{"id":41680,"date":"2021-02-07T23:58:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T23:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=41680"},"modified":"2021-02-07T23:58:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T23:58:53","slug":"thiruviruththam-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2021\/02\/thiruviruththam-43\/","title":{"rendered":"thiruviruththam – 43 – kaNNum sendhAmarai"},"content":{"rendered":"

SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n

Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Previous<\/a><\/p>\n

avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no avathArikai written by the vyAkyAthA for this pAsuram.<\/p>\n

Let us go through the pAsuram and its meanings:<\/p>\n

kaNNum sendhAmarai kaiyum avai adiyO avaiyE
\n<\/em>vaNNam kariyadhOr mAl varai pOnRu madhi vigaRpAl
\n<\/em>viNNum kadandhu umbar appal mikku maRReppAl yavarkkum
\n<\/em>eNNum idaththadhuvO empirAnadhu ezhil niRamE<\/em><\/p>\n

Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n

kaNNum<\/em> \u2013 divine eyes too
\nsendhAmarai<\/em> \u2013 are like reddish coloured lotus flower
\nkaiyum<\/em> \u2013 divine hands too
\navai<\/em> \u2013 are like that lotus
\nadi<\/em> \u2013 divine feet too
\navai<\/em> \u2013 are like that lotus
\nvaNNam<\/em> \u2013 divine form
\nkariyadhu<\/em> \u2013 being black
\nOr<\/em> \u2013 unique
\nmAl<\/em> \u2013 huge
\nvarai pOnRu<\/em> \u2013 like a mountain
\nempirAnadhu<\/em> \u2013 sarvESvaran, our benefactor, his
\nezhil<\/em> \u2013 beautiful
\nniRam<\/em> – complexion
\nmadhi vigaRpAl<\/em> \u2013 due to differences in intellect
\nviNNum<\/em> \u2013 dwellers of svargam<\/em> (heaven)
\nkadandhu<\/em> – going past
\numbar<\/em> \u2013 brahmA et al, who live beyond these people
\nappAl<\/em> \u2013 going further
\nmikku<\/em> \u2013 going wondrously
\nmaRRu<\/em> \u2013 further
\neppAl<\/em> \u2013 pervading everywhere (through their knowledge)
\nyavarkkum<\/em> \u2013 for nithyasUris too
\neNNum<\/em> \u2013 for thinking
\nidaththadhuvO<\/em> \u2013 is it a matter?<\/p>\n

Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n

His divine eyes are like a reddish coloured lotus flower; his divine hands and divine feet are also like the lotus flower. His divine form is like a dark, huge mountain which is without any parallel. The beauty of such sarvESvaran, who is a benefactor for us all, is past the entities who are dwelling in svargam<\/em>, past brahmA et al, who live beyond them, and is also past the knowledge of nithyasUris who pervade everywhere through their knowledge. Is his beauty a matter for them to think about!<\/p>\n

vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the previous pAsuram, he enjoyed the divine eyes of sarvESvaran by speaking of them as empirAna thadangangaLE<\/em>. The beauty of those eyes took him to the other limbs.<\/p>\n

kaNNum sendhAmarai<\/strong> \u2013 He had enjoyed his eyes separately. However, he wants to enjoy the eyes along with the other limbs and hence is speaking about them. Earlier he was fully absorbed in the eyes alone. Now, he is enjoying sarvESvaran\u2019s motherly forbearance and beauty.<\/p>\n

kaiyum avai<\/strong> \u2013 being attracted by sarvESvaran\u2019s divine eyes, AzhwAr wants to touch his divine form. Knowing this, sarvESvaran embraces him with his divine hands. Sri vishNu purANam 5-18-2 says \u201csamspruSya Akrushyacha\u00a0 prIthyA sugAdam parishasvajE<\/em>\u201d (krishNa lifted akrUrar [kamsan\u2019s minister] who fell at his feet and embraced him tightly) \u2013 such divine hands.<\/p>\n

adiyO avaiyE<\/strong> \u2013 The act of embracing\u00a0 him leads to a feeling of intoxication. Due to this, on swooning, the place where he falls is the divine feet. jithanthE SlOkam 1 says \u201cpuNdarIkAksha nama:<\/em>\u201d (salutations to sarvESvaran who has lotus like eyes). In other words, don\u2019t those who lose out to his eyes, fall at his feet!<\/p>\n

vaNNam . . . <\/strong>\u2013 the divine form is the means for those who swoon and fall at his divine feet to get back to life. piLLaippiLLai AzhwAn (one of the disciples of kUraththAzhwAn) would say \u201cJust like an infant which is suckling looks at the mother\u2019s face keenly, those who fall at his divine feet look at his divine form\u201d<\/p>\n

viNNum kadandhu umbar appal mikku maRReppAl yavarkkum madhi vigaRpAl eNNum idaththadhuvO empirAnadhezhil niRam<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

madhi vigaRpAl<\/strong> \u2013 due to differences in the level of intellect. Even though there is difference in the intelligence levels of samsAris and dhEvAs (celestial entities), it is not possible to know. What is not possible to know? …<\/p>\n

viNNum . . .<\/strong> \u2013 starting with brahmA who is the cause of samsAris and who has his place of birth at sarvESvaran and who got his knowledge through sarvESvaran, and extending to nithyasUris, is it possible to know the beauty of sarvESvaran, who is my benefactor?<\/p>\n

empirAn<\/strong> \u2013 AzhwAr celebrates how sarvESvaran manifested his beauty to him, as described in<\/p>\n