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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi >> Fourth Centum >> Seventh decad
avathArikai
There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram.
thalaippeydhu kumuRich chalam podhi mEgam salasala pozhindhidak kaNdu
malaipperum kudaiyAl maRaiththavan madhurai mAl purudOththaman vAzhvu
alaippudaith thirai vAy arum thava munivar avabiradham kudaindhu Ada
kalappaigaL kozhikkum gangaiyin karai mEl kaNdam ennum kadi nagarE
Word-by-Word Meanings
alaippu udai – going at the bank
thirai vAy – with waves
aru – rare
thavam – carrying out penance
munivar – those, who keep meditating [upon emperumAn]
avabiradham kudaindhu Ada – as they carry out their sacred baths, immersing in the river
(as a result of that)
kalappaigaL – equipment in the yAgasAlai [arena where they conducted the rituals], such as ploughs etc
kozhikkum – carrying with it
gangaiyin karai mEl – on the banks of river gangA
kaNdam ennum kadi nagar – the distinguished abode, named as kaNdam
salam – water from the ocean
podhi – carrying fully, with them
mEgam – clouds
thalaippeydhu – reaching (thiruvAyppAdi, SrI gOkulam)
kumuRi – roaring thunderously
sala sala – with the sound “sala sala”
pozhindhida – as they poured
kaNdu – looking [at that]
malai – gOvardhana hill
peru – huge
kudaiyAl – with the umbrella
maRaiththavan – one, who hid such that not a drop fell on anyone
madhurai – on SrI mathurA
mAl – one, who is infatuated with
purudOththaman – for purushOththaman
vAzhvu – is his divine abode
Simple Translation
Sages, who constantly meditate on emperumAn, carry out yagyams [rituals] on the banks of river gangA, which keeps throwing waves at the banks. At the end of their yagyams, the sages immerse themselves in the waters of the river. Once they complete their sacred bath, the river carries all their implements of yagyams such as plough etc. On the bank of such gangA is the distinguished abode of kaNdam. Clouds imbibed the entire water of ocean and poured them after reaching thiruvAyppAdi, roaring thunderously. krishNa lifted the hill gOvardhana as an umbrella, preventing even a drop of water falling on any person, who had taken refuge under him. He has deep affection for SrI mathurA and lives in that abode, kaNdam.
vyAkhyAnam
salam podhi mEgam thalaippeydhu kumuRi – Clouds, as ordered by indhran [lord of celestial entities], had imbibed the entire water from the oceans such that the floor of the ocean could be seen. They then reached thiruvAyppAdi [SrI gOkulam], roaring thunderously, to make the stomachs of those who heard their noise, to churn. thalaippeygai – to reach.
sala sala pozhindhida – The clouds poured out their contents [water], just like a pot of water, when inverted, pours down. sala sala – sound, made by water, when it pours.
kaNdu – Looking at the enmity of clouds and the simplicity of those, in thiruvAyppAdi.
malaip perum kudaiyAl maRaiththavan – one who lifted the mountain [gOvardhana], like a huge umbrella and hid the people under it, such that not a drop of water, not a hail, not a thunder fell on anyone.
madhurai mAl – krishNa destroyed the enemy, kamsan; he released his parents [dhEvakip pirAtti and SrI vasudhEvar] from their prison; he coronated ugrasEna [father of kamsan] as the king of mathurA; he uplifted all the inhabitants of mathurA, protecting them. He is one, who has deep affection towards SrI mathurA, where he mercifully incarnated.
purudOththaman vAzhvu – for purushOththaman, who protected those who inhabited the place where he grew up [AyppAdi] and the place where he incarnated [mathurA], without any difference, and had greatness, the abode which is the most enjoyable, without any limit.
alaippuddaith thirai vAy – in the waves which go at the bank
thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that the sages, in keeping with their observance of religious activities, maintain vAngniyathi [rules regarding speaking; in other words, maintaining silence], and carry out the activities without any fault in the way that the manthrams are recited, without any fault in the activities undertaken and without any fault in the materials gathered for carrying out the yagyams. At the end of their yagyams, the sages immerse themselves in the river, as per prescribed procedure.
arum thava munivar – those, who meditate constantly on emperumAn, and who carry out rare penances
avabiradham kudaindhAda – after completing their yagyams, which are a form of their worshipping emperumAn, without any defect, as they immersed in the waters of the river gangA
kalappaigaL kozhikkum – immediately [after the sages took their bath], the river increased its flow, carrying all the implements of their yagyams, such as ploughs etc and flowed
gangaiyin karai mEl – on the bank of river gangA
kaNdam ennum kadi nagarE – it is the distinguished abode, named kaNdam.
We shall next consider the 7th pAsuram of this thirumozhi.
adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan
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