Sri Jayanthi Special- PeriyAzhwAr celebrates

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AzhwArs enjoy the sowlabhyam of PerumAL more than

Parathvam, as that is what makes Him grander and

greater.. Thus, AzhwAr sings the birth of the Lord

first before he starts rearing Him up with lullaby,

bathing, dressing, adorning with flowers etc. as

YasOdha PiraaTTi..

 

1. vaNNamAdangaL soozh ThirukkOttiyoor

kaNNan kEsavan nambhi piRandhinil

eNNai suNNam yedhiredhi thUvida

kaNNan muRRam kalandhaLAyiRRE.

 

Sri KrishNAn, who resides in the divya desam of

ThirukkOttiyoor, surrounded by tall well decorated and

painted balconies, - the chief of Chathurmukha

BrahmA and Rudran (Kesavan); the KalyANa guNa poorNan,

[the reservoir of most auspicious attributes]- when he

was born (took His avatar) at

ThiruAyarpaadi, the residents there, were so

overjoyous and excited about the Kutti KaNNan’s

arrival, that they sprayed fragrant oily, turmeric

powders at each other (with joy), and the mixture of

all these powders falling on the ground made the large

hall of Nadha gOpan appear like muddy

sandal paste.. (sERu..) on the floors.

 

Kesavan- ka + Isa + van- The Cause or Creator of

Brahma and Rudhra; Or the

One who killed Kesi (asurA) Or One who has most

beautiful Kesam (tresses);

 

Shanthi Parvam says A Blind who meditates and utters

the name Kesavan (who has the tresses like the Moon

and the Sun- so resplendent); gets his eye

sight even.

 

piRandhinil- pIRandhu + in + il- Since he was born; it

became- in + il- meaning, so sweet home. Nandhan’s

mUrram (Nandha gOpan’s hall has become

KaNNan’s Hall, because He is Nandhan’s darling son.)

 

2. Oduvaar vizhuvaar uganthaalippaar

naaduvaar nampiraan enguRRaan enbaar

paaduvaargaLum palpaRai kotta ninRu

aaduvaargaLum aayiRR aaypaadiyE..

 

Nandha gOkulam – the Ayar paadi- where KaNNan was

born; having heard that He is born, running; (due to

the excitement and haste), falling; (unmindful of

the fall, again getting up with happiness and zeal),

shouts excitedly, searching as to “where is He? Where

is he?” where is our Swamy? (nambhi)”.;

singing merrily and vociferously with happiness,

amidst the thunderous musical organs, standing and

dancing to the glory announcing His arrival.

The entire Ayar paadi has become like that, with no

exception at all.

 

enguRRAn (where is He?) also can be read as

“engutthAn” meaning: where ?

where? “.

 

3. pEni Seerudai piLLai piRandhinil

kaaNatthaam puguvaar pukkup pOdhuvaar

ANoppaar ivan nErillai kaaN thiru

vONatthAn ulagALum enbaargaLE.

 

In the sweet residence, where the darling (much

desired and sought after) KrishNA is born, those who

want to enjoy seeing the Kutti KaNNan enters into

the house, and says, “who can be compared to this man?

(None at all.) (Purushan- He is Parama Purushan;

Purusha Utthaman; Isn’t He?). Even the

Lord VishNu of SravaNa sta, who rules the worlds, can

not be equal to him (KaNNan)- they affirm.

 

Here this man- who can be equal to Him? Is a sweet

statement. He is not only the Parathvam; he is also a

Sowlabhyan unlike that VishNu (who rules the

world). Though they are one and the same, this is just

to show greatness of sowlabhyam, he is better than

even VishNu. He is Seerudai PiLLai meaning-

Sriman, One who is with SrI. But He is better than

that sriya: Pathi because He is the darling of cowherd

folks and is one among them. He stooped down to such a

sowlabhyam that one can not imagine. This also means,

he is grander than other devathaas naturally. [We

will enjoy more of His sowlabhyam in

the entire PeriyAzhwAr pAsurams ]

 

Also it can be inferred as: He is equal to that VishNu

who is the ruler of all worlds. Thus, He is none other

than VishNu. He is only Man (PurushOtthaman).

 

NammAzhwAr says, “Anallan; peNNallan; aliyum allan..”

That means; he is neither a man; nor a woman; nor a

napumsakan. But then who is He? One can see the gender

used by AzhwAr. He… meaning. He is “the Man” called

PurushOtthaman (and not like any other man).

 

4 uRiyai muRRatthu urutti ninRaaduvaar

naRu ney paal thayir nanRaaga thUvuvaar

seRimen koondhal avizha thiLaitthu engum

aRivazhindhanar aaypaadi aayarE..

 

[beautiful scene..] The cowherd folks of Ayarpaadi,

(after seeing the darling Lord of theirs), in all

their houses, they are so overjoyed and excited that

they throw the curd, milk, fragrant ghee one ach other

and smear on each other’s bodies; they dance singing

with joy, letting their long hairs untie and fall

freely.. Forgetting materialistic / worldly pleasures

(thus, becoming insane:- )

 

aRivazhindhanar- means: lost their desire on materials

and other worldly matters.

 

Srimad Bhagawatham mentions the same scene:

 

gOpA: parasparam hrushtA dhaDhi kshIra ghruthAmbubhi:

AsInchanthO vilim panthO navanIthaischa chikshipu: ||

(X.5. 14)

 

The cowherd folks on one another, being happy

(hrshtA), dhadhI curd; kshIra milk; ghrthAmbubhi:

butter milk; AsInchantha: sprinkling; vilimparantha:

smearing; navanIthai: butter; chikshipu: threw on one

another.

 

5. koNda thAL uRikOlak kodu mazhu

thaNdinar paRiyOlai sayanatthar

viNdamullaiyarumpanna pallinar

aNdar miNdip pugundhu neyyaadinaar.

 

{At Ayar padi in the neighborhood of NadhagOpan’s

home, the scene was described. Now the scene shifts to

those who went out for rearing the cows.]

 

The cowherd folks who went outside for rearing the

cows, those who have the pot tied with strong, long,

stout ropes, (for milk and for their food?); who have

the sharp mace-like stick, who have the make shift

arrangement of beds made of leaves (to take rest); who

have small white mullai flower like teeth (with

absolutely no kaLLam and kapatam- krithrimam illAdha

bhakti- unalloyed devotion) ; entered into Ayarpaadi

town (where He was born) smeared themselves with ghee,

as if they are bathing with Ghee (due to their over

excitement and extreme happiness).

 

{This pAsuram it is told brings us the Uriyadi

uthsavam _Those who have witnessed will enjoy)

Let us enjoy other five songs in next post.

Kutti KaNNan Kutti ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

aDiyEn

 

 

 

 

 

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