Thiruppavai - Day 6: puLLum silambina kaaN: Vyakhyanam written by Sri U.Ve ESB Swami.

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Pasuram 6: puLLum silambina kaaN

puLLum

silambina kaaN puLLaraiyan kOyil *

veLLai viLisangin pEraravam kEttilaiyO *

piLLaay ezhundhiraay pEy mulai nancundu *

kaLLac cakatam kalakkazhiyak kaalOcci *

veLLaththaravil thuyilamarndha viththinai *

uLLaththuk kondu munivargaLum yOgigaLum *

meLLa ezhundhu ari enRa pEraravam *

uLLam pugundhu kuLindhElOr embaavaay.

Word for Word

meaning **

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puLLum

the birds too

silambina are

calling

kaaN

look!

puL araiyan the king of the birds

(Garuda, Lord Vishnu's vehicle)

kOyil

in (Garuda's) palace

veLLai

white

viLi

calling

sangin

conch's

pEr aravam great noise

kEttilaiyO didn't you

hear?

piLLaay O

girl!

ezhundhiraay get up!

pEy

demon

(Putana, the female rAkshasi sent by Kamsa to kill

the baby Krishna by having him drink from her poisoned

breasts)

mulai

breast

nancu

poison

undu

ate

kaLLa

evil

cakatam

SakaTAsura (lit. wheel), an asura who came in the

form of a cart to kill Krishna

kalakku azhiya destroy

kaal

feet

Occi

kicked

veLLaththu in the waters (the

milk ocean)

aravil

on the snake

thuyil

asleep

amarndha resting,

seated

viththinai the cause, seed (of

the universe)

uLLaththu in the

heart

kondu

keeping

munivargaLum sages, those who think about

the Lord all the time

(Sanskrit: muni)

yOgigaLum ascetics, those

adept in meditation (Sanskrit: yOgi)

meLLa

gently

ezhundhu getting

up

ari

Hari, a name of Lord Vishnu

enRa

saying

pEr aravam great noise

uLLam

our hearts

pugundhu

entering

kuLirndhu cool

=====Sri U.Ve ESB Swami's

write up starts here=========

Pasuram 6: puLLum silambina kaaN

The girls approach the mansion of a gopi and wake her

up by indicating signs

of early dawn,"even the birds are

up and chirping. Get

up." The sleeping girl rejects this

reason,"oh

girls,you never allow the birds in your town

to sleep, with your

chanting of His names and making them

chant too. This is no

sign of dawn!" Then they mention a

noteworthy sign,

"PULLARAYAN KOIL etc..The blowing conch

in the temple of Vishnu

for early morning worship, is

inviting us all for His

service. Get up."

 

Here the phrase

PULLARAYAN KOIL brings out an excellent quality

of the Lord:

PUL is bird, here it is

Garuda; ARAYAN means king ; KOYIL is temple.

So this means, the

temple of Vishnu.

But why this circumlocution? There is a reason.

In Ramayana while

narrating to Hanuman her abduction by

Ravana, Sita

says,"On that fateful day I was lured by that

demon disguised as a

deer, and was separated from Rama's

younger brother and

Lakshmana's elder brother(RAMANUJAM

LAKSMANA POORVAJAM CHA).

"Such phraseology is used for a

purpose. The Lord feels

happy when His name is coupled

with His devotee's and

so does the devotee when he is referred to as

being subservient

to the Lord. The message of Sita (Sri Devi)

and Andal (Bhu Devi) to

us is that when a Sri Vaishnava

names his child he

should follow this principle.

 

ULLATHU KKONDU etc in

this verse is noteworthy. The munis

and yogins get up in the

morning very slowly from their

beds so that the Lord,

taking eternal abode in their hearts

may not be disturbed.

Prahlada was pushed down from the top

of a huge mountain, and

while falling he held fast his

bosom with great concern

for Sri Hari living there, never

bothering about what was

happening to himself.But the Lord

waited for him at the

bottom of the mountain and received

him in his spread

arms.

 

Parasara Bhattar used to

embellish his body with silken

robe,ornaments,sandal

paste etc, and when asked about its

propriety in respect of

the despicable body, he said in his

view it was not

despicable but adorable being the sanctum

sanctorum of the

Almighty.

 

Andal also leaves this

lesson in this verse: When you get

up in the morning chant

the name of Hari (HARIR HARIR

HARIRITI VYAHARET

VAISHNAVAH PUMAN).Let us do so.

=====Sri U.Ve ESB Swami's write up ends here=========

** Word for word meaning by Sri Mani Varadarajan (CA, USA)

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