SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Alavandhaar enjoys describing the four divine strong
shoulders of the Lord separately here:

chakaasatham jyaa kina karkasaih subhai:
chathurbhi raajaanu vilambibhir bhujai:
priyaavathamsOthpala karNabhUshaNa
slathaalakaa bandha vimardha samsibhih: [33]

[The Lord who has] four most auspicious long limbs
[arms] that extend right upto knees; that has the
scars of the bow string that keep touching the wrists
and the shoulders; that which grants auspiciousness to
His devotees; that which denote the contacts of His
divine consorts [SrI Devi; bhUdEvi; nILdEvi] imprints
the marks of their bangles while they hug Him with
their hands; the marks of their ear studs; the marks
of curls of their black tresses; etc..

During avathArams, the Lord uses the bow and the
wrists show the mark of scars due to the continual
usage of pulling the bow chord to fight and aim
arrows. But in Paravaasudeva roopam, where is the case
of such marks and where is the time as He is sitting
on AdhisEshan most of the time? [When Alavandhar
enjoys RanganAthan- which is the #1- Divya Desam- the
Primary Moorthy, different kind of marks appear to
Alavandhar; PiraaTTi lies down with Him on the divine
bed of AdhisEshan.. and hug Him with her soft tender
hands- the bangles; the ear studs, the curls of black
tresses press and leave marks on His shoulders.

Alavandhaar enjoys Para, vibhava and vyooha here in
archA avathAram. There are lots of scriptural
evidences that the Lord has four shoulders and hence
it is completely in accordance with saasthrAs.

sundaratthOLgaL [most beautiful shoulders] –says
Kamban , It feels : "ThOL KandAr ThOLE KandAr" When
Rama walked in the streets of MithilA, those who saw
His shoulders see only those shoulders; they are
unable to take their eyes from that. The
aanandAnubhavam of HanumAn , when the thankful
RamachandrA embraced with His hands and powerful
shoulders. His messenger (Raama dhUthan) for bringing
the auspicious news of finding His piratti in the city
of LankhA. Sri RaamA acknowledged that the embrace of
His is all the wealth that he had to confer on HanumAn
for his unmatched service: yEsha SarvasvabhUthO mE
parishvanghO HanUmatha:

[From Sri Anbil mama’s write up:] At the time of
Coronation, Sri Raama wanted to gift something
valuable to Hanuman as a token of gratitude for all
the help he had rendered. But could not find one as
adequate recompense. So, he offered himself and
embraced Hanumaan. Except for Sita, the only other
person who had the blessings of an embrace of the Lord
was Hanumaan. What greater object could he give than
this?

The coolness of that embrace associated with the
powerful shoulders and the comfort that the nAyaki
(ParAnkusa Naayaki) derived from those shoulders
holding her tight is described by her as being under
the cool shade of the fragrant KaRpakA tree.
(Thiruvaimozhi 6.6.6).

Alavandhaar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan



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