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Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
 
Nowadays, I enjoy the paasurams of mudhal thiruvandhaathi [MT] more, thanksto 
sri T.Maadhavan swamy of triplicane who provided that 'required initialspark'. 
With that the 'krishNa enjoyment light' is burning. 

I want to share that 'simple joy of enjoying my kaNNan' through MT with youall. 
That is the very purpose of this write up. We saw kaNNan paNNina maayam in that 
aalilai episode in previous 3 posts. Let us now see that maayan as 
'vaamana-varaahan' [again in a pair of paasurams].

paasuram 21:
ninRu nilamangai neer ERRu moovadiyaal
senRu dhisai aLandha sengaNmaaRku enRum
padaiyaazhi puLLoordhi paambaNaiyaan paadham
adaiyaazhi nenjE aRi

Summing up the word by word commentary from 'prabhandha rakshai' of Sri 
Uththamoor Veera raaghavaachaar swamy - it runs like this:-
"kadal pOnRa manamE, 
*       maavaliyidaththiRku nadanthu, 
*       yaachiththu ninRu, 
*       azhagiya thiruk kaiyilE kodai neeraip peRRu, 
*       moonRu adigaLaalE boomiyaiyum dhikkugaLaiyum aLandhu koNdarulinavanum,
senthaamaraik kaNNanum aana vyaamOham uLLavanukku, 
eppozhudhum thiruvaazhiyaanadhu aayudhamaam. 
periya thiruvadi vaahanamaam. 
thiruvananthaazhvaanaip padukkaiyaagavudaiya avanadhu thiruvadigaLai 
adaivaayaaga, therindhu koLvaayaaga."
[In this the bulleted points refer the vaamana to thrivikrama transformation.]

the second paasuram - 84:
piraan un perumai piRar aar aRivaar
uraayulagaLantha gnaanRu varaagaththu
yeiRRaLavu pOdhaavaaRenkolO endhai
adikku aLavu pOntha padi

Summing up the word by word commentary from 'prabhandha rakshai' of Sri 
Uththamoor Veera raaghavaachaar swamy - it runs like this:- 
"upakaaraganE, 
*       nee ulaavi lOkangaLai ellaam aLandha naaLilE en appanaana unnudaiya 
thiruvadiyin aLavukkup porundhina boomiyaanadhu 

*       varaahamaai avadhariththa unadhu kOttin aLavukku pOdhaamal irundha 
vagai [kuRaindhirundha padi] edhanaalO? 
unadhu mEnmaiyai bhakthar neengalaaga vERu yaar thaam aRiya vallaar?"

[again the bulleted portions refer the 'gigantic varaaha' and 
'thrivikrama'episodes of the maayams of my kaNNan].

Some specials: 1. These are andhaadhi paasurams - means the last word of the 
previous paasuram becomes the first word of the next paasuram. Instead consider 
the reverse - the aadhi and andham of the same paasuram. if you place together 
this aadhi antham together, then some very interesting line up is there. 

Consider verses 19, 20 21 and 22 of MT - they read 
*       maalum - peRRu, -19
*       peRRaar - ninRu, -20
*       ninRu - aRi, -21
*       aRi - thazhumbu -22 
- each is a beauty here.

*       maal means thirumaal - another meaning is mayakkam intoxication 
-inebriate- or kaadhal love - maalum peRRu - means andha thirumaalaip paRRina 
mayakkam peRRu - intoxicated with the thoughts of that maal - sriman 
naaraayaNan, 
*       peRRavar ninRu - niRRal does not literally mean standing but thinking, 
soone who got that intoxication started thinking about that sriman naaraayaNan
*       ninRavar aRinthu - those who thought - realised, 
*       aRindhvar peRRadhu thazhumbu - the realised gotthe stamp - what it is - 
that maalin adiyaar ennum thazhumbu - stamp - scar - adaiyaaLam of maalin 
adiyaar ena - recognition as naaraayaNa dhaasan.

ninRavar aRindhathu enna - to answer that - go back and take paasuram 21ofMT - 
sengaNmaaRku - what are identities of that naaraayaNan and the real way to 
reach him. 
*       padai -aazhi - weaponry - discus 
*       oordhi - puL - vehicle - garudan - the bird
*       aNai - paambu - bed - snake - ananthan
*       paambu aNaiyaan paadham adai - reach the feet of that lord who lies in 
snake bed.

2. another common specialty point in these two paasurams is [21and 84]: these 
two paasurams cover both the varaaham and thrivikraman episodes. 

