Thiruppalliyezhucchi - 2

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Thiruppalliyezucchi Vyakhyana Saram - Second Pasuram

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Collected from the vyakhyanams of Nanjeeyar and

Periyavaccan Pillai

 

 

A simple Tamil version of this translation is

available at

http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/tpezhu/tpezhu02.pdf

 

 

Pasuram:

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kozhunkodi mullaiyin kozhumalar aNavaik

kUrnthathu guNathisai mArutham idhuvO

ezhunthana malaraNaip paLLikoL annam

Inpani nanaindha mirunjsiRaguthaRi

vizhungiya mudhalaiyin pilamburai pEzvAy

veLLeyiRuRa athan vidaththinukkanungki

azhungiya Anaiyin arunthuyra keduththa

arangaththammA paLLi ezundharuLAyE

 

 

Meaning:

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The eastern wind is blowing after wading through the

beautiful flowers of the healthy mullai creepers. The

swans that sleep in flowers have woken up and are

shaking their wings which are drenched in the morning

dew. O Lord of Srirangam! who destroyed the great

sorrow of the the elephant Gajendra whose leg was

caught in the cavernous mouth of the crocodile and

who was succumbing to the poison in its white sharp

teeth, please wake up and grace us.

 

 

Vyakhyana Saram:

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The eastern wind which is the sign of dawn is blowing and

the swans that sleep in flowers are waking up. The eastern

wind has captured the beautiful scent of the mullai

flowers and is waking up the swans that are sleeping in

the lotus flowers. You who protect those that surrender to

You should wake up. Can You who came with great speed to

destroy the sorrow of the elephant Sri Gajendra still be

sleeping? Please wake up and give us Your grace, says

Azhvar.

 

 

kozhungkodi ... :

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The eastern wind has captured the fragrance of the flowers

in the mullai creepers and is blowing, similar to those

who massage the legs of the asleep to wake them up. Wading

through the flowers of the mullai creepers, the wind while

ignoring the stems and the petals has captured the

fragrance alone ("pudu mAdhavi mIdhaNavi") and is blowing.

Not only has the lotus which is directly related to the

Sun bloomed; the mullai which is a creeper in the land has

also bloomed; and the eastern wind has captured its

fragrance and is blowing as if waking You up. Azhvar

saying "idhuvO" is like the ministers of a king saying

"idhuvO" to introduce the subjects to a king. The wind is

something that is felt - presenting it as "idhuvO" seems

to show that it has given up its nature of moving about

and is waiting to do service to the Lord.

 

ezhunthana:

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The swan pairs which ignore the dew and lay asleep in the

lotus flowers have woken up. They woke after they felt the

eastern wind. Azhvar uses the respectful word "paLLi" for

swans because they are in the divine land of Srirangam.

The swans are asleep in pairs because the flower bed

becomes a bed of fire if they have to sleep in it alone

("menmalarppaLLi vempaLLiyAlO"). When these swans are

waking up, should You who saved the Vedas as a Swan, not

wake up?

 

Inpani nanaindha:

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Drenched in the early morning dew; soaked in the dew

("ozhugu nuNpanikkodungkiya").

 

thamirunjsiRaguthaRi:

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Shaking the wings drenched in the dew.

 

irunjsiRaguthaRi ... :

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The male swan that had tucked its female swan within its

wings, now shakes its wings and wakes up. These swans

have woken up - shouldn't You who saved the Vedas once

as a swan be waking up, asks Azhvar.

 

vizhungkiya ... :

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Losing all his strength ("paramApadamApanna:"), Gajendra

whose leg was caught in the cavernous mouth of the

crocodile was succumbing to the poison of its teeth and

was at the verge of drowning. He destroyed the great

threat to that elephant and took the flower in its trunk

in His feet before it could wilt. This made His devotees

think of His great kindness and seek Him ("kaimmA thunbam

kadintha pirAn"). That same Lord is now eternally resting

at Srirangam waiting to help those that come behind. And

we are here to see the divine waking up of this Lord,

says Azhvar. Will you come so fast only if You hear that

the elephant was caught in the crocodile's mouth? When

all that the crocodile has done is to bite, why did

Azhvar say vizhungiya ("swallowed")? This is similar to

a mother screaming that her child has fallen into the

water, even when it has gone only near a well.

 

pilamburai pEzhvAy:

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The mouth of the crocodile that was like the mouth of a

large cave.

 

veLLeyiRuRa:

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The crocodile did not find much to eat where it was. So,

it ate nothing but the sand in the bottom which rubbing

against its teeth kept them razor sharp.

 

athan vidaththinukku ... :

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Caught in the crocodile's teeth, the elephant was

suffering greatly due to their poison.

 

arunthuyar keduththa:

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He destroyed the elephant's great suffering ("atantrita

camUpati prahitahastam").

 

arunthuyar:

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No one had suffered a greater suffering. It can also be

taken that the elephant had suffered a rare and good

suffering - did it not bring the Lord Himself to help

him?

 

arangaththammA ... :

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How could You be sleeping at this place where all Your

devotees are pleading for Your help? Should You be

helping only when a single crocodile catches someone?

Should You not be helping us who are stuck deep in the

samsaric ocean and are caught in the mouths of five

crocodiles which are the five senses? Please wake up

and grace us, says Azhvar.

 

 

Thondaradippodi Azhvar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

Nanjeeyar Periyavaccan Pillai Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

 

Thiruppalliyezucchi Vyakhyana Saram:

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