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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi >> First Centum >> Ninth Decad
avathArikai (Introduction)
thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that AzhwAr wants krishNa to embrace his back, displaying his quality of being biased towards his followers.
kaththak kadhiththuk kidandha perum selvam
oththup porundhikkoNdu uNNAdhu maNNALvAn
koththuth thalaivan kudi kedath thOnRiya
aththan vandhu ennaip puRam pulguvAn AyargaL ERu en puRam pulguvAn
Word-by-Word Meanings
kaththak kadhiththu kidantha – due to abundant ego and possessiveness
perum selvam – huge wealth
oththu – agreeing with pANdavas
porundhik koNdu – accepting with his heart
uNNAdhu – without living
maN – throughout earth
ALvAn – one who thought of ruling by himself
koththu – for the gathering of brothers such as duSSAsana et al
thalaivan – dhuryOdhana, who is the first among them
kudi keda – such that his clan was totally obliterated
thOnRiya – one, who was resplendent as the charioteer
aththan – one, who is my swAmy, will come and embrace my back
AyargaL – for the clan of herd folk
ERu – one who is the leader, will embrace my back
Simple Translation
dhuryOdhana, who is the first among the hundred brothers, thought that he alone should rule the entire earth, instead of sharing the abundantly available huge wealth with pANdavas. My swAmy, who was resplendent as the charioteer, and who made sure that dhuryOdhana was obliterated with his entire clan, will embrace my back. krishNa, who is the leader of the herd folk, will come and embrace my back.
vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)
kaththa … – fighting for the huge wealth, because of ego and possessive nature, saying that this is for me and this is for you. kadhippu – having fat layers. Alternatively, just like saying “thakkaththadiththu” and “pakkapparuththu” the verse “kaththakkadhiththu” could be taken as a single word, referring to a huge opulence.
oththu … – unable to live together with the pANdavas, who are close relatives, since their [dhuryOdhana and his brothers] hearts were not accepting any agreement with the pANdavas.
maNNALvAn – expecting anxiously to rule over the entire world, himself [dhuryOdhana]
koththuth thalaivan … – dhuryOdhana, who is the first and who is the controller of the assembly of brothers starting with dhuSSAsana.
kudi keda … – to be annihilated with the entire clan
thOnRiya – just as rAmAnujar had said in the avathArikai [introduction] of SrI gIthA bhAshyam “pArtham rathim AthmAnam cha sArathim sarva lOkam sAkshikam chakAra” (krishNa made sure that the entire world saw that arjuna was the head of the chariot and that he was the commander of that chariot), he was the lord who shone as the charioteer for pArtha [arjuna]. That lord will come and embrace my back.
AyargaL … – The one, who is the head of herd-folk, will embrace my back.
thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that krishNa had the pride of being the controller of the herd-folk by being under their control.
We shall next consider the 4th pAsuram of this thirumozhi.
adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan
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