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periya thirumozhi >> Ninth centum >> Sixth decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
vAzhak kaNdOm vandhu kANmin thoNdIrgAL!
kEzhal sengaN mAmugil vaNNar maruvum Ur
Ezhaich chengAl in thuNai nAraikku irai thEdi
kUzhaip pArvaik kArvayal mEyum kuRungudiyE
Word-by-Word meanings
thONdIrgAL – Oh bhAgavathas!
vAzhak kaNdOm – We have found the way for our well-being;
vandhu kANmin – come and see;
Ezhai – tender
sem kAl – having reddish foot
in thuNai – nice companion
nAraikku – for the male spouse
irai – food
thEdi – searching
kUzhai – deceptive
pArvai – the female crane which has the glance
kAr – blackish
vayal – in the fields
mEyum – remaining
kuRungudiyE – thirukkuRungudi dhivyadhESam is
kEzhal – in the varAha form
sem kaN – having reddish divine eyes
mA mugil – like a huge cloud
vaNNar – emperumAn who is having a divine form
maruvum Ur – is the abode where he is desirously residing.
Simple translation
Oh bhAgavathas! We have found the way for our well-being; come and see; the female crane which is having deceptive glance, has searched food and brought it for the male crane which is having tender reddish foot, and is remaining in the blackish fields, in thirukkuRungudi; this is the abode where emperumAn who is having varAha form, reddish divine eyes and huge cloud like divine form, is desirously present.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
vAzhak kaNdOm – We have found the way for well-being instead of being worried and suffering.
vandhu kANmin thoNdIrgAL – Oh you, who have taste to do kainkaryam! Come quickly.
kEzhal … – bhagavAn’s forms are only for the sake of the protection of those who are to be protected and he is not having any forms for his own interest.
sem kaN – As said in varAha purANam kaiSikam “mahAvArahassputapadhmalOchana:” (The great varAha who is having very blossomed lotus-like eyes), the one who is having such a cool form that those who see him will immediately become cool and be cured of the heat, having cloud like form.Unlike his incarnations, here he remains eternally present.
Ezhai … – Having tender, reddish foot, the female crane, which is having a deceptive glance is searching for food for the male crane which is a good companion and is to be enjoyed together in union; it will go and remain in the well-grown crops. As the male crane remains put in its place due to the overwhelming union with the female crane, the female crane would go in search of food for the male crane. Their union caused the masculinity of the male crane to be seen in the female crane and the femininity of the female crane to be seen in the male crane. When asked “How did the female crane go while the male crane was unable to move?” when the female crane thinks about reddish foot of the male crane, it can even cross the oceans. Since male crane’s deflated state is due to being defeated by the female crane, the male crane’s strength will be transferred to the female crane.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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