Thiruppavai 13 puLLin vaai kendaanai

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Pasuram 13.-puLLin vAi

keendAnai

 

puLLin vAi keendAnai pollA

arakkanai

kiLLikkalaindhAnai keerthimai pAdippoi

piLLaigal ellAtrum pAvaikkaLam

pukkAr

veLLi ezundhu viyAzam urangittru

puLLum silan

mbinakANpOdharikkaNNinAi

kuLLakkuLira kudaindhu neerAdAdhE

paLLikkidatthiyO pAvai nee

nannALal

kaLLam thavirndhu

kalandhElOrempAvAi.

 

You

with lotus like eyes, all the girls have gone to the place of pavai nonbu

singing about the glory of Him who killed Bakasura by plunging his hand into

the beak and who plucked off the ten heads of Ravana.. The Jupiter has set

and venus has risen. See, the birds are

chirping. and instead of bathing in the cool waters of the river you are

pretending to sleep.

 

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vxdg0w PuLLin vai part 1 audio

 

 

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PuLLin vai part2

 

puLLin vAi keendAnai

pollAvarakkanai-kiLLikkaLaindhAnai-

refers to Krishnavathara and Ramavathara respectively. Krishna

killed the asura who came in the form of stork. He extended his hand into the

mouth of the stork and tore the beaks and killed the asura. Rama killed the

evil minded Ravana(pollAvarakkan)

by cutting his head as easily as

plucking it with nails. Some say that this may also refer to Narasimha as the

Lord killed Hiranyakasipu with his nails and kiLLi may refer to this act. But arakkan means rakshasa

while Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksha were asuras, the half brothrs of

suras,devas.. Still, from the words of Kamban

'' irakkam enru oru poruL illAdha

nenjinar arakkara enru uLar silar aratthin neenginar," the

arakar , rakshasa are those who have no pity and follow adharma, the word arakkan

may even refer to Hiranyakasipu. Also if the word 'pollAvarakkan' is split as pollA +varakkan, it may refer to Hirayanyakasipu who

got his powers through 'vara,' boon.

 

There

is an alternative explanation also which takes the phrase 'puLLinvai-----kiLLikkalaindhanai as one long adjective

qualifying Rama only. Here puLL

means Jatayu and 'puLlin vAi

keendAnai pollA arakkanai' refers to Ravana who killed Jatayu and kiLLikkalaindhan is Rama who

killed him.

 

pOdharikkaN- means eyes like flower or pOdhu+ari, that is, like the bee in a flower,

describing the pupil inside the flowerlike eyes.

 

kuLLa------nannAlal- In this auspicious day of Margazi, one should not

sleep but should get up early and take bath in the river before worshipping the

Lord. The words 'paLLikkidatthiyO'

instead of using the term 'urangal

' implies that she is only pretending sleep and hence she is asked not to

be deceitful 'kaLLam thavirndhu.'

 

'veLLi ezundhu viyAzam urangittru' means the setting of ignorance and the rise of

knowledge.

 

kuLlakkuLira kudaindhu netrAttam is explained as follows:

NeerAttam = think of the Lord.

kudaindhu neerAttam= to

worship Him in archavathara.

kuLira neerAttam= worship

Him in His incarnations.

kuLlakkuLira neerAttam=to

worship Him in Vaikunta.

 

This

pasuram has reference to Thondaradippodi AzvAr as he was born on this day of

Margazi. KaLLam thavirndhu

kalandhu and kudaindhuneerAdAdhE paLLikkidatthiyo implies the

days when he forgot the Lord and his reawakening.