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pAsuram

maNNidandhu EnamAgi mAvali vali tholaippAn
viNNavar vENdach chenRu vELviyil kuRai irandhAy
thuNNena mARRAr thammaith tholaiththavar nAngkai mEya
kaNNanE! kAvaLandhaNpAdiyAy! kaLaigaN nIyE

Word-by-Word meanings

EnamAgi – Being AdhivarAha
maN – earth which was stuck in the wall of the aNdam (oval shaped universe)
idandhu – dug out
mAvali – mahAbali’s
vali – strength
tholaippAn – to eliminate
viNNavar – dhEvathAs
vENda – as they prayed
senRu – went
vELviyil – (in his) fire sacrifice
kuRai – earth which was missing from his possession
irandhAy – Oh one who begged!
thuNNena – quickly
mARRAr thammai – enemies
thulaiththavar – where the brave men who won over are residing
nAngai – in thirunAngUr
kAvaLam thaN pAdiyAi – Oh one who is present in the dhivyadhESam named thirukkAvaLambAdi!
mEya – One who is eternally residing (in that dhivyadhESam)
kaNNanE – Oh krishNa!
nIyE kaLaigaN – You should be the protector.

kAvaLandhaNpAdi – Note that the meaning for this word is as in, kA – gardens’, vaLam – due to abundance, thaN – cool, pAdi – dhivyadhESam. dhivyadhESam which is cool due to abundance of gardens.

Simple translation

Being AdhivarAha you dug out the earth which was stuck in the wall of the aNdam; oh one who begged for the earth which was missing from your possession, after going to mahAbali’s fire sacrifice as the dhEvathAs prayed to eliminate mahAbali’s strength! Oh one who is present in the dhivyadhESam named thirukkAvaLambAdi in thirunAngUr where the brave men who quickly won over the enemies are residing! Oh krishNa who is eternally residing in there! You should be the protector.

Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)

maN idandhu … – As the ocean which was arranged as the protective layer became harmful [in consuming the earth], he assumed a form which does not back out from water and mud, and dug out the earth.

mAvali vali tholaippAn – Since mahAbali had a good quality named generosity, emperumAn need not sever his head as he did for rAvaNa et al; still, since he troubled dhEvathAs, he had the deeds of rAvaNa; though mahAbali had to be killed, he would not do it; instead of destroying him, he destroyed himself [his own stature]. To eliminate mahAbali’s strength, as dhEvathAs who were troubled by him, prayed,

senRu – emperumAn went to mahAbali’s sacrificial arena.

vELviyil – Not in seclusion [but in a huge gathering].

kuRai irandhAy – emperumAn who is avAptha samastha kAman (one who has no unfulfilled desires) had a shortcoming; as he saw the suffering of dhEvathAs, he also assumed that suffering.

thuN ena … – The residents of this dhivyadhESam don’t have the nature of indhra et al; they will not make emperumAn beg, and nurture themselves. Instead, similar to [sugrIva] mahArAjar, they would protect others, at the cost of themselves. SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 40.29 “atha harivara nAtha: prApya sangrAma kIrththim niSichara pathim Ajau  yOjayithvA SramENa” (sugrIva, the lord of monkeys, acquiring the fame as a warrior, reduced rAvaNa to exhaustion) [Note: This SlOkam is explained in detail in http://divyaprabandham.koyil.org/index.php/2018/08/thiruvaimozhi-7-4-1-azhi-ezha/] He caused fear which was unknown to rAvaNa previously.

kAvam thaN pAdiyAy kaLaigaN nIyE – You who are entered as one among the residents of the town, should be my protector.

In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.

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pAsuram

thingaL thOy mAda nAngUrth thirumaNikkUdaththAnai
mangaiyar thalaivan vaNthAr kaliyan vAyoligaL vallAr
pongu nIrulagam ANdu ponnulagANdu pinnum
vengadhirp paridhi vattaththUdu pOy viLanguvArE

