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PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi 1.6- Aduga senkeerai Aduga AdugavE...

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Madhavakkannan V • Mon Jun 10 2002 - 06:18:11 PDT 


SrI:
SrImathE rAmAnujAya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

After crawling, the baby KaNNan raises his body with the support of his 
hands and knees on the ground; and he moves his body to and fro. It is 
called “senkeerai Adhudhal” Either the child dances (moves) on His own or 
moved by elders as well. Aduga senkeerai; Aduga AdugavE.. is the line used 
by AzhwAr in all verses of this ten. Enjoyable as usual. Rhyming.

1. uyya_ulakupadaiththuNdamaNivayiRaa!
       oozhithORoozhipala_aalinilaiyathanmEl
paiya_uyOkuthuyilkoNdaparamparanE!
       pangayan^eeLn^ayanaththu_anchanamEniyanE!
seyyavaLn^innakalamsEmamenakkaruthich
       chelvupolimakarakkaathuthikazhn^dhilaka
aiya! enakku_orukaal_aadukasengeerai
       aayar_kaLpOrERE! aaduka_aadukavE.

Oh Lord! One who has the most beautiful stomach, in which you create and 
take back to retain, for the chethanas (Jivathmas) to be saved (during 
mahApraLaya- cosmic dissolution)! For time immemorial, you have been slowly 
and steadily having Your Yoga nithrA (during praLaya) on a little Banyan 
leaf! Oh Lord! The One who has the most beautiful divine ThirumEni (Body) 
with large red lotus eyes! Swamy! You have Periya PiraaTTi Mahalakshmi 
residing in Your Chest always. Think of that and with your bright ear studs 
shedding more glitter, move your ThirumEni to and fro for me again. (Aduga 
senkeerai Aduga AduhavE. )

OOzhi thORoozhi OOzhi- Very Many mahA praLayams- He is there always from 
time immemorial. He is Paraman; ParamAthmA. He mercifully keeps all beings 
and non-beings during praLaya and saves them by swallowing them and 
retaining them in His stomach, having his Yoga nithrA. PiraaTTi is referred 
to. Sicne the divine chest will not be much disturbed in your movement, you 
can dance so.

2.  kOLariyinnuruvangoNdu_avuNanudalam
       kuruthikuzhambiyezhakkoorukiraalkudaivaay!
meeLa_avanmakanai meymmaikoLakkaruthi
       mElaiyamarar_pathimikkuvekuNduvara
kaaLan^anmEkamavaikallodu kaalpozhiyak
       karuthivaraikkudaiyaakkaalikaLkaappavanE!
aaLa! enakku_orukaal_aadukasengeerai
       aayar_kaLpOrERE! aaduka_aadukavE.


Oh Lord! One who tore the body of hiraNyakasipu with His sharp nails getting 
the blood inside out, taking the form of lion faced huge form (Nrusimha 
avataar) to make the Bhagawatha’s words true (Prahalada’s)! During 
Govardhana Pooja, when DevEndran angered and sent torrential rains on 
Gokulam, You lifted effortlessly the Govardhana mountain to save the cattle 
and the cowherd folks from heavy downpour! Oh Master! Aduga senkeerai.. 
Aduga AdugavE..

The Lord made not only the words of Prahalada; also did he make the words of 
Chathur muka brahmA when he gave away the boon to HiraNya kasipu. He took 
the form; the time, the weapon (nails- which are alive as well as dead- 
meaning nails do not have life, as when we cut, it does not pain; and still 
it has life as it grows) the place (neither inside the house nor outside- at 
the entrance; neither on the ground nor in the sky.. on his lap..). Also Sri 
Manavala MamunigaL mentioned that (as given by Sri UttamUr Swamy) “The Lord 
came in such a way that made HiraNyakasipu think of the truthful words of 
Prahalada (at the time of his death).

