tiruppArthanpaLLi (Periya tirumozhi 4.8.2) - tirunAngUr divyadeSam

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tiruppArthanpaLLi (Periya tirumozhi 4.8) - tirunAngUr divyadeSam

 

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SrImad ANDavan tiruvaDi,

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tiruppArthanpaLLi - Periya tirumozhi 4.8.2:

 

kanjan viTTa vencinatta kaLiRaDartta kALai enRum

vanjamEvi vanda pEyin uyirai uNDa mAyan enRum

SencolALar nIDu nAngai dEvadEvan enRenRodi

panciyanna mellaDiyAL pArthanpaLLi pADuvALE

 

A. SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan:

The elephant, kuvalyApIDam, comes charging furiously, being deployed by the evil

kamsan to kill kaNNan. Even if the elephant was not sent by kamsan, the elephant

would have come barging at anyone it came across because of its condition of

madness. One cannot expect to escape the evil kamsan who sent the elephant; nor

can one expect to get away from the danger presented by the infatuated elephant.

AzhvAr is saying, ‘He is the youth that vanquished that kind of an

elephant’. pUtanA was a demon to start with. And she came with the deceitful

intent of killing kaNNan and took the form of a mother to feed poison to Him.

Being one who performs astonishing feats, He killed her by sucking her life out

of her. In this pASuram, the mother of parakAla nAyaki says that her daughter

is in a sad state where she is blabbering about all His phenomenal

accomplishments. Those who live in that place are all well-versed; they always

speak the truth ; they never

lie. Thinking that He should be like them, He declared, ‘I shall never leave

you’ and He lives eternally in nAngUr divya dEsam. The nAyaki (parakAla)

remembers that promise of His, and sings of Him as the leader of nitya sUri-s

and that He resides in pArthanpaLLi. Her mother says, ‘My daughter has very

soft feet that feel like delicate cotton. Instead of His longing for her tender

feet, she is the one who is prattling about Him’.

 

B. SrI PVP:

My daughter does not realize her greatness as one of very tender nature, and

instead, is talking about how kaNNan astonishingly vanquished His enemies. She

is constantly chattering about His being held in high esteem by the nitya

sUri-s, and about His place – pArthanpaLLi.

 

kanjan viTTa vencinatta kaLiRaDartta kALai enRum – He killed the mad elephant,

kuvalayApIDam sent by kamsan; thinking about that, AzhvAr is indulging again in

kRshNAvatAram. The elephant was the one that was ordered by kamsan who is

evil-natured. The elephant does not need anyone to order it to destroy whatever

it encounters; the elephant itself is a mad one and will charge on the whole

world; both kamsan’s demoniac nature and the frenzied nature of the elephant

are such that no one can escape from either. But kaNNan, who had not even grown

to a mature age, killed the elephant in His very young age.

 

vanjamEvi vanda pEyin uyirai uNDa mAyan enRum – pUtanai was naturally demoniac

by birth. On top of it, she came with the explicit objective of killing Him;

but He took away her life miraculously, even though He was only a child at that

time. She came with the pretext of giving Him poisonous milk, and He fulfilled

that wish and sucked her life out in the process.

 

SencolALar nIDu nAngai dEvadEvan enRenRodi – the folks in this place speak

nothing but the truth. So, emperumAn, who lives in this place should also take

up the same nature, right! He had said to her earlier : ‘I will not leave

you’ ; now, He cannot leave her in the presence of these truthful folks. That

is a big consolation for my daughter. She sings about Him as One who lives in

tirunAngUr where everyone speaks the truth ; She also sings of Him as the deva

of all the deva-s (‘ayarvarum amarargaL adhipati’ – tiruvAimozhi 1.1.1).

 

panciyanna mellaDiyAL pArthanpaLLi pADuvALE – My daughter is gifted with very

tender feet like soft cotton. One would expect that He should be pining for

those soft feet ; but instead, she is the one who is longing for Him, and

singing about His place of residence - pArthanpaLLi.

 

C. SrI UV:

SencolALar nIDu nAngai – those well versed in vedams had their tall houses in

long rows in that place.

 

panciyanna mellaDiyAL – tiruttAyAr – the mother of nAyaki, is concerned that

her daughter with very tender feet is leaving for pArthanpaLLi.

 

D. SrI PBA:

Can the help provided by my husband, namely, the killing of kamsan’s elephant,

be praised just once? If He had not done that, the whole world would have

suffered. Is it an ordinary feat to do battle with a wild elephant and vanquish

the same?

 

This feat was accomplished when He was at least a few years old. Do you know

His great achievement when He was lying in His toTTil – crib? In the pretext

of drinking milk from her, He wonderfully sucked her life out.

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End of periya tirumozhi 4.8.2 on tiruppArthanpaLLi

To be continued …..