thiruvezhukURRirukkai – 8

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kURiya aRu suvaip payanum Ayinai
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sudar vidum aimpadai ankaiyuL amarndhanai
sundhara nAL thOL munnIr vaNNa
 

Word by word meaning

kURiya aRu suvaip payanum Ayinai – six types of tastes (mentioned in the sAsthras) is You who is all such tastes for me.
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am kaiyuL – In your beautiful divine hands
amarndhanai – you hold
sudar vidum ai padai – the five weapons that are bright;
sundhara nAl thOL – having four beautiful shoulders
munnIr vaNNa – Oh emperumAn, having the beauty like an ocean.

Simple translation

thirumangai AzhwAr considers emperumAn as all the tastes specified in the shasthrAs;

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Azhwar enjoys the beauty of emperumAn’s four shoulders, which define the word beauty, and which give beauty to the ornaments worn; Azhwar asks emperumAn to let him fully enjoy such beauty.

 

vyAkyAnam

kURiya aRu suvaipp payanum Ayinai – sAsthras talk about six tastes that the people in this world use – salty, sour, saline/astringent, sweet, hot, and bitter (uppu, puLippu, thuvarppu, inippu, kArppu, kaippu (kasappu); You are these tastes for us. nammAzhwAr too sang “aRu suvai adisil enkO” [thiruvAimozhi 3-4-5]. You become the six tastes for the people and benefit them, you please be the six tastes – shad’rasAnnam (aRusuvai adisil – food with all six tastes) and give Yourself to us. This is the meaning thirumangai Azhwar shows in this phrase.

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For him, it is the five divine weapons that emperumAn holds, and the beautiful hands that holds them, are the food of six tastes – is what thirumangai AzhwAr shows in the next phrase.

sudar vidum aimpadai ankaiyuL amarndhanai – having wonderful appearance of shankam (conch), chakram (sudarsana wheel), gadhai (mace), sArngam (bow), nAndhakam (sword); even if they are not present, your hands are so beautiful, which require removing the casting of others’ (evil) eyes; with such beautiful hands you provided your grace to us by holding those weapons, like they are ornaments for such beautiful hands.

sundhara nAl thOL munnIr vaNNa – Shoulders that define the word beauty; that word beauty split in to four parts, that are your four shoulders; Like it is said “sarva bhUshaNa bhUshArhA: bhAhava:” [ramAyanam – kishkintha kAndam? 3-15], [shoulders fit for decorating all the ornaments], without having to use any ornaments to add beauty, the shoulders themselves are so beautiful; they create beauty; in reality they give beauty to the ornaments; One having such shoulders; river water, spring (URRu) water, and rain water – all the three get mixed (munnIr) in to oceans, and when people look at the ocean it their fatigue would be removed and feel fresh; in the same way you remove our fatigue by your beautiful form; AzhwAr implies that He should make him fully enjoy this beauty.

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Translation by raghuram srInivAsa dAsan

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