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Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
munai mugaththu arakkan mALa mudigaL paththu aRuththu vIzhththu Angu
anaiyavaRku iLaiyavaRkE arasaLiththu aruLinAnE!
sunaigaLil kayalgaL pAyach churumbu thEn nugarum nAngaik
kanai kazhal kAvaLandhaNpAdiyAy! kaLaigaN nIyE
Word-by-Word meanings
munai mugaththu – in the battlefield
arakkan – rAvaNan
mALa – to be killed
paththu mudigaL – (his) ten heads
aRuththu – severed
vIzhththu – to make them fall down
Angu – there
anaiyavaRku – for such rAvaNan
iLaiyavaRkE – for vibhIshaNan who is his younger brother
arasu – kingdom
aLiththaruLinAnE – Oh one who mercifully granted!
sunaigaLil – in water-bodies
kayalgaL – fish
pAya – (feared) to run away
surumbu – beetles
thEn – honey
nugarum – drank (with a roar)
nAngai – in thirunAngUr
kAvaLam thaN pAdiyAi – Oh one who is present in the dhivyadhESam named thirukkAvaLambAdi!
kanai – resounding
kazhal – oh one who is having an anklet of valour!
nIyE kaLaigaN – You should be the protector.
Simple translation
Oh one who severed rAvaNan’s ten heads to make them fall down and have him killed and mercifully granted the kingdom to vibhIshaNan, his younger brother, there! Oh one who is present in the dhivyadhESam named thirukkAvaLambAdi in thirunAngUr where beetles drank honey to make the fish in water-bodies to run away! Oh one who is having a resounding anklet of valour! You should be the protector.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
munai mugaththu … – In the battle front.
arakkan mALa – Unlike the rAkshasas who would fight deceitful battles to kill the enemies, SrI rAma stood in the battlefront to kill rAvaNa.
mudigaL paththu aRuththu vIzhththu – Severing the heads which were strengthened by rAvaNan by his acts of severing them and offering them in sacrifice. Making them fall down.
Angu – In that battle field itself, for vibhIshaNa who was the younger brother of such rAvaNa who was deeply unfavourable by separating perumAL and pirAtti like separating body and life.
arasu aLiththu aruLinAnE – Looking at the great betrayal [act of disrespecting bhagavAn/pirAtti] of rAvaNan, SrI rAma should have destroyed the entire lankA, but he granted the kingdom to vibhIshaNa, his brother. For his defects, he himself said in SrI rAmAyaNa yudhdha kANdam 17.12 “thasyAham anuja: brAthA” (I am such evil rAvANan’s younger brother). When sugrIva mahArAjar lovingly invited vibhIshaNAzhwAn, he controlled his great joy and became flattened by such love and said “I , who am the brother of lowly rAvaNan, am being invited lovingly by you!”
sunai … – In thirunAngUr where the kayal fish which are living in the ponds think about the roar of the beetles drinking honey and fear that they are falling on them, and jump away.
kanai … – AzhwAr is speaking about the sound of the ornament (anklet); or he is saying about the dense feet which are brave. Is there any one else who is our protector other than you who are having anklet showing your valour as said in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 18.34 “Ethath vratham mama” (I won’t fail anyone who surrenders unto me. This is my vow) and are present here for that.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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