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periya thirumozhi >> Fifth centum >> First decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
kudaiyA vilangal koNdu Endhi mAri pazhudhu Anirai kAththu
sadaiyAn Oda adal vANan thadandhOL thuNiththa thalaivanidam
kudiyA vaNdugaL uNNak kOla neelam mattugukkum
pudaiyAr kazhani ezhilArum puLLambUdhangudi thAnE
Word-by-Word meanings
vilangal – gOvardhana mountain
kudaiyA koNdu – accepting it as umbrella
Endhi – effortlessly held
mAri – rain
pazhudhA – making it go waste
nirai – herds of cows
kAththu – protected
sadaiyAn – rudhran
Oda – as he ran (away from the battlefield)
adal – battle-ready
vANan – bANAsuran’s
thadam – vast
thOL – shoulders
thuNiththa – one who severed
thalaivan – krishNa who is controller of all, his
idam – dhivyadhESam is
kudiyA – remaining with the clan
vaNdugaL – beetles
uNNa – to drink honey
kOlam – beautiful
neelam – karuneydhal flower
mattu – honey
ugukkum – let out in abundance
pudai Ar – being vast
kazhani – fertile fields’
ezhil – by beauty
Arum – complete
puLLambUdhangudi thAnE – it is the dhivyadhESam named puLLambUdhangudi
Simple translation
krishNa who is controller of all, accepting gOvardhan mountain as an umbrella, effortlessly held it, making the rain go waste, and protected the herds of cows; during the battle with bANAsuran, as rudhran ran away, he severed the battle-ready bANAsuran’s vast shoulders; his dhivyadhESam is puLLambUdhangudi where the vast, fertile fields are complete with beauty, are having beautiful karuneydhal flowers which let out honey in abundance, to make the beetles remain with their clan and drink honey.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
kudaiyA … – As a remedy for the hailstorm, he held a mountain as protection.
Endhi – Since it was done for the sake of others, it did not cause any pain for him.
mAri … – To make the effort of indhra, the leader, be wasted, he protected the cows which cannot even understand his favour.
adal vANam … – As rudhra who considers himself to be ISvara (controller), ran away from the battle-field, emperumAn severed the shoulders of bANAsura who had the urge to fight. krishNa did not sever the head and only severed the shoulders thinking “His protector has run away; we should not sever his head”. krishNa’s mercy is due to rudhran abandoning his follower. thiruchchandha viruththam 71 “muNdan nIRan makkaL veppumOdi angi Odida” (mundan nIRan – Siva; veppu – fever; mOdi – kALi; angi – agni (deity for fire); all these deities ran away from the battlefield) – Seeing rudhran who has anointed his body with ash, his children, deity of fever, kALi and agni ran away. “nANi” – He became embarrassed thinking “Did we come to kill the one who surrendered to those who ran away seeing the enemies?”, showed his mercy to bANan; just as one would show mercy towards a woman who has lost her husband.
thalaivan idam – The abode of the one who continuously has such dominance.
kudiyA … – Beetles along with their children, grandchildren, wives et al, drank the honey. If a mosquito enters into an ocean, the ocean will not lose any of its water. It is only puLLambUdhangudi which is beautiful due to having vast fertile fields where beautiful neelam flower is letting out a flood of honey.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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