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periyAzhwAr thirumozhi<\/a> >> Fourth Centum<\/a> >> Seventh decad<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n avathArikai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that AzhwAr mentions in this pAsuram that gangA is coming with sandalwood paste of celestial women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n viRpidiththu iRuththu vEzhaththai muRukki mEl irundhavan thalai sAdi<\/em> Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n aRpudham udaiya<\/em> \u2013 such that everyone would be amazed Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The exulting fluid of elephant airAvatham, which amazes its beholders, sandalwood paste, applied by the young women, who retain their youth until their time in svargam<\/em> [heaven] and who are desired by celestial entities, and the karpaga<\/em> flowers donned on their locks, mingle and descend into river gangA. The distinguished abode, kaNdam<\/em>, located on its bank, is the desired abode, where purushOththaman, who snapped the bow [during the festival of bows conducted by kamsan], snapped the tusks of elephant kuvalayApeedam, killed its keeper, who was sitting atop the elephant, killed the wrestlers and kicked kamsan, after jumping on him, dwells desirously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n vyAkhyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n viRpidiththu iRuththu<\/strong> \u2013 kamsan invited krishNa, as a relative, for the bow festival [which he was going to conduct at SrI mathurA]. krishNa went for that purpose, to mathurA, entered the arena where the festival was being held and snapped the bow, which was kamsan\u2019s favourite one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that kamsan had kept the bow as a measure of testing krishNa\u2019s strength. krishNa held that bow in the middle and broke it, while stringing it<\/p>\n\n\n\n vEzhaththai muRukki<\/strong> \u2013 subsequently, he snapped the tusks of the elephant, kuvalayApeedam, which was made to stand at the entrance of kamsan\u2019s mansion, as mentioned in periya thirumozhi 6.5.6<\/a> \u201cpuguvAy ninRa pOdhagam<\/em>\u201d (the elephant which was standing at the entrance) and which was in exultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n mEl irundhavan thalai sAdi<\/strong> \u2013 the keeper of the elephant, sitting on top of the elephant, through his power of instructions, was capable of making the elephant, which had fallen on the ground after its tusks had been snapped, to stand up again. krishNa hit the head of the keeper, with the tusk in his hand and broke it into smithereens<\/p>\n\n\n\n maRporudhu<\/strong> \u2013 when krishNa entered the arena, with the tusk in his hand, unable to tolerate that, the wrestlers, chANUra and mushtika, came to fight with him. He fought with them such that their physical forms were crushed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ezhappAyndhu araiyanai udhaiththa<\/strong> \u2013 subsequently, krishNa jumped onto the courtyard of kamsan, where he was sitting on a mattress, as mentioned in SrI vishNu purANam 5.20.26 \u201cthunga manja vyavasthitha<\/em>:\u201d (sitting on a high mattress). kamsan was sitting with his regal crown. krishNa jumped on him, kicking aside his crown, as mentioned in SrIvishNu purANam 5.20.86 \u201ckESEshvAkrushya vigaLath kireetamavaneethalE \u2013 sa kamsam pAdhAyAmAsa thasyO parIapAdhaSa<\/em>\u201d (krishNa caught hold of kamsan\u2019s locks such that the crown fell down, pushed him onto the ground and jumped on him), set aside his crown, caught hold of his locks and pushed him to the ground, jumped on him and kicked him with his divine feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that kamsan thought that the higher [from the ground] that he sat, the better protected he was. However, krishNa jumped much above kamsan\u2019s head, kicked him with his divine feet and killed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n mAl purudOththaman vAzhvu<\/strong> \u2013 it is the desired dwelling abode for purushOththaman, who has the eminence of annihilating kamsan, who had the qualities of a monster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that it was after coronating ugrasEna as the king of mathurA, due to his desire, that krishNa became purushOththaman<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n aRpudham udaiya ayirAvadha madhamum<\/strong> \u2013 the exulting fluid of elephant airAvatham, which had amazing form [it was whitish in complexion and had four tusks], and amazing activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n thiruvAimozhip piLLai says here that airAvadham was nithyApUrva purushArtham<\/em> [the ultimate benefit which he had, which was unmatched, everyday] for indhran, the head of celestial entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n avariLam padiyar oN sAndhum<\/strong> \u2013 for the inhabitants of svargam<\/em> [heaven], the young damsels were desirous; they had youthfulness with them until their stay there. The sandalwood paste, which they had applied on themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n kaRpaga malarum<\/strong> \u2013 the kaRpaga<\/em> flowers, which they had donned on their locks<\/p>\n\n\n\n kalandhu izhi gangai<\/strong> \u2013 on the bank of river gangA, which had descended with all these<\/p>\n\n\n\n kaNdam ennum kadi nagarE<\/strong> \u2013 it is the distinguished abode, named kaNdam<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We shall next consider the 8th<\/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 >> Fourth Centum >> Seventh decad Previous avathArikai thiruvAimozhip piLLai, in his svApadhESam, says that AzhwAr mentions in this pAsuram that gangA is coming with sandalwood paste of celestial women. viRpidiththu iRuththu vEzhaththai muRukki mEl irundhavan thalai sAdimaRporudhu ezhap pAyndhu araiyanai udhaiththa mAl purudOththaman vAzhvuaRpudham … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,717,726],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudhalayiram","category-periyazhwar-thirumozhi","category-periyazhwar-thirumozhi-4th-centum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62519"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62538,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62519\/revisions\/62538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
maRporudhu ezhap pAyndhu araiyanai udhaiththa mAl purudOththaman vAzhvu<\/em>
aRpudham udaiya ayirAvadha madhamum avar iLam padiyar oN sAndhum<\/em>
kaRpaga malarum kalandhu izhi gangaik kaNdam ennum kadi nagarE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
ayirAvadham<\/em> \u2013 elephant named as airAvatham<\/em> [indhran\u2019s royal elephant]
madhamum<\/em> \u2013 exulting fluid
avar<\/em> \u2013 desired by celestial entities, who inhabit svargam<\/em> [heaven]
iLam padiyar<\/em> \u2013 celestial women, who always look young, until the time that they remain there
oN<\/em> \u2013 distinguished
sAndhum<\/em> \u2013 sandalwood paste
kaRpaga malarum<\/em> \u2013 kaRpaga<\/em> flower [flowers of the celestial tree, kaRpagam<\/em>\/kalpaka], donned on their locks
kalandhu<\/em> \u2013 mixed, together
izhi<\/em> \u2013 descending
gangai<\/em> \u2013 on river gangA
kaNdam ennum kadi nagar<\/em> \u2013 the distinguished abode, named as kaNdam<\/em>
vil pidiththu<\/em> \u2013 holding the bow
iRuththu<\/em> \u2013 snapping it
vEzhaththai muRukki<\/em> \u2013 snapping the tusks of elephant, kuvalayApeedam
mEl irundhavan<\/em> \u2013 the keeper of elephant
thalai<\/em> \u2013 head
sAdi<\/em> \u2013 blowing to smithereens, with the tusk
mal porudhu<\/em> \u2013 wrestling with wrestlers chANUra <\/em>and mushtika<\/em>, such that their physical forms were crushed
araiyanai<\/em> \u2013 (sitting at a high level) kamsan, the king (pulling him down by his locks)
ezhap pAyndhu<\/em> \u2013 jumping atop him
udhaiththa<\/em> \u2013 kicking him, with his divine feet
(Resulting from these activities)
mAl<\/em> \u2013 one, who has eminence
purudOththaman<\/em> \u2013 for purushOththaman
vAzhvu<\/em> \u2013 it is the divine abode<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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