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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.

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