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periya thirumozhi >> Seventh centum >> First decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
thUyAy! sudar mAmadhi pOl uyirkkellAm
thAyAy aLikkinRa thaN thAmaraik kaNNA!
AyA! alainIr ulagEzhum mun uNda
vAyA! unnai enganam nAn maRakkEnE?
Word-by-Word meanings
thUyAy – Oh, pure one!
sudar – having (cool) rays
mA madhi pOl – like full moon
uyirkku ellAm – for all creatures
thAyAy – being mother
aLikkinRa – showering mercy
thaN – cool
thAmaraik kaNNA – Oh, one who is having eyes which are like reddish lotus!
AyA – Oh, one who incarnated as krishNa!
alai – having rising waves
nIr – surrounded by the ocean
ulagu Ezhum – seven worlds
mun – during deluge
uNda vAyA – Oh, one who is having the mouth which consumed!
unnai – you, who are a friend-in-need
nAn – I, who understand your favours
enganam – in which way
maRakkEn – will be able to forget?
Simple translation
Oh, pure one! Oh, one who is being our mother, having cool eyes which are like reddish lotus and showering your mercy for all creatures like a full moon having cool rays! Oh, one who incarnated as krishNa! Oh, one who is having the mouth which consumed the seven worlds surrounded by the ocean, which is having rising waves, during deluge! In which way will I, who understand your favours be able to forget you, who are a friend-in-need?
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
thUyAy … – As said in SrI bhagavath gIthA 5.29 “suhrudham sarvabhUthAnAm” (being the friend of all creatures), being friendly towards all creatures, he helps both who are favourable and unfavourable, without any difference. Oh, one who is having such purity! Oh, one who is having cool, divine eyes which shower mercy upon all creatures, in a motherly mood, just as a full moon would eliminate all the heat with cool rays! Here thaN is an adjective for the eyes. Alternative explanation – like a cool, full moon, one who showers your mercy on all creatures, and having divine eyes which manifest such vAthsalyam fully. Here thaN is an adjective for the moon.
AyA … – Oh, one who incarnated as krishNa to be claimed by one of your servitors [dhEvaki, vasudhEva, yaSOdhA, nandhagOpa] saying “He is my son”, even after being the mother of all!
alai nIr ulagEzhum – Oh, one who is having the nature of protecting everyone without any discrimination, when danger rises! Oh, one who is having the divine lips which consumed the earth which is surrounded by the ocean which is having rising waves! How can I forget you, who are a friend-in-need like this.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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