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periya thirumozhi >> Fifth centum >> First decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
mEvA arakkar thennilangai vEndhan vIyach charam thurandhu
mAvAy piLandhu malladarththu marudham sAyththa mAladhidam
kAvAr thengin pazham vIzhak kayalgaL pAyak kurugiriyum
pUvAr kazhani ezhilArum puLLambUdhangudi thAnE
Word-by-Word meanings
mEvA – those who don’t fit (with him)
arakkar – rAkshasas’
then – present in the south direction
ilangai – for lankA
vEndhan – rAvaNa, who was the king
vIya – to be killed
saram – arrows
thurandhu – shot
mA – kESi who came as a horse, his
vAy – mouth
piLandhu – tore
mal – wrestlers
adarththu – tormented and turned to dust
marudham – marudha trees
sAyththa – one who made them fall
mAladhu – sarvESvaran who is infatuated towards his devotees, his
idam – dhivyadhESam is
Ar – densely present
kA – in the groves
thengin – from coconut trees
pazhangaL – fruits
vIzha – as they fall (seeing that)
kayalgaL – fish (became frightened)
pAya – jumped out to another place (seeing that)
kurugu – cranes
iriyum – scattered and ran
pU Ar – filled with flowers such as lotus etc
kazhani – fertile fields’
ezhil – by the beauty
Arum – being complete
puLLambUdhangudi thAnE – it is dhivyadhESam named puLLambUdhangudi
Simple translation
sarvESvaran, who is infatuated towards his devotees, shot arrows to kill rAvaNa the king of lankA which was in the southern direction where rAkshasas who were not fitting with him were present; he tore the mouth of kESi who came as a horse; he tormented the wrestlers and turned them into dust; he made the marudha trees fall down. The dhivyadhESam of such sarvESvaran is puLLambUdhangudi which has densely present groves where the fruits from coconut tree fall, seeing which the fish jumped out to another place; seeing which the cranes scattered and ran; it is complete due to the beauty of the fertile fields which are filled with flowers such as lotus etc.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
mEvA … – emperumAn shot arrows to kill rAvaNa who was the king of lankA where rAkshasas who were naturally hateful instead of being hateful due to a particular reason; tore the mouth of kESi; killed the group of wrestlers; broke the marudha trees which were standing together.
mAladhu idam – The abode of emperumAn who shows equal love towards pirAtti and his devotees.
kA Ar … – As the fruits from coconut trees in the dense groves fall, fish jumped thinking that they are falling on them.
kurugu iriyum … – The cranes think that the fish are jumping aiming at them and scattered and ran away. The bewilderment is matching for both the fish and the cranes. Fish became frightened while the fruits were not aimed at them; cranes, while are harmful to the fish which are their food, were running away fearing the fish.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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