Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – onarintumu – onarintAmu.
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References
² - kukshini brahmANDambulunnavaTa – The following verse from Srimad-bhAgavatam, Book 2, Chapter 5 is relevant –

bhU-lOkaH kalpitaH padbhyAM bhuvar-lOkO(a)sya nAbhiH |
svar-lOkaH kalpitO mUrdhnI iti vA lOka-kalpanA || 42 ||

“The sphere of the Earth is located in His feet, the bhuvar-lOka in His navel, and the svar-lOka in His head. This is how the three worlds are located accordingly to this arrangement.”

In vAyu purANa, there is a mention of brahmA finding the whole universe in the stomach of vishNu.
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³ – vicakshaNa – For a brief on what is vicakshaNa, as defined in kauSiTaki brAhmaNa;.complete translation of the upanishad.
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⁴ – dIkshA guruDaTa – Guru Tattva by Swami Sivananda (download)

The following verse from tirumandiram regarding the Lord as guru is relevant –

பத்திப் பணிந்துப் பரவும் அடிநல்கிச்
சுத்த வுரையால் துரிசறச் சோதித்துச்
சத்தும் அசத்தும் சதசத்துங் காட்டலாற்
சித்தம் இறையே சிவகுரு வாமே (1573)

patti paNindu paravum aDi nalgi
sudda uraiyAl turisaRa sOdittu
sattum asattum sadasattum kATTalAl
sittam iRaiyE siva guruvAmE (1573)

He taught me the meekness of Spirit,
Infused in me the light of devotion,
Granted me the Grace of His Feet;
And after interrogation holy, testing me entire,
Revealed to me the Real, the Unreal and Real-Unreal;
Of a certain is Siva-Guru Lord Himself
(Translation by Dr. B Natarajan)

⁵ – lakshaNa lakshya – Please refer to detailed discussion on the subject in ‘Vedanta for Beginners’ (download).

List of mahAvAkyAs.
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⁶- aksharathulu – The following verses from SrImad-bhagavad-gItA, Chapter 15 is relevant –

dvAvimau purushau lOkE ksharaScAkshara Eva ca ||
ksharaH sarvANi bhUtAni kUTasthO(a)kshara ucyatE || 16 ||
uttammaH purushastv-anyaH paramAtmEty-udAhRtaH ||
yO lOka-trayam-AviSya bibharty-avyaya ISvaraH || 17 ||

“There are two purushas in the world – the perishable and the Imperishable. All beings are the Perishable, and the kUTastha is called the Imperishable.”

(kUTastha – That which manifests Itself in various forms of illusion and deception. It is said to be Imperishable as the seed of samsAra is endless – in the sense that it does not perish in the absence of brahma-jnAna.)

“But (there is) another, the Supreme purusha, called the Highest Self, the Immutable Lord, who pervading the three worlds sustains them.” (Translation and Notes by Swami Swarupananda).

Definition of ‘akshara’ – according to brahma sUtra.

Accordingly, ‘aksharastha’ has been translated as ‘those established in the Imperishable brahman’.

Please also refer to SrI tyAgarAja kRti ‘evarani nirNayincirirA’ – rAga – dEvAmRta varshiNi wherein he states that SrI rAma is ‘para brahmam’.
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⁷ – sAkshiyai velayu – the following verse from SrImad-bhagavad-gItA, Chapter 13, is relevant –

updrashTAnumantA ca bhartA bhOktA mahESvaraH ||
paramAtmEti cApy-uktO dEhE(a)smin-purushaH paraH || 22 ||

“And the Supreme purusha in this body is also called the Looker-on, the Permitter, the Supporter, the Experiencer, the Great Lord, and the Highest Self.”
(Translation by Swami Swarupananda)

⁸ – muppadi reNDu lakshaNa - These are known as sAmudrika lakshaNa – physical characteristics (marks of the body). In this regard, please refer to SrImad-vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, bAlakANDa, Chapter 1 (9 – 11) wherein sage nArada describes the bodily marks of SrI rAma. In sundara kANDa, hanumAn, on questioning by sItA, describes the personality of SrI rAma - Chapter 35 (17 – 20).
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