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periya thirumozhi >> Ninth centum >> First decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
venRi sEr thiNmai vilangal mAmEni veLLeyiRRu oLLerith thaRu kaN
panRiyAy anRu pArmagaL payalai thIrththavan panjavar pAgan
onRalA uruvaththu ulappil pal kAlaththu uyar kodi oLi vaLar madhiyam
senRu sEr sennich chigara nanmAdath thirukkaNNangudiyuL ninRAnE
Word-by-Word meanings
venRi sEr – victorious
thiNmai – strong
vilangal – like a mountain
mA – huge
mEni – form
veL – whitish
eyiRu – having tusks
oL – beautiful
eri – matching fire
thaRu kaN – having cruel eyes
panRiyAy – as vAraha
anRu – during deluge
pAr magaL – SrI bhUmip pirAtti’s
payalai – paleness
thIrththavan – one who eliminated
panjavar – for pancha pANdavas
pAgan – emperumAn, who favoured by being their charioteer
onRalA – many
uruvaththu – having forms
ulappu il – endless
pal kAlaththu – going for a long time
uyar – tall
kodi – flags
oLi vaLar – having great radiance
madhiyam – up to the moon’s orbit
senRu – reached
sEr – to touch
senni – tall
sigaram – having peaks
nal – beautiful
mAdam – having mansions
thirukkaNNangudiyuL ninRAnE – is mercifully present in thirukkaNNangudi.
Simple translation
emperumAn, as varAha, having victorious, strong mountain like huge form, and whitish tusks and beautiful fire-like cruel eyes, eliminated the paleness of SrI bhUmip pirAtti during deluge; he remained as the charioteer for pancha pANdavas and favoured them; he is mercifully present in thirukkaNNangudi which is having tall flags which are having endless forms and are going forever on the beautiful mansions with tall peaks, where the flags in differen forms, can reach up to and touch the orbit of the very radiant moon.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
venRi … – Being varAha, having victorious, strong mountain like huge form, and whitish tusks and beautiful rounded eyes matching the particular species, [emperumAn] eliminated the paleness of SrI bhUmip pirAtti during deluge, by lifting up the earth; one who is the sArathi [charioteer] for pANdavas.
onRalA … – Having multiple forms, and being endless and remaining forever, the tall flags are present on the tall peaks of the beautiful mansions in thirukkaNNangudi, which can reach up to the orbit of the moon. emperumAn is mercifully residing in such dhivyadhESam.
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