PeriyAzhwAr Thirunakshathram: Part III: Patthu of PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi

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Bhattar PirAn ThiruvadigaLE Saranam

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

We will continue with the high level overview

of the third patthu paasurams here:

 

3.1: Third Patthu: Mudal Thirumozhi

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YasOdhA invites her dear infant son for nourishment

through breast feeding .He is still an infant. She

remembers with awe suddenly the athimAnusha ChEshtais

( Sperhuman/Divine leelais ) that He did in sucking

the life out of Poothanai , destruction of SakatAsuran

with a mere kick of his tiny feet , bringing down

the Marutha trees , the destruction of VathsAsuran

et al . She says: "I recognize that You must be

SarvEswaran and hence I fear of doing my duites of

breast-feeding You as Your Mother".

 

3.2: Third Patthu: Second Thirumozhi

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Here Mother YasOdhA forgets for a moment that

Kutti KaNNan is the LokanAthan and thinks of

Him as her child (Aayan)born in sheperd vamsam.

She sends Him with other children (gOpa KumArAs)

to the forest for grazing cattle in the morning .

Noon time comes . She could not bear the separation

form Her dear child and she blames herself now about

her poor judgement to send Him to the graze cattle

in the harsh forest.

 

3.3: Third Patthu: Third Thirumozhi

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Evening time arrives. Kutti Krishnan is home with

His friends from the forest . The elated mother

YasOdhA enjoys the beautiful tresses of Kutti KaNNan

adorned with forest flowers and beams with joy.

She invites her friends to witness the soundharyam

of her dear son.She tells her pride and joy not to

return to the forest next day but to stay with her.

PeriyAzhwar becomes YasOdha to enjoy and describe

this anubhavam.

 

3.4: Third Patthu:Fourth Thirumozhi

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In the earlier patthu, YasOdhai said:

" NaaLai-Thottu KanRin pin pOhEl ,

kOlam seythu inghe Iru"( From tomorrow ,

do not go to the forest for grazing cattle; please

pretty Yourself and stay with me here). Kutti KaNNan

agreed and stayed for 7 days and celebrated His

birth star of SravaNam . Then , He went to the forest ,

performed His duties as Gopa KumAran and returned

home with vana Maalai and VeNu GhAnam. All the young

girls of Aaypaadi looked form their windows and

were deeply atteacted to His beauty and VeNu Naadham.

PeriyAzhwAr transforms himself into these Gopa Kannis

and describes their aanandha-anubhavam here .

 

3.5: Third Patthu: Fifth Thirumozhi

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Here PeriyAzhwar becomes one of the onlookers

under the umbrella of Govardhana Giri lifted by

MaayOn KaNNan to protect the clan of shepherds

against the wrath of Indhran and praises

the divine leelai of the Lord (govardhana-

UddharaNam).

 

3.6: Third Pathtu: Sixth Thirumozhi

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Here the glories of the Lord playing

His divine music on His flute is enjoyed

by PariyAzhwAr and articulated with great

feeling by PeriyAzhwAr.Sriman M.G.Vaasudevan of

Chennai has posted many enjoyable articles

on the Lord blessing us with His divine

VeNu ghAnam .

 

3.7: Third patthu: Seventh Thirumozhi

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Here,PeriyAzhwAr takes on the role of

a Mother of Aayar Kulam and describes with pathos

the pitiable and helpless state to which her daughter

has been reduced as a result of her (daughter's)

anubhavam of the sarvAnga Soundharyam of

VeNugOpalan .The Mother describes how her

daughter had lost her mind over Sri KrishNan

and her own helplessness to save her daughter

from the grip of KrishNa PrEmai.

 

3.8: Third Patthu: Eighth Thirumozhi

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The pulampals (lamentations ) of the Mother

and her suspicion over the absence of her

daughter from her bedside are experienced here .

She concludes that the Lord had come at night

and charmed her daughter and taken her(daughter)

away to His palace .PeriyAzhwAr becomes that mother,

who lost her daughter to the ILam KaaLai , KaNNapirAn.

 

3.9: Third Patthu: Ninth Thirumozhi(PaadippaRa Paasurams)

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Here , PeriyAzhwAr shifts gears to enjoy RaamAvathAram

after exclusive enjoyemnt of KrishNAvatharam until now.

AzhwAr takes on the role of two Gopis , who declare

aloud that their ishta dhaivam , Raaman and KrishNan

rspectively are the greatest .The two gopis challenge

each other in a playful way and assert that one's

ishta dhaivam is superior to the other , although

they know that both avathArams are different

manifestations of Sriman NaarAyanan alone.

 

3.10: Third Patthu: Tenth Thirumozhi

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Here , PeriyAzhwAr movingly describes

KaNayAzhi Padalam of Sundara Kaandam of

Srimath RaamAyanam , where Raama DhUthan ,

HanumAn finds SitA pirAtti at AsOka Vanam

and makes Her joyous thru the presenttion of

the hand ring of her Lord carrying the imprint

of His(Raama) Naamam.HanumAn describes the various

incidents known only to the Dhivya dampathis

as breifed by Lord Raamachandran to assure

SithA PirAtti that HanumAn is a genuine

Raama DhUthan sent by Her Lord to assure

Her about His resolve to rescue Her from

RavaNan's prison .

 

adiyEn will continue with the rest of

the Paasurams of PeriyAzhwAr in the next

posting.

 

Sri KrishNAya namO Nama:

Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan