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periya thirumozhi >> Fifth centum >> First decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
kaLLak kuRaLAy mAvaliyai vanjiththu ulagam kaippaduththu
poLLaik karaththa pOdhagaththin thunbam thavirtha punidhanidam
paLLach cheRuvil kayal ugaLap pazhanak kazhani adhanuL pOy
puLLup piLLaikku irai thEdum puLLam bUdhangudi thAnE
Word-by-Word meanings
kaLLam – mischievous
kuRaLAy – being a dwarf
mAvaliyai – mahAbali
vanjiththu – cheated
ulagam – (his) world
kai paduththu – got full control of it
poLLai – having hole
karaththa – having trunk
pOdhagaththin – gajEndhrAzhwAn’s
thunbam – sorrow
thavirththa – one who eliminated
punidhan – the purest sarvESvaran’s eternal abode
idam – the dhivyadhESam is
paLLam – low-lying
seRuvil – in fertile fields
kayal – fish
ugaLa – as they jump
puLLu – birds
pazhanam – having water-bodies
kazhani adhanuL – in the fertile fields
pOy – entered
piLLaikku – for their little ones
irai – food
thEdum – searching
puLLambUdhangudi thAnE – it is dhivyadhESam named puLLambUdhangudi
Simple translation
emperumAn as a mischievous dwarf cheated mahAbali and got full control of the world; he eliminated the sorrow of gajEndhrAzhwAn who was having a trunk with a hole; the dhivyadhESam where the purest sarvESvaran is eternally residing is puLLambUdhangudi where the fish in the low-lying fertile fields jump, the birds enter the fertile fields which are having water-bodies and are searching food for their little ones.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
kaLLam … – Accepting the form of vAmana (dwarf) which will not let mahAbali accept the words of Sukra et al who were saying “He is sarvESvaran; he has come to do good for dhEvas; don’t become captivated by him” and accepted the world from mahAbali who was thinking the world, which does not belong to him, as his property.
poLLai … – The abode where emperumAn eliminated the sorrow of gajEndhrAzhwAn who is having a trunk with a hole, and considered his own sorrow to have been eliminated.
paLLam … – In the low-lying fertile fields, fish would jump around due to their pride, the birds will enter those fertile fields which are having water-bodies.
puLLup piLLaikku irai thEdum – It is usually explained by me [vyAkyAthA, periyavAchchAn piLLai] that when AlavAyudaiyAn asked, bhattar mercifully explained this. AlavAyudaiyAn asked “When the fish are jumping around, why should the birds go searching for food?” bhattar mercifully replied “Son! Don’t you understand the situation; birds are searching food for their little ones; due to the nature of the soil, the fish would be well-grown like pillar and heavy (weighing) stone; hence they will look for smaller fish which can be consumed by the little ones”.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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