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periya thirumozhi >> Fourth centum >> Sixth decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
mAvaLam perugi mannu maRaiyavar vAzhum nAngaik
kAvaLambAdi mEya kaNNaNaik kaliyan sonna
pAvaLam paththum vallAr pAr misai arasarAgi
kOviLa mannar thAzhak kudai nizhal polivar thAmE
Word-by-Word meanings
mA vaLam – great wealth
perugi – grew
mannum – remaining firm
maRaiyavar – best among brAhmaNas
vAzhum – living happily
nAngai – in thirunAngUr
kAvaLam pAdi – in the dhivyadhESam named thirukkAvaLambAdi
mEya – remaining firmly
kaNNanai – on krishNa
kaliyan – AzhwAr
sonna – mercifully spoke
vaLam – beautiful
pA paththum – ten pAsurams
vallAr – those who can recite
pAr misai – on earth
arasarAgi – being kings
kO (gO) – on earth
iLa mannar – all the princes
thAzha – to be subservient
kudai nizhal – in the shade of the umbrella
polivar – will remain wealthy
Simple translation
krishNa is remaining firmly in the dhivyadhESam named thirukkAvaLambAdi in thirunAngUr where the best of brAhmaNas who are with well grown, great wealth, are living happily; AzhwAr mercifully spoke these ten pAsurams on such emperumAn; those who can recite these pAsurams will remain as kings on earth and be wealthy under the shade of the umbrella to be served by all the princes on the earth.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
mA vaLam … – krishNa is eternally living in the dhivyadhESam named thirukkAvaLambAdi in thirunAngUr where the brAhmaNas who are having boundless wealth which keeps growing and does not stop growing on a particular day, and where such sarvESvaran who is the essence of vEdham, can be seen through our eyes; while looking at the saulabhyam (easy approachability) here in this dhivyadhESam, krishNAvathAram appears as parathvam (his presence in SrIvaikuNtam). Those who are experts in this decad which is having a beautiful meter as said in “Just reciting these pAsurams with our mouth, which were mercifully spoken by AzhwAr, in itself is the goal”. pAvaLam – type of poem.
Those who are well versed in this decad will become kings on this earth and
kO iLa mannar thAzha … – AzhwAr is showing them worldly pleasure thinking “If we say that mOksham is attained as a result of this decad, there will be no one interested. Hence, if we identify this as the means for their worldly desires, they will learn and then we will lead them to mOksham”.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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