kAppooNDu nandan manaivi kaDai tAmbAl |. SOppooNDu tuLLi tuDikka tuDikka
anru. ApooNDAn appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn ...
Sreeh SreematE rAmAnujAya namaha
1.
iraNDAm pattu mudal tirumozhi mechchoodu SangamiDattAn nal vEyoodi poichchoodil tOTTra poraiyuDai mannarkAi | pattoor pErAdanru pAradam kai Seida attoodan appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn || One ||
mechchoodu Sangam iDattAn nal vEi oodi
poi choodil tOTTra porai uDai mannark Ai
pattu oor pErAdu anru pAradam kai Seida a toodan appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE
kriSNa holds in His left hand pAnchajanya which is blown to enslave all He also plays on flute to pANDavAs who lost all the treasure in a crooked gambling- the pANDavAs who are very patient - kriSNa was a great helpmate (went to duryOdana as a messenger of pANDavAs ) but could not get from them even 10 cities kriSNa who fought the war, kriSNa who went as the messenger shows faces and does fearful gestures Oh! God!
appoochi kATTuhinrAn appochchi kATTudal means – small children will make variety of faces and do some fearful gestures to threaten the elders and others. There is a legend about this pASuram – uinda piLLai was making aBinaya (actions) for this song. He made faces and twisted the eye lids when he sang “appochchi” and showed kriSNa when he sang “attoodan”. Sree rAmAnuja was watching His aBinaya. At that time embAr indicated piLLai by showing his two hands holding the Sanka and chakra in them. Immediately piLLai did this aBinaya. Sree rAmAnuja was very pleased to see this and exclaimed “Is embAr here!”. kaNNan blows conch and plays flute; fought BArata yuddha for pANDavAs who lost everything in the game of dice when duryOdana refused their due share of kingdom.
2.
malai purai tOL mannavarum mAradarum maTTrum palar kulaiya nooTTruvarum paTTazhia pArttan | Silai vaLaiya tiNDEr mEl munninra SengaN alavalai vandu appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn || Two ||
malai purai tOL mannavarum mA radarum maTTrum palar um kulaiya
the great kings having arms like mountains and who were mahAratAs (extremely valiant) and many more kings were killed
nooTTruvarum paTTu azhia
and the hundred people – duryOdana and brothers – died and made into nothing
pArttan Silai vaLaiya
arjuna’s bow called gANDeeva was bent to throw the arrows kriSNa stood in the chariot of arjuna as a charioteer kriSNa who has red eyes (to indicate vAtsalya) kriSNa who praises arjuna’s victory
tiN tEr mEl munninra Sem kaN alavalai
vandu appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanEappoochi kATTuhinrAn In the BArata yudda kaNNan played the part of a charioteer but Oh! All the mahAratAs, the great kings and kouravAs and all the rest were killed! There are four kinds of warriors – atiratas, mahAratas, samaratas, artaratas. Of them atirata is one who, standing in his chariot saves his four armies fighting single handed with enemies. mahArata is one similar to atirata but fights singly with eleven thousand enemies. samarata is one who fights with an enemy of his order. artaratas is one who fights single handed but loses the battle. Of them the mention here is about the mahAratA.
3.
kAyuneer pukku kaDambEri kALiyan teeya paNattil SilambArka pAindADi | vEyin kuzhaloodi vittahanAi ninra Ayan vandu appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn || Three ||
kAyum neer pukku
kriSNa jumped into the boiling water. (highly toxic venom of kALiya made the water to boil) (made kALiya to rouse his hoods in anger)
kaDambu Eri kALiyan teeya paNattil
climbed up the kaDamba tree (which was on the shore of that lake) on the wicked hoods of that kALiya
jumped and danced on kALiya with the anklets making jingling sound (the people were happy when they came to know that He is alive about which they were much worried) vEyin kuzhal oodi He played on flute made of bamboo vittahan Ai ninra Ayan thus kaNNan was causing much astonishments. Silambu Arka pAindu ADi
vandu appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanEappoochi kATTuhinrAn kaNNan dived into the lake where venomous kALiya lived; climbed a kaDamba tree on the banks of the lake; jumped on to the hoods of kALiya and played flute crushing him.
4.
iruTTil pirandu pOi Ezhai vallAyar maruTTai tavirpittu vankanjan mALa | puraTTi annAL engaL poombaTTu koNDa araTTan vandu appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn || Four ||
iruTTil pirandu pOi
Ezhai vallAyar
kriSNa was born in Mid night at madurai as dEvaki putra. Immediately He went to AyarpADi (colony of cow-shepherds). There He was among the avivEkis (not having jnAna but were always hanging on kriSNa for their support). They were proud and thought they had enough strength to kill kamsa who is kaNNan’s enemy, out of love for kaNNa.
maruTTai tavirpittu
He surmounted their ignorance
val kanjan mALa puraTTi
killed the crooked kamsa (He pulled him by hair dragged him and killed him)
a nAL engaL poo paTTu koNDa araTTan
He snatched our dresses when we were bathing in yamuna. He is very naughty
vandu appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanEappoochi kATTuhinrAn kamsa was always waiting with the sword for kaNNan’s birth. So when kaNNan was born in midnight, in the jail where vasudEva and dEvaki were imprisoned. He was immediately taken to nandagOpa without kamsa’s knowledge. There in AyarpADi there were many enemies in the guise of the grass, pootana, Sakata etc. So the gOpAs were very alert and though incapable of fighting the rAkShasAs, were bragging vainly they would kill them. kriSNa pacifies them by saying ‘don’t worry, I shall take care and deal with them myself ‘. This is the meaning of ‘maruTTai tavirpittu ’.
