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PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi 2.1- appoocchi kaattu mannA!

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Madhavakkannan V • July 17, 2002 


SrI:
SrImathE rAmAnujAya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

In the first ten, AzhwAr enjoyed KuttiÂ’s walking and running; now in the 
second ten (patthu), he enjoys the time upto KaNNan stopped drinking 
breastmilk. The third ten starts with anjuvan ammantharavE..
(Scared to feed you breastmilk..)

Now in the first decad in second hundred, he enjoys Kutti KaNNanÂ’s poochhi 
kaattudhal. Little toddlers, sometimes attempt to scare the elders (or think 
they do); and the elders also pretend getting sacred.. The child wears a 
terrifying look like a lion or tiger and scares; this is addressed as 
poocchi kattudhal.

KaNNan does that. Let us enjoy with AzhwAr. AzhwAr enjoys considering 
himself as one of the cowherd women folks getting sacred by Kutti KaNNanÂ’s 
appoocchi kattudhal.

mechchoodhusangam_idaththaan nalvEyoodhi
poychchoodhilthORRa poRaiyudaimannarkkaay
paththoor_peRaadhu_anRu baarathamkaiseytha
aththoodhan_appoochchikaattukinRaan
	    ammanE! appoochchikaattukinRaan (1)

Sarva shakthan- omnipotent- who has the white conch shell (being praised by 
all) in His resplendent Hand; who blows and plays the divine flute; who, in 
order to be helpful to Paandavas [who had lost everything in the deceitful 
gambling play and who were patient] went as a messenger and could not get 
even ten small villages for the five kings and organized a huge battle field 
for them to win- Such greatest dhUthan- this darling child- oh ammA! He 
scares me with His poocchi kaattudhal.. (pretending and terrifying facial 
expression)

Here the blowing of conch was praised by everyone; that blowing alone scared 
DhuryOdhAnAdhis to death; Also the poocchi kattudhal- Sri UttamUr Swamy 
writes: unlike other children, for Kutti KaNNan, it is showing off His 
Parathvam  (Iswara thanmai) which others are unable to see.

Also there is an anecdote to this pAsuram:
When Araiyar (by name Uyndha pillai) danced singing this pAsuram, Embaar, 
Udayavar (Ramanujar), AzhwAr and all others were present enjoying the 
araiyar sEvai. Embaar also raised his hands towards his shoulders and showed 
Sanghu, ChakrA; Emperumaanaar also enjoyed this and he said, “this showing 
Parathvam is appoocchi kaattudhal”.

Also DhuryOdhanan was shown LordÂ’s viswaroopam, when he laid a trap for 
KaNNan- that is appoocchi kaattudhal.

When he shows that “appoocchi kaattudhal”, ocne he shows the Conch and 
flute; next one is driving the chariot; another with His red lotus eyes 
sending waves of beauty one after other. If someone ignores His sowlabhyam 
and sowseelyam he shows His Parathvam and scares them off:-)

malaipuraithOLmannavarum maaradharummaRRum
palar_kulaiya nooRRuvarumpattazhiya paarththan
silaivaLaiyath thiNthErmElmunninRa sengaN
alavalaivandhu_appoochchikaattukinRaan
	    ammanE! appoochchikaattukinRaan.       2.

The kings- the strong, mountain like shouldered warriors- were killed 
straightaway in the battle field and the hundred Kauravas were crushed; 
Thus, he stood on the chariot of Arjunan (whose bow is bent) driving the 
same;- that KaNNan- comes near and shows fierceful look- appoocchi 
kaattudhal.

If KaNNan does not stand on the chariot, ArjunaÂ’s bow will not be bent. He 
narrated the esoteric GitA with Arjuna on the chariot. He did not let the 
arrows of enemies go past Him to Arjunan. He managed the whole battle field 
and Arjunan as an instrument performed the killing process.

kaayumn^eer_pukkuk kadambERi kaaLiyan
theeyapaNaththil silambaarkkappaayndhaadi
vEyinkuzhaloodhi viththakanaayn^inRa
aayanvandhu_appoochchikaattukinRaan
	    ammanE! appoochchikaattukinRaan.       3.

