Pasuram21 EttrakalangaL edhirpongi meedhaLippa mAttrAdhE pAlsoriyum vaLLal perum pasukkaL AttrappadaitthAn maganE arivurAi oottram udaiyAi periyAy ulagellAm thOttramAi ninra sudarE thuyil eZai MAttrAr unakkE vali tholaindhunvAsar kaN AttrAdhE vandhun adi paniyumAppolE pOttriyAm vandhu ninrOm pugazndhElOrempAvai Oh Lord , you have come as the son of Nanda , who has many cows , generous in giving milk which overflows the vessels paced under them like you yourself who gives more than what they ask for, to the devotees. You are the omnipotent, omnipresent supreme light that pervades the whole universe, which is but a manifestation of your glory. What can we ask you , who is ready to give everything? Whatever we ask will be infinitesimal compared with what you are ready to give. Hence realising our worthlessness we have come to your door step to serve you like the foes you have vanquished come to you with humility to serve you. All +we are capable of doing is only to sing your glory. You are the almighty yet all mercy. The whole creation came from you who is the primal spirit and it is in an inseparable relation with you. You are the light that make the Sun and other luminaries shine. Awake and shower your grace on us. Translation The son of Nanda, who has abundant cows which give out milk in plenty making the pots overflow, awake. You are great, with valour, and you pervade the whole world as the supreme light, awake from your sleep. We have come to your doorstep like those whom you vanquish come and serve at your feet but we have come praising you with devotion. Commentary After approaching the divine mother to show mercy and to recommend their case to the Lord, now they wake up the Lord Himself. EttrakalngaL-------vaLLal perum pasukkal- When the cows are generous and give in plenty it is left to the one who milks them to take as much or as little he wants. Similarly the Lord is there to give all but we get only as much according to the vessel we take to Him. To ask for paltry things of the world when He is prepared to give the infinite bliss is like asking a millionaire for a few coins. ERRakalangaL – the vessels which are enough Edhirpongi- overflowing, the Lord bestows His grace not only to the one who surrenders but all his forefathers and descendents like HE PROMISED Prahlada thath He will not kill any one of his clan and spared Mahabali. meedhaLippa- giving plenty The Lord Himself is Himself is described by ERrakalngaL----vaLlal as He gave the Gita to all irrespective of their distinctions. mAttrAdhe-without distinction the cows give milk to all like the Lord. VaLLal is the one who gives what is needed without asking. And gives what is beneficial irrespective of what we ask. The cows are gernerous as they give plenty of milk to all. Perum paSukkaL- the cows in ayarpadi were big and well fed AttrappadaitthAn magan-son of Nandagopa who had these The commentators explain this as follows: This epithet AttrappadaitthAn applies to Sri Ramanuja who had sishya paprampara like a large herd of cows who gave the milk of jnana and the Lord Himself is like the magan of the acharya who called Him selvappillai, on retrieving the idol from the princess of a muslim ruler and established it back in Melkote and the uthsavamurthi there is called sampatkumaran or selvappillai in Tamil. One may object to this by saying that Andal lived long before Ramanuja and would not have meant this by her words. It is true but the explanation is not irrelevant because the words of the saint composers have a foresight and also there can be no denying the fact that the words can be construed to mean someone or something in later period if it is suitable. aRiviRaay-have mercy on us. ootram udaiyAy -The Lord has both power to protect and also mercy which is a rare combination to find like fragrance in a gold flower. periyAy- He is called so because He gives without expecting anything in return. He protects even those who abuse Him. vaidhAraiyum vAzavaikkum dheivam. After giving everything He still thinks that He has not done enough for His devotees oottram udaiyAi -----sudarE -the whole phrase denote that Krishna is none other than Brahman the primal cause of the universe from whom everything rise, by whom they are sustained and into whom they merge back. yathO vA imani bhoothAni jAynthE Ena jAthAni jeevanthi yasmin abhisamvisanthi. The upanishad declares that Brahman alone existed in the beginning, one only without a second. sadheva soumya idhamagra Aseeth, EkamEva adhvitheeyam. Then it willed to become many. Thadhaikshatha bahusyAm prajAyEya. Thus the creation came about. This is the implication of ootram udaiyAy. periyAy-refers to the creation of mahadhAdhi, that is the mahat or buddhi, ahamkara ( not ego but the three kinds of ahamkara, sAtvik,rajasic and thamasic) and subtle elements, the thanmathras , subtle indhriyas, and manas. ulagellAm thOtramAi ninra means the gross world all being the manifestations of the Lord. sudarE-He is the life or light of all. The vaishnava saints also see the reference to the five forms of Lord Narayana in this line, ootram udaiyai denoting the parathva or paravasudeva, periyai the vyuha rupa , ulagelam thOtramai referring to the incarnations or vibhavas, the word ninra denoting the archavathara and sudarE is the antharyami. Of these, paravasudeva is inaccessible like the avaranajala, cosmic waters as He is in vaikunta in that state, the vyuhas are like the milky ocean which can be made accessible through inspired meditation, as He has been seen by the devotees like akrura and sages like visvamithra. The vibhavas or incarnation are like monsoon floods as they happen once in a while whereas the archavatharas, the idols worshipped in temples and other places are like reservoirs of water always available. Antharyami state of bhagavan is like water in the earth, ever existing but invisible found only through proper digging. mAttrar----vandhuninrom- As your opponents are vanquished by your valour we have been vanquished by your infinitely auspicious qualities and giving up all attachments ,valitholaindhu, we have come to your door step vanquished by your gunas.guNairdhaasyam. pORRiyaam vandhu ninROm- we have come to praise you.
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