MoondRAm thiruvandhAdhi-paasuram-45

Sri Parthasarathi thunai  

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

Paasuram-45

“purindhu madhavEzham mAppidiyodoodi

 thirindhu sinaththAl porudhu – virindhaseer

 venkottu muththudirkkum vEnkatamE mElorunAL

 maN kottuk koNdAn malai”

madha vEzham – Ferocious elephant (triggered by anger)

mA pidiyOdhu – along with its spouse;

purindhu – mingle with;

oodi – (after the union) separation due to some fight;(pranaya kalagam)

thirindhu- (get away from the spouse) and wander here and there;

sinaththAl porudhu – dashed on the rocks due to anger;

virindha seer -victorious;

ven kOdu – from the white horns;

muththu – pearls;

vudirkkum – shower;

vEnkatamE -Thirumala;

mEl orunAl – once upon a time (as varaha);

maN – earth;

kOdu- on top of the pig’s teeth/tusk (kOrai pal);

kondAn – the Lord who brought it up;

malai – His divine hill;

Introduction

Is that supreme Lord, master of the two worlds adorning the remarkable crown anyway approachable by ordinary people like us? Only for our convenience has He come down to Thirumala an divine abode very much accessible by both samsaris and nithyasooris.

Commentary

(madha vEzham) A very normal act of a forest animal, a ferocious male elephant on the thirumala hills reminds azhvar the divine action of emperuman during His varaha avatara ;

(madha vEzham mAppidiyOdu purindhu) A big male elephant enjoyed intercourse with its perfectly matched spouse

(oodi) “SamyOgA viprayOgAntha:” Anything attached will get detached and anything that is united will also separate; Any love has a break and ends in a fight (oodal);

(sinaththAl thirindhu porudhu) Due to anger the male elephant wandered aimlessly and to suffice the anger and disappointment of not getting to enjoy with its lover banged on the rocks with its hard tusk.

[Sri Periyavachan pillai comments as above]

Appillai comments as follows: -

(madhavEzham mAppidiyOdu oodi) The mad elephant in that state had a combat with the beautiful young female elephant

(purindhu)and after overcoming the same enjoyed the intercourse with the spouse

(thirindhu) wandered here and there with the hangover of joy due to the experience of love;

(sinaththAl porudhu) banged on the rocks assuming it to be another elephant seeing its own shadow

But this commentary is done with interchanging the words a little bit so Sri puttur swamy opines that Sri PVP’s commentary suits better.

(virindha seer veNkOttu muththudirkkum) At the end of the victorious combat, pearls flowed from the white tusks.

(vEnkatamE) In the wonderful thirumala Hills where one experiences these divine sights;

(mEl oruNal) Once upon a time when the Lord took varaha avatara;

(maN kOttu kOndAn malai) The divine Hill, the abode of one who uprooted mother earth and placed Her on His divine tusk;

The big elephant banging on the rocks remained azhvar of varaha moorthi uprooting mother earth and lifting her up.

The Thirumala Hills originally belongs to varaha murthi though today it famously belongs to srinivasa.

So, when the Lord is so close to us why should we worry!

  

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam