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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi<\/a>\u00a0>>\u00a0Second Centum<\/a> >> Sixth decad<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alaththu ilaiyAn aravin aNai mElAn<\/em> Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Al ilaiyAn<\/em> \u2013 as one who is reclining on a tender banyan leaf (in the term \u2018Alaththu<\/em>\u2019, the term aththu<\/em> is present as a poetic metric and does not carry any meaning) Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n emperumAn is one, who is reclining mercifully on a tender banyan leaf. He is mercifully reclining on thiruvananthAzhwAn. He is reclining on the ocean, which is dark [due to the shadow cast by his divine form], until the time of deluge. Bring a stick for one, who is beautiful, who showered his mercy on arjuna at his young age and who is the benefactor for the world. Bring a stick for one, who is mercifully reclining in thirukkudandhai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n vyAkhyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alaththu ilaiyAn<\/strong> \u2013 when deluge came to destroy all the worlds, emperumAn mercifully reclined on a banyan leaf. As seen earlier, the term aththu<\/em> is a sAriyai<\/em> \u2013 it is added to keep with the metrics of the poem and does not carry any meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says here that just as the incarnation of krishNa, AdhiSEshan too, as said in mudhal thiruvandhAdhi 53<\/a> \u201csenRAl kudaiyAm<\/em>\u201d (when emperumAn walks, AdhiSEshan goes as the umbrella), incarnated, esoterically, as a banyan leaf, indicating the meaning for this pAsuram. periyavAchchAn piLLai would say that \u201cpoygai AzhwAr prays to emperumAn and asks him \u2018AlanRu vElai nIr uLLadhO viNNadhO maNNadhO sOlai sUzh kunRu eduththAy sollu\u2019<\/em>\u201d (Oh emperumAn! Only you should say as to how that banyan leaf came on that day. Did it come in the ocean, or did it come in the unsupported sky or did it come out of the [dissolved] earth?) In the term Alaththu<\/em>, the term aththu<\/em> is a sAriyai. If it is considered as a case [as in AlAna aththinudaiya<\/em>], it will be an indicative word, showing the reason for the leaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n aravin aNai mElAn<\/strong> \u2013 he also mercifully reclines on the mattress of thiruvananthAzhwAn [AdhiSEshan]. Just as the saying goes \u201csahasra vadhana<\/em>: dhEva<\/em>: paNAmaNi virAjitha<\/em>: l sa Eva vatavrukshO bhUth anantha<\/em>: adhbhutha rUpavAn<\/em>\u201d (AdhiSEshan has a thousand faces through which he delivers thousand divine speeches; he is a nithyasUri; he is resplendent with his spread hoods; he is also the banyan tree; such AdhiSEshan is without an end and has an amazing form), it is only AdhiSEshan who also is the banyan leaf. Since the pAsuram says Alaththu ilayAn aravin aNai mElAn<\/em> that meaning also holds good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n neelak kadaluL nedum kAlam kaN vaLarndhAn<\/strong> \u2013 Though the ocean is inherently white in colour, being the milky ocean [where emperumAn reclines], due to reflection from emperumAn\u2019s divine form, the colour of the ocean appears to be blue. He reclined mercifully on that ocean, until the time of deluge. Just as it has been said in periya thirumozhi 3.1.1<\/a> \u201ckarum thaN mAkadal kaN thuyinRavan<\/em>\u201d (one who reclined on the dark, cool, expansive ocean) and in mUnRAm thiruvandhAdhi 37<\/a> \u201cuvarkkum karum kadal nIr uLLAn<\/em>\u201d(emperumAn is mercifully reclining in the dark ocean which is salty), we could consider that emperumAn is reclining on the salty ocean [instead of the first meaning considered here, where due to his reflection, the milky ocean has acquired a bluish colour].<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that the term neelak kadal<\/em> could refer either to the normal [salty] ocean or the milky ocean which has turned dark due to reflection from emperumAn\u2019s divine form, just as it has been said in thiruvAimozhi 7.2.11<\/a> \u201cmugil vaNNa vAnam<\/em>\u201d (due to the colour of emperumAn\u2019s divine form, the [spiritual] sky is also dark in colour). When milky ocean was churned [during kritha yugam<\/em>] many herbs were dropped in the ocean to get nectar. Due to these herbs, the colour of ocean had become blue. If one says that the colour which was manifested during kritha yugam <\/em>will not hold good during kali yugam<\/em> [when AzhwAr had composed this pAsuram], it could be said that since AzhwAr had seen that blue colour [due to emperumAn\u2019s causeless devotion-based-knowledge], he is referring to that. Though good qualities and faults are incidental, they could be referred to, as long as the person who has those qualities and faults lives. In the same way, the ocean could be termed as blue, even now. If the reference is to the salty ocean, just as it has been said