Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-25 "vagaiyAl madhiyAdhu maNkoNdAi maRRum vagaiyAl varuvathonruNdE- vagaiyAl vayiram kuzhaiththuNNum mAvali thAnennum vayira vazhakozhiththAi maRRu" All the actions of emperuman are for the benefit of his devotees and nothing for himself declares azhvar in this paasuram. (vagaiyAl maNkoNdAi) MahAbali was a very generous person. This great quality in him prevented emperuman from killing him. But at the same time emperuman had given a word to Indra that he would get him back his wealth from mahabali. So emperuman decided to even sacrifice his dignity for accomplishing both the above tasks. He went in front of mahabali as a small brahmachari and asked for alms and tactically measured the three worlds and got back Indra his wealth. (vagaiyAl) This indicates to the smartness of the small boy who beautifully and tactfully got even the asura to his fold. (madhiyAdhu maNkoNdAi) Without any difficulty he measured the worlds with great ease ("anAyAsEna koNdAi" says Sri PeriyavAchan pillai). Not worrying about the asura or his greatness being reduced emperuman accomplished his task. (maRRu) Further this act of emperuman was not only for the benefit of Indra but also for the benefit of mahabali. Though he was an asura he had bhakthi towards emperuman so emperuman wanted to do good to him. (vagaiyAl vayiram kuzhaiththuNNum mAvali) If we eat diamond directly then it will become a poison but to add strength to the body mahabali mixed the diamond powder with other medicines thereby strengthening the body the house of ahamkaram. (mAvali thAnennum vayira vazhakku ozhiththAi) Emperuman shattered the ego of that mAvali and made him bow and measured his head with his divine feet. Though mahavali outwardly showed a bhakthi towards the lord he was filled with ego with made him act against the lord's words, thereby becoming an enemy. The lord himself declares, "AgyAchEbi mama drOhi mathbhakthOpi na vaishnavA:" (maRRum vagaiyAl varuvathonruNdE) Rearranged as (anvayam)-vagaiyal varuvadhu maRRum ondru vundE. By all these acts what have you achieved? You have done these only for the benefit of your devotees. (To Be Continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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