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anRu ivv ulakam aLan^thaay ati pORRi * Once this world measured (Those) feet (we) worship cenRaNGkuth thenn ilaNGkai ceRRaay thiRal pORRi * After going Southern Lanka conquered (That) valor (we) worship ponRac cakatam uthaiththaay pukazh pORRi * destroyed wheel (by) kicking (by that The) fame (obtained) (we) worship kanRu kuNilaa eRin^thaay kazhal pORRi * Calf (as a) sling threw (Those) feet (we) worship kunRu kutaiyaay etuththaay kuNam pORRi * Hillrock (as an) umbrella lifted (That) good nature (we) worship venRu pakai ketukkum nin kaiyil vEl pORRi * win (over) enemies (and) destroy (That) your in hand spear (we) worship enRenRu un cEvakamE Eththip paRai koLvaan * In all these ways (we do) your service (and) praise . (So that we may be) emancipated inRu yaam van^thOm iraNGku today we have come (please) show us mercy . El Or empaavaay Come (Let us do) (the penance of) paavai nOmbu
Translation By Dr. V.K.S.N. Raghavan
(Slowly and gradually , the young gopis could find Lord KrishNA
(1) sleeping
(2)getting up and
(3) walking towards them .
In the meanwhile , when He walks , they perform mangaLAsAsanam for His
ThiruvadigaL: "Earlier-- on that day (long ago) You measured this Universe
( with this pair of feet); ( now we hail) protection and glory to such a pair of
Your feet . Earlier (long ago), You went there to LankA in the Southern region
and killed RaavaNA , the aparAdhi; ( we proclaim) protection and glory to Your
enormous vanquishing power. You gave a kick to sakatAsurA ( the asuran, who came
in the form of a cart to crush You) and You destroyed Him with Your Thiruvadi;
(we hail) glory and safety to Your fame. (Bending Your feet in stiff posture)
You threw the calf (vathsAsuran) like a fierce rock-like stick against
another demon (KappittAsuran) , who had taken the form of a wood-apple tree , so
that both of them were kiled simultaneously ; (we hail) glory and safety to Your
victorious anklet and feet (that performed this miracle). You have lifted aloft
the GovardhanA mountain just as an umbrella ; (we sing) hail and safety to Your
pristine merits and grace . You hold in Your hand , a powerful spear that
completely subjugates and eradicates Your enemies; (we sing)" hail and
glory to that spear in Your hand " --thus , indeed , do we hail and sing
Your miraculous deeds , valour and auspicious ThiruvadikaL. We have come to Your
side today now to offer our prayers and to seek the drum (paRai) from You , So
Please be compassionate to us , who seek eternal Kaimkaryam to You.
Commentary By Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchari Sadagopan
The ThiruvadikaL (feet)and the ThirukkaikaL (hands) of the Lord are the
key limbs , which are behind His majestic gait and unparalleled generosity
to bless us with what we seek according to Abhinava Desikan . Hence , the
Gopis praise His gambeera Nadai and boon-granting hands . Indirectly ,they
praise His souseelyam , Soulabhyam and Paraakramam (valour).Since
Thrivikrama , Raama and KrishnAvathArams are dear to them , they take
instances from these avathArams to salute His nadai with Srimath
GaambhIryam and His auspicious vara-dhAna hastham .His valor is also saluted
separately.
BhagavAn has four kinds of gait ( chathur-Vithaa gathi) according to
JnaanyAcchAr Swamy with special attributes :
(1) Rishabatthin serukku ( majesty)
(2) Mattha Gajatthin Thimirppu ( the abandon of the elephant in rut)
(3) Puliyin Urattu ( Tiger's speed and control like a wound wire)
(4) Simhatthinudaya parAbhibhavana saamarthyam ( The confident and
powerful gait of a Lion as the King of the jungle and conqueror of all
beasts)
The Gopis want the Lord to walk to the throne from His bed side and
make them blissful through the enjoyment of His different gaits as He
takes the steps .
Lord KrishNaA accompanied by Nappinnai reaches the throne room , sits
on the simhAsanam and the Gopis are overwhelmed by their darsana
soubhAgyam and sing pallANDu for His Thiruvadi along the lines of PeriyAzhwAr (
Unn sEvadi sevvit- thirukkAppu ).
