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periya thirumozhi >> Eighth centum >> First decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
mAvaLarum mennOkki mAdharAL mAyavanaik kaNdAL enRu
kAvaLarum kadipozhil sUzh kaNNapuraththu ammAnaik kaliyan sonna
pAvaLarum thamizh mAlai panniya nUl ivai aindhum aindhum vallAr
pUvaLarum kaRpagam sEr ponnulagil mannavarAy pugazh thakkOrE
Word-by-Word meanings
mA – like a deer
vaLarum – expansive
men – soft
nOkki – having eyes
mAdharAL – woman
mAyavanai – being the amazing personality
kA – like a flower garden
vaLarum – spreading on its own
kadi – fragrant
pozhil – by gardens
sUzh – surrounded
kaNNapuraththu – mercifully present in thirukkaNNapuram
ammAnai – SaurirAjan, who is the lord
kaNdAL – worshipped with her eyes to their full satisfaction
enRu – on that matter
kaliyan – thirumangai AzhwAr
sonna – mercifully spoke
pA – meter of the poem
vaLarum – nurturing
nUl – by the literature known as SAsthram
panniya – elaborated
thamizh mAlai – in the form of a thamizh garland
ivai aindhum aindhum – these ten pAsurams
vallAr – those who can learn/recite
pU – flowers
vaLarum – growing
kaRpagam – kaRpaga trees
sEr – present
pon ulagil – in paramapadham
mannavarAy – as lords (by nithyasUris)
pugazh – to be glorified
thakkOrE – will be the goal
Simple translation
thirumangai AzhwAr mercifully spoke ten pAsurams in the mood of a woman, who has the soft and expansive eyes like those of a deer, towards SaurirAjan, who is an amazing personality and the lord who is mercifully present in thirukkaNNapuram which is surrounded by fragrant gardens which are like a flower garden spreading fragrance, on seeing such bhagavAn to the full satisfaction of her eyes; these ten pAsurams are in the form of a thamizh garland where the meter of the poem is nurturing and is elaborated by the literature known as SAsthram; those who are able to learn/recite these pAsurams will be glorified by nithyasUris as their lords in paramapadham where kaRpaga trees, having well blossomed flowers, are present, and will be the goal for such nithyasUris.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
mA vaLarum … – The divine mother said that she cannot be withdrawn. The mother said “Like that of a deer, she saw with her expansive, soft eyes, the amazing personality, matching the beauty of her eyes”.
kA vaLarum kadi pozhil … – Fragrance in garden flooded everywhere on the earth. pozhil – earth. The gardens were grown on their own but looked like they were made by someone. The gardens which surround the town look like that.
pA vaLarum …– Not having any shortcoming in poetic meter, i.e. being complete in poetic rules. kaRpaga tree is usually identified along with higher worlds. In paramapadham, as said in thiruvAimozhi 10.9.6 “ANmingaL” (should rule over), being the controllers, those who learnt these pAsurams will be the goal for the nithyasUris.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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