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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi >> First Centum >> Third Decad
avathArikai (Introduction)
This pAsuram mentions about the gift sent by pirAttiyAr, the prominent among his divine consorts.
kAnAr naRum thuzhAy kai seydha kaNNiyum
vAnAr sezhum sOlaik kaRpagaththin vAsigaiyum
thenAr malar mEl thirumangai pOththandhAL
kOnE! azhEl azhEl thAlElO kudandhaik kidandhAnE! thAlElO
Word-by-Word Meanings
thEn Ar – full of honey
malar mEl – dwelling atop a reddish lotus flower
thiru mangai – periya pirAttiyAr (SrI mahAlakshmi)
kAn Ar – cultivated in the forest
naRu thuzhAy – with fragrant, divine thuLasi
kai seydha – manifesting the handicraft with which it was strung
kaNNiyum – garland, and
vAn Ar – as if filling up the entire sky
sezhum – full of excellence
sOlai – formed as a garden
kaRpagaththin – strung with kaRpaga (a celestial tree) flowers
vAsigaiyum – garland for the divine forehead
pOththandhAL – sent
kOnE – oh, one who is the lord of all!
azhEl azhEl – do not cry; do not cry. May you go to sleep
kudandhaik kidandhAnE – oh, one who is mercifully reclining in thirukkudandhai (present day kumbakONam)! May you go to sleep.
Simple Translation
periya pirAttiyAr, who resides on a reddish lotus flower, which is full of honey, sent a garland which was handcrafted with fragrant thuLasi, cultivated in the forest and garland for the divine forehead made from kaRpaga flowers, which had been plucked from kaRpaga trees which had grown in a garden filling up the entire sky. Oh, one who is the supreme entity! Do not cry; do not cry. May you go to sleep. Oh, one who is mercifully reclining in thirukkudandhai! May you go to sleep.
vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)
kAnAr … – garland made by handcrafting thuLasi which had grown in its fertile land, due to which it was flourishing and fragrant.
vAnAr … – garland for the divine forehead strung with karpaga flowers which had grown in a tree that had filled up the entire sky as if it were a garden. thiruvAimozhip piLLai says, in his svApadhESam, that though there were many kaRpaga trees in the ethereal region, each tree appeared as if it were a garden by itself.
thEnAr …– the garlands were sent by periya pirAttiyAr who dwells on the lotus flower from which honey will never stop dripping. She is always with the age of yuvathiScha kumAriNi (about 16, between the stages of adolescent and adult). thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that whatever periya pirAttiyAr sends is aprAkrutham [not seen in samsAram, the materialistic realm]. She sends them through entities who are also aprAkruthar [those who do not dwell in samsAram].
kOnE … – Oh, one who is the lord of everyone such that everyone desires to carry out servitude to you! Do not cry; do not cry. May you go to sleep. thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here: Oh, one who is the controller of both vibhUthi [nithya vibhUthi, the spiritualistic realm and samsAram, the materialistic realm]! This implies that he is the head of the clan of herd-folk.
kudandhai …– Oh, one who is mercifully reclining in thirukkudandhai, to manifest a simplicity which is the exact opposite of the eminence which was just seen! May you go to sleep. thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that by reclining in the third vibhUthi [dhivyadhEsam or divine abode] he administers the other two vibhUthis.
We shall next consider the 8th pAsuram of this thirumozhi.
adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan
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