3.  nammudain^aayakanE! naanmaRaiyinporuLE!
       naaviyuLn^aRkamalan^aanmukanukku orukaal
thammanaiyaanavanE! tharaNithalamuzhuthum
       thaarakaiyinnulakumthadavi_athanpuRamum
vimmavaLarn^dhavanE! vEzhamum_Ezhvidaiyum
       viraviyavElaithanuLvenRuvarumavanE!
amma! enakku_orukaal_aadukasengeerai
       aayar_kaLpOrERE! aaduka_aadukavE

Our Lord! The essence and meaning of Vedas! The most merciful and most 
compassionate motherly Lord by killing Madhu kaitabhar and gave the Vedas to 
Chathur muka brahmA! The One who grew so huge in Trivikrama avtaar  touching 
and cutting across all worlds above and below! The One who killed the 
Kuvalayaapeetam elephant and the angry seven bulls at the instant when they 
came to fight! Swamy! Aduga senkeerai Aduga AdugavE..

In this pAsuram, Lord’s SarvEshwarathvam, who is the meaning of all Vedas. 
His Supreme Lordship getting back the Vedas. Emperumaan is the meaning of 
Vedas. Hence, he saved the Vedas for our sake; for us to get to know the 
meaning of Vedas- i.e. Him. He took the TrivikramAvtaar as the Only One who 
can grow touching all worlds.

4.  vaanavar_thaammakizhavan_sakadamuruLa
       vanchamulaippEyin nanchamathu_uNdavanE!
kaanakavalviLavin_kaayuthirakkaruthik
       kanRathukoNdeRiyumkarun^iRa_en_kanRE!
thEnukanummuranumthiN_thiRalven^n^arakan
       enbavar_thaammadiyachcheruvathirachchellum
aanai! enakku_orukaal_aadukasengeerai
       aayar_kaLpOrERE! aaduka_aadukavE

To the joy of Devas in the upper world, you kicked SakatAsura rolling to His 
death; you sucked the life of Poothana! You took the calf (dhEnukAsurA who 
came in such form) and hit it against the tree of viLA (viLAmpazha tree-)  
Oh male elephant of cowherd group! One who killed the cruel NarakAsuran, 
murAsura, dhEnuka asurA and others so valorously in the battle field! Dance 
for me. Aduga senkeerai Aduga AdugavE..

5. maththaLavumthayirumvaar_kuzhaln^anmadavaar
       vaiththanan^eykaLavaalvaarivizhungi orungu
oththa_iNaimarutham_unniyavandhavarai
       oorukaraththinodum_undhiyavendhiRalOy!
muththiniLamuRuvalmuRRavaruvathanmun
       munnamukaththaNiyaarmoykuzhalkaLalaiya
aththa! enakku_orukaal_aadukasengeerai
       aayar_kaLpOrERE! aaduka_aadukavE

Oh Lord! The Smartest One who stole the butter and ghee prepared and stored 
by long haired cowherd women; who later got caught and tied to a mortar and 
crawled in between the two marudha trees that stood – and made them fall 
using his thighs and hands to push them down. My father! with those dense 
black tresses of yours moving here and there (due to the body movements), 
the hair like the ornament on and prelude to that smiling charming beautiful 
divine face, dance for me. Aduga senkeerai Aduga AdugavE.

Are those two marudha trees AsurAs? – Due to Narada’s curse (saapam) the 
sons of KubEra became the trees in Nandhan’s backyard. – says SrImad 
Bhagawatham. Thus, though they just stood there as trees for being saved by 
KaNNan, the cowherd group considered them as asurAs (with an apprehension 
always because the asuRAs enter into the wheel, the calf etc.. to kill 
KaNNan) due to their intense love and concern for Kutti. AzhwAr aalso 
follows the same as he too is concerned. (in 3.1.3, AzhwAr says: poimmAya 
marudhAna vasuraraai).

