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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi >> First Centum >> Second Decad
avathArikai (Introduction)
Subsequent to enjoying the divine palms of krishNa, AzhwAr enjoys his divine neck.
vaNdamar pUnguzhal Aychchi maganAgak
koNdu vaLarkkinRa kOvalark kuttaRku
aNdamaum nAdum adanga vizhungiya
kaNdam irundhavA kANIrE kArigaiyIr! vandhu kANIrE
Word-by-Word Meanings
vaNdu amar – settled upon by beetles
pU kuzhal – having locks which are decorated with flowers
Aychchi – yaSOdhAp pirAtti
maganAga – as (her) son
koNdu – accepting
vaLarkkinRa – nurtured
kOvalar kuttaRku – for the son of herd-clan
aNdamaum – all the galaxies
nAdum – chEthana and achEthana entities (entities with and without the ability to think, who are inhabiting those galaxies)
adanga – completely
vizhungiya – swallowed
kaNdam – divine neck
irundha A – the way it is
kANIr – have a look
kArigaiyIr – Oh, beautiful women! Come and have a look.
Simple Translation
yaSOdhAp pirAtti has locks decked with flowers, on which beetles have settled. She nurtures krishNa, the child of the entire herd-clan, as her son. Have a look at his divine neck which has swallowed [at the time of deluge] all the galaxies along with the inhabiting entities, both with and without the ability to think. Oh, beautiful women! Come and have a look.
vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)
vaNdamar … – mothers would decorate themselves such that the children will not feel distressed. In line with this, since yaSOdhAp pirAtti too has decorated herself with seasonal flowers, beetles would come and settle on them in order to imbibe honey in those flowers. The son of SrI nandhagOpar, who she considers as her son, and nurtures. Since AzhwAr knows the fact [that krishNa is dhEvakip pirAtti’s son], he says “considers as her son”; as far as yaSOdhAp pirAtti is concerned, krishNa is her son.
aNdam … – this refers to emperumAn swallowing all the galaxies along with the chEthanas and achEthanas who inhabit those galaxies such that they remain in a small corner of his divine stomach. He had swallowed everything, without leaving out anything.
kaNdam … – Look at the beauty of his divine neck. Oh, beautiful women! Come and have a look at his divine neck. thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that the term kArigaiyIr refers to those who are completely devoted to emperumAn.
We shall next consider the 14th pAsuram of this thirumozhi.
adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan
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