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kuravai yaaychchiyarOdu kOththathum*  kunRamon REndhiyathum*
uravunNeerp poygai naagam kaayndhathum*  utpada maRRumpala,*
aravil paLLip piraan_than* maaya  vinaikaLaiyE alaRRi,*
iravum nanpagalum thavirgilam*  enna kuRai namakkE?	6.4.1

1. Bhagawaan, when He appeared as KrishNA, He joined His hands with the
cowherd girls and danced with them.  He lifted the huge, big, Govardhana
mountain, with His little finger and protected His people and the cattle
during the heavy rains. In the middle of deep pond, He danced on the
thousand heads of KaaLinghan and drove away that snake. (Sri KrishNa prEmi
in his upanyaasam, used to narrate ver interstingly this kaaLinga
nardhanam: When Kutti KrishNan was fighting with that big snake with its
1000 heads, He caught hold of its tail in His one hand and stepped on its
one of the heads. The snake got so much angry and exhaled venomous air and
with a big hisssss, raised its other head to lick Him. Immediatley
Bhagawaan stepped on that head. Then some other head, and step on it- That
is why it was such a lovely dance. Sri KrishNa prEmi adds with a moving,
tearful, smiling face, "when one head was touched by the Lord's littel
reddish Lotus Feet, the other heads naturally get jealous and each one
vies with the other to get touched by His Feet and hence the dance. enna
aRputhamaan anubhavam!- I am sure your eyes well with tears!). Talking
such Great deeds of Bhagawaan KaNNan, my days and nights are being spent.
I am able to enjoy His such wonderful deeds, of the One who lies down on
AdhisEshan and am able to get rid of my diseases. Hence, there is
absolutely no grievance for me.

3377:
kEyath theenguzhal oothiRRum niraimEyththathum,* kendai oNkaN*
vaasap poonguzhal pinnai thOLgaL *maNandhathum maRRumpala,*
maayak kOlap piraan_dhan* seygai  ninaindhu manamkuzhaindhu,*
nEyaththOdu kazhindha pOthu* enakku  evvulagam nNigarE?	6.4.2

2. KaNNan, playing His mellifluous music from His flute, took care of the
cattle (which also enjoyed the Divine music from His flute- "kaRavaiyin
KaNangaL kaal paRappittu kavizhindhiRangi seviyaatta gillavE"-
Periyaazhwaar- when He plays, the cows and calves that are eating the
grass, freeze their actions in order not to let those munching sound even
disturb His Divine music and wish to get the fullest enjoyment). He hugged
the shoulders of Nappinnai, who has got the most beautiful eyes like fish
(keNdai meen) and who has got the most fragrant flowers in her hair.
Contemplating such great, lovely plays of KrishNA, my mind has been
melting. Thinking of Him and only Him, and thinking of my desire for Him,
my time is being spent. There is none equal to me.

(nampiLLai says: Because I am able to think what I wish and am able to
enjoy fully what I think, even those who are Parama Padham are not equal
to me.)

3378:
nigaril mallaraich seRRathum *nNirai  mEyththathum neeL nedungai,*
chigara maakaLiRattathum* ivai  pOlvanavum piRavum,*
pugar koL sOthip piraan_dhan* seygai  ninaindhu pulampi enRum*
nugara vaigal vaigappeRREn* enakku  en _iNni nOvathuvE?	6.4.3

3. KaNNan, won over thos countless rAkshasaas and killed them. The Child
kaNNan, killed the Kuvalayaapeetam (elephant). Singing such wonderful acts
of Kannan, I am blessed with spending my time talking about Him. Thinking
of leelAs of Emperumaan KaNNan, who has the most beautiful Divine Body, I
have no grievances or pains/sorrows. There is nothing like "I don't have
this; I don't have that, etc.. (I have Him and His leelAs)

3379:
nOva aaychchi uralOtaarkka* irangiRRum vanchappeNNai*,
chaavap paaluNtathum* _oor chagadam  iRach chaatiyathum,*
thEvak kOla piraan_dhan* seygai  ninaindhu manamkuzhaindhu,*
mEvak kaalangaL koodiNnEn* _eNnakku  en_iNni vEnduvathE?	6.4.4

