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periya thirumozhi >> Fifth centum >> Seventh decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
UzhiyAy Omaththu uchchiyAy oru kAl
udaiya thEr oruvanAy ulagil
sUzhimAl yAnaith thuyar keduththu ilangai
malanga anRu adusaram thurandhu
pAzhiyAl mikka pArththanukku aruLip
pagalavan oLi kedap pagalE
AzhiyAl anRangu Azhiyai maRaiththAn
arangamA nagar amarndhAnE
Word-by-Word meanings
UzhiyAy – being the controller of all entities starting with time
Omaththu – in the fire sacrifice
uchchiyAy – being the best (due to being worshipped)
oru kAl udaiya – having one wheel
thEr – being the antharyAmi of sUrya who has a chariot
oruvanAy – being unique
ulagil – in the world
sUzhi – having caparison
mAl – exulted
yAnai – gajEndhrAzhwAn’s
thuyar – sorrow
keduththu – eliminated
ilangai – lankA
malanga – to become sorrowful
anRu – during rAmAvathAram
adu – able to kill
saram – arrows
thurandhu – shot
pAzhiyAl – by strength
mikka – having more
pArthanukku – on arjuna
aruLi – showing mercy
pagalavan – sun’s
oLi – radiance
keda – to diminish
pagalE – during the daytime
angu anRu – during the mahAbhAratha war
AzhiyAl – by his divine chakra
Aziyai – sun
maRaiththAn – one who covered
aranga mA nagar amarndhAnE – is mercifully resting in the dhivyadhESam, SrIrangam.
Simple translation
Being the controller of all entities starting with time, being the best in the fire sacrifice, being the antharyAmi of sUrya who has a chariot which is having one wheel and being unique, bhagavAn eliminated the sorrow of gajEndhrAzhwAn who was caparisoned and who was in exultation, in this world; during rAmAvathAram, he shot arrows which are able to kill, to make lankA become sorrowful; showing mercy on very strong arjuna, he covered the sun to diminish its radiance during the daytime, with his divine chakra; such emperumAn is mercifully resting in the dhivyadhESam, SrIrangam.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
UzhiyAy … – Being the controller of all the entities which are indicated by time, being the worshippable entity of all rituals as said in SrI bhagavath gIthA 9.24 “aham hi sarvayagyAnAm bhokthA cha prabhur Eva cha” (I am only the enjoyer and the benefactor of all yagyas) and SrI bhagavath gIthA 5.29 “bhOkthAram yagyathapasAm” (one who accepts yagya (sacrifices) and thapas (penances)); being the antharyAmi of sun who is having one wheel and thus being the focus of upAsana (worship); he eliminated the sorrow of SrI gajEndhrAzhwAn who was in exultation and roaming around with caparison; he shot his killer arrows to have the residents of lankA suffer by having to share one garment among seven persons; showing mercy towards very strong arjuna, to have sun’s radiance diminish, in the [day] time which is apt for his radiance, he covered the sun with his divine chakra which has the radiance of thousand suns. Since the radiance of the worldly sun is limited, it will eliminate darkness; unlike that, the radiance of thiruvAzhi AzhwAn (sudharSana chakra) cannot be seen directly and hence it blinded everyone’s eyes.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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