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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi >> Fourth Centum >> Third decad
avathArikai
There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram.
uruppiNi nangai thannai mItpAn thodarndhu Odich chenRa
uruppanai Ottik koNdittu uRaiththitta uRaippan malai
poruppidaik konRai ninRu muRi Azhiyum kAsum koNdu
viruppodu pon vazhangum viyan mAlirum sOlai adhE
Word-by-Word Meanings
konRai – flowers from konRai tree [also known as Indian laburnum]
poruppidai ninRu – standing on the mountain
pon – made of gold
muRi – broken
Azhiyum – rings
pon kAsum – gold coins
koNdu – gathering as a heap
viruppodu – with desire
vazhangum – appearing like those who donate
viyan – amazing
mAlirum sOlai – having the name of thirumAlirum sOlai
adhE – that mountain itself
uruppiNi nangai thannai – rukmiNip pirAtti
mItpAn – to retrieve her
thodarndhu – following
Odich chenRa – one, who came hurriedly
Uruppanai – (brother of pirAtti) rukman
Otti – chased
koNdu – holding him
ittu – made him to remain on the chariot
uRaiththitta – one, who disgraced him
uRaippan – one, who has strength
malai – it is his divine mountain
Simple Translation
[When krishNa carried rukmiNip pirAtti on his chariot and drove towards dhwArakA], pirAtti’s brother, rukman, followed him, in haste, in order to retrieve pirAtti. krishNa chased that rukman, placed him on his chariot and disgraced him [by shaving off his head etc]. thirumAlirum sOlai is the divine abode of that krishNa, who has strength. konRai trees, standing on that mountain, will donate golden rings [its flowers] and gold coins [petals of those flowers], like a magnanimous person, giving away his wealth. It is the amazing mountain, thirumAlirum sOlai, where this happens.
vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)
uruppiNi nangai thannai – rukmiNip pirAtti. The term nangai refers to the completeness of her qualities; viz. when her father and other relatives had taken a pledge to give her in marriage to someone [SiSupAlan], and were carrying out festivities towards that, fearing anyaSEshathvam [being a servitor to someone other than emperumAn], pirAtti was firm in her mind “If krishNa doesn’t come and take me, I will end my life”. This is the completeness of her qualities. Since she was firm in this, krishNa reached the orchards on the outskirts of her palace, blew his SrI pAnchajanyam [divine conch], giving her life, through that divine sound. He went hurriedly, took her on his chariot and proceeded towards dhwArakA.
thiruvAimozhip piLLai says, in his svApadhESam, that as krishNa took rukmiNip pirAtti on his chariot, while kings such as SiSupAlan et al let that, since they knew that it was impossible to fight with krishNa, rukman hurriedly followed them, in order to retrieve her. krishNa chased him, caught him, tied him on his chariot and disgraced him, immediately.
mItpAn thodarndhu Odich chenRa – rukman followed him, in order to retrieve her, thinking “Why is he taking her by force, like this?”
uruppanai OttikkoNdu – [krishNa] chased rukman, caught him and tied him to his chariot. Since he is rukmiNip pirAtti’s elder brother, if her were to kill rukman, pirAtti’s face will darken [in sorrow]. Thus, this speaks about krishNa tying rukman to his chariot.
uRaiththitta – krishNa disgraced him immediately. This speaks about the way krishNa tonsured his head, which is an insult and carried out other activities, to dishonour rukman.
uRaippan malai – it is the divine abode where the one, who hurriedly took rukmiNip pirAtti with him and who disgraced rukman, who came after krishNa to retrieve pirAtti, lives.
thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that this is the mountain of krishNa, who firmly held rukmiNip pirAtti, without letting go.
poruppidaik konRai ninRu – The konRai trees were standing on the mountain.
thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that the konRai trees will willingly give golden rings and gold coins.
pon muRi Azhiyum kAsum koNdu – carrying golden flowers and gold coins. In other words, the lines [nerves] on the flowers of konRai tree appeared like gold rings and the petals of the flower looked like gold coins.
viruppodu vazhangum – the trees will give these, desirously. The way the trees shed the flowers would appear like people, who are willingly giving away golden rings and gold coins, with affection, to others.
viyan mAlirum sOlai adhE – Since it has this opulence, the divine mountain appears amazing, and has the divine name of “thirumAlirum sOlai”. The term adhuvE signifies popularity [It is well known, all over the world, for such eminence].
thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here, the following: viyan – distinct. Even if the trees offer, there is none here to take the offering. Those who are apt to receive the offering will not come here [konRai flower is of significance to Siva; Saivas will not come to thirumAlirum sOlai; SrI vaishNavas, who come to the mountain, will not take the offerings of the tree]. Through this, it is said that if entities do not remain in the places meant for them, even if there are congruent minds and affection for each other, there will be no benefit. Apart from these, it will be an imperfection. It is because the konRai tree is present on the mountain that all these are being mentioned. ANdAL, the divine daughter of periyAzhwAr, felt that despite being the daughter of periyAzhwAr and despite existing exclusively for emperumAn, she felt that her life was getting wasted, just like the konRai tree on thirumAlirum sOlai [ANdAL felt that krishNa was not accepting her, despite her total surrender towards him and despite her being the daughter of periyAzhwAr. In her sadness, she says that she is of no benefit for anyone, like the konRai tree on thirumAlirum sOlai]. It is pertinent to recall ALavandhAr’s sthOthra rathnam SlOkam 61 “janithvAham …” where ALavandhAr laments that despite being born in an eminent clan, having nAthamunigaL et al, he is sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss of darkness]. adhE – it is the mountain of the one who is strong [emperumAn]. It is similar to those who say “Only that is the divine mountain”.
We shall next consider the 2nd pAsuram of this thirumozhi.
adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan
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