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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest all,

Let us continue to enjoy Thirumangai AzhwAr?s Periya
Thirumozhi. Today?s verse is Periya Thourmizh 1.8.3. 

kalayaami kalidhvamsam kavim lOkadhivaakaram
yaSya kObi: prakaaSaabir aavidhyam niHatham thama:

I meditate on the Poet, who is like the Sun for the
whole world, to destroy the darkness of ignorance
(a~jnAnam) with his word and who destroys the Kali
dhOsham. 

nNinRamaa marudhiRRuveezha
nNadanNdhanNinmalannNEmiyaan,
enRumvaanavarkaithozhum iNaitthaamaraiyadiyembiraan,
kanRimaaripozhinNdhidak kadidhaaniraikkidar
nNeekkuvaan,
senRukunRamedutthavan thiruvEngkadamadainNeNYchamE!   
  1.8.3


The One who learnt His charming steps, breaking even
the Marudha trees(while doing so), The Purest Lord-
The One who has the Divine Conch in His Hand- The One
whose Lotus Feet is always worshipped with great
devotion by DevAs and Nithyasooris- The One who saved
and protected the suffering and lives of cattle by
lifting the mountain of Govardhanam effortlessly as an
umbrella from torrential heavy down pour by Indran- My
Perumaan- is here at ThiruvEmkatam. Oh mind! Reach
there.

When cowherd folks were doing dEvathAnthara bhajanam
(worship) to DevEndharan, this happened. This is not
like other acts where an asurA was killed. Here is an
act which tamed Devendran?s pride and arrogance. This
destroyed Devendra?s asura swabAvam. When angered
Indran sent heaviest downpour for seven days on
cowherd folks (when those cowherd group stopped
Devendra puja and did it on KaNNan as per His
instructions), KaNNan protected the cattle, cowherd
people from the rains. kunRu kudiyaay yedutthAy guNam
pORRi. The entire group, the cattle were staying
underneath comfortably without any doubt or fear that
the mountain will fall from the little finger.

This Govardhana mountain incident is very beautifully
sung by All AzhwArs and PeriyAzhwAr in particular in
his Periyazhwar Thirumozhi 3.5. 

Like the huge rocks, mountains, mud are all hidden
underneath the ocean, KaNNan (who is like an ocean)
consumed the rice, ghee, curd etc.. and appeared as if
he had eaten nothing. When he could eat the whole
universe with everything in its place, this is
nothing.

Like the mahout boldly and daringly pushing his hand
inside the strong mouth of the hug elephant to feed
the same, KaNNan effortlessly and boldly inserted His
little hand underneath the huge mountain and lifted
the mountain upside down. He is the Swami of Devas
including Indran

Oh Devas who are there are swargam! If you are strong,
come and take away the mountain from my little hand-
KaNNan appears to be telling the Devas when he lifted
the mountain upside down. He is the One who appeared
as Varaaha (Huge Boar) avatar ? he is my Swami and
SarvEswaran.

The most auspicious One- Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan
 who was earlier praised by celestial devas; EmperumAn
KaNNan lifted the Govardhana mountain as an umbrella
with his small lotus like fingers as the spokes of an
umbrella; with the strong hand and shoulder as the
shaft of the umbrella and the mountain as the cloth.

The lines that appear on his palms, the red lotus
fingers and palms, hand never show their sign of pain,
weakness or tiredness when lifting the huge mountain
for seven days without interruption or rest. The blue
hued KaNNan lifted the victorious mountain which
houses the large clouds that appear like the white
hair on top of the head.

Seven days- it was raining cats and dogs. The fingers,
nails, hands, lotus like hands never showed any sign
of weakness or tiredness. It is as fresh as ever. The
lines also appear as clear as the first day. How is
the ThirumEni (divine body)? It is just the same ?
fresh, youthful blue hued beautiful form as fresh and
cheerful as ever. Everyone thought that it should be
some sort of magic. Bu only when they saw the other
places full of waters, and finally devendran coming
down to perform saranagathi at his feet and Govindha
pattaabhishekam and praised him, they could believe
that it was all 
true.

Thus it is not unusual for EmperumAn the Sarva sakthan
to take care of few individuals for seven days so
effortlessly. It is part of His nature and duty. It is
His mercy. He always takes care of all worlds and at
all times. He carries them at all times. He is
NaaaraayaNan. The rain almost has stopped and hence
the clouds appear white and look like white hair on
the head.

EmperumAn does not have any partiality on one and
enimity on the other. He reclines on Adhiseshan; tamed
the KaaLingan. Rides on its enemy. So he considers
everyone same. [gajam vA vIkshya simham vA vAygram,
vA(S)pi varAnanA. nAhArayathi santhrAsam bhAhU rAmasya
samsrithA- Those who are devoted and surrender to
EmperumAn never get any trouble from anyone else.
Where are the cowherd folks? Where are the devas?
There can be no compatibility. Still he saved the
illiterate, poor cowherd folks from the strong devas.
Those who read them can have their own anubhavams and
enjoy various glories and Acharya sishya, ParamAthma
jeevathma, relations and also the greatness of Sarva
rakshakan Sriman Narayanan. He is sujana saarvabhouman
who lifted effortlessly the huge mountain and
protected the cattle and cowherd folks. Those who are
paramaikAnthins who understand his Parathvam and the
supremacy of Sriman Narayanan.

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan


                
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