SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
periya thirumozhi >> Eighth centum >> Tenth decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
bhagavAn says “Even if such qualities are there [as indicated in previous pAsuram], your desire will be fulfilled, only when I desire and when there is strong purushakAram (recommendation)” AzhwAr responds “For you, who sustained yourself with pUthanA’s poison, there is nothing unacceptable; your divine consorts remain as purushakAram for me. What is the shortcoming for the attainment of my goal?”.
pAsuram
peNNAnAL pEriLam kongaiyinAr azhal pOl
uNNA nanjuNdu ugandhAyai ugandhEn nAn
maNNALA! vAL nedungaNNi madhumalarAL
kaNNALA! kaNNapuraththuRai ammAnE!
Word-by-Word meanings
maNNALA – being dear to SrI bhUmip pirAtti
vAL – shining
nedum – expansive
kaNNi – having divine eyes
madhu – with flowing honey
malarAL – for periya pirAttiyAr who is residing in flower
kaNNALA – being dear
kaNNapuraththuRai ammAnE – Oh lord, who is residing in thirukkaNNapuram!
peN – in the form of a woman
AnAL – pUthanA, who had the form
pEr – huge
iLam – youthful
kongaiyin – present in the bosom
Ar – fully
azhal pOl – like fire
uNNA – consumed by no one
nanju – poison
uNdu – consumed (killed pUthanA, by that)
ugandhAyai – you, who are joyful
nAn – I
ugandhEn – became joyful
Simple translation
Oh lord, who is residing in thirukkaNNapuram, who is dear to SrI bhUmip pirAtti and periya pirAttiyAr (SrI mahAlakshmi) who is having shining and expansive eyes and is residing in a flower which has overflowing honey! You became joyful having consumed the poison which was fully like fire and was never consumed by anyone and which was present in the huge, youthful bosom of pUthanA who had a feminine form, and killed her. I became joyful for you.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
peN AnAL – While she was a ghost, she assumed a feminine form. Natural femininity is present only in yaSOdhAp pirAtti. pUthanA assumed herself to be yaSOdhA and came.
pEr iLam kongai – Though she assumed yaSOdhA’s form, since pUthanA was a ghost, her bosom will be huge. And since she assumed the form of yaSOdhAp pirAtti, her bosom will be youthful as well. The poison is like fire; there is no one who places fire in his mouth.
uNNA nanju – Consuming the poison, which will not be consumed by wise people, as if it is his sustenance, you killed the inimical pUthanA and became joyful thinking “I got to eliminate the enemy of my devotees”. I became joyful for you.
mANNALA … – There is no one unacceptable for you, who sustained yourself by poison. Even when you try to abandon someone, the purushakAram, which will stop you from abandoning, is present.
maNNALA … – She [SrI bhUmip pirAtti] is tolerance personified. And then there is SrI mahAlakshmi. Not only she remains tolerant, she also ensures that our mistakes are ignored by his divine heart, by telling him as in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 116-45 “nakaSchin nAparAdhyathi” (there is none who has not committed a wrongful deed). She is able to pull him in her ways with her divine glance and enjoyability.
kaNNapuraththuRai ammAnE – Even if all of these are there, it won’t materialise for me, if you remained in a distant place. You eliminated that shortcoming also [by being present in thirukkaNNapuram].
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan
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