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periya thirumozhi >> Eighth centum >> Eighth decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
vAnOr aLavum mudhu munnIr vaLarndha kAlam valiyuruvin
mInAy vandhu viyandhuyyak koNda thaN thAmaraik kaNNan
AnA uruvil AnAyan avanai ammAviLai vayaluL
kAnAr puRavil kaNNapuraththu adiyEn kaNdu koNdEnE
Word-by-Word meanings
vAnOr aLavum – up to the boundaries of the dhEvathAs (celestial beings)
mudhu – ancient
mun nIr – flowing in the ocean (which has 3 waters viz river water, ground water and rain water)
vaLarndha kAlam – when it rose
vali – strong
uruvil – having body
mInAy – in mathsya (fish) form
vandhu – came and incarnated
viyandhu – being amazed (on seeing the protective ocean rising)
uyyak koNda – one protected the world
thaN – cool
thAmarai – like lotus flower
kaNNan – having divine eyes
AnA – indestructible
uruvil – having form
AnAyan – one who incarnated as a cow-herd boy
avanai – that krishNa
am – beautiful
mA – vast
viLai – flourishing
vayaluL – having fertile-fields
kAn Ar – filled with forests
puravil – having surroundings
kaNNapuraththu – in thirukkaNNapuram
adiyEn – I, who am a servitor
kaNdu koNdEnE – got to see
Simple translation
bhagavAn came and incarnated as strong bodied mathsya (fish) when the ancient ocean water rose up to the boundaries of the celestial beings; he became amazed seeing that the protective ocean started rising; he has cool, lotus flower likfe divine eyes; he incarnated with an indestructible form as krishNa; I who am a servitor got to see him in thirukkaNNapuram which is having beautiful, vast, flourishing fertile-fields and is having surroundings which are filled with forests.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
vAnOr … – On the day when the overflowing ocean reached up to the boundaries of dhEvathAs. Incarnating as a strong mathsya which can encapsulate that ocean in just one of its scales.
viyandhu uyyak koNda – bhagavAn becomes amazed thinking “The ocean I had placed as protection have now become a threat? What is this?” Alternative explanation. AzhwAr is talking about bhagavAn thinking “I who am the cause of entire creation and am distinguished, has placed myself amidst brahmA et al as vishNu; this will not match my stature; not even that, now incarnating in a different species [as fish], is much greater”.
thaN thAmaraik kaNNan – It is said “mathsya: kamalalOchana:” (mathsya bhagavAn, who is having lotus eyes).
AnA uruvil AnAyan – One who is having a singular form always [in paramapadham as paramapadhanAthan] has now incarnated amongst one among the cow-herd clan. AnAdh uru – decayless form. In thirukkaNNapuram which is having beautiful, vast fertile-fields and surroundings which are filled with forests. It appears that one side is having forests [already we know that one side of thirukkaNNapuram was having ocean].
adiyEn kaNdu koNdEnE – I, who am a servitor, got to see him.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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