Word-by-Word meanings

thingaL – (reaching) in the orbit of moon
thOy – touching
mAdam – having mansions
nAngUr – in thirunAngUr
thirumaNikkUdaththAnai – on emperumAn who is mercifully residing in the dhivyadhESam named thirumaNikkUdam
mangaiyar – for the residents of thirumangai region
thalaivan – being the king
vaN – beautiful
thAr – having garland
kaliyan – thirumangai AzhwAr
vAy – mercifully spoke
oligaL – these ten pAsurams which are a garland of words
vallAr – those who can recite
pongu – rising
nIr – being surrounded by water-filled ocean
ulagam – earth
ANdu – rule over
pon ulagu – heaven
ANdu – enjoy
pinnum – further
vem kadhir – sun’s
parudhi vattaththu – orbit’s
Udu pOy – going through the middle (i.e. going through the archirAdhi mArgam)
viLanguvAr – will shine (in paramapadham)

Simple translation

On emperumAn who is mercifully residing in the dhivyadhESam named thirumaNikkUdam in thirunAngUr where the mansions are reaching up to the moon and touching it, thirumangai AzhwAr who is the king of thirumangai region and who is wearing a beautiful garland, mercifully spoke these ten pAsurams which are a garland of words; those who can recite this decad, will rule over the earth which is surrounded by ocean with rising water, enjoy heaven and further will shine in paramapadham going through the middle of sun’s orbit.

Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)

thingaL … – One who is mercifully residing in the dhivyadhESam named thirumaNikkUdam in thirunAngUr where the mansions are reaching up to the moon and touching it.

mangaiyar … – Chief of the residents of thirumangai region, AzhwAr who is having beautiful garland mercifully spoke this decad; those who are experts in this will rule over the earth which is surrounded by ocean, rule over the heaven and further go through the middle of sun in the archirAdhi mArgam, reach paramapadham and realise the true self and shine.

In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.

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pAsuram

pAvamum aRamum vIdum inbamum thunbam thAnum
kOvamum aruLum allAk kuNangaLum Aya endhai
mUvaril engaL mUrththi ivan ena munivarOdu
dhEvar vandhu iRainjum nAngUrth thirumaNikkUdaththAnE

Word-by-Word meanings

pAvamum – pApam (sin)
aRamum – puNNiyam (puNyam/virtue)
vIdum – mOksham
inbamum – joy
thunbam thAnum – sorrow
kOvamum – anger
aruLum – mercy
allA – other
guNangaLum – qualities such as sathva (goodness) etc (all of these)
Aya – one who controls
endhai – my lord
mUvaril – among brahmA, vishNu and rudhra
engaL – one who is our refuge
mUrththi – lord
ivan ena – being clear that it is only this vishNu
munivarOdu – along with sages such as sanaka et al
dhEvar – dhEvathAs such as indhra et al
vandhu – approach
iRainjum – remaining to be surrendered to
nAngUr – present in thirunAngUr
thirumaNik kUdaththAn – is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam.

Simple translation

My lord who controls pApam, puNNiyam, mOksham, joy, sorrow, anger, mercy and all other qualities such as sathva, is the one who is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam in thirunAngUr where he is remaining to be approached and surrendered to by dhEvathAs such as indhra et al along with sages such as sanaka et al, who are clear that it is this vishNu who is the lord and refuge among brahmA, vishNu and rudhra.

Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)

pAvamum … – Forbidden deeds, ordained deeds, liberation, joy, sorrow which occurs since that joy is temporary, anger which is to be abandoned by wise people, mercy, and other qualities such as sathva etc are all remaining as his prakAram (attribute), to be said as himself.

mUvaril … – Being antharyAmi of brahmA et al, and being himself and protecting, he remains the refuge for us who have abundance of sathva guNam, being one among the three primary dhEvathAs of the world, he is mercifully standing to be surrendered to by dhEvathAs such as indhra et al along with sages such as sanaka et al.

In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.

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AzhwAr is saying “emperumAn who is the controller of the entities which are to be abandoned, pursued and are made of pancha bhUthams has arrived here and residing”.

pAsuram

sangaiyum thuNivum poyyum meyyum iththaraNi Ombum
pongiya mugilum allAp poruLgaLum Aya endhai
pangayam uguththa thERal parugiya vALai pAya
sengayal ugaLum nAngUrth thirumaNikkUdaththAnE

Word-by-Word meanings

sangaiyum – doubt
thuNivum – clarity
poyyum – untruth
meyyum – truth
iththaraNi – this earth
Ombum – one which protects
pongiya – growing
mugilum – cloud
allA – other
poruLgaLum – entities (all of these)
Aya – one who can control
endhai – my lord
pangayam – from lotus flower
uguththa – flowing
thERal – honey
parugiya – drank
vALai – huge fish
pAya – as it jumps
sem – reddish
kayal – small fish
ugaLum – jump away (due to fear)
nAngUr – present in thirunAngUr
thirumaNik kUdaththAn – is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam.

