parathvam
It would be my conveying inability if a
feeling has been generated based on this series, that the Almighty's magnanimity
is confined to vibhavavAthAram- i.e during only
incarnations.
This can only be far from the truth. While
the vibhavAvathArangaL throws up several instances highlighting this auspcious
quality, the Supremacy and antharyAmithvam are not bereft of
this.
Sri thirumangai mannan in the same 'yEazhai yEadhalan 'thirumozhi in the third and fourth
pAsuram talks of the magnanimity of the Supreme Lord Sriman nArAyaNA. The
gajEndra mOksham happens to be the day after tomorrow and perhaps this is the
opportune moment to recall that divine event. GajEndrAzhwAn after fighting
against the crocodile for years, called the Lord, the Lord overlooking the
protocol of Sri vishwaksEnar and forgetting His dress and sandals rushed to the
spot on the GarudAzhwAr. Due to the extreme passion towards His devotees, the
speed of the garudAzhwAn was not enough for the Almighty.
The Lord who is by nature very soft and
does not have anger innately, gets on Him, the anger for the sake of His
devotee. 'koNda sERRam' says kaliyan. After killing
the crocodile, the Lord takes care of the gajEndrAzhwAn giving treatment to the
feet which was suffering due to the crocodile bite.
The Lord could have right from His
spot 'parama-padham' could have slain the
alligator. He could not tolerate the suffering of the devotee. He rushed Himself
and also presented His divine sight to the worship-desiiring elephant -thozhum kAdhal kaLiRu says swAmi
nam-AzhwAr.
The next episode mentioned by the
nAlu kavip perumAL is that of sumukan the serapnt who surrendered unto the feet
of Lord having been vowed by garudA to kill him. The Lord vested the
responsibilty of taking care of sumukA to the Divine bird himslef making the
incompatible possible.
The third pAsuram -kadi-koL pUm-pozhil kAmaru poigai and nanju sOrvadhOar
depict the magnanimity of sriman nArAyaNA, precisely.
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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