Kanthar Anubhuthi - verse 4

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Transliteration:

 

vaLaipatta kai maathodu makkaL enum,

thaLaipat— taliya thakumO thakumO

kiLaipat— telu soor uramum giriyum,

thoLaipat— turuva thodu vElavanE. 4

 

Meaning:

 

Caught up in this fetter called wife and family,

Am I to perish? O Lord, is it fair, is it seemly?

The Krauncha Mountain and Soora's heart, who rose with retinue,

Thy Vel, Velayudha, You let go, that pierced through.

 

" O Lord Velayudha! You dispatched Your (Sakthi) Vel as to pierce

through the heart of the Asura, Soorapadma, who, with his relatives,

rose in battle against You, as also the Krauncha Mountain. (It being

so) should I totally perish caught up in the entanglement of woman

with bangle-arm (wife) and children (i.e., the bondage of

household)? Is it fair, O Lord, is it fair? "

 

Detailed Commentary:

 

Skanda Puranam: The Legend of Surapadman & Krauncha

Surapadman, the powerful asura, who had obtained many boons from

Lord Siva, waged war with Lord Skanda with the help of his entire

kith and kin. When all of them were destroyed and the asura was left

alone, he fought assuming various forms one of which was that of a

huge mango tree with many shooting branches. The Lord cleaved the

tree with the Vel. Thus, Lord Subrahmanya pierced the asura in

battle, as if in sport, by the dispatch of His divine weapon, the

Vel. This the saint refers to as, " O Lord who dispatches the Vel as

to pierce through Soora, who rose with his retinue (or with many

branches as a tree). "

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Courtesy: Skandagurunatha web site