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periya thirumozhi >> Sixth centum >> Tenth decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
pUNAdhu analum thaRu kaN vEzham maRuga vaLai maruppaip
pENAn vAngi amudham koNda perumAn thirumArvan
pANA vaNdu muralum kUndhal Aychchi thayir veNNey
nANAdhu uNdAn nAmam sollil namO nArAyaNamE
Word-by-Word meanings
pUNAdhu – (even when bound to a pole) not being bound
analum – breathing fire
thaRu – rounded
kaN – having eyes
vEzham – elephant named kuvalayApeedam
maRuga – to suffer
pENAn – disregarding it
vaLai – (its) curved
maruppai – tusk
vAngi – pulled
amudham – nectar
koNda – (from kshIrAbdhi) one who churned and brought out
perumAn – being sarvESvaran
thirumArvan – being the one who is having pirAtti in his divine chest
pANA – having songs
vaNdu – beetles
muralum – humming
kUndhal – having hair
Aychchi – mother yaSOdhA (preserved)
thayir – curd
veNNey – butter
nANAdhu – disregarding (her)
uNdAn – one who mercifully consumed, his
nAmam – divine name
sollil – if we were to utter
namO nArAyaNamE – it is in the form of “namO nArAyaNa“
Simple translation
To make kuvalayApeedam, not being bound, breathing fire and having rounded eyes, suffer, disregarding it [it’s power], sarvESvaran pulled its curved tusk; being sarvESvaran who is having pirAtti in his divine chest, he churned and brought out nectar; disregarding mother yaSOdhA who is having hair with singing beetles humming tunes, he mercifully consumed the curd and butter [which were preserved by her]; if we were to utter his divine name, it is in the form of “namO nArAyaNa“.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
pUNAdhu analaum thaRu kaN … – To make kuvalayApeedam which is not being bound by the pole, breathing fire on those who try to bind it, having rounded eyes as per the species, suffer, krishNa effortlessly pulled its tusks, disregarding the fact that it is a very powerful elephant; further, he churned the ocean and retrieved the nectar from it and remained joyful from the joy of those who consumed it. The reason for that is because he is sarvESvaran.
thirumArvan … – As said in SrI vishNu purANam 1-9-105 “paSyathAm sarvadhEvAnAm yayau vakshasthalam harE: ” (even as the celestial entities were watching, SrI mahAlakshmi attained the divine chest of emperumAn), he remains as the one with pirAtti in his divine chest.
pANA vaNdu … – Having learnt [to hum], being drunk with honey, while singing, they are humming with tunes. Having such beetles in her hair.
Aychchi thayir … – If krishNa steals the curd and butter which were preserved by mother yaSOdhA and mercifully tries to consume it, she will bind him and beat him; at that time, he will think “Is there any shame in stealing the butter [and getting caught]? [No]”.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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