6.  kaayamalarn^iRavaa! karumukilpOluruvaa!
       kaanakamaamaduvilkaaLiyanuchchiyilE
thooyan^adam_payilumsundhara_en_siRuvaa!
       thungamathakkariyin_kombuPaRiththavanE!
aayamaRindhuporuvaan_ethirvandhamallai
       andharaminRiyazhiththaadiyathaaLiNaiyaay!
aaya! enakku_orukaal_aadukasengeerai
       aayar_kaLpOrERE! aaduka_aadukavE

Oh kaayaampoo coloured Lord! (dark blue hued colour) dark cloud coloured 
One! In the middle of the forest, and in the middle of the pond, you learnt 
dancing (to the joy of everyone who saw and who hear about that dance) on 
the heads of the poisonous snake KaaLingan. My beautiful small darling boy! 
The One who broke the strong tusker of angry elephant Kuvalayaapeetam! The 
One who destroyed the wrestlers (who had come to fight with KaNNan in order 
to get some benefits from Kamsa) and jumped dancing on the bed of Kamsa with 
the apir of Your Lotus Feet! Oh Cowherd lion! Dance for me.  Aduga senkeerai 
Aduga AdugavE.

AzhwAr says: He learnt dancing on KaaLingan. When KaaLingan’s (1000) heads 
one by one raised in anger to exhale poisonous fumes, KuttI KaNNan stepped 
on each one and it looked as if he takes efforts to dance and take steps. 
Perhaps, all KaaLingan’s heads wanted His touch. Then, the dance is on the 
bed of Kamsa where the staging of His dance has completed it appears.

7. thuppudaiyayaar_kaLthamsolvazhuvaathu_orukaal
       thooyakarunguzhaln^althOkaimayilanaiya
nappinaithan_thiRamaan^alvidaiyEzhaviya
       nallathiRaludaiyan^aathanum_aanavanE!
thappinapiLLaikaLaiththanamikusOthipukath
       thaniyoruthEr_kadaviththaayodukoottiya en
appa! enakku_orukaal_aadukasengeerai
       aayar_kaLpOrERE! aaduka_aadukavE

Once, when playing with Gopikas, for getting Nappinnai PiraaTTi (who is the 
most beautiful Peacock and the dark haired girl), and making the words of 
cowherd folks’ true, He victoriously destroyed the seven strong bulls and 
became the husband of pure hearted Nappinnai PiraaTTi. For getting back the 
missing son of VaidIka Brahmin from His own Paramapadham, He rode the bright 
chariot to Paramapadham and brought back the sons to the motherly figure, - 
wife of Brahmin. My father! Dance for me. Aduga senkeerai Aduga AdugavE.

The cowherd folks right from his childhood decided that Nappinnai PiraaTTi, 
the most beautiful One is only for KaNNan and hence made such a  tough test 
for the Boys to get married to her so that none others can do it. KaNNan 
only could do it. (Yaadhavaabhyudhayam- 4.98) The Pure NappiNNai – whether 
He kills the seven bulls or not, He is her husband only – hence pure heart.

thani- Singly – separately- meaning: the sons entered through a different 
route and hence not through archiraadhi maargam. They went unlike other 
samsaaris; while nor like mukthas via Archiraadhi maargam. It seems the 
Paramapdha vaasis and BhU nilA Devis wanted to see KaNNan in His vivhava 
avatar and hence did this to get KaNNan in his form at Paramapadham.

8.  unnaiyum_okkalaiyilkoNduthamilmaruvi
       unnoduthangaLkaruththaayinaseythuvarum
kanniyarummakizhakkaNdavar_kaNkuLirak
       kaRRavar_theRRivarappeRRa_enakku_aruLi
mannukuRungudiyaay! veLLaRaiyaay! mathiLsoozh
       sOlaimalaikkarasE! kaNNapuraththamuthE!
ennavalamkaLaivaay! aadukasengeerai
       Ezhulakummudaiyaay! aaduka_aadukavE

Oh Lord of ThirukkuRunkudi! Lord of ThiruveLLarai! King of 
ThirumaalirunchOlai! Enjoyment residing in ThirukaNNapuram! One who removes 
and alleviates my klEsam (sorrows)! Even You (who is never left by me- says 
YasOdhA) are carried in the waists by the women folks and they play with you 
to their heart content – those unmarried girls are so happy spending their 
time with you- Seeing that the learned scholars and poets start singing and 
come stumbling for words  (due to their overexcitement and happiness). Have 
mercy on me the mother and dance dear for me. Aduga senkeerai Aduga AdugavE

I said no and still these girls forcibly grab you from me and carry you on 
their hips. They start dancing, jumping and playing with you. You also make 
them do all sorts of game with you. Hide and seek, laughing, beating, etc.. 
Even to just simply see such playful pranks of yours is fun. The eyes are 
blessed to do that. In spite of learning, one can not describe the joy of 
what they see in words. You do anything with those girls. But please be 
obedient and dance for me Kutti..