Their pallANDU for the Dhivya Dampathis seated on the throne is described by
Upanishad BhAshyakArar this way :" Tatha: SimhAsanE upavishtam
KrishNam aalOkya MangaLAni prayunjathE " ( MangaLAsAsanam is performed by
the Gopis to the Lord seated on His SimhAsanam). Then they take the next step of
stating the purpose of their visit to seek saamagriyAs (accessories)for the
observance of the Vratham of Paavai Nonbhu and pray for eternal kaimkaryam
to Him ( sarva Kaalam Tvath PadhAnamEva sthuthva , vrathOpakaraNam Vaadhya
VisEsham icchantha: samAgathavAn , TathO dayAm Kuru).
PerukkAraNai Swamy's anubhavam
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This Paasuram is one of the most auspicious one in ThiruppAvai. That is why we
recite it twice . Since the prayer is in the form of a PallANDu , it can be
recited many times more.
The gana prEmai ( deep affection ) of the Gopis for their Lord poured forth
in the form of MangaLAsAsanam and PallANDu . They forgot what they came for
.First , they hail the Thiruvadi that measured the Universes as Thrivikraman (anRivvulaham
aLanthAi adip pORRi ). This is the third time ANDAL refers to Thrivikraman's
mysterious deed ( Ongi UlahaLantha , ambarmUdarutthu Ongi ulhalantha and
anRivvulaham aLanthAi here ). The anusandhAnam for three times is perhaps to
remind us that Vaamanan begged for three feet of land from Emperor Bali.She
seems to say that MahA Bali could not succeed in granting three feet of land ,
but She gave Him three feet/adis ( Each ThiruppAvai Paasuram has eight feet or
Yettadi ). She devoted one adi in each of the above three paasurams to salute
the magnificent deed of Thrivikraman, which is hailed by the VedAs as "ThrINi
padhAn VichakramE").The Gopis say : " anRu ivvulaham aLanthAi!adip
pORRi! inRu Yaam vanthOm " .After saluting MahA Bali VrutthAntham , the
Gopis saluted the valor of the Lord in destroying RaavaNan as Raaman ,
SakatAsura vadham and the wonderous deed of lifting Govardhana Giri to teach
Indran , normally an anukoolan , an unforgettable Lesson .
The Inner meanings of this Paasuram( PerukkAraNai Swamy)
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We have arrived today to sing pallANDu for Your valorous deeds in Vibhavam and
to seek eternal kaimkaryam to You in Parama Padham (YenRenRum unn sEvakamE
yEtthi parai koLLa inRu yaamm vanthOm ) . Please have dayA for us (irangu).
We hail the spear like , sharp-edged sankalpam of Yours ,which banishes
obstructions to gaining Moksha Siddhi ( venRu pahai kedukkum ninn kaiyill
vEL pORRi).
We hail Your lofty guNams as Sri VaikuntanAthan as the SarvEsvaran seated
under the white umbrella (yEka ChakrAdhipathi with svEtha Chathram); { kunRu
kudayAi yedutthAi guNam pORRi}in Parama Padham.
We hail your heroic deeds that destroy like a powerful daNdam thrown at
our PuNya Paapams ( KuNilA kanRu yeRinthAi , Kazhal pORRi).
" Sakatam ponRa uthaitthAi puhazh pORRi":
we hail Your glories that destroy the manOrathams of Jeevans , which are the
causes behind the naraga-Svarga anubhavams!
" angu senRu tenn Ilankai seRRAi thiRal poRRi":
Hail to Your sakthi which is manifested through Your presence in the
universe as antharyAmi , VibhavAtharan and AchAryan and for conferring the power
of vivEkam to ward off the moksha virOdhis!
" anRu ivvulagam aLanthAi adip pORRi":
Hail to Thee , who created all these Universes and their beings and for
making Your Thiruvadi as UpAyam for our Prapathti!
We are eulogizing Your powers of creation , power to control our sanchala
manas , power of Your guNmas that save us from enjoying the fruits of
Paapa-puNyams , power to banish mOksha VirOdhis . We besseech You through our
prayers to give us the VrathOpakaranams and to listen to our request for eternal
kaimkaryam at Your holy feet;have mercy on us.
Soodikkoduttha NaacchiyAr ThiruvadigaLE Saranam ,
Sarvam KrushNArpanam asthu
RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
SatakOpan