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Humble pranam to all devotees:

Pasuram 6: puLLum silambina kaaN

puLLum silambina kaaN puLLaraiyan kOyil *
veLLai viLisangin pEraravam kEttilaiyO *
piLLaay ezhundhiraay pEy mulai nancundu *
kaLLac cakatam kalakkazhiyak kaalOcci *
veLLaththaravil thuyilamarndha viththinai *
uLLaththuk kondu munivargaLum yOgigaLum *
meLLa ezhundhu ari enRa pEraravam *
uLLam pugundhu kuLindhElOr embaavaay.

Word for Word meaning  **
=======================
puLLum            the birds too
silambina         are calling
kaaN              look!
puL araiyan       the king of the birds (Garuda, Lord Vishnu's vehicle)
kOyil             in (Garuda's) palace
veLLai            white
viLi              calling
sangin            conch's
pEr aravam        great noise
kEttilaiyO        didn't you hear?
piLLaay           O girl!
ezhundhiraay      get up!
pEy               demon
                  (Putana, the female rAkshasi sent by Kamsa to kill
                   the baby Krishna by having him drink from her poisoned
                   breasts)
mulai             breast 
nancu             poison
undu              ate
kaLLa             evil 
cakatam           SakaTAsura (lit. wheel), an asura who came in the
                  form of a cart to kill Krishna
kalakku azhiya    destroy
kaal              feet
Occi              kicked
veLLaththu        in the waters (the milk ocean)
aravil            on the snake
thuyil            asleep
amarndha          resting, seated
viththinai        the cause, seed (of the universe)
uLLaththu         in the heart
kondu             keeping
munivargaLum      sages, those who think about the Lord all the time
                  (Sanskrit: muni)
yOgigaLum         ascetics, those adept in meditation (Sanskrit: yOgi)
meLLa             gently
ezhundhu          getting up
ari               Hari, a name of Lord Vishnu
enRa              saying
pEr aravam        great noise
uLLam             our hearts
pugundhu          entering
kuLirndhu         cool

=====Sri U.Ve ESB Swami's write up starts here=========
Pasuram 6: puLLum silambina kaaN

 The girls approach the mansion of a gopi and wake her
         up by indicating signs of early dawn,"even the birds are
         up and chirping. Get up." The sleeping girl rejects this
         reason,"oh girls,you never allow the birds in your town
         to sleep, with your chanting of His names and making them
         chant too. This is no sign of dawn!" Then they mention a
         noteworthy sign, "PULLARAYAN KOIL etc..The blowing  conch
         in the temple of Vishnu for early morning worship, is
         inviting us all for His service. Get up."
 
         Here the phrase PULLARAYAN KOIL brings out an excellent quality
         of the Lord:
         PUL is bird, here it is Garuda; ARAYAN means king ; KOYIL is temple.
         So this means, the temple of Vishnu.

But why this circumlocution? There is a reason.
         In Ramayana while narrating to Hanuman her abduction by
         Ravana, Sita says,"On that fateful day I was lured by that
         demon disguised as a deer, and was separated from Rama's
         younger brother and Lakshmana's elder brother(RAMANUJAM
         LAKSMANA POORVAJAM CHA). "Such phraseology is used for a
         purpose. The Lord feels happy when His name is coupled
         with His devotee's and so does the devotee when he is referred to as
         being  subservient to the Lord. The message of Sita (Sri Devi)
         and Andal (Bhu Devi) to us is that when a Sri Vaishnava
         names his child he should follow this principle.
 
         ULLATHU KKONDU etc in this verse is noteworthy. The munis
         and yogins get up in the morning very slowly from their
         beds so that the Lord, taking eternal abode in their hearts
         may not be disturbed. Prahlada was pushed down from the top
         of a huge mountain, and while falling he held fast his
         bosom with great concern for Sri Hari living there, never
         bothering about what was happening to himself.But the Lord
         waited for him at the bottom of the mountain and received
         him in his spread arms.
 
         Parasara Bhattar used to embellish his body with silken
         robe,ornaments,sandal paste etc, and when asked about its
         propriety in respect of the despicable body, he said in his
         view it was not despicable but adorable being the sanctum
         sanctorum of the Almighty.
 
         Andal also leaves this lesson in this verse: When you get
         up in the morning chant the name of Hari (HARIR HARIR
         HARIRITI VYAHARET VAISHNAVAH PUMAN).Let us do so.

=====Sri U.Ve ESB Swami's write up ends here=========

** Word for word meaning by Sri Mani Varadarajan (CA, USA)

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