9.  paalodun^eythayir_oN_saandhodusaNpakamum
       pangayamn^allakaruppooramumn^aaRivara
kOlan^aRumpavaLachchendhuvarvaayinidaik
       kOmaLaveLLimuLaippOlsilapallilaka
neelan^iRaththazhakaaraimpadaiyinn^aduvE
       nin_kanivaayamudham_iRRumuRindhuvizha
ElumaRaipporuLE! aadukasengeerai
       Ezhulakummudaiyaay! aaduka_aadukavE.

Oh essence and the meaning of Vedas! The milk, curd and ghee that you had 
eaten; the sandal, the fragrant flowers, the lotus, the precious pacchai 
kaRpooram that you wear – spread great fragrance when you come dancing to 
and fro). the most beautiful and fragrant red coral like lips, inside which 
the ivory like milk white teeth so cute and small ones glittering; and the 
overall divine blue hued lovely ThirumEni with the five weapons (Pancha 
Ayudhams); dance for me  with sweet nectarine sulliva from the red coral 
like mouth flowing out .   Aduga senkeerai Aduga AdugavE

Vedas are the ultimate PramANam (proof). The Lord – the meaing and essence 
of Vedas- is the Ultimate PramEyam (the Goal) for us. Vedas are nithyam 
(Permanent); The Lord is Nithyan- ever existing as Supreme. Vedaas like the 
Lord is also of great compassion towards us. It also take avatar of 
Ramayana, like the Lord taking Rama KrishNA avatar. This Tamil Vedas which 
describe Him so beautifully is also great and grand and is referred to here. 
– Says Sri UttamUr Swamy.

10.  sengamalakkazhalilsiRRidhazhpOlviralil
       sEr_thikazhaazhikaLumkiNkiNiyum araiyil
thangiyaponvadamumthaaLan^anmaathuLaiyin
       poovoduponmaNiyummOdhiramumkiRiyum
mangala_aimpadaiyumthOlvaLaiyumkuzhaiyum
       makaramumvaaLikaLumsuttiyum_oththilaka
engaLkudikkarasE! aadukasengeerai
       Ezhulakummudaiyaay! aaduka_aadukavE.

Oh king of our cowherd group! Dance for me – with your small little bright 
fingers in your lotus feet along with the shining rings and anklets worn; 
the golden waist rope (araijnAN) and the gem stone intertwined with golden 
stone ornaments worn on Your divine Body; the rings in the fingers and 
bangles on the wrists; the ornaments of Pancha Ayudhas; the ear studs and 
the forehead chutti hanging so charmingly. Dance with all these ornaments in 
toto, dear Kutti. Aduga senkeerai Aduga AdugavE.

11. annamummeenuruvum_aaLariyum_kuRaLum
       aamaiyumaanavanE! aayar_kaLn^aayakanE!
en_avalam_kaLaivaay! aadukasengeerai
       Ezhulakummudaiyaay! aadukavaadukavenRu
annan^adaimadavaaL_asOthaiyukandhaparisu
       aanapukazhppudhuvaippattanuraiththathamizh
innisaimaalaikaL_ippaththumvallaar ulakil
       eNthisaiyumpukazhmikku_inbamatheythuvarE

Oh lord, the One who took the avatars of Hamsa, Mathsya, Nrusimha, Vaamana, 
Koorma, and others! Oh Lord of cowherd folks! The One who removes our 
sorrows! Dance! Swamy of all seven worlds! Keep dancing and come here moving 
thereby to and fro- come towards me! In the words of Hamsa like gaited 
YasOdhA, Sri VilliputthUr Bhattan (PeriyAzhwAr) has sung in the most 
enjoyable Tamil words set to music these ten pAsurams (verses). Those who 
can recite them (or read these translations) will be blessed to obtain all 
fame across the worlds in all directions.

PeriyAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
aDiyEn dAsan

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