A Day in the Life of our Acharyas - 33

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Periya Thirumozhi 7-1-1 pasuram:

 

kaRavA madanAgu than kanRuLLinAl pOl

maRavAthadiyEn unnaiyE azhaikkinREn

naRavAr pozhil sUzh naRaiyUr ninRa nambi

piRavAmai enaippaNi enthai pirAnE

 

Amudhanar tried to explain the first phrase in the

pasuram "kaRavA madanAgu than kanRu uLLinAl" as, a

cow that has not been milked yet (kaRavA madanAgu),

thinking about its calf (than kanRu uLLinAl).

However, this did not fit the meaning of the rest

of the pasuram, as Azhvar uses this comparison to

say that he is crying to the Lord in the same

fashion.

 

Bhattar then interpreted the phrase as, the calf

whose mother has not been milked yet (kaRavA

madanAgu than kanRu), thinking about its mother

(uLLinAl). This, fit the rest of the pasuram

correctly.

 

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

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