PAsuram 4.2.4 - parungai Anaiyin

 

parungai Anaiyin kombinaip paRittu adanpAganaic cADip pukku
orunga mallaraiK konRu pin kanjanai udaittavan uRai kOil
karumbinUDu uyar sAligaL viLai taru kazhaniyil mali vAvi
marungelAm pozhil Ongiya nAngUr vaN puruDOttamamE.

 

A. SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan:

kaNNan pulled out the tusks and killed the huge elephant [kuvalayApITam]. He killed the mahout, who was an expert in handling even an almost dead elephant, also. He then killed the wrestlers who were sent to attack Him and entered kamsan’s place. He pulled kamsan’s hair, pushed him on the ground, kicked him and killed him. The temple where that kaNNan resides is vaN puruDOttamam.

It is a charming place. Sugarcane plants have grown tall in the fields. In between those, rice crops appear as tall as sugarcane stalks. There are ponds in those fields and groves with trees reaching the sky are to be seen. The place is such a beautiful one.

 

B. SrI PVP:

kaNNan did not stop with tying the hands of the hungry indra, who attempted

to punish AyppADi folks and cows. AzhvAr is now enjoying the divine pastimes of kRshNa, who killed the elephant kuvalayApITam, the wrestlers and His life long foe kamsan all in one day.

parungai Anaiyin kombinaip paRittu –

He uprooted the tusks of the huge elephant, kuvalayApITam

adan pAganaic cADi –

He went after that elephant’s mahout and killed him.

pukku orunga mallaraiK konRu –

He entered the arena and took the lives of the wrestlers, cANUra and mushTika who came together to attack Him.

pin kanjanai udaittavan –

After that, He kicked and killed kamsan.

uRai kOil –

This is the divya dEsam where that kaNNan lives. He is here to remove enemies like these in our current day life.

karumbinUDu uyar sAligaL viLai taru –

in the paddy fields, both rice and sugarcane plants vie with each other in nourished growth and are equally tall.

kazhaniyil mali vAvi –

there are numerous ponds in the paddy fields

marungelAm pozhil Ongiya nAngUr –

on the sides, there are beautiful, tall groves in tirunAngUr

vaN puruDOttamamE –

tiruvaNpurDOttamam is this place among tirunAngUr divyadEsams.

 

C. SrI UV:

The demon named kAlanEmi (killed by SrI mahAvishNu) was born as kamsan; now, vishNu who came as kaNNan killed kamsan. kaNNan, who was appearing with two hands before kamsa vadham, appeared as caturbhujan [with four hands] after He killed kamsan. AzhvAr sings about kamsa vadham since it makes clear that kaNNan is puruDOttaman.

Even after kaNNan killed the elephant kuvalayApItam, the mahout was still attacking Him; He killed him also and entered the arena with the elephant’s tusk in His hand.

Since this place where purushOttaman lives has all the wealth that mathurA had, it is called vaN puruDOttamam.

 

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PAsuram 4.2.5 - sADu pOi

 

sADu pOi vizhat tAL nimirttu Isan tan paDaiyoDum kiLaiyODum
ODa, vANanai Ayiram tOLkaLum tuNittavan uRai kOil
ADu vAn koDi agalvisumbu aNavip pOi pagalavan oLi maRaikkum
mADa mALigai sUzh taru nAngUr vaN puruDOttamamE.

A. SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan:

emperumAn kicked the wheel of the cart and hurled it far away [An asuran had entered the wheel of a cart with the intention to hurt baby kRshNa]. bANAsuran had jailed aniruddhan who had fallen in love with ushai [bANAsuran’s daughter]. One time, bANAsuran had played on the percussion instrument with his two hands very well when SivaperumAn was dancing. A pleased SivaperumAn had promised to protect bANAsuran against any future danger to him. Hearing about his grand son’s imprisonment, kaNNan went to battle with bANAsuran. In the ensuing battle, SivaperumAn, gaNeSa, Muruga, jvara devatA and others, who had taken the side of baNAsuran lost and ran away; kaNNan cut off bANAsuran’s thousand shoulders barring four. This vaNpuruDOttamam indeed is the divya dEsam where that kANNan lives.

