Pasuram 5. 1. 3 - meva arakkar

 

mEvA arakkar ten ilangai
vEndan vIyac caram turandu
mAvai piLandu mallaDarttu
marudam sAitta mAladu iDam
kAvAr tengin pazham vIzhak
kayalgaL pAyak kurugu iriyum
pUvAr kazhani ezhilArum
puLLam bhUta'nkuDitAnE.

A. SRIMAD TIRUKKUDANDAI ANDAVAN:

PerumAL released His arrows to kill rAvaNan, the king of ilangai inhabited by hateful rAskhasa-s; He busted open the mouth of keSi, who came masquerading as a horse; He vanquished the wrestlers; He crawled between two marudam [arjuna tree] trees an uprooted them. puLLambhUta'nkuDi is where that lord lives.

It is a lovely place with lotus flowers growing in the agricultural fields. Ripe coconuts fall down from the dense palm tree groves on to the fields below, frightening the fish, that in turn leap around and appall the cranes that are waiting to eat them.

 

B. SRI PVP:

mEvA arakkar ten ilangai vEndan vIyac caram turandu –

He aimed His arrows at rAvaNan, who was the king of the rAkshasa-s (who hated emperumAn) living in the southerly island, ilangai.

mAvai piLandu mallaDarttu –

He tore open the mouth of the demon, keSi, who came disguised as a horse; He killed the wrestlers in mathura

marudam sAitta mAladu iDam –

This tiruppuLLambhUda'nkuDi is the abode of tirumAl, who felled down the twin marudam trees

kAvAr tengin pazham vIzha –

coconuts are falling out of the densely growing palm trees in the grove

kayalgaL pAyak kurugu iriyum –

that disturbs the fish and they jump around in fear and the agitated cranes (that have been waiting to catch the fish) move away (and thus get saved from the fall of the coconuts)

pUvAr kazhani ezhilArum –

the fields are filled with lotus flowers in the very beautiful

puLLambhUta'nkuDitAnE –

divya dESam called tiruppuLLambhUta'nkuDi.

 

C. SRI UV:

Several creatures save themselves from the fall of the coconut fruits from the palm trees; but, all the rAkshasa-s, who despised emperumAn fell victims to rAmapirAn's arrows. AzhvAr sings about that next.

Even in His crawling age, He broke down the twin marudam trees; what is the surprise in His killing keSi, the horse and the wrestlers? He vanquished rAvaNa etc because of His love for sitAp pirATTi. He burst opened keSi's mouth, out of His love for the gopi-s and gopa-s. Out of His affection for His parents, He killed the wrestlers. He made the two marudam trees fall down out of love for the two yaksha-s; He killed the demons in order to protect Himself in kRshNAvatAram so that tiruvAippADi will survive. That is the line of reasoning one should follow here.

 

D. SRI PBA:

kayalgaL pAyak kurugu iriyum –

the cranes may have been thinking that the healthy, fat, jumping fish are coming to swallow them and got frightened and moved away or they may be moving out in fright of the falling coconuts.

 

ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM SRI V SADAGOPAN

Incidents from rAma and kRshNAvatArams are covered here:

The rAvaNa vadam is referred to in the pAsura vAkyam: "mEvA arakkar ten ilankai vEndan vIyaccaram turantu". Here rAvaNan is described as "mEvaa arakkan", the one who did not seek His rakshaNam as the dharmAtmA vibhIshaNan. rAvaNan committed offense after offense against Him and His pirATTi and Lord rAmacandran sent fierce arrows one after the other from His valvill to destroy rAvaNan.

From kRshNAvatAram, kaliyan chose three incidents: (1) mAvAi piLantu (tearing the mouth in to two of keSi, an asuran, who rushed at Him), (2) malladaruttu (destroying the mighty wrestlers at Kamsan's court), and (3) marutam sAitta mAliDam. He identifies tiruppuLLambhUtankuDi as the sthalam, where bAla kRshNan brought down the two maruta trees by crawling between them with a ural/pestle) tied to His waist and released the two gandharvans from their curse.

 

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