He climbed on the kadamba tree; and jumped into the deep, poisonous water 
(due to the presence of KaaLingan therein) and immersed in those waters to 
search for KaaLingan; jumped on its heads dancing on them one after the 
other; making musical sounds with His anklets playing His flute; such most 
wonderful Kutti- this cowherd Boy- KaNNan comes to us scaring us off to the 
glory.

iruttilpiRandhupOy Ezhaivallaayar
maruttaiththavirppiththu van_kanchanmaaLap
puratti an^n^aaL_engaL poombattukkoNda
arattanvandhu_appoochchikaattukinRaan
	    ammanE! appoochchikaattukinRaan.       4.

The cruel Kamsa was destined to be killed, when He took avatar in the dark 
mid night in Gokulam; He is the One, who was made to understand by the 
illiterate ones of Gokulam (when they attempted to offer to devendra and 
later offered to KaNNan ; which resulted in the effortless lifting of 
Govardhana mountain); one who is a  terrible liar; (He Himself steals and 
organizes for stealing and appears as if He never did any such sort..:-) He 
is the One who during a bathing, took away the silk clothes disrobed and 
kept by the small girls (of 7 years of age); Such Lord darling KaNNan- is 
now scaring us with his poocchi kattudhal.

Purattan- liar; it can also be linked to Kamsa; He rolled him so much when 
he killed Kamsa; puratti puratti aDitthavan.. – enjoys Vyaakhyaanam.

sEppooNda saadusidhaRi thirudin^eykku
aappooNdu nandhanmanaivikadaithaambaal
sOppooNdu thuLLiththudikka anRu
aappooNdaan_appoochchikaattukinRaan
	    ammanE! appoochchikaattukinRaan.       5.

The bulls are ready to be tied to (or already tied to) the cart and it is 
ready to start- that is the time the asurA entered into the wheel and 
attempted to kill Kutti infant KaNNan lying down nearby inside the cradle; 
the wheel asurA fell down on KaNNan and our darling with his cute tiny foot 
kicked the wheel back to let it roll, roll and roll to fall dead.. crushing 
to pieces; The same darling KaNNan steals butter, Ghee, milk and curd at 
everyoneÂ’s home and when complained, YasOdha never believes it unless he is 
caught red handed and showed to her; YasOdhA -the wife of king Nandhan (who 
rules with absolutely no robbery, murder crimes under his rule- except this 
butter chOran)= sees in her own eyes the stealing of butter, ties Him to 
mortar with the rope used for churning curd; He, unable to beat the pain and 
suffering of tying down, jumps and hops with the heavy mortar; crawls to go 
between the two marudha trees; - That Lord- one who got Himself tied down- 
is now scaring us.

Here when yasodha never believed the cowherd women, vyakhyanam refers her to 
His mother for being compassionate; while when she decides to punish Him, 
she is aaclled as Nandhan manaivi (wife of king Nandhan) as she has to 
punish (being the wife of ruler), taking no pity on Him, the convict:-)

seppiLamenmulaith thEvakin^angaikku
soppadaththOnRith thoRuppaadiyOmvaiththa
thuppamumpaalum thayirumvizhungiya
appanvandhu_appoochchikaattukinRaan
	    ammanE! appoochchikaattukinRaan.       6.

This darling KaNNan- who is the Lord as well as the son of the youthful, 
round vessel like tender breasted Devaki appeared in Gokulam for us and ate 
the butter, Ghee, milk and curd which are kept by us in this Gokulam very 
safely and made completely inaccessible by children and still He could eat; 
That swamy- scares us now.

vyAkhyanamÂ’s enjoyment: The Lord first showed Sanghu, ChakrA and then hid 
them per request of Devaki and became Kutti KaNNan with two hands.. Her 
breasts are so soft, tender, round so that the little KaNNan can hold it in 
His hands to drink the milk from devaki. He left all that and now he 
searches every home as to where the milk is kept and hidden by us; drinks 
them from the rough pots and vessels. [what an anubahavm by Poorvacharyas!]

Devaki should have atleast offered once to KaNnan her breastmilk.- says Sri 
Sukhabrahmam- pIthasEsham gadhAmruthA. Also vasudEvavaDhUsthandhayam- says 
Vedantha Desikan in Gopalavimsathy.