4. What else do I need when I can keep thinking of KaNNan's
ThiruviLaiyaadalgaL (leelAs) and enjoy thinking of the same. When the
Kutti KaNNan, (small KaNNan) does so many mischiefs and when neighborhood
ladies complain about the stealing and mischeifs of this butter thief,
YasOdhA, (the Most luckiest mother the world has ever seen) get so much
vexed and angry, that she decides to tie the Lord (kutti - chinna
kaNNan)'s stomach with a "ural". (Imagine Dearest sisters and brothers,
Soft, tender, lovely, smooth, skin of that darling child kaNNan's body
(stomach) was tied with a hard rope and that too tightly with a granite
stone (ural). How painful it shoudl have been! - AzhwAr say "nova aaycchi
uralOdaarkka irangiRRum"- ) Our darling KaNNan weeps silently, with eyes
full of tears, red,coral, lips shivering due to fear and pain, (ot was
acting the whole scene so naturally!). He also, deceived as an infant,
bhUtanai, who came in to breast feed Him with her posisonous milk and kill
Him, sucked hr whole life along with her poisonous milk.Great indeed is
His leelA! The asura - sakatAsurA, who rolled in as a wheel was kicked and
killed by the darling KaNNan. What wonders He did and How marvelous are
his leelAs as a child! He is a "Deva kOlap piraan" (the Devas' Lord). They
are not at all possible by humans. Afte getting myself immersed deeply in
His leelAs and the enjoyment of the same, there is nothing that I need to
attain. (In this pAsuram, Namjeeyar, while singing this pAsuram, gives
more emphasis on the first word "nO......va aayacchi..." . nova means:
pained. The pain that Lord as achild underwent getting Himself tied down
to the "ural", and Namjeeyar loses Himself at that word and stops with
that remorse with tears. That is narrated by his sishya, NampiLLai. AzhwAr
feels the pain in his body when he writes "nOva" : says NampiLLai.)

3380:
vEndi thEvarirakka vandhu  piRandhathum* veengiruLvaay-
poondu* anRu annai pulampap pOy* angu  Oraaykkulam pukkathum,*
kaanda linRi vaLarndhu* kanchanaith  thuncha vaNYcham seythathum,*
eendu naan _alaRRap peRREn* _eNnakku  enna igaluLathE?	6.4.5

5. As requested by dEvAs, Emperumaan, most willingly came down to the
Earth and appeared as KrishNA. In the middle of darkest night, He appeared
and as per Devaki's request, He made Himself tranferred to YsOdhA
immediately. He made Himself completely unseen and hidden from Kamsaa, to
fulfil His mission later and kill Kamsaa ultimately. Like that, He
perormed so many wonderful leelAs. All of them, I am seeing, enjoying
right from here in my place. There is no body equal to me (to challenge my
position).

3381:
igalkoL puLLai piLandhathum* _imil  ERugaL seRRathuvum,*
uyargoL sOlaik kurundhosiththathum*  utpada maRRumpala,*
agalkoL vaiyam aLandha maayan*  ennappan dhan maayangaLE,*
pagaliraap paravap peRREn* enakkenna  manapparippE?	6.4.6

6. KaNNan split the beak of the bird asurA (pakAsurA) and killed. He
fought with the seven oxen effortlessly and killed them to join His
heartthrob Nappinnai. KaNNan befell the big, huge "kurundha" tree and
killed the asurA who was inside. Such wonderful Maayavan KaNNan, also
measured the entire universe in one step, when He came as Thrivikraman.
Afte being blessed with such great enjoyment of his leelAs, I am now
blessed with singing in parising of Him and His guNAs day and night,
uninterruptedly. Since, I have been granted this great bhAgyam, there is
no sorrow/ grievance at all for me in my mind.

3382:
manapparipOtu azhukku* maanida  saathiyil thaanpiRandhu,*
thanakku vEndurukkondu* thaan thana  seeRRaththinai mudikkum,*
punaththuzhaay mudimaalai maarban*  ennappan_dhan maayangaLE,*
ninaikkum nenchudaiyEn* eNnakkini  yaarnNigar neeNilaththE?	6.4.7

7. Seeing the greatest unbearable sufferings and samsaaric ills of the
earthly people, Bhagawaan, (parama kaaruNikO bhagawaan- the Most merciful
Lord) KrishNan, in order to save them from all their enormous troubles,
appeared in the body of lowly, dirty, transitory human kind. (what a
sowlabhyan is He!- Dear Sisters and Brothers, we, on the contrary, after
we live outside India for a year, when we go back home on vacation/shor
trip, we are not able to even digest the  so-called troubles/sufferings;
"cchE... enna ooru idhu. anghellam idhellaam kidaiyaadhu.."- - that is why
He is the Lord and we are in this state.) Still, He is not bound by karmAs
and is not affected by them. He came in human form to His liking, and more
suitable to the occasion and in His Divya mangaLa ThirumEni (divine body),
only for our benefits. He removed the enemies of His devotees and quenched
His anger. Munching such greatest, incomparable, marvelous deeds of
Emperumaan maayavan KaNNan, I am able to enjoy them to the fullest
blissful happiness that I am blessed with and hence, there is none equal
to me. I am a "parama bhAgya saali" (I am the Most Luckiest Man!). ("manap
parippOdu piRanthu"- When the child has fallen into the well, how
hurriedly and worriedly, the mother rushes to rescue the child, like that,
the Lord, with a hurry, rushes to the Earth, protects the suffeeing
children of His- says NampiLLai)

