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periya thirumozhi >> Fourth centum >> Fourth decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
silambinidaich chiRu paral pOl periya mEru
thirukkuLambil kaNagaNappath thiruvAkAram
kulunga nila madandhai thanai idandhu pulgik
kOttidai vaiththu aruLiya engOmAn kaNdIr
ilangiya nAnmaRai anaiththum angam ARum
Ezhisaiyum kELvigaLum eNdhikku engum
silambiya naRperunjelvam thigazhum nAngUrth
thiruththetRiyambalaththu en sengaNmAlE
Word-by-Word meanings
ilangiya – shining
nAl maRai anaiththum – all vEdhams which are of four classifications
angam ARum – the six ancillary subjects [of vEdhams] viz vyAkaraNam, SIkshA, niruktham, kalpam, chandhas, jyOthisham
Ezhu isaiyum – saptha svaras (seven notes)
kELvigaLum – ithihAsas (epics) etc
eN dhikku – in all eight directions
engum – in all areas
silambiya – roaring
nal – distinguished
perum – immeasurable
selvam – wealth
thigazhum – shining
nAngUr – in thirunAngUr
thiruththeRRi ambalaththu – mercifully residing in the dhivyadhESam named thiruththeRRi ambalam
en – being my lord
sem kaN mAl – sarvESvaran who is having reddish eyes
silambin idai – placed inside the anklets
siRu paralpOl – like the small stones
periya mEru – the huge, stout mEru mountain
thirukkuLambil – on the beautiful hoof
kaNagaNappa – to sound
thiru – (present in his divine chest) periya pirAtti’s
AkAram – presence
kulunga – to sway
idandhu – dug out and picked up (the earth)
nila madandhai thanai – SrI bhUmip pirAtti
pulgi – embraced
kOttidai – on the tusk
vaiththu aruLiya – one who mercifully placed
en kOmAn kaNdIr – is my lord.
Simple translation
Reddish eyed sarvESvaran, my lord, is mercifully residing in the dhivyadhESam named thiruththeRRi ambalam in thirunAngUr. This abode is where distinguished, immeasurable wealth is shining in the form of roaring sounds of all shining vEdhams which are of four classifications, the six ancillary subjects viz vyAkaraNam, SIkshA, niruktham, kalpam, chandhas, jyOthisham, saptha svaras, ithihAsas etc in all eight directions; such sarvESvaran is my lord on whose beautiful hoof, anklets inside which the huge, stout mEru mountain is placed as small stones, are sounding. He dug out and picked up the earth, embraced SrI bhUmip pirAtti and mercifully placed her on his tusk, to have the presence of periya pirAtti on his chest sway.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
silambin idai … – As the huge, great mEru mountain make sounds in the anklets as the small stones inside it, on his divine hoof as said in the thaniyan of kaiSika mAhAthmyam “mEru:kaNakaNAyathE” (mEru mountain is making sounds).
thiruvAkAram kulunga – To make the presence of pirAtti who says as in thiruvAimozhi 6.10.10 “agalagillEn iRaiyum” (I will not leave even for a moment from his chest), sway.
nila madandhai – Lifted up earth and embraced its abhimAnini (controller), SrI bhUmip pirAtti, and placed her on his tusk, like embossing it with a blue-gem, and enslaved me, by that act.
ilangiya … – Four vEdhams which are shining due to the strength of being authentic, the six ancillary subjects, seven notes, ithihAsas, purANas are resounding in all eight directions – thirunAngUr which has such beautiful, great wealth.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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