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periya thirumozhi >> Ninth centum >> Second decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
kOzhiyum kUdalum kOyil koNda kOvalarE oppar kunRam anna
pAzhiyandhOLum Or nAngudaiyar paNdu ivar thammaiyum kaNdaRiyOm
vAzhiyarO ivar vaNNam eNNil mAkadal pOnRuLar kaiyil veyya
Azhi onREndhi Or sangu paRRi achchO oruvar azhagiyavA!
Word-by-Word meanings
kOzhiyum – uRaiyUr
kUdalum – (south) madhurai
kOyil koNda – having as abode
kOvalarE oppar – he remains to be known as cowherd (king);
kunRam anna – mountain-like
pAzhi – strong
am – beautiful
Or – unique
nAngu thOLum – four divine shoulders
udaiyar – he is having;
paNdu – previously
ivar thammaiyum – him
kaNdu aRiyOm – we have not seen;
vAzhiyarO – pallANdu (long live); arO is present just for poetic metrics and does not have any meaning
ivar vaNNam – the nature of his form
eNNil – if we try to explain
mA – huge
kadal pOnRuLar – he remains like an ocean;
kaiyil – on his one divine hand
veyya – shining
Azhi onRu – one divine chakra
Endhi – holding
Or – (on the other divine hand) unique
sangu – pAnchajanyam (divine conch)
paRRi – he is holding;
oruvar – this unique person’s
azhagiyavA – the beauty
achchO – is amazing!
Simple translation
emperumAn remains to be known as the cowherd who is having uRaiyUr and (south) madhurai as his abodes; he is having mountain-like strong, beautiful and unique four divine shoulders; previously, we have not seen him; pallANdu (long live); if we try to explain the nature of his form, it remains like a huge ocean; he is holding one divine chakra on one of his divine hand and one divine conch on his another divine hand; how amazing is this unique person’s beauty!
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
kOzhi … – emperumAn remains to be known as cowherd who is having uRaiyUr and (south) madhurai as his abodes. kOzhi indicates uRaiyUr. kUdal indicates madhurai (south). It can also be said as “emperumAn remains to be known as king who has uRaiyUr and madhurai as his abodes”. In the first approach, it speaks about those who remain happily in those abodes.
kunRam … – He is having four divine shoulders which are as strong as a mountain.
paNdivar thammaiyum kaNdaRiyOm – He remained in a way that we had not seen him previously [appearing ever-fresh].
vAzhiyarO … – Let us perform mangaLASAsanam to him saying “pallANdu! pallANdu!”; if we were to speak about his divine form, it appears like an ocean. He is holding thiruvAzhi (divine chakra) which torments the enemies, on his one hand.
Or sangu paRRi – He is having pAnchajanyam which is uncontrollable even for him, on his other hand.
achchO oruvar azhagiyavA – We can speak about it only this much remaining in the shore; we cannot go deeper and speak about it in detail.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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