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maarkazhith thiNGkaL mathin^iRain^tha nannaaLaal * Dec/Jan month (a) full moon (an) auspicious day nIraatap pOthuvIr! pOthuminO nErizhaiyIr! * To bathe (those) who want to go (please) let us go (Oh) bejewelled girls ! cIrmalkum aayppaatic celvac ciRumIrkaaL! * rich and grand aaypAdi , (Oh) prosperous young girls (of) kUr vEl kotun^thozhilan nan^thakOpan kumaran * (With a) sharp spear , (doing) cruel deeds (to enemies) , (Lord) NandagOpan's son (He) Eraarn^tha kaNNi yacOthai iLaNY ciNGkam * beautiful eyed YasOdha's little lion (child) (He) kaar mEnic ceNG kaN kathir mathiyam pOl mukaththaan * Dark skinned (with) beautiful eyes (shining like the) sun (with a) moon like face naaraayaNanE namakkE paRai tharuvaan * Lord Narayana himself to us blessings will give paarOr pukazhap patin^thu The people of the world (the practice) (that they) praise , (of) immersing in water El Or empaavaay Come (Let us do) (the penance of) paavai nOmbu
Translation By Dr. V.K.S.N. Raghavan
" It is the good full Moon day of the month of Marghazhi.Oh the well ornamented maidens ! Those desirous of taking the bath (in the YamunA ) may please come on. Oh the prosperous young girls of AaypAdi ( Gokulam) that is rich and grand ( in beauty and wealth) ! Lord NaarAyana will surely yield to us alone the drum (paRai). He is the son of King NandagOpa , of cruel deeds (towards the enemies), and holding a sharp spear in his hand always. He (KrishNa) is the young lion-cub of Queen YasOdhA with very charming eyes.He( Lord NaarAyaNa) has a dark cloud-like divine complexion ,(lotus like) reddish eyes and (lustrous) face (shining) like the bright Sun and Moon. ( This Lord NaarAyaNan alone is the Saviour). (Let us ) resort (to Him) performing the Paavai-Nonbhu and get the benefit of praise from the people of the world. { (Oh dear freind , may You recite and learn this)-know the purport of this hymn}. (Mention may be made of the slOkam of Bhagavath GitA :" mAsAnAm mArga-sirshOham--X.35); " Lord NaarAyanan alone will grant Moksha SaamrAjyam to the individual soul" is indicated in the seventh line of this First paasuram ".
Commentary By Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchari Sadagopan
SvApadEsArtham (Inner Meanings) of the First Paasuram
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There are many inner meanings to every word used by ANDAL in this and every
paasuram of ThiruppAvai.For reasons of
brevity , we will give only the condensed meanings for the words of the paasuram
as revealed by Sri U.Ve.PerukkAraNai
Swamy :
Seer malhum: The place where those blessed ones ,who comprehend fully the anantha kalyANa GuNams of the Lord reside
AaypADi In this dark SamsAric world
nErizhayeer Oh People with the noble traits of Samam and dhamam ( auspicious Aathma GuNams of Tranquility and Control over the senses)!
NiRaintha- On this day , which is like the Moon with ThingaL Mathi all its sixteen digits (kalai) just as the ShAdgunya SampoorNa BhagavAn Himself
NannALAl Since it is such an auspicious day
Maarghazhi Those who wish to follow the most noble Neerada upAyam (means) of Prapatthi (self-surrender)! pOthuveer Please join us! pOdhuminO !
Koor vEl The one with the sharp-pointed sankalpam similar to the tip of a well honed spear or javelin
kodum Thozhilan One who destroys our sins
NandhagOpan and is the eteranl Youth , who is Kumaran the BrahmAnandha Svaroopan , who initiated BrahmA into the Vedams and their meanings.
yErArntha KaNNI the One , who adorns the beautiful flower garland known as Vaijayanthi
Yasodhai the One , who has attained unquestionable fame (Yasas) by granting us BrahmAnandham
iLam Singham One , who is like the powerful Lion chasing away our sins and enemies
KaarmEni One who has the hue of a dark blue rainy SenkaNN cloud and has lotus like besutiful eyes
Kadhir madhiyam One who has the lustrous face like pOl MuhatthAn the radiant Sun and the cool Moon
NaarAYaNanE That SarvEsvarn , who has incarnated as Krishnan now amidst us
pArOr Puhazha who is compassionate towards us and padinthu who is lauded by the world for His sensitivity about not failing in His duties to protect us always
NamakkE for us , BhaagavathAs , who have performed Bhara NyAsam (Aathma Samarpanam, Prapatthi ) at His sacred feet
Parai TharuvAn HE WILL GRANT US READILY MOKSHA SUKHAM .
Other thoughts on selected key words of paasuram 1
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(1)The sacred Month of Marghazhi has Kesavan ( the first of the 12 Upa-VyUha
Moorthys) as the presiding deity . Therefore , any Vratham , charity (dhAnam) , SnAnam ,AarAdhanam performed in
Marghazhi will quickly yield fruits
according to Swamy Desikan ( Taathparya Chandrikai). That desired fruit is Parai
or nithya kaimkaryam in His SaamrAjyam (Sri Vaikuntam).
(2) Swamy JnaanyaachAr summarizes the significance of the message of this paasuram as " PrApya PrApakangaL iraNDum NAARAYANANE " .
(3) "yElOrempAvAi" --This refrain is the Chandas for the Nonbhu according to Swamy JananAycchAr. Upanishad BhAshyakArar recognizes this Makutam of ThiruppAvai as "Paadha PoorNArtham ".
(4)" PaRai TaruvAn ":As the Purushan with the greatest affection for His Pathivrathai wife , Sriman NaarAyaNan will bless us with the requirements(tools) for Kaimkaryam and Ubhaya anushtAnam such as Jn~Anam , Seelam and other auspicous Aathma GuNams ( Sri Abhinava Desikan ).
(5) " NaarAyaNanE--TharuvAn ": Lord NaarAyaNan Himself , the inner meaning of Thiru AshtAksharam , will bless the ChEthanams (MakArArtha Jeevans)-- after being pleased with their AshtAkshara Japam -- will perform UpAya anushtAnam for them (through a SadAchAryan)...(Sri Abhinava Desikan).
(6) The yEkAram in " NaarAyaNanE " and "NamakkE": This yEkAram asserts that " SadhArchanE TantharuLa Vallan ; SathsishyanE PeRatthahunthavan" ( The SadAchAryan ALONE can bless us; the sath-sishyan alone is qualified to receive that rarest of blessings " (Sri PBA Swamy).
Soodikkoduttha NaacchiyAr ThiruvadigaLE Saranam ,
Sarvam KrushNArpanam asthu
RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
SatakOpan