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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi >> Fourth Centum >> Fifth decad
avathArikai
AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that those who meditate on one who removes the enemies of his followers, will get to implore SrI vaikuNtanAthan [emperumAn] for granting apt kainkaryams for nithyasUris.
thennavan thamar seppam ilAdhAr sEvadhakkuvAr pOlap pugundhu
pinnum van kayiRRAl piNiththu eRRip pin munnAga izhuppadhan munnam
innavan inaiyAn enRu solli eNNi uLLaththu iruL aRa nOkki
mannavan madhushUdhan enbAr vAnagaththu manRAdigaL thAmE
Word-by-Word Meanings
thennavan – for one, who is the lord of the southern direction, yama
thamar – being servitors
seppam ilAdhAr – having no honesty among the three faculties [of mind, speech and action]
sE – bulls
adhakkuvAr pOla – subduing, just like those who are from lowly clans
pugundhu – entering
pinnum – further
van kayiRRAl – with strong ropes
piNiththu – tying tightly
eRRi – making them to suffer
pin mun Aga – with face on ground
izhuppadhan munnam – before they drag, up to yama lOkam [land of yama]
mannavan – one, who is the lord of yama
innavan inaiyan enRu solli – to meditate on the auspicious qualities such as sauSeelyam [equal disposition], saulabhyam [easy approachability] etc of one who is SrIya:pathi, jagath kAraNan et al [consort of SrI mahAlakshmi; one, who is the causative factor for all]
uLLaththu iruL – ignorance of knowledge in the heart
aRa nOkki – looking at him such that it is removed
madhusUdhan – oh, one who annihilated the monster madhu
enbAr – those, who recite
thAmE – they themselves [who are without any equivalent]
vAnagaththu – in paramapadham
manRAdigaL – they will get to implore SrI vaikuNtanAthan, on behalf of nithyasUris, for granting servitude to nithyasUris.
Simple Translation
The servitors of yama [lord of righteousness] do not have the honesty of synchronising their faculties of mind, speech and action. They will torture people, just like those born in lowly clans subdue bulls. Further, with strong ropes, they will tie such people, hurting them, and drag them to the land of yama, with their faces rubbing on the ground. Before such an event occurs, if these people recite the name of madhusUdhanan, who annihilated the monster madu, and who is the lord of yama, meditating on the one, who is SrIya:pathi, jagath kAraNan et al, through his auspicious qualities such as sauSeelyam, vAthsalyam, saulabhyam etc, thus removing the ignorance of knowledge from their hearts, they will get to beseech emperumAn, on behalf of nithyasUris, for granting them appropriate servitude.
vyAkhyAnam
thennavan thamar – the servitors [messengers] of yama, who is he lord of southern direction.
seppam ilAdhAr – they are without honesty. Their three faculties [of mind, speech and action] would be incongruent.
sEvadhakkuvAr pOlap pugundhu – they will enter and harm the people [who have trodden the path away from that ordained in vEdhams] just like those, who are from lowly clans, controlling and subduing bulls [using all the foul means], causing them sorrow.
pinnum van kayiRRAl piNiththu eRRi – just like the way that those who control bulls, while their very sight would cause sorrow for people [who are in the wrong path of vEdhams], the messengers of yama will further tie the people with strong ropes, causing injury to the people with sharp knives. eRRi – just as it has been mentioned in the saying “naman thamar seyyum vEdhanai” (agony caused by the messengers of yama), they will pierce, in the rib cage and waist.
pin munnam izhuppadhan munnam – they will drag such people, with their faces rubbing on the ground, such that nose, face, teeth, lips etc break [or tear]. Before this happens …
innavan inaiyAn enRu solli eNNi – meditating on emperumAn [who is the divine consort of SrI mahAlakshmi, who is the causative factor of all] and on his divine qualities such as vathsalyam [motherly forbearance], sauSeelyam [equally disposed towards all], saulabhyam [easy to approach etc]
iruLaRa nOkki – seeing him such that the ignorance of knowledge, present in the heart, disappears.
mannavan – being the lord of yama too
madhusUdhan enbAr – those who recite his divine names such as madhusUdhanan, who had removed the enemies of his followers
vAnagaththu manRAdigaL thAmE – they will beseech emperumAn for providing nithyasUris with apt servitude. thAmE – they will not expect support from anyone, for this.
We shall next consider the 8th pAsuram of this thirumozhi.
adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan
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