgitates (who manifests again?) Esha: = All these kEna vA = who else does it have? paravAn = as its Lord? iti = this shakya shanka: - no doubt at all tAtparya : Where do all the worlds including Bramha, Rudra and others get embedded in during dissolution? Who is the One who protects everyone? After dissolution, by whom do everything get created again? There is absolutely no doubt that it is srimannArAyana who is the Supreme Lord of the universe. Varadhan's note: This slOka is very beautiful. This talks about the power of the Lord during praLaya and during the creation after that. THe key things here are nigIrya punar udgirati = swallowing and regurgitating. The AzhvArs express the same concept in many places using the words "uNdu umizhNdhu". the AzhvArs always attribute the most absolute supremacy to the Lord. So, they go even a step further - They say "padaiththu idandhu uNdu umizhndu aLandhu" - They teach us that the Lord has the power to *create* souls as well (not just swallow during praLaya and regurgitate after that in the common sense of the word "creation") see thiruvAymozhi - aaruyirEyO agalidam muzhudhum padaiththu idandhu uNdu umizhndu aLandhu. ALavandAr tiruvadigalE saranam. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com
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