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periya thirumozhi >> Ninth centum >> Fifth decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
kAlaiyum mAlaiyoRRuNdu kangul nAzhigai Uzhiyil nINdulAvum
pOlvadhOr thanmai pugundhu niRkum pongazhalE okkum vAdai sollil
mAlavan mAmaNivaNNan mAyam maRRumuLa avai vandhidA mun
kOla mayil payilum puRavil kuRungudikkE ennai uyththidumin
Word-by-Word meanings
kAlaiyum – the day time too
mAlai – like evening time
oRRundhu – being harmful
kangul – in the night
nAzhigai – the period of nAzhigai (24 minutes)
Uzhiyil – more than the period of kalpa (brahmA’s day)
nINdu – being long
ulAvum pOlvadhu – like moving (extending)
Or – a kind of
thanmai – nature
pugundhum – attained
niRkum – has become;
vAdai – northern wind
sollil – while speaking (about its harmful nature)
pongu – increased
azhalE okkum – it is like batabA mukhAgni (a type of cruel fire);
avan – that emperumAn
mAl – being very great
mA maNi vaNNan – is having a form which resembles the best gemstone;
mAyam – (in his world) the amazing objects which are harmful
maRRum uLa – there are many;
avai – they
vandhidA mun – before they come (to harm us)
kOla – beautiful
mayil – peacocks
payilum – residing densely
puRavil – having surroundings
kuRungudikkE – towards the dhivyadhESam named thirukkuRungudi
ennai – me
uyththidumin – carry me and make me reach there.
Simple translation
Even the daytime is being harmful as the evening time and the nAzhigai (24 minutes period) in the night is extending more than a kalpa (brahmA’s day) and has attained the kind of a nature of moving (extending) further; if we were to speak about the harmful nature of the northern wind, it feels like increasing batabA mukAgni; that emperumAn is being very great and has a form which resembles the best gemstone; in his world (this samsAram) there are many amazing objects which are harmful; before they come here to harm me, please carry me and make me reach the dhivyadhESam named thirukkuRungudi where beautiful peacocks are densely residing.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
kAlaiyum mAlai oRRuNdu … – Even in the daytime, just like the evening, it harms and destroys. Even daytime is harming like evening. The situation is not as said in “kAlai arumbi – mAlai alarum” (sprouts in the morning and blossoms in the evening). In a singular way, it is tormenting. In the night, the nAzhigai (24 minutes period) is extending beyond a kalpa (brahmA’s day) and is having the nature of having movement.
pongu … – The way the northern wind is tormenting, is beyond words; if we try to explain, it looks like batabA mukhAgni.
mAlavan – He is a very great personality. He need not become tired for these.
mA maNi vaNNan – We cannot withdraw from him thinking that he is a great person. He is having such a beautiful form that we have to pursure him compulsorily.
mAyam maRRum uLa – There is no count for the number of harmful objects in his vibhUthi (this material world). There is no count for objects such as anRil bird, southern breeze, sound of the ocean etc
avai vandhidA mun – They set out to torment us. Before they come and destroy us fully.
kOla … – Please carry me and place me in the abode where our species (beautiful peacocks) are present. Please carry me and make me reach the dhivyadhESam named thirukkuRungudi where beautiful peacocks are densely residing.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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