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Introduction for this pAsuram
Highlights from thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn‘s introduction
No specific introduction.
Highlights from nanjIyar‘s introduction
In the eighth pAsuram, parAnguSa nAyaki says “my desire to see him is not just greater than ocean, but it has become extreme; hence, if you don’t give your consensus, I will myself go and enter thenthiruppEreyil which is having abundance of water and where he is mercifully seated manifesting his greatness”.
Highlights from vAdhi kEsari azhagiya maNavALa jIyar‘s introduction
See nanjIyar‘s introduction.
Highlights from periyavAchchAn piLLai‘s introduction
See nanjIyar‘s introduction.
Highlights from nampiLLai‘s introduction as documented by vadakkuth thiruvIdhip piLLai
See nanjIyar‘s introduction.
pAsuram
kaNdadhuvE koNdellArum kUdik kArk kadal vaNNanOdu en thiRaththuk
koNdu alar thURRiththadhu mudhalAk koNda en kAdhal uraikkiRthOzhI
maN thiNi gyAlamum Ezh kadalum nIL visumbum kazhiyap peridhAl
theNthirai sUzhndhu avan vIRRirundha thenthiruppEreyil sErvan senRE
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Word-by-Word meanings (based on vAdhi kEsari azhagiya maNavALa jIyar‘s 12000 padi)
kaNdadhuvE – the external changes only
koNdu – with
ellArum – everyone (mothers and townspeople)
kUdi – together
kAr – dark
kadal – invigorating like ocean
vaNNanOdu – being with the one who is having the form
en thiRaththu – my weakness
koNdu – considering
alar – accusations
thURRiRRadhu – throwing
mudhalA – as reason
koNda – present
en – my
kAdhal – love
thOzhI – oh friend (who first caused)!
uraikkil – if I see (to explain it through words)
(not just “kadalin migap peridhu” (greater than ocean), but)
maN – land
thiNi – abundant
gyAlam – earth
(surrounding that earth)
kadal Ezhum – seven oceans
the great ether (the one which gives space for all of these)
visumbum – ether
kazhiya – beyond them, having consumed them
peridhu – remained huge;
(hence)
theL – clear
thirai – invigorating due to having waves
sUzhndhavan – one nurtured the great love
vIRRirundha – residing
thenthiruppEreyil – thenthiruppEreyil
senRu – go there (to pacify my suffering)
sErvan – will reach there
Simple translation (based on vAdhi kEsari azhagiya maNavALa jIyar‘s 12000 padi)
Oh friend! If I try to speak about the love in me which is present due to the accusations thrown at me by everyone seeing my external changes only and my weakness due to desiring to be with emperumAn who is having invigorating ocean like form, it remains huge, beyond the earth which is abundant with land, seven oceans and ether, having consumed them all; I will go to thenthiruppEreyil where one who nurtured my great love is residing, and which is invigorating due to having clear water and waves, and reach there.
vyAkyAnams (commentaries)
Highlights from thirukkurukaippirAn piLLAn‘s vyAkyAnam
See vAdhi kEsari azhagiya maNavALa jIyar‘s translation.
Highlights from nanjIyar‘s vyAkyAnam
See nampiLLai‘s vyAkyAnam.
Highlights from periyavAchchAn piLLai‘s vyAkyAnam
See nampiLLai‘s vyAkyAnam.
Highlights from nampiLLai‘s vyAkyAnam as documented by vadakkuth thiruvIdhip piLLai
- kaNdadhuvE koNdu – she would recite his name, perform a praNAmam (obeisance) as said in “thalayil vaNangavumAngolO?“; seeing that only, if they become so worried for just these external aspects, what would they feel if they come to know her internal emotions?
- ellArum kUdi – Those [friends] who care for her, those [mothers] who look for her well-being, and the others [townspeople] will all unite together. [Why would the townspeople come along?] For blaming someone, even those who don’t normally unite, will unite.
- kArk kadal vaNNanOdu en thiRaththuk koNdu – As she has paled, should she not have lost her complexion to him? Does his complexion not appear as if the ocean flooded and drained subsequently? Uniting my urge with him who is having an invigorating complexion.
- alar thURRiththadhu mudhalAk koNda en kAdhal uraikkil – Would I not remain happy had they not spoken? They are throwing accusations at me to make me withdraw from him fearing their accusations.
- alar thURRiRRu – They threw accusations at me.
- adhu mudhal … – Having that as the cause, my love expanded manifolds like a tree with hundreds of branches.
- kAdhal uraikkil – Even she can’t explain her love. Even if emperumAn‘s qualities which are said in thaiththirIya upanishath as “yathO vAchO nivarthanthE” (The speech returned unable to understand and glorify emperumAn), can be explained, her love cannot be explained through words. Her love will consume even emperumAn who is the target of her love. AzhwAr himself, in thiruvAimozhi 10.10.10, first explained emperumAn’s bliss as “sudar gyAna inbam” (radiant knowledge and bliss) and then said “adhanil periya en avA” (my love which is greater than that).
- thOzhI – You know the efforts which went in to have this love nurtured; now see the result of it.
- maN thiNi gyAlam … – We said “kAdhal kadalil migap peridhAl” without analysing; so, how can we explain that? We can only say that it is larger than the largest aspects, but cannot explain it precisely. Earth which has abundance of land. The seven oceans which surround that and the ether which gives space for everything. Beyond all of these.
Her friend asked “If the love overflows like this, what are you going to do?” She says,
- theL thirai … – She will reach the place where the emperumAn who will enjoy this love is present. She will go to thenthiruppErai which is surrounded by clear waves, and reach there. We will go to the abode where there is scope for enjoyment as said in SrI rAmAyaNam sundhara kANdam 38.14 “thasyOpavana shaNdEshu nAnA pushpa sugandhishu | vihruthya salilaklinnA thavAngE samupAviSam ||” (sIthAp pirAtti says to SrI rAma – I will sweat on playing around the many gardens in the chithrakUta hill which is filled with the fragrance of many flowers, and then rest on your lap).
- sErvan senRE – Now, just the words are not sufficient, I will really go there. I will not send a messenger, and will not wait for his arrival.
- senRE sErvan – Even if I meet him on the way, I will not return. My desire is not to be with him, but to reach the abode [dhivyadhESam is given greater importance than the emperumAn who resides there].
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan
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