In the last two lines of the pAsuram, AzhvAr talks about the specialty of the place; there are big, waving flags atop lofty houses and palaces obstructing sun’s rays in tirunAngUr vaNpuruDOttamam.

 

B. SrI PVP:

sADu pOi vizhat tAL nimirttu –

He raised His tiruvaDi to kick the cart which was hurled off to a far place.

Isan tan paDaiyODum kiLaiyODum ODa – rudra with his army and his family ran off.

vANanai Ayiram tOLgaLum tuNittvan –

He severed the thousand shoulders of bANan.

uRai kOil –

He is living in this temple

ADu vAn koDi agalvisumbu aNavip pOi pagalavan oLi maRaikkum mADa mALigai sUzh taru nAngUr –

nAngUr has several tall palaces with waving flags that are sky high; these flags come in the way of sun’s rays and prevent them from reaching the ground.

vaN puruDOttamamE –

This indeed is the divya dEsam of tiruvaNpuruDOttamam.

 

C. SrI UV:

The specialty of kaNNan’s toes can be seen in the kicking of the cart wheel; that of His hands can be seen in bANAsura battle.

 

D. SrI PBA:

sADu pOi vizhat tAL nimirttu –

yasodhA had left kaNNan in a bassinette under the shadow of a carriage and went to take a bath in the yamunA river. Ordered by kamsan to kill kaNNan, a demon entered the wheel of the carriage in order to fall on kaNNan. That bhagavAn realized this and pretending to cry for milk, He raised up His small feet and kicked the wheel. Immediately, that wheel turned and broke down, thus killing the demon.

SrI PurushOttama PerumAL [picture]

Isan tan paDaiyODum kiLaiyODum Oda –

bANAsuran, who came in the clan of bali cakravarti, played a percussion instrument superbly when SivapirAn danced; very pleased with him, SivapirAn blessed him with the following – thousand hands, fire fort to surround his palace, extreme valor, lot of wealth and guarded him at his palace entrance along with his retinue. That bANAsuran had a daughter named ushai. She once had a dream of being with a charming man and learned from her friend, citraleka that the man in her dream was krshNa’s grandson and pradyumna’s son named aniruddhan. When she requested citralekha to think of a way to attain him, citralekha used her magic powers to bring aniruddhan from dvArakA to ushai’s palace. ushai and aniruddhan were enjoying their love life. bANAsuran came to know about this through his guards and fought anriuddhan with his illusory power and bound him with nAgAstram. In dvArakA, the yAdava-s were worried at the disappearance of aniruddha; when kRshNa was informed by nArada about the whereabouts of His grandson, He summoned garuDa in His mind to carry Him to bANAsuran’s place SONitapuram; SivapirAn’s prime forces attacked Him and got defeated; next, jvaradevatA aimed by Sivan came with three legs and three heads and kRshNa aimed a counter jvaram to chase that away. As kRshNa tried to enter the fort, the five agni devA-s/guards belonging to Sivan attacked Him. kRshNa vanquished them and started fighting with bANAsura and his side-armies consisting of Siva, muruga etc. kRshNa used jRmbAstram [weapon that induces yawning] and made Siva become tired by continuous yawning, He drove away muruga and ganeSa with His ‘hUnkAram’ [uttering ‘hum’ with an expression of menace to frighten]. He used His divine sudarSana cakram [discus] and cut off the thousand hands of bANAsuran; as he was standing with bloody hands and kRshNa was about to take his life, SivapirAn prayed to kRshNa on bANAsuran’s behalf and so, kRshNa spared his life and left him alone with four hands. bANAsura also prayed to kRshNa and conducted the marriage of aniruddha and ushai in a grand manner.

This emperumAn is living for ever in tiruvaNpuruDOttamam to protect His devotees from asurA-s like bANAsuran.

 

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