Perhaps if I say that you may say it is wrong. From the commentary given above, 
We have already seen and it is clear that the vaamanan episode only iscovered 
in paasuram 21. Whereas 84 covers both [bulleted above in the summing up for 
clarity sake]. 

Now comes the real enjoyment - after doing some - anvayam - rearranging 
thewords of the paasuram - 21 to cover both varaaham and vaamanan episodes. 

Take the first two lines of the paasuram and do the 'anvayam' - lines read -
"ninRu nilamangai neer ERRu moovadiyaal senRu dhisai aLandha sengaNmaaRku". 

anvayam 1. 'nilam ninRu am kai neer ERRu moovadiyaal senRu dhisai aLandha 
sengaNmaaRku' - this covers the vaamana to thrivikrama - giving meaning - 
standing on the earth, accepted the water offering with the beautiful hands 
[made by mahaabali the king], then with three gigantic steps went ahead and 
measured all the directions - to that red eyed thirumaal" - [already available 
as above]
 
anvayam 2. 'neer ninRu nilamangai ERRu, senRu moovadiyaal dhisai aLandha 
sengaNmaaRku'. This covers both varaaha and thrivikrama - "standing in water 
and lifted up the bhoomi dhEvi, went and with three steps measured all the 
directions - to that red eyed thirumaal". 
For we all know, that varaaha - the great boar stood in water, when the earth 
was immersed in water, caused by the asura hiranyaaksha and killed him 
retrieved the earth on his horn.

Now, you, all, will agree yes - this paasuram covers both varaha and 
vaamanavathaara episodes. 
 
neer - water, 
neer - another meaning - you [second person singular and plural- with a lotof 
respect - neer, neengaL, neevir]

nila mangai - bhoomi dhEvi - [this title to bhoomaa dhEvi is used by 
thirumangai aazhvaar frequently- eg 4-5 periya thirumadal- nilamangai thannai 
muRainaaL aLavitta thaamarai pOl manniya sEvadiyai says T aazhvaar]
nilam + am + kai = nilamangai - earth, beautiful hand [that is the meaning used 
above]

ERRu [ERRudhal] - lift up, carry up, pulling to top by standing on top, 
[a simple 'water pump' is called neeRERRu iyandhiram in thooya thamizh]

ERRu [koLLudhal] - ERRuk koLLudhal - accepting, taking what is given or offered.

enRum padai aazhi - always the weapon is the discus - sudharsanar
puL oordhi - the vehicle is the bird- garudan
paambu aNai - the snake is the bed
aazhiyaan paadham adai - reach the feet of the lord who is reposing in the ocean
aRi nenjE - hey mind - learn that.

That is why the title of this write up is vaamaana varaahan. Even this varaahan 
was only a vaamanan - small in size initially, and, then grew into that large 
size to lift the earth - that is beautifully described in naaraayaNeeyam -

angushtamaathravapuruthpathitha: purasthaadh
BhooyO~tha kumBhisadhrusa: samajrumBhathhaasthvam|
aBhrE thathhaa viDhamudheekshya Bhavanthamuchchai
rvismErathaam vidhiragaatha sahasoonuBhi: svai: || 

meaning: Of the size of the thumb at the time of emergence [from brahmaa's 
nose] thou didst soon grew to a size of an elephant. Seeing thee thus growing 
up to region of clouds brahmaa along with his offspring looked on thee with 
wonder. 

iththham vichinthyathi Dhaathri sailamaathra
sadhyou Bhavan kila jagarjithha gOragOram |
meaning: While brahmaa was wondering who is this - you grew to the size of 
mountain.

So the vaamana varaaha grew to thrivikrama size that is what is being wondered 
in MT 84. 

Special 3: in P 21 of MT the ending is aazhi nenjE aRi - hey mind learn or know 
or realise. In 84 - it is 'piraan un perumai piRar aar aRivaar' - thismind who 
has realised and got that stamp - thazhumbu can only recognise him as 'piraan' 
- the great of this vaaman varaahan. 

Special 4. In vaamana to thrivikrama the earth is measured with one foot. 
Whereas the earth was lifted on the horn tip. Which is big- to measure what is 
the scale - earth? 
See line
ulagu aLandha gnaanRu endhai adikku aLavu pOndhapadi enkolO?
varaagaththu eyiRRaLavu pOgaavaaRu endhai adikku aLavu pOndha padi enkolO?
[aLavu - scale 
aLavu - measurement]

As stated by UV swamy one time the earth is adequately enough, another timeit 
is not enough. Who knows your maayam. so hey 'aazhi nenjE' - such a great 
'paambaNaiyaan paadham adai'.

Dhaasan

Vasudevan m.g.







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