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SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha //
SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha //
SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya/
SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya//
KAvEri VardhathAm kAlE, kAlE varshathu vAsava: /
SrI RanganAthO jayathu Sri Ranga Sri cha VardhathAm//
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SRI RANGA SRI VOL.07 / ISSUE # 12 dated 21st December 2005
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 6:
PULLUM SILAMBINA KAANN
(ANBIL RAMASWAMY)
2. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 6:
PULLUM SILAMBINA KAANN
ENGLISH VERSE TRANSLATION
(MS. SHOBA RAMASWAMY)
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ISSUES RELEASED
So far, 188 Regular issues of SRS have been released apart from
Special Issues:
27 Issues of Vol. 1
15 Issues of Vol. 2
42 Issues of Vol. 3
35 Issues of Vol. 4
28 Issues of Vol. 5
30 Issues of Vol. 6 and
11 Issues of Vol. 7
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1. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 6:
PULLUM SILAMBINA KAANN
(ANBIL RAMASWAMY)
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Tiruppavai 06
puLLum silambina kaaN

puLLum silambina kaaN puLLaraiyan kOyilil *
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.
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This Paasuram is considered to be a ?Bhaagavata TiruppaLLi Ezhuchi?.

Why call all Bhagavatas when one could enjoy KrishNa all alone?
?       It is because:  ?Ekam na svaadu Bhunjeeta?- Good things should not be 
enjoyed alone like crane eating fish. The crows invite all their peers 
whenever they have something to share in eating.
?       In enjoying KrishNa anubhavam, we should be like crows, not cranes!
?       In Srimad RamayaNa, Bharata makes a solemn assertion in his ?Pratigjna? 
that he would go to the hells reserved for one who enjoys tasty things all 
alone without sharing with others, if he were instrumental in Sri Rama?s 
banishment.
?       Also, the gOpis are so broad minded as to share the anubhavam with 
?like 
minded? peers.
?       Like VibheeshaNa when he surrendered to Sri Rama, he appealed to the 
Vaanaras ?nivEdaya maam kshipram?, it is through ?purushaakaaram? that one 
should approach the Lord.
?       We see this in the case of Sri Alavandaar who prayed for the grace of 
the 
Lord to accept him, by invoking the name of his grandfather, Sri 
NaathamunigaL.  ?pitaamaham naathEna  muninaa?
?       It shows that ?Purushaakaaram? (the mediation of an Achaarya) is 
necessary.
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puLLum:            the birds too
This Paasuram is said to be the ?wake up call? for a gOpikai who is like her 
father and Achaarya, Periya AzhwAr.
How?
?       The word ?puLL? means ?bird?.
Periya AzhwAr was the incarnation of ?GaruDa?, the ?big bird?.
?       ?PuLLaraiyan kOvil? that follows is also said to refer to the temple of 
?GaruDaazhwar?.
By this, she first offers her obeisance to her Achaarya before all the 
others.
It is also said that the word ?puLL? refers to the earliest Avataara of the 
Lord namely, ?Hamsa Avataara?.
?       The suffix ?um?: Not only us, but even the birds also (Uttamur Swami 
Nirvaham)

silambina: Chirping:
?       Humans may have so many other faculties that animals and birds do not 
possess. But, they have a different kind of sixth sense by which they can 
presage the onset of seasons and onslaught of natural calamities. We saw how 
animals retired to safer places and escaped destruction, when the Tsunami 
struck the Indian Ocean! So, the birds have sensed the dawn of dawn and 
started chirping.
?       They seem to say that even the birds that have nothing to do with the 
Nonbu have woken up so early. But, you seem to be blissfully unaware that 
you are committed to observe this Nonbu!

kaaN   look!

The sleeping beauty says that due to the noise made by them the birds woke 
up not because of the dawn. For that, they give further evidence for her to 
see!

puL araiyan:       the king of the birds (GaruDa, Lord Vishnu's vehicle)

kOyilil:      in (GaruDa?s) palace
?       In Svapadesam, Koil is said to refer to Tirumantram
?       When it is said that God is everywhere, why should we go to temple?
Answer:
When we know that electric power is everywhere, we do not experience it 
until we turn on the switch. Temple is like this switch in our realization 
of spirituality.
VeLLai:  white- denotes purity and auspiciousness, SattvaguNa

viLi  sangin:  calling of the conch;
?       This is a special conch that gives out loud sounds.
?        GaruDa dwani is auspicious.
?       Also reveals Andal?s partiality for the Sangu

pEr aravam: great noise: The temple bell?s sound is louder than Lord?s
                Paanchajanya!

