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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi >> Second Centum >> Third decad
avathArikai (Introduction)
There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram.
en kuRRamE enRu sollavum vENdA kAN ennai nAn maN uNdEnAga
anbuRRu nOkki adiththum pidiththum anaivarkkum kAttiRRilaiyE
van puRRu aravin pagaikkodi vAmana nambI! un kAdhugaL thUrum
thunbuRRana ellAm thIrppAy! pirAnE! thiriyittuch chollugEn meyyE
Word-by-Word Meanings
en kuRRam enRu – “It is my fault”
sollavum vENdA kAN – there is no need for you to say this; see this
nAn maN uNdEnAga – thinking that I have eaten sand
anbuRRu – having affection
nOkki – seeing if there were any trace of having eaten sand, in my mouth
ennai pidiththum – holding me, as if traces had been seen
adiththum – beating me
anaivarkkum – to all the people
kAttiRRilaiyE – have you not shown “Look at the way he has eaten sand” (when krishNa said all these)
van puRRu aravin – of the snake which is hiding inside a strong anthill
pagai – garuda, who is the enemy
kodi – having that as the flag
vAmana nambI! – oh, one who went as a bachelor with a dwarf form and who became
complete on getting your desire fulfilled!
un kAdhugaL – your ears
thUrum – [the holes in them] will get blocked
uRRana – endured by your followers
thunbu ellAm – all the sufferings
thIrppAy! – oh, one who removes!
pirAnE – oh, one who is the benefactor!
thiri ittu mey sollugEn – let me speak only the truth, after applying the cotton thread to your ears
When the text is thiri ittuch chellugEn meyyE [instead of sollugEn meyyE], the meaning would be – let me go about my task, after applying the cotton thread to your ears.
Simple Translation
[krishNa tells yaSOdhAp pirAtti] There is no need for you to say “It is all my fault”. Have you not looked inside my mouth to check for traces of sand, thinking that I have eaten sand, and shown that to all the people? yaSOdhAp pirAtti tells him “Oh, one who became complete after getting that which you had desired when you went as a bachelor with the form of a dwarf, carrying garuda, who is the enemy of snake hiding inside a strong anthill, as your flag! The holes in your ears will get blocked. Oh, one who removes the distress endured by your followers! Let me speak only the truth, after applying the cotton thread to your ears”
vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)
en kuRRam … – krishNa tells yaSOdhAp pirAtti “The reason for your telling dejectedly that it is your fault is because you feel that I am not doing that which you want me to do and that it is my fault. There is no need for you to say also ‘It is my fault’” When yaSOdhAp pirAtti asks him “Whose fault is it then?” krishNa tells her “Is it not your fault?” yaSOdhAp pirAtti asks him, in turn “What did I do to you?”
ennai nAn maN uNdEnAga – When I had not eaten sand, you had thought that I had eaten sand.
anbuRRu nOkki – looking at my mouth and hands in a friendly manner, to see if there were traces of sand.
adiththum pidiththum anaivarkkum kAttiRRilaiyE – did you not catch hold of me, as if you had seen trace of sand, not stopping with that, beat me too, and show to everyone “All of you, look at the way that he has eaten sand”?
van puRRu aravin pagaikkodi vAmana nambI – snake hides inside a strong anthill, fearing that if it goes out, it will be harmed. Having garuda, who is the enemy of such snakes, as the flag, oh, vAmana nambI, who measured and seized lands in a cruel manner and became prominent! Through this, it is implied that since emperumAn is the one who has AdhiSEshan as his mattress and garuda as his flag, he is capable of uniting entities which cannot be united anywhere else in the world and after carrying out unjustifiable acts, he would justify such acts too.
un kAdhugaL thUrum – [yaSOdhAp pirAtti tells him] if we keep debating like this, with each saying something and the other, saying something else, wasting time, your ears would get blocked, you would see that.
thunbuRRana ellAm thIrppAy piurAnE – when yaSOdhAp pirAtti tells krishNa “Oh, one who is the benefactor who removes all the sufferings of your followers!” krishNa repartees “There is no need for you to praise me like this. You say one true word ‘Hereafter I will not catch you or beat you like before’ such that I will agree to have the cotton thread inserted in my ear”.
thiruvAimozhip piLLai says, in his svApadhESam, that it is only when krishNa allows yaSOdhAp pirAtti to insert the cotton thread in his ears would all her suffering get eliminated. She tells him “It is only if you allow me to insert the thread would I speak with you, who are presently without the completeness of your good qualities. Isn’t it only then that my suffering would get eliminated?”
thiri ittuch chollugEn meyyE – she tells him that she would speak only the truth after inserting the cotton thread.
We shall next consider the 9th pAsuram of this thirumozhi.
adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan
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