Simple translation

My lord, who can control doubt, clarity, untruth, truth, growing cloud which protects this earth and all other entities, is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam in thirunAngUr where as the huge fish jumps after drinking the honey flowing from lotus flower, the reddish, small fish jump away.

Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)

sangaiyum … – Doubt which would lead to destruction as said in SrI bhagavath gIthA 4.40 “samSayAthmA vinaSyathi” (one who is doubtful will be finished), clarity as said in SrI bhagavath gIthA 4.41 “vyavasAyAthmikA budhdhir EkA” (For those who have firm faith in the true nature of self, their intelligence is single minded), poyyum – harmful lies which are told without any purpose, truth which is good.

iththaraNi … – sarvESvaran who is the controller of the vast clouds which protect the earth without any expectation, and thunder, lightning etc.

pangayam … – The lotus flowers which are filled with honey, let it out; the huge fish drank that honey and jumped, out of ecstasy and the reddish small fish feared and left its abode. Such thirumaNikkUdam.

In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.

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pAsuram

kunRamum vAnum maNNum kuLir punal thingaLOdu
ninRa venjudarum allA nilaigaLum Aya endhai
manRavum vayalum kAvum mAdamum maNam koNdu engum
thenRal vandhu ulavum nAngUrth thirumaNikkUdaththAnE

Word-by-Word meanings

kunRamum – mountains
vAnum – ether
maNNum – earth
kuLir – cool
punal – water
thingaLOdu – moon
ninRa – firmly stood
vem sudarum – sun which has hot rays
allA nilaigaLum – all other stars (all of these)
Aya – having as his prakAram
endhai – my lord
manRamum – wide streets
vayalum – fertile fields
kAvum – gardens
mAdamum – mansions (caused from these)
maNam – fragrance
koNdu vandhu – extracting it
engum – in all places
thenRal – southerly breeze from the mountain
ulavum – roaming
nAngUr – present in thirunAngUr
thirumaNik kUdaththAn – is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam.

Simple translation

My lord is having mountains, ether, earth, cool water, moon, sun which has hot rays and all other stars as his prakAram; such emperumAn is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam in thirunAngUr where the southerly breeze from the mountain is extracting the fragrance from the wide streets, fertile fields, gardens, mansions, and is roaming in all places.

Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)

kunRam … – emperumAn remains as the mountains which arrange enjoyments, tools for enjoyments and abode for enjoyments for sentient beings, ether which provides space for those mountains, earth which provides enjoyments, water which cools down, moon, sun which eliminates the coolness caused by moon and stars which indicate the good and bad which conduct the life of sentient beings.

manRamum … – Gardens will be present in large streets; ponds will be present in fertile fields; women will be present in gardens and mansions; the southerly breeze which is roaming, brings along the fragrance from those places and spreads everywhere; alternatively – bringing fragrance from everywhere and roaming.

In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.

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pAsuram

keNdaiyum kuRaLum puLLum kEzhalum ariyum mAvum
aNdamum sudarum allA ARRalum Aya endhai
oNdiRal thennanOda vadavarasOttam kaNda
thiNdiRalALar nAngUrth thirumaNikkUdaththAnE

Word-by-Word meanings

keNdaiyum – mathsya (fish)
kuRaLum – vAmana
puLLum – hamsa (swan), the bird
kEzhalum – varAha (pig)
ariyum – narasimha
mavum – hayagrIva (having such incarnations)
aNdamum – brahmA’s oval shaped universe
sudarum – sun and moon
allA – other
ARRalum – best entities
Aya – one who is mercifully present to have as his prakAram (forms)
endhai – my lord
oN thiRal – very strong
thennan – pANdiya, who was the ruler of southern region
Oda – to flee
vadavarasu – chOzha who was the king of the region north of pANdiya’s kingdom
Ottam kaNda – made to flee after losing
thiN thiRalALar – very strong brAhmaNas’
nAngUr – present in thirunAngUr
thirumaNik kUdaththAn – is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam.

