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periya thirumozhi >> Ninth centum >> Sixth decad
Highlights from avathArikai (Introduction)
No specific introduction.
pAsuram
kavvaik kaLiRRu mannar mALak kali mAn thEr
aivarkkAy anRu amaril uyththAn Ur pOlum
maivaiththilangu kaNNAr thangaL mozhiyoppAn
kovvaik kani vAyk kiLLai pEsum kuRungudiyE
Word-by-Word meanings
mai vaiththu – decorated with black pigment
ilangu – shining
kaNNAr thangaL – women, who have eyes
mozhi oppAn – like the words
kovvaikkani – reddish like kOvai fruit
vAy – having lips
kiLLai – parrots
pEsum – speaking
kuRungudiyE – dhivyadhESam named thirukkuRungudi is
kavvai – having great noise
kaLiRRu – having elephants
mannar – kings
mALa – to be destroyed
aivarkkAy – for pancha pANdavas
anRu – at that time
amaril – in the mahAbhAratha war
kali – firm
mA thEr – big chariot
uyththAn – emperumAn, who conducted, his
Ur pOlum – is the divine abode.
Simple translation
thirukkuRungudi is the divine abode where parrots, which are having reddish lips, are speaking the words which resemble the words of women who have their eyes decorated with black pigment; it is the abode of emperumAn who conducted the firm, big chariot during the mahAbhAratha war at that time for pancha pANdavas to have the kings, who are having elephants which make great noise, destroyed.
Highlights from vyAkyAnam (Commentary)
kavvai … – To have the kings, who have herds of elephants which are making tumultuous sound, destroyed, krishNa conducted the very strong, huge chariot for the sake of pANdavas in the war. This is the abode of such krishNa. emperumAn lowered himself, thinking “Who will be crowned?”.
mai … – The parrots with reddish kOvai fruit like lips, memorise the speech of the women having shining eyes which are decorated with black pigment and thinking to speak like that, they repeat the same. Such thirukkuRungudi.
In the next article we will enjoy the next pAsuram.
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