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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi >> Fourth Centum >> Seventh decad
avathArikai
There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram.
adhir mugam udaiya valam puri kumizhththi azhal umizh Azhi koNdu eRindhu angu
edhir muga asurar thalaigaLai idaRum em purudOththaman irukkai
sadhumgan kaiyil sadhuppuyan thALil sangaran sadaiyinil thangik
kadhir mugam maNi koNdu izhi punal gangaik kaNdam ennum kadi nagarE
Word-by-Word Meanings
(When empermAn’s divine feet were washed, by brahmA)
sadhu mugan – brahmA’s
kaiyil – on his hands
sadhup puyan – thrivikrama, who has four shoulders, his
thALil – divine foot (then)
sangaran – rudhran’s
sadaiyinil – matted locks
thangi – staying
kadhir mugam – having splendour, and being distinguished
maNi koNdu – taking gemstones
izhi – descending
punal – having water
gangai – on the banks of gangA
kaNdam ennum kdi nagar – the distinguished abode, named as kaNdam
adhir – resounding
mugam udaiya – having face
valam puri – SrI pAnchajanyam [divine conch]
kumizhththu – blowing, keeping on the divine mouth
azhal – fire
umizh – spitting out
Azhi koNdu – with the divine disc
eRindhu – flinging
angu – in that place
edhir – those, who came opposing
mugam – having faces
asurar – demons
thalaigaLai – heads
idaRum – one, who rolled
em – our
purudOththaman – for purushOththaman
irukkai – is his divine abode
Simple Translation
River gangA came into the hands of brahmA, then onto the divine foot of thrivikrama, who had four divine shoulders and later, onto the matted locks of rudhran. She was resplendent, carrying distinguished rubies, descending with water to earth. On the banks of such gangA, the abode kaNdam is located. It is the divine abode of our purushOththaman, who has the resounding SrI pAnchajanyam, which emperumAn keeps on his divine mouth and blows, as well as the divine disc, which spits out fire and severs the heads of monsters who come to fight with emperumAn there.
vyAkhyAnam
adhir mugam udaiya – when emperumAn was mercifully measuring the worlds, monsters such as namuchi [son of mahAbali] opposed him; emperumAn kept the divine conch SrI pAnchajanyam on his divine mouth and blew on it. He flung the divine disc, sudharSanAzhwAn, rolling the heads of monsters who came to oppose him there. He is also the most attainable entity for us. kaNdam, on the banks of river gangA, is his dwelling abode.
thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says here that for SrI pAnchajanyam, making resounding noise is the nature, as mentioned in thiruvAimozhi 2.10.2 “adhir kural sangaththu” (for the divine conch which makes joyful sounds). kumizhththu – blowing, as mentioned in periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 3.6.11 “kuzhal muzhanjugaLinUdu kumizhndhu” (rising up, through the holes in the divine flute). angu – after annihilating his opponents, it is the dwelling place for our purushOththaman. Alternatively, it could also refer to the opponents who were seen during the mahAbhAratha war.
sadhumugan …– just as it has been mentioned in “gruhIthvA dharma pAnIyam pAdham nAthasya thushtayE kshALitham parayAbhakthyA pAdhyArghyAdhipir architham” (with the water of righteousness, the divine foot of thrivikraman, our lord, was cleansed by brahmA, to make him happy, due to eminent devotion; subsequently, he was worshipped with separate containers for arghyam, pAdhyam etc), when emperumAn’s divine foot was washed, the water was in the hands of brahmA, who has four faces. Later, it fell on the divine foot of sarvESvaran, who has four divine shoulders. Subsequently, as mentioned in Isvara samhithai “thadhambupathitham dhrushtvA thadhAraSirasA hara:” seeing the river gangA, which fell from the divine foot of emperumAn, Siva, ascertaining that he is qualified to receive the river on his head, bore the river on his matted locks.
kadhir – on the bank of river gangA, which descends from sky, having radiance on account of carrying the distinguished gemstones such as ruby etc
kaNdam ennum kadi nagarE – It is the divine name, kaNdam, for that divine abode.
We shall next consider the 4th pAsuram of this thirumozhi.
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