Simple translation

My lord who incarnated as mathsya, vAmana, hamsa, varAha, narasimha is mercifully present to have brahmA’s oval shaped universe, sun and moon, and all other best entities as his prakAram ; such emperumAn is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam in thirunAngUr which belongs to very strong brAhmaNas who made the very strong pANdiya who was the ruler of southern region to flee and chOzha, who was the king of the region which is to the north of pANdiya’s kingdom, to flee after losing.

Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)

keNdaiyum … – He remained having mathsya, SrI vAmana, hamsa, SrI varAham, narasimha and hayagrIva, his wealth [universe], moon and sun who light up the universe, and further the best entities in the universe as said in SrI bhagavath gIthA 10.41 “yadh yadh vibhUthimath sathvam SrImadh Urjitham Eva vA | …” (Whichever creature is having glories which are controlled by it, having radiance and is fixed on starting auspicious activities, you know that those creatures acquired that from a fraction of my controlling ability), to be said as himself.

ARRalumAy – My lord who remained as the strong and eternal entities.

oN thiRal … – Where the very strong brAhmaNaas, who made pANdiya, who has shining strength, to flee and the king of northern region too flee, are residing. The residents of the town are able to do whatever he does incarnating.

In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.

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pAsuram

karumagaL ilangaiyAtti pilangoL vAy thiRandhu than mEl
varumavaL seviyum mUkkum vALinAl thadindha endhai
perumagaL pEdhai mangai thannodum pirivilAdha
thirumagaL maruvum nAngUrth thirumaNikkUdaththAnE

Word-by-Word meanings

karumagaL – very lowly like a chaNdALa woman
ilangai Atti – being the controller of lankA
pilam koL – cave like
vAy thiRandhu – opening her mouth
than mEl – on self
varum avaL – sUrpaNakA, who came
seviyum – ear
mUkkum – nose
vALinAl – with the sword
thadhindha – severed
endhai – my lord
peru magaL – having natural femininity
pEdhai – one who is ignorant on the defects of devotees
mangai – bhUmip pirAtti
thannodum – with her
pirivu ilAdha – one who never separates (being together always)
thirumagaL – SrIdhEvi
maruvum – eternally residing
nAngUr – present in thirunAngUr
thirumaNik kUdaththAn – is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam.

Simple translation

sUrpaNakA who is very lowly like a chaNdALa woman, being the controller of lankA, opened her cave like mouth and came towards my lord who severed her ear and nose with the sword; such emperumAn is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam where he is eternally residing with SrI bhUmip pirAtti who is having natural femininity and who is ignorant of the defects of devotees and with SrIdhEvi who never separates from him.

Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)

karu magaL … – Lowly woman; being born with rAvaNa, she was glorified by all the residents of lankA, opened her cave like mouth.

than mEl varum avaL – As sUrpaNakA marched towards the inseparable sIthAp pirAtti, SrI rAma felt that she marched towards him.

sevi … – He ensured that she regained her natural (ugly) form after eliminating her assumed pride. She opened her mouth fully and went towards pirAtti thinking that she was the hurdle for her to enjoy him; my lord who severed her ear and nose.

perumagaL – Having natural femininity.

pEdhai mangai – One who is ignorant about others’ defects. Here SrI bhUmip pirAtti is indicated.

thannodu pirivilAdha thirumagaL – periya pirAttiyAr who never separates from him as said in thiruvAimozhi 6.10.10 “agalagillEn iRaiyum” (I cannot separate even for a moment). The abode where SrI bhUmip pirAtti and periya pirAttiyAr are eternally residing.

In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.

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pAsuram

thAngarum sinaththu van thAL thadakkaimA maruppu vAngki
pUngurundhu osiththup puLvAy piLandhu erudhadarththa endhai
mAngani nugarndha mandhi vandhu vaNdiriya vAzhaith
thIngani nugarum nAngUrth thirumaNikkUdaththAnE

Word-by-Word meanings

thAngu arum – unable to bear (for anyone)
sinaththu – having anger
van thAL – having strong feet
thadam kai – kuvalayApeedam, which is having huge trunk, its
mA – large
maruppu – tusk
vAngi – plucked
pUm – blossomed
kurundhu – kurundha tree
osiththu – broke
puL – bakAsura’s
vAy – mouth
piLandhu – tore
erudhu – bulls
adarththa – one who crushed and killed
endhai – my lord
mAngani – mangoes
nugarndha – ate
mandhi – female monkey
vandhu – left there
vaNdu – (came to drink honey) beetles
iriya – to disperse and run away
vAzhai – plantain tree’s
thI – sweet
kani – fruits
nugarum – ate
nAngUr – present in thirunAngUr
thirumaNik kUdaththAn – is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam.

