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periya thirumozhi >> Eighth centum >> Eighth decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
mInOdu Amai kEzhal ari kuRaLAy munnum irAmanAyth
thAnAy pinnum irAmanAyth thAmOdharanAyk kaRkiyum
AnAn thannaik kaNNapuraththu adiyan kaliyan oli seydha
thEnAr insol thamizh mAlai seppap pAvam nillAvE
Word-by-Word meanings
mInOdu – being in mathsya (fish) form
Amai – being in kUrma (tortoise) form
kEzhal – being in varAha (wild-boar) form
ari – being narasimha (half-human and half-lion)
kuRaLAy – being vAmana (dwarf)
munnum irAmAnAy – being paraSurAma
thAnAy – being chakravarthith thirumagan (divine son of emperor, dhaSaratha)
pinnum irAmanAy – being balarAma
dhAmOdharanAy – being krishNa
kaRkiyum – being kalki
AnAn thannai – emperumAn, who mercifully incarnated
kaNNapuraththu – in thirukkaNNapuram (worshipped)
adiyan – became SEshabhUtha (servitor)
kaliyan – by thirumangai AzhwAr
oli – with tune
seydha – mercifully composed
thEn – by nectar
Ar – filled
in – beautiful
sol – having words
thamizh mAlai – this thirumozhi (decad)
seppa – as one recites
pAvam – sin
nillAvE – will not remain
Simple translation
thirumangai AzhwAr, who became a servitor of thirukkaNNapuram emperumAn, who incarnated as mathsya, kUrma, varAha, narasimha, vAmana, paraSurAma, SrI rAma, balarAma, krishNa and kalki, mercifully composed with tune this thirumozhi, which is having beautiful words which are filled with nectar; sin will not remain on the one who recites this decad.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
mInOdu … – AzhwAr composed this decad which is having honey like beautiful words in the form of a thamizh garland, and served bhagavAn on seeing him incarnating in ten forms starting with mathsya et al, and protected this world; as one recites these pAsurams, one’s sins will leave.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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