MoondRam thiruvandhAdhi-Paasuram-29

Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-29

 

“pEychchi pAluNda perumAnaip pErindheduththu

 Aychchi mulai koduththAl anjAdhE-vAyththa

  eruLAar thirumEni enpavaLach chevvAi

  teruLA mozhiyAnaich sErindhu”

"பேய்ச்சிபா லுண்ட பெருமானைப் பேர்ந்தெடுத்து 

 ஆய்ச்சிமுலை கொடுத்தாள் அஞ்சாதே -வாய்த்த 

 இருளார் திருமேனி யின்பவளச் செவ்வாய் 

 தெருளா மொழியானைச் சேர்ந்து "

 pEychchi – poothana’s;

pAl – breast milk;

vuNda –one who drank (amudhu seidha);

perumAnai – that sarvEshvaran;

vAiththa eruL Aar thirumEni –  coherently dark divine body;

en pavala sem vAi – coral like red coloured mouth;

terulA mozhiyAnai – Infant Krishna’s childish talk (mazhalai-not in clear language);

sErindhu – reached Him;

Aychchi – cowherd, yesodha;

pErindhu eduththu – picked and embraced;

anjAdhE – without any fear;

mulai koduththAl – breast-fed infant Krishna;

Introduction

In the earlier paasuram azhvar recollected little Krishna shivering afraid of yeshodha’s rebuke.  Then azhvar realizes though Krishna has an unusual fear towards yesodha, yesodha also has an exceptional love towards her darling Krishna.

Commentary

(pEychchi pAl vuNda perumAnai) The lord who treated even the poisoned milk of the disguised poothana to be similar to mother’s milk and drank both the milk and her life and gave us all a great relief;

Next azhvar explains the Lord’s radiance during the episode:-

(vAyththa eruLAar thirumEni) Like darkness mixing with darkness, black Krishna played over the corpse of the dark coloured poothana;

(thirumEni) what a surprise! That divine body that gives ultimate bliss to His devotees now lies on top of this inferior demon’s corpse.

But then how can we differentiate between the two dark figures?

(en pavaLach chevvAi) The divine form is dark but the smile that brings out His coral coloured lips/mouth highlights His divine beauty;

Did that mouth keep quiet?

(teruLA mozhiyAnai) Crawling on the corpse the divine mouth kept talking like a child would talk to its mother in a childish way (uttering words like ‘Achchi, Achchi’).

(pErindhu sErindhu) yesodha coming to know about the happening rushed to the spot , saw the child and listened to his baby talk (mazhalai sol)

(eduththu) with overwhelming love picked up the child who even after seeing yeshodha still stuck to the demon innocently. 

Then what did yesodha do?

(anjAdhE mulai koduththAL) on seeing a demon fallen dead in her premises any mother will faint and cry thinking of the danger her child has overcome but yesodha neither cried nor fainted but instead without any fear picked up Krishna and breast-fed the child with all her love for him flowing as milk.  Her milk itself was capable of being a medicine for the poison intaken.

Who did all these?

(Aychchi) One woman, that too an uneducated, innocent cowherd incapable of differentiating between right and left hands.

How was she able to do this?  Because her mind didn’t think about what happened and how it happened but instead she was more concerned in pacifying her child and giving him the required warmth.  Can anyone be more caring than mother yesodha? Wonders peyazhvar.

Interesting points from DivyArthdeepikai of kanchi swamy

anjAdhE – yesodha could have got afraid on the sight of the big demon and rushed out or she could have got afraid to breast feed Krishna who has just now drank the life of a demon who tried to breast feed him. But neither made her afraid but only the divine beauty of little Krishna filled her mind and hence she rushed to pick him up.  Poigaiazhvar’s paasuram reiterating the same episode is as follows: “ninnurugi pEythAi mulai thanthAL pErinthilaLAl, pEramarkaN AaythAi mulai thandha vAru”

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharNam