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periya thirumozhi >> Eighth centum >> Sixth decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
porundhA arakkar venjamaththup ponRa anRu puLLUrndhu
perum thOL mAli thalai puraLap pErndha arakkar thennilangai
irundhAr thammai udan koNdu angu ezhilAr pilaththup pukkoLippa
karum thAL silai kaikkoNdAnUr kaNNapuram nAm thozhudhumE
Word-by-Word meanings
porundhA – not matching
arakkar – rAkshasas
venjamaththu – in the battle
ponRa – to be destroyed
anRu – at that time
puL Urndhu – riding the thiruvadi (garudAzhwAr)
perum – huge
thOL – having strong shoulders
mAli – mAli’s [a demon]
thalai – head
puraLa – to roll
pErndha – other
arakkar – rAkshasas
then – in the southern direction
ilangai – in the town of lankA
irundhAr thammai – the rAkshasas who were present
udan koNdu – gathering them
angu – from there
ezhil – by beauty
Ar – pervaded
pilaththu – in the pAthALam
pukku – entered
oLippa – to hide
karundhAL – very strong
silai – bow
kai – in the divine hand
koNdAn – one who held
Ur – town
kaNNapuram thozhudhumE – let us worship thirukkaNNapuram.
Simple translation
bhagavAn rode on garudAzhwAr when the rAkshasas, who did not align with his thoughts, engaged in a battle to destroy them. He held his very strong bow in his divine hand to make the head of mAli, who has huge shoulder strength, roll on the ground. Through this, he made the rAkshasas to gather the other rAkshasas from the town of lankA, which is in the southern direction, to enter the pAthALa which is pervaded by beauty and hide there. Let us worship such lord’s divine abode known as thirukkaNNapuram.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
porundhA … – Even if bhagvAn remained fully favourable towards them, the rAkshasa clan was firm on non-alignment; to have them killed in the battle, bhagavAn rode garudAzhwAr, made the head of mAli, who has huge shoulder strength, roll on the ground; he also made the other rAkshasas take along the rAkshasas of lankA which remain as an ant-hill, filled with evil people always, and enter into the pAthALa which is an enjoyable abode and hide there. He did that by holding his very strong bow in his divine hands. Let us worship thirukkaNNapuram, which is the abode of such lord.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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