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periya thirumozhi >> Sixth centum >> Seventh decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
ARum piRaiyum aravamum adambum sadai mEl aNindhu udalam
nIRum pUsi ERUrum iRaiyOn senRu kuRai irappa
mARu onRillA vAsa nIr varai mArbagalaththu aLiththu ugandhAn
nARum pozhil sUzhndhu azhagAya naRaiyUr ninRa nambiyE
Word-by-Word meanings
ARum – gangA river
piRaiyum – crescent moon
aravamum – snake
adambum – adamba flower
sadaimEl – on his matted hair
aNindhu – wearing
udalam – on the body
nIRu – ashes
pUsiyum – smearing
ERu Urum – riding the bull
iRaiyOn – rudhra, who considers himself to be ISvaran
senRu – reached
kuRai – shortcoming (of brahmahaththi dhOsham – defect caused by plucking brahmA’s head)
irappa – as he prayed (to eliminate it) (at that time)
varai – mountain like
agalam – vast
mArvaththu – present on his divine chest
onRu mARu illA – not having a match
vAsa nIr – fragrant sweat
aLiththu – gave
ugandhAn – one who became joyful
nARum – abundantly fragrant
pozhil – by the gardens
sUzhndhu – surrounded
azhagAya – beautiful
naRaiyUr ninRa – one who is eternally residing in thirunaRaiyUr
nambi – nambi is the refuge
Simple translation
rudhra who considers himself to be ISvaran and who is wearing gangA river, crescent moon, snake and adamba flower on his matted hair and is having ashes smeared on his body, reached bhagavAn and prayed to him to eliminate his shortcoming; bhagavAn gave the matchless, fragrant sweat from his vast mountain like divine chest and became joyful. Such bhagavAn is eternally residing in thirunaRaiyUr which is surrounded by abundantly fragrant gardens. Such nambi is our refuge.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
ARum piRaiyum … – rudhra was prideful thinking “I can protect myself” and was having such qualities like having gangA river in a small portion of his matted hair, to show that he was an enjoyer, he was having the crescent moon, having snake, having adamba flower, also having ashes smeared on his body and was riding a bull. Such rudhra considers himself to be ISvara. He plucked the head of brahmA who is the guru for the whole world (including rudhra) and his father, and became pAthaki (great sinner) and went to sarvESvaran and informed his trouble.
mARu … – bhagavAn gave the sweat from his divine form which is known in chAndhOgya upanishath as “sarva gandha:” (the abode of all fragrances) and became joyful thinking “We got to remove the suffering of rudhra who was roaming around respectfully”.
nARum pozhil … – Beautiful thirunaRaiyUr is surrounded by fragrant garden which will mesmerise bhagavAn who is said to be “sarva gandha:”.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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