KEttilaiyO:  Didn't you hear? We are sEshas and the Lord is THE Seshi

PiLLaay:  Oh! Girl! Denotes a novice, a childish, and one who had not yet 
realized piLLaithanam. Also means ?guileless?
ezhundhiraay  get up!

pEy: demon
?       Pootana, the female rAkshasi sent by Kamsa to kill the baby Krishna by 
having him drink from her poisoned breasts
?       She was the sister of Bhakaasura

Mulai:   breast;
?       In Svapadesam, they represent ?Buddhi? and ?ahamkaaram?

nancu  undu: ate poison
?       KrishNa closed his eyes while drinking lest his Kataaksham should spare 
Pootana!
?       Also, he drank milk with her life as sugar for taste! cf: Siva?s 
drinking 
poison.
?       NilakanTa did NOT drink poison. It stopped at the throat earning him 
the 
sobriquet ?NeelakaNTa?. But, who actually drank that poison?
It was Narayana who drank making him a vessel to drink with.
Authority:
Rig Veda Mantram:
?kEsu vishasya [paatrENa yath RudrEna pibataa Sa:?
?       If we mediate on KrishNa?s stanya paanam, we will not be born again to 
do 
stanya paanam!
kaLLa   evil

cakatam:  SakaTAsura (lit. wheel),
?       An Asura who came in the form of a cart to kill Krishna;
?        SakaTam represents ?ManOratam? and ?manas? is said to be a thief 
?stEna 
mana:?
?       If the wheels go in undesirable path, it will lead us to undesirable 
ends.
kalakku azhiya    destroy
kaal  feet
Occi kicked
veLLaththu  aravil: in the waters (the milk ocean) on the snake

Why VeLLam?
?       In Malayalam, it means water.
?        Here it indicates that the Lord was lying not on the shores but in the 
midst of the deep sea.
?       Paar kaDal is like Baala aalayam and this world is His Mahaa aalayam. 
After the Lord moves to Mahaa aalayam, the Baala aalayam loses its value!

thuyil  amarndha: asleep, resting, seated
Why rest?
?       After the Pootana and Sakatasura episodes, He retired to his bed!
?       Also, there will be no such disturbances in the milky ocean. So, He 
could 
take rest.
?       This is to show that in this reclining posture that He killed both 
Pootana 
and Sakata asura and now resting at Paar kaDal.
?       Did He really sleep? He was doing Yoga nidra

Viththinai:  the cause, seed (of the universe).
?       Farmers used to soak seeds before planting.
?        He soaked Himself in Paar kaDal before starting His next exploit!

uLLaththu         in the heart
kondu             keeping

munivargaLum:  sages, those who think about the Lord all the time
(Sanskrit: mounam) Those who meditate (Jnaana yOga)
yOgigaLum:     ascetics, those adept in performing karma (karmayoga)

meLLa  ezhundhu:    getting up gently
?       Pregnant ladies are advised to get up gently.
?       The Lord is in the heart
?       PradakshiNam should be done only slowly, not in a hurry.
?       Prahlaada when he was rolled down from the mountaintop was concerned 
about 
the safety of the Lord and sang ?HaryashTakam? ?hridayEnodvaham Harim?

ari               Hari, a name of Lord Vishnu
enRa              saying

pEr aravam:   great noise:
?       When 5 lakhs Gopis recite the name of Hari in chorus, it can only be 
loud 
and clear!
?        ?calling names?, this?
uLLam             our hearts
pugundhu kuLirndhu: entering cool.
?       Cold enters through ears and the underside of feet. That is why we wear 
earmuffs and socks to keep our body warm.
?       But, this sound not only enters the ears but also the heart itself.
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In this Paasuram:
Vithu: Param,
VeLlatharavil: Vyuham,
Kaaloachi; Vibhavam
ULLathukkoNDu: haardam, Antaryaami and
PuLLaraiyan Koil: Archa

A question might arise as to how she can wake up Azhwars who came after her 
lifetime?
The answer is that ?
?       She was the incarnation of Mother Earth (Bhoodevi)
?       Her BhOga rasam of the Lord was more intense and natural than that of 
the 
other Azhwars
?       She was a Sarvagjnai (all knowing)
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2. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 6:
PULLUM SILAMBINA KAANN
ENGLISH VERSE TRANSLATION
(MS. SHOBA RAMASWAMY)
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Lo! The birds chatter
And the white temple conch
Of the Lord of the birds
Sounds its might!
Hear, Child! Arise!
The One who
Suckled the life of the fiend,
And kicked the scheming cart-demon
To destruction,
He, who reclines in sleep,
On the water-bound snake,
Is the cause, the Seed,
Which placing in their hearts,
The Saints and Seers,
Raise the calm and great
Chant of Hari!
Let it reverberate in yours
And bring joy,
Oh! My Maidens!?
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