After that, Devaki let Him go to Gokulam – it is her mahA upakaram to the 
world. And He (without our offering the butter, curd etc..) takes the milk 
curd etc.. by Himself; That is mahA mahA upakArakam as our Father. - says 
Sri UttamUr Swamy.

thaththukkoNdaaLkolO? thaanEpeRRaaLkolO?
siththamanaiyaaL asOthaiyiLanchingam
koththaar_karunguzhal gOpaalakOLari
aththanvandhu_appoochchikaattukinRaan
	    ammanE! appoochchikaattukinRaan.       7.

This Lord of ours- Darling KaNNan- son of YasOdhA- the lion cub of YasOdhA – 
who is so compatible with Kutti KaNNan in His beauty- which makes us wonder 
if she gave birth to Him or adopted Him- this Lion of cowherd folks –scares 
us.

The mother who adopts the child does not want to hurt the child at any time 
and at any cost. So, she ensures that the child likes her. While the mother 
who gives birth to a child, it is automatic and multi folded affection and 
compatibility; - YasOdhA is neither of them; Still she is so compatible with 
Kutti KaNNan. She runs wherever He wants her to run. He is like a lion cub 
for her; But He is like the huge Lion for the cowherd folks.

kongai van_koonisoRkoNdu kuvalayath
thungakkariyum pariyum_iraachchiyamum
engumparadhaRkaruLi van_kaanadai
angaNNan_appoochchikaattukinRaan
	    ammanE! appoochchikaattukinRaan.       8.

The round breasted and hunch backed cunning cruel Manthara advised Kaikeyi 
to go for two boons- Bharatha Raajyam and Rama vanavaasam- giving away the 
horses, elephants, kingdom, and everyplace to Bharatha – SrI Ramapiraan – 
the most beautiful red lotus eyed Lord- scares us.

When someone talks to you in sugarcoated words, whatever ugly they are they 
appear so beautiful to us; Kaikeyi praises her beauty and thanks Manthara 
for her advice. Also the commentary says: as if there are huge breast on the 
back she appeared (with hunch back). Kaikeyi wonders if she has so many 
ideas stored in the hunch back and in her breasts.

He gave away everuthing to Bharatha. That implies even the Padhukas. Thus, 
the dharmO vigrahavaan did not commit adharmam even on BharathaÂ’s behalf; he 
made him accept the Padhuka raajyam.

padhakamudhalaivaayp pattakaLiRu
kadhaRikkaikooppi en_kaNNaa! kaNNaa! enna
udhavappuLLoorndhu angu_uRuthuyar_theerththa
adhakanvandhu_appoochchikaattukinRaan
	    ammanE! appoochchikaattukinRaan.       9.

The cruel crocodile catches with its mouth, the leg of GajEndra elephant; 
and oh no! The flower that I had plucked is going waste- yells the elephant; 
raising its trunk calling loudly, “KaNNA! KaNNA!”. He came then and there 
bringing along with Him, the GaruDAzhwAn (not riding on it; he came along 
with Garuda- so much tvarai- intense urgency to come..) and removed the 
elephant’s samsaaric afflictions. – such most merciful Lord who can never 
ever bear the sufferings of devotees – now comes and scares us.

KaNNA! Called the elephant- The One who has the red lotus eyes- thamarai 
kaNNAn, PuNdarIkAkshan. He alone is the lotus eyed Lord. Look with your 
benevolent glances on this crocodile too; he touched with his chakrA and 
blessed the crocodile too.

vallaaLilangaimalangach charandhurandha
villaaLanai vittuchiththan viriththa
sollaarndha appoochchippaadal_ivaipaththum
vallaar_pOy vaikundham manniyirupparE. (2)          10.

The strong lankA city with many warriors was destroyed and crushed by 
sending the arrows (at JanasthAnam; kishkinthA; the shore towards 
SamudrarAjan and lankA) by the most valorous Rama- was sung elaborately by 
VishNu chitthar in good words about the Lord scaring us (poocchi kaattudhal) 
in this ten. Those who learn this ten (or read this translation) will (do 
all it takes to) go to Sri Vaikuntham and stay there for ever.

Those who get (or show / pretend as if they are ) scared by his poocchi 
kattidhal will be blessed with PerAdnahdham in Paramapadham. Lord Rama alone 
is KaNNan. Hence, Rama is sung means: KaNNan also. Also, one can say: Lord 
Rama (in 8h verse and 10th verse) is talked about VishNu chitthar and other 
PAsurams are utterances of Gopikas about KaNNan

PeriyAzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
aDiyEn

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