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Pasuram11-kattrukkaravai

 

kattrukkaravai kaNanghaL palakarandhu chettrAr thiralaziya senrucheruccheyyum

kuttramonrillAdha kOvqlartham porkodiyE puttraravalgul punmayilE pOdharAi

suttratthu thOzimAr yavarum vandhu nin muttram pugundhu mugilvaNNan pEr pAda

sittrAdhE pEsAdhE selvappendAtti nee yettrukkurangum poruL ElO rempavai

 

You, who is the girl of blemishless, valiant man not only capable of milking several cows with calves but also able to vanquish his enemies, who has tresses like the hood of a serpent, and resembles a peacock, come . why are you, who is the darling of all, sleeping without moving and without replying while all your friends have come and are standing in your courtyard and are singing the name of the one who is like a dark cloud in hue.

 

kattrukkarvai - the cows should be milked only along with their calves and after the calves have drunk their share. But kattrukkaravai means the one who gives milk to its calf and at the same time carrying another in its womb. Thus it is forever giving milk.

 

kaNangal palakarandhu-There is a multitude of cows in AyarpAdi.Milk is abundant and overflowing but the cows are milked in order to reduce their heaviness owing to carrying a lot of milk.Also the cowherds do the milking as an exercise for their limbs to make them fight-worthy to conquer their enemies.

 

chettrAr - enemies. Who are the enemies for the gopas? Those who act against Krishna. The enemies of the Lord and His devotees. Kamsa was the enemy of both because he destroyed the brahmins and the sacrificial works thinking that the Lord can be destroyed thus.

 

Thiralaziya- the idea is to destroy the power and not the individual.

 

senrucheruccheyyum- to go where the enemies are and destroy them. In dharmayuddha the armies meet only outside the city in a common battle ground like kurukshEthra in order to save the women and children.

 

kuttramonrillAdha- blemishless

 

Porgodi- You are like a golden creeper which needs the support of the pole called Krishna to survive.

 

Puttraravalgul-The long tresses of the girl is spread like the serpent which comes out of its abode and spreads its hood and also it looks like the tail of feathers of a peacock.The quaintness of expression is seen in mentioning the serpent along with its enemy the peacock.

 

kattrukkaravai are the upanishads and kaNangal pala karandhu-----cheruccheyyum refers to the acharya who milks the cow of the upanishads and gives out the meaning to the disciples like milk.This may also denote the Lord, the Gopalanandhana who milked the upanishads and gave them in the form of the milk of the Gita.'sarvOpanishadhO gAvO dhOgDHA gopalanandhnah.'

 

porkodi is the prapanna who has surrendered to the acharya or the Lord Himself as a creeper seeks its support. 'kOl thEdi Odum KozundhE pOl mAl thEdi Odum manam,'

 

Puttraravalgul punmayil is the paramaikAnthi who is compared to the serpent in its abode as he will not display his knowledge or greatness and like the peacock which dances on seeing the rain-cloud he will dance at the sight of the Lord.

 

sittrAdhe pEsAdhE -without agitation and without talking anything else but should be occupied with the spiritual pursuits only. Once surrendered to the Lord it becomes His responsibilty to protect us. When we never worry about our birth or death why should we worry about the inermediate stage of sustenance!The Lord takes care of the prapanna who is like selvapendAtti, dear wife to Him.

 

This pasuram has reference to BhoothatthAzvAr who styles himself as a creeper in his work and the term kuttramonrillAdha may refer to all the three mudhalAzvars, viz.bhoothattthAzvar, pEyAzvAr and poigai AzbvAr who did not have mortal birth but were found as such.Kovalar may very well mean ThirukkOvlur, the place of origi of BhoothtthAzvAr. Puttraravalgul is his extreme bhakthi and suttratthu thOzimAr are the other two. ChettrAr thiralaziya etc. refers to his intention to convert the hearts of the enemies of the Lord through guidance and instruction.