upadhESa raththina mAlai – 33

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pAsuram 33

seerArum villipuththUr selvath thirukkOLUr
ErAr perumbUthUr ennum ivai – pAril
madhiyArum ANdAL madhurakavi AzhvAr
ethirAsar thOnRiya Ur ingu                                         33

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Word by word meaning

Arum – having (porundhiya)
seer – greatness, (that is)
villipuththUrSrIvillipuththUr and
selvam – having wealth (that is)
thirukkOLUr – thirukkOLUr and
Ar – full of
Er – beauty (that is)
perumbUthUrSrIperumbUthUr,
ennum ivai – such dhivyadhEsams
Ur – (are the) places
pAril – in the earth (where)
Arum – (one(s)) having divine/special
madhi – knowledge
ANdALsUdik koduththa nAchiyAr
madhurakavi AzhvArmadhurakavi Azhvar and
ethirAsaremperumAnAr
thOnRiya – divined their incarnation
(respectively).

vyAkyAnam

Now, he (maNavALa mAmunigaL) is divining here with ‘seerArum villipuththUr’, the places of incarnation of those who were divined about in an earlier pAsuram that started with ‘AzhvAr thirumagaLAr ANdAL … [upadhESa raththina mAlai – 21].

Since they incarnated as said in that pAsuram as ‘vAzhvAga vandhu udhiththa [upadhESa raththina mAlai – 21], the places of their incarnation is also having full of greatness and wealth everywhere.

seerArum villipuththUr – SrIvillipuththUr having thriving wealth. That is like the combination of pon (gold), maNi (gems) and muththu (pearls) put together, having golden feet of emperumAn villipuththUr uRaivAn [nAchchiyAr thirumozhi – 5.5]’ (emperumAn divining his presence in SrIvillipuththUr), and nAchchiyAr who is the sthree dhanam (wealth) as can be said as ‘maNivalli’, and, incarnating in the place where pearls are formed and as said in ‘ikkarai ERi iLaiththu irundhEn [periyAzhvAr thirumozhi 5.3.7]’ (came out of the samsAram to the other shore due to your grace), like a (seeker) muktha who has reached the shore, that is periyAzhvAr – having such combination it is having unlimited ever present wealth.

Srivilliputhoor-Aandaal-Temple-wikipediaSrIvillipuththUr temple

Or, it can be said as referring to nAchchiyAr that is ‘kOvalar tham pon kodi [thiruppAvai – 11]’ (sister of gOpalars (cowherd boys) and looking like a slim (and beautiful) creeper of gold), and sarvEsvaran that is ‘maNiyai vAnavar kaNNanai [thiruvAimozhi 1.10.11]’ (One who has a form like a (radiant) precious gem, being the controller of those in paramapadham).

Or, it can be said as talking about AzhvAr and thirumagaLAr who have assumed the birth of cowherds and spending time immersed in the qualities (of emperumAn) as said in ‘seer malgum AyppAdi [thiruppAvai – 1]’ (wealthy place of thiru AyppAdi), they are being complete in krishNan’s qualities as said in ‘mali pugazh vaN kurugUr [thiruvAimozhi 4.2.11]’ (having much greatness, head of thirukkurugUr (nammAzhvAr)).

selvath thirukkOLUr – As said in ‘selvam malgi avan kidantha thirukkOLUr [thiruvAimozhi 6.7.7]’ (having much wealth, thirukkOLUr, where he is in lying position), it is having vaiththamAnidhi (huge wealth being preserved for emergency / also the name of emperumAn there).

ErAr perubUthUr – That is, since ‘ErAr ethirAsar [upadhESa raththina mAlai – 37]’ (full of beauty, emperumAnAr) incarnated there, the place is also being ‘ErAr’ (full of beauty), that is SrIperumbUthur.

Or, as said in ‘senkayal vAvigaL sUzh vayal nALum siRandha perumbUthUr [Arththi prabandham – 32]’ (~ ever great SrIperumbUthUr that is full of fields, waters, fish, etc.), it is talking about the fertile place.

ennum ivai – in this way these places that are talked about as popular.

pAril madhi Arum ANdAL madhurakavi AzhvAr ethirAsar thOnRiya Ur ingu – that is – being full of bhagavath gyAnam (knowledge about emperumAn, etc), and which extends up to His devotees – having such quality is ANdAL – she incarnated in ‘seerArum SrIvillipuththUr’ (mentioned above).

 

Like ‘Ayar kulaththinil thOnRum (m)ANi viLakku [thiruppAvai – 5] ((krishNan) beautiful lamp/gem who arrived in the clan of cowherds)’, here in the clan of ‘vEyar’ this ‘lamp’ incarnated.

Having knowledge equivalent to the aforementioned, who does not know any thing other than nammAzhvar as said in ‘thEvu maRRaRiyEn [kaNNinuN chiruth thAmbu – 2]’, (that is, madhurakavi AzhvAr),

perumal_koil_rappaththu_uthsavam_2015_nammazhvar_madhurakavi_azhvar_nathamunigal_DSC_0691madhurakavi AzhvAr with his lord nammAzhvAr – (dhEvap) perumAL kOyil (kAncheepuram)

and, emperumAnAr the head of yathis, the places in which they appeared, that is, ‘selvath thirukkOLUr ErAr perumbUthUr’ (mentioned previously).

ingu – (here) – Gives the meaning that those who are ‘there’ (in SrIvaikuNtam) descended here and appeared.

It is said ‘yadhAvathArAnmathurA murArE rAmasya sAkEtha purI cha yadhvath | thadhA yathIndhrasya sadhAmupAsyA mahA bhUtha purI bhabhUva [prapannAmrutham 2.28]’ (Like mathuRa due to incarnation of murAri the krishNan, and like ayOdhya due to incarnation of rAman, SrIperumbUthUr due to the incarnation of yathirAja, became virtuous/sacred).

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Translation: raghurAm SrInivAsa dhAsan

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