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periya thirumozhi >> Sixth centum >> First decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
kArkezhu kadalgaLum malaigaLumAy
Erkezhum ulagamumAgi mudha
lArgaLum aRivaru nilaiyinaiyAych
chIrkezhu nAnmaRai AnavanE!
ANdAy! unaik kANbadhOr aruL enakku aruLudhiyEl
vENdEn manai vAzhkkaiyai viNNagar mEyavanE!
Word-by-Word meanings
kAr kezhu – filled with clouds
kadalgaLum – for oceans
malaigaLum – for mountains
Ay – being the AdhAram (abode)
Er kezhum – organised
ulagamum – for the worlds
Agi – being the controller
mudhalArgaLum – brahmA et al who are primary
aRivarum – unable to be known
nilaiyinaiyAy – having qualities
sIr kezhu – having the beauty of authenticity
nAl maRai – for four vEdhams
AnavanE – Oh one who is the object!
ANdAy – Oh one who ruled me (even in the past)!
viNNagar – in the dhivyadhESam named thiruviNNagar
mEyavanE – Oh one who is eternally residing!
unnai – you
kANbadhu – to have me worship you
Or aruL – unconditional grace
enakku – on me
aruLudhiyEl – if you can give (you should do)
manai vAzhkkaiyai – presence in this samsAram
vENdEn – (I) don’t desire
Simple translation
Oh one who is the abode for cloud-filled oceans and mountains and is the controller of organised worlds and who is having the qualities to be unable to be known by the primary personalities like brahmA et al and who is the object of four vEdhams which are having the beauty of authenticity! Oh one who ruled me (even in the past)! Oh one who is eternally residing in the dhivyadhESam named thiruviNNagar! If you can bestow the unconditional grace to have me worship you, please do so. I don’t desire to be present in this samsAram.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
kAr … – Oceans which are having clouds atop, the anchoring mountains. Why should these be identified individually? Being the worlds which are organised. With this, AzhwAr is indicating bhagavAn’s position as the abode of the world and the antharyAmi of the world [world as his body].
mudhalArgaLum aRivaru nilaiyinaiyAy – Even by those primary personalities such as the four-headed brahmA who is the lord of the fourteen layered universe, bhagavAn is having qualities which are unpredictable to say “this much”. Oh one who is revealed in the four vEdhams which speak the truth as it is, to be trustworthy.
ANdAy … – To not spoil your reputation of being the abode of the world and greater than all, if you show your mercy upon me to visualise your special form, I also truly hate this samsAram.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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