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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi >> Fourth Centum >> Eighth decad
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AzhwAr says in this pAsuram that SrIrangam is the divine abode, where emperumAn, who annihilated monsters who were torturing the world, resides.
kozhuppudaiya sengurudhi kozhiththu izhindhu kumizhththu eRiya
pizhakkudaiya asurargaLai piNam paduththa perumAn Ur
thazhuppariya sandhanangaL thadavarai vAy Irththuk koNdu
thezhippudaiya kAviri vandhu adithozhumsIr arangamE
Word-by-Word Meanings
thada – huge
varai vAy – on the mountain (since it grows)
thazhuppu ariya – difficult for one or two persons to embrace it fully
sandhanangaL – sandalwood trees
Irththuk koNdu – (uprooting them and) pulling them
thezhippu udaiya – making a sound such as “you should mercifully accept this”
kAviri – the river kAviri
vandhu – coming uproariously
adi – divine feet
thozhum – worshipping
sIr – having greatness
arangam – SrIrangam
kozhuppu udaiya – having fat
sezhu – flourishing
kurudhi – blood
kozhiththu – rising, without any shortcoming to its secretion
izhindhu – flowing on the land, like a river descending from a mountain
kumizhththu – bubbling
eRiya – making waves
pizhakku udaiya – having the fault of harming the world
asurargaLai – monsters
piNam paduththa – one, who destroyed
perumAn – sarvESvaran, dwelling permanently
Ur – divine abode
Simple Translation
SrIrangam is the divine abode, where river kAviri uproots and pulls down sandalwood trees, which are such huge that one or two persons could not embrace it fully, pushing them towards periya perumAL, making sound as if saying “You should mercifully accept these”, worshipping his divine feet. It is the permanent dwelling place for emperumAn, who destroyed monsters, who were troubling the people of the world and, whose blood, which is flourishing with fat, flows on the land, like a stream descending from a mountain, bubbling froth, rising up and making waves.
vyAkhyAnam
kozhuppudaiya sezhum kurudhi – when a pig, which enjoys eating, is fed nourishing food such that its flesh becomes fat and it roams around, it would look beautiful with its blood and fat. To reflect this, AzhwAr mercifully says kozhuppudaiya sengurudhi.
thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that the monsters eat such that their flesh becomes fat; with that vanity, along with the strength of their boons and physical forms, they indulge in harming others. emperumAn pierces their physical forms, as mentioned in periya thirumozhi 11.4.4 “piLavu ezhavitta kuttam” (the stream of blood which came out when the physical form was pierced into two) such that blood flows on to the land, just like a river descending, rising up with bubbles.
kozhiththu izhindhu kumizhththu eRiya – when such blood comes on to the ground, like a river descending [from a mountain], it will flow on the land, rising up, with bubbles forming, looking like a river with waves.
pizhakkudaiya asurargaLai – monsters, who indulge in wrongful and unjust activities, roam around, harming the people in the world. This conveys the meaning that not all the monsters, who are born in the clan of monsters, would need to be destroyed. Only those, who indulge in harmful activities need to be destroyed.
piNam paduththa perumAn Ur – while dealing with such monsters, instead of removing a few limbs from them or leaving them half dead, emperumAn destroys them fully. SrIrangam is the divine abode, where such emperumAn resides.
thazhuppariya sandhanangaL thadavarai vAy IrththukkoNdu – sandalwood trees grow on huge mountains and grow large such that one or two persons cannot embrace them fully; river kAviri uproots these trees and pulls them along, as she flows.
thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that the sandalwood trees are large such that even two or four persons could not embrace them fully.
thezhippudaiya kAviri vandhu adi thozhum – kAviri river makes a sound, as she flows, as if saying [to emperumAn] “You should mercifully accept these [sandalwood trees]”. She comes with affection, to emperumAn, bringing the sAththuppadi [an offering made to emperumAn for him to wear – could be dress, sandalwood, garland etc], and worships his divine feet.
sIr arangamE – it is SrIrangam which has all such eminence [where emperumAn resides permanently].
thiruvAimozhip piLLai says at the end that through this pAsuram, it is clear that those who live in SrIrangam, would offer anything good which they see [like kAviri proffering sandalwood trees] at the divine feet of emperumAn, without any cause, and worship his divine feet.
We shall next consider the 7th pAsuram of this thirumozhi.
adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan
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