Simple translation

My lord plucked the large tusk of kuvalayApeedam, which is having anger, which is unbearable, strong feet and huge trunk; he broke the blossomed kurundha tree; he tore bakAsura’s mouth; he crushed and killed the bulls; such emperumAn is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam where the female monkey ate mangoes, left there and came to eat the sweet banana fruits in the plantain trees to have the beetles disperse and run away.

Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)

thAngu arum … – Just as plucking green leaves, my lord effortlessly plucked the large tusk of kuvalayApeedam, which is having anger, which is unbearable, strong feet and huge trunk; he broke the beautiful kurundha trees which was fully blossomed; he tore bakAsura’s mouth; and killed the seven bulls.

mAngani … – Female monkey which ate the mango, thought “we should spend our time enjoying a different taste”, went and ate the banana fruits, to disperse the beetles which had gathered there to consume honey. Just as emperumAn would not spend his time, without eliminating the enemies, these monkeys too would not spend their time, without enjoying different tastes.

In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.

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pAsuram

mAththozhil madangach cheRRu maRudhiRa nadandhu vanthAL
sEththozhil sidhaiththup pinnai sevvith thOL puNarndha endhai
nAththozhil maRai vallArgaL nayandhu aRam payandha vaNkaith
thIththozhil payilum nAngUrth thirumaNikkUdaththAnE

Word-by-Word meanings

mA – kESi, the demon’s
thozhil – act
madanga – to be controlled
seRRu – killed
marudhu – marudha trees
iRa – to break
nadandhu – crawled in between those
van – strong
thAL – having feet
sE – bulls
thozhil – act
sidhaiththu – destroyed
pinnai – nappinnaip pirAtti’s
sevvi – beautiful
thOL – with shoulders
puNarndha – one who embraced
endhai – my lord
nA thozhil – the act of the tongue, adhyayanam (learning/reciting) which was done
maRai – vEdhams
vallArgaL – brAhmaNas who can handle
nayandhu – eagerly
dharmaththai – conducted
vaN – generous
kai – with the hands
thI thozhil – fire rituals
payilum – conducting
nAngUr – present in thirunAngUr
thirumaNik kUdaththAn – is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam.

Simple translation

My lord killed kESi, the demon, to have his acts controlled, crawled in between the two marudha trees to break those, and embraced the beautiful shoulders of nappinnaip pirAtti by destroying the acts of the bulls which had strong feet; such emperumAn is mercifully present in thirumaNik kUdam where brAhmaNas who are experts in vEdhams,which are recited by the tongue, eagerly conduct dharmam and who conduct fire rituals with their generous hands, are residing.

Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)

mAththozhil … – my lord who killed kESi to control his acts, broke the marudha trees by crawling through those trees while learning to walk, destroyed the acts of the bulls which were having strong feet as if he were knocking down sand-castles and embraced nappinnaip pirAtti’s beautiful/fresh shoulders.

nAththozhil … – Experts of vEdhams, with the ability of the tongue, would conduct fire rituals with their generous hands which eagerly conducted dharmam. If we read “thIththozhil” to be “bad acts”, it will be contrary as saying “One who is good in conduct became devoid of good conduct”. Hence it should be taken as acts involving fire. After performing adhyayanam (learning of vEdham), they will engage in karma (actions) which are ordained in such vEdham. Having learnt vEdham, since they are merciful towards others, they will remain compassionate towards the suffering persons; with their hands, which conduct dharmam, they will engage in three types of fire viz dhakshiNAgni, AhavanIyam and thrEthAgni. Just as learning of vEdhams and conducting themselves as per vEdham are the routine for the residents of thirumaNikkUdam, emperumAn has destruction of enemies as his routine.

In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.

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