3383:
neeNilath thotuvaan viyappa* niRaiperum  pOrgaL seythu,*
vaaNan aayiram thOL thuNiththathum*  utpada maRRumpala,*
maaNiyaay nNilam konda maayan*  ennappan_dhan maayangaLE,*
kaaNum nenchudaiyEn* enakku iniyenna  kalakka mundE?	6.4.8

8.Emperumaan KaNNan, to the wonder and awe of even dAvAs, fought with
bhANAsuran and cut hsi 1000 shoulders. Is it jus that? He appeared as a
small bramachari boy and grew up so raipdly and exponentially to measure
the entire universe in one step during His Vaamanaavataar. I am blessed
with a bent of mind to sing and enjoy such Great deeds of my father, My
Emperumaan. What is my problem or confusion hereafter? None. (He is not in
this or that; Other Gods are equal; Others can save me; Will He actually
save me? -such silly doubts/confusions are NOT in me)

3384:
kalakka Ezhkadal Ezh*malai ulagu Ezhum kazhiyakkadaay,*
ulakkath thEr kotu senRa maayamum*  utpada maRRumpala,*
valakkai aazhi idakkai sangam*  ivaiyudai maalvaNNanai,*
malakku nNaavudaiyERgu* maaRuLathO im  maNNin misaiyE?	6.4.9

9. KannA! when You drove the chariot, the seven seas, seven mountains,
seven lOkAs were all shaking. You could get back the sons of Your devotee.
You have done such Greatest wonders, Lord! With my tongue and my songs, I
am blessed enough (by You) and am able to move You, who has got the chakrA
in Your right hand and sanghu in Your left hand, and is of Dark blue hued
colour. I am blessed with such a lucky tongue, and it is Your grace.
Who can be equal to me? (None). (NampiLLai says: When AzhwAr is so much
moved singing in praise of Him, it seems even  the Lord Himself is moved
and admires Himself!. adadaaa..... It seems, when Bhattar was telling this
pAsuram's meanings in his discourse, vaNthuvarai perumAL, a devotee and
disciple of Bhattar, asked him as to why AzhwAr had to say ChakrA in right
hand and Sanghu in left, etc., He could have simply said "maal vaNNan was
moved by my songs". Bhattar replied: " only when it is added and
supplemented by such Most strongest weapons and the possessions of the
same by SarvEshwaran, the strength and beauty of azhwAr's tongue and its
songs are brought out.- again adadaaaa...)

3385:
maNmisaip perumpaaram neenga* Or_paaradha  maaperumpOr paNNi,*
maayangaL seythu, sEnaiyaip paazhpada* nooRRittuppOy,*
viNmisaith thanathaamamEpuga*  mEviya sOthithaNnthaaL,*
naNNi naanvaNaNGgap peRRen* _eNnakku  aar_piRar naayagarE?	6.4.10

10. The embodiment of patience- BhUmi piraatti- even she could not endure
the sufferings of the world; Emperumaan KaNNan conducted the KurukshEthra
battle and the world have less burdens. He enabled the gauravaas turn to
ashes and at the end went to Sri Vaikuntam. Such ParanjOthi, I am blessed
to sing in praise of His Feet and hence, there is none for me who is
superior to Him. (From His birth, till His reaching Sri Vaikuntam, I am
blessed to enjoy His leelAs as KrishNA.)

3386:##
naayagan muzhuvEzhulagukkumaay*  muzhuvEzhulagum,* than
vaayagam puga vaiththumizhnthu* avaiyaay avaiyallanumaam,*
kEsavan adiyiNai misaik* kurukoorch  chadagOpan sonna*
thooya aayiraththu ippaththaal*  paththaraavar thuvaLinRiyE.	6.4.11

11. Emperumaan is the Chief of seven lOkAs. He also ate those seven lOkAs
during PraLaya kaalam, and saved them, by spitting and bringing them out
after the Cosmic cycle. He is there just to save us and undergoes all such
wonderful acts to protect us. But, still, He is not bound by KarmAs. About
such marvelous Kesavan and His Feet, Thirukkurugoor SadagOpar sings 1000
pAsurams (verses). Those who read these ten out of those 1000, will become
great bhaktAs of kaNNan.  ("naayakan muzhu vEzh ulagukkumaay
muzhuvEzhulagum than vaayagam pughavaitthu umizhmthu....")



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