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periya thirumozhi >> Sixth centum >> Sixth decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
ambaramum perunilanum thisaigaL ettum
alaikadalum kulavaraiyum uNda kaNdan
kombamarum vada maraththin ilai mEl paLLi
kUdinAn thiruvadiyE kUdagiRpIr!
vambavizhum seNbagaththin vAsam uNdu
maNivaNdu vaguLaththin malar mEl vaigu
sembiyan kOch chengaNAn sErndha kOyil
thirunaRaiyUr maNimAdam sErmingaLE
Word-by-Word meanings
ambaramum – sky
peru – vast
nilanum – earth
ettuth thisaigaLum – eight directions
alai – banging waves
kadalum – ocean
kulavaraiyum – anchoring mountains
uNda – one who mercifully consumed
kaNdan – one who has the neck
amarum – abundant
kombu – having branches
vadamaraththin – banyan tree’s
ilai mEl – on the fresh leaf (during deluge)
paLLi kUdinAn – sarvESvaran, who is mercifully resting, his
thiruvadi – divine feet
kUdagiRpIr – those who desire to attain!
maNi – beautiful
vaNdu – beetles
vambu – fragrance
avizhum – emitting
senbagaththin – present in champak flowers
vAsam – fragrance
uNdu – enjoying that (and further)
vaguLaththin malar mEl – on vakuLa flower
vaigu – present
sem kaNAn – having reddish eyes
sembiyan – named sembiyan
kOn – (chOzha) king
sErndha – residing
maNi – embossed with gems
mAdam – having mansions
thirunaRaiyUr kOyil – dhivyadhESam named thirunaRaiyUr
sErmingaL – reach and eternally live there.
Simple translation
Oh, those who desire to attain the divine feet of sarvESvaran, who is mercifully resting on the fresh leaf of the banyan tree having abundant branches, after having mercifully consumed sky, vast earth, eight directions, ocean with banging waves and anchoring mountains! Reach the dhivyadhESam named thirunaRaiyUr where the chOzha king, named sembiyan, who is having reddish eyes, is residing and where beautiful beetles are enjoying the fragrance present and emitted from champak flowers and further enjoying the fragrance present on vakuLa flowers and which is having mansions embossed with gems, and eternally live there.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
ambaramum … – One who is having the neck which mercifully consumed the sky, vast earth, eight directions, agitated ocean, mountains which anchor the earth.
kombu amarum … – Oh, those who desire to attain the divine feet of sarvESvaran who is having agatitha gatanA sAmArthyam (reconciling contradictory aspects) and is mercifully resting on the leaf of banyan tree which is having well-grown branches!
vambavizhum … – The beetles, on enjoying the fragrance from the champak flower which is emitting fragrance, and in the process acquire heat from there, subsequently will enjoy the fragrance of vakuLa flower and try to eliminate that heat.
sembiyan … – The king’s name is sembiyan kOchchengaNAn. With this, it is explained that bhagavAn’s agatitha gatanA sAmarthyam and the beetles remaining on the vakuLa flower, are equally desirable, due to the connection with that dhivyadhESam.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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