in periya thirumozhi 3.1.1 \u201ckarundhaN mA kadal kaN thuyinRavan<\/em>\u201d and in mUnRAm thiruvandhAdhi 37 \u201cuvarkkum karum kadal nIr uLLAn<\/em>\u201d [we have seen above, the meanings for these pAsurams], this is also true since emperumAn reclines in all the oceans. In an ocean of this type, just as it has been said as aravin aNai mElAn<\/em>, he mercifully reclined, in yOga nidhrA<\/em> [resting while reclining], thinking about protecting the worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n bAlap pirAyaththE pArththaRku aruL seydha<\/strong> \u2013 Since indhra [celestial head] came and pointing out arjuna, told emperumAn \u201cHe is my son; you should mercifully protect him\u201d, right from young age, krishNa was protecting arjuna. During later years, since arjuna became friendly with emperumAn and lived under his protective care, krishNa took extra care in the case of arjuna, unlike the others. Thus, that mercy grew up with time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that krishNa had been supportive of arjuna for several reasons: (1) due to indhra\u2019s request to take care of him since arjuna was his son, (2) since he was biased towards arjuna, (3) since arjuna was listening to his words, (4) from the time when the pANdavas were brought up along with servants of dhrutharAshtra in a shed, krishNa was reminding the pANdavas about what they had forgotten, and later, after they had grown up, due to dhraupadhi\u2019s pledge [that she will plait her locks only with the blood of dhuSAsan] and (5) with overwhelming mercy. It was for these reasons that krishNa mercifully gave bhagavath gIthA to krishNa, on the chariot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n kOlap pirAnukku<\/strong> \u2013 the beautiful benefactor. He manifested his unique, beautiful, divine form, which is beyond one\u2019s sense organs, to arjuna, conducting his chariot, and thus became a benefactor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that apart from all the above, krishNa became a benefactor for arjuna by making his divine form, which is enjoyed by nithyasUris, to be under the control of arjuna when he sat on arjuna\u2019s chariot, conducting it, and protecting arjuna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n kudandhaik kidandhRku<\/strong> \u2013 just as it has been said in thiruvAimozhi 10.9.7<\/a> \u201ckudandhai en kOvalan<\/em>\u201d (krishNa, who is mercifully reclining in thirukkudandhai), it is in thirukkudandhai where emperumAn is mercifully reclining, manifesting his saulabhyam<\/em> [easy approachability] during his incarnation as krishNa. Just as he mercifully manifested himself as kOlap pirAn<\/em>, here [in thirukkudandhai] he mercifully reclined, just as it has been mentioned in thiruvAimozhi 5.8.1<\/a> \u201cErAr kOlam thigazhak kidandhAy<\/em>\u201d (you are resting, exhibiting your abundant beauty, which is shining).<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that apart from saying \u201cmOkshayishyAmi<\/em>\u201d (I shall relieve you from all your sins), krishNa is mercifully reclining in thirukkudandhai, to lend authenticity to the saying \u201ckumbakONE vinaSyathi<\/em>\u201d (sins will be destroyed in kumbakONam). He is one who, just as it has been said in thiruvAimozhi 5.8.10<\/a> \u201cAvi agamE thiththippAy<\/em>\u201d (you trigger great taste in me, towards you, in my heart) is very sweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We shall next consider the 7th<\/sup> pAsuram of this thirumozhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n\n\n\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: Sri varavaramunayE nama: periyAzhwAr thirumozhi\u00a0>>\u00a0Second Centum >> Sixth decad Previous avathArikai (Introduction) There is no specific avathArikai for this pAsuram. 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neelak kadaluL nedum kAlam kaN vaLarndhAn<\/em>
pAlap pirAyaththE pArthaRku aruL seydha<\/em>
kOlap pirAnukku Or kOl koNdu vA kudandhaik kidandhARku Or kOl koNdu vA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
aravu aNai mElAn<\/em> \u2013 as one who is reclining on thiruvananthAzhwAn [AdhiSEshan] [here too, the term \u2018in<\/em>\u2019 in aravin<\/em> does not have a meaning; it is present for poetic metric]
neelam<\/em> \u2013 being dark (due to the shadow from the divine form)
kadaluL<\/em> \u2013 in the ocean
nedu kAlam<\/em> \u2013 until the time of deluge
kaN vaLarndhAn<\/em> \u2013 as one who is reclining
pAlap pirAyaththu<\/em> \u2013 at young age
pArththaRku<\/em> \u2013 for arjuna
aruL seydha<\/em> \u2013 one who showered his grace mercifully
kOlam<\/em> \u2013 being beautiful
pirAnukku<\/em> \u2013 bring a stick for the one who is the benefactor for the world
kudandhai<\/em> \u2013 in thirukkudandhai [present day kumbakONam]
kidandhARku<\/em> \u2013 bring a stick for one who is mercifully reclining<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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