5.
SEppooNDa SADu Sidari tiruDi neykku kAppooNDu nandan manaivi kaDai tAmbAl | SOppooNDu tuLLi tuDikka tuDikka anru ApooNDAn appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn || Five ||
SE pooNDa SADu the cart where oxen are yoked (kriSNa kicked it which was really SakaTAsura, impelled to kill kriSNa. kriSNa was pretending to cry for milk and kicked the SakaTa with His tiruvaDi ) Sidari the SakaTa broke in to pieces by His kick neykku tiruDi kriSNa wanted to eat ghee and steal it AppooNDu nandan manaivi kaDai tAmbAl
was caught by the owners (they came and complained to yaSOda about kriSNa) nandagOpa’s wife yaSOda beat Him with the rope used for churning was beaten so much so that He was crying and
tuLLi tuDikka tuDikka SOppooNDu
jumping (moreover) then He was bound to a mortar by yaSOda so that He would not move
anru Ap pooNDAn
appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanEappoochi kATTuhinrAn kaNNan revealed His atimAnuSa chESTitAs by killing SakaTAsura. But other times He was a child of AyarpADi who steals butter in other houses. When those ladies complained to yaSOda she did not believe it and said i shall believe you if you catch Him red handed. When they really did so, she got annoyed very much she hit Him with the cord some times, He was caught by yaSOda crying and jumping when she beats Him. 6.
SeppiLa menmulai dEvaki nangaikku SoppaDa tOnri toruppADiyOm vaitta | tuppamum pAlum tayirum vizhungiya appan vandu appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn || Six ||
Seppu iLa men mulai dEvaki nangaikku SoppaDa tOnri torup pADiyOm vaitta tuppamum pAlum tayirum vizhungiya appan
dEvaki who has soft breast of golden color kriSNa came as her son We who are the women of AyarpADi have collected and stored ghee, milk and curds He, our swAmi has swallowed them all
vandu appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn kaNNan goes to neighbouring houses and swallows in one gulp ghee, milk and curds though they are stored in vessels kept at height. kaNNan never stops stealing even after beaten by yaSOda. 7.
tattu koNDAL kolO tAnE peTTrAL kolO Sittam anaiyAL yaSOdai iLamSingam | kottAr karunguzhaL gOpAla kOLari attan vandu appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn || Seven ||
tattu koNDAL kolO
(has yaSOda taken this boy ) as her adopted son? (or)
tAnE peTTrAL kolO Sittam anaiyAL yaSOdai iLa Singam kottu Ar karunguzhaL gOpAla kOL ari attan
has given birth to Him herself? (after undergoing all the pains of child birth?) kaNNan is like a lion cub. yaSOda behaves in such a manner as to go along with His feelings He who wears bunches of flowers in His hair who is proud unrelenting and not submissive to Ayars my swAmi
vandu appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn
“tattu koNDAL kolO tAnE peTTrAL kolO” means – when kaNNan was brought to side of yaSOda she was asleep. All the others who were present were also asleep. They woke up later and said “has she given birth to Him or is He the adopted child”. kaNNan behaves sometimes like an AyarpADi boy; sometimes like a lion cub born of a kShatriya. So people used to wonder whether He is a real child or adopted child of yaSOda! 8.
kongai van kooni SorkoNDu kuvalaya tunga kariyum pariyum irAjjiyamum | engum paratarku aruLi van kAnaDai angaNNan appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn || Eight ||
kongai val kooni Sol koNDu engum kuvalayum tungam kariyum pariyum irAjjiyamum paratarku aruLi val kAn aDai am kaNNan
accepting the words of the hunch back women (kooni) who has hunch like a breast grown on her back elephants which are the best found in all the worlds horses of similar descriptions and His kingdom too gave everything to Barata went to a dense forest this kaNNan who has beautiful eyes
appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn Sree rAma went to forest at the behest of kaikEyi whose mind was polluted by kooni. rAma left to Barata all His royal paraphernalia like – elephants, horses, chariots etc., and even the kingdom all that belong to Him. “kaN” may also mean dayA. When rAma was about to be coroneted, He was asked to go to forest by kaikEyi whose mind was polluted by kooni. rAma went with kaNkaNa in His hands, with smiling face, renouncing the kingly attires, wearing bark dresses and wearing matted locks. This compassion is praised in this pASuram.
9.
padaka mudalai vAi paTTa kaLiru kadari kaikooppi en kaNNA kaNNAvenna | udava puLLoorndu angurutuyar teertta adakan vandu appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn || Nine ||
padaka mudalai vAi paTTa kaLiru
Sree gajEndra who was caught by the crocodile of vile nature
kadari kai kooppi en kaNNA kaNNA enna
with folded hands he called several times ‘Hey! kaNNA! kaNNA!’
angu udava puL oorndu uru tuyar teertta
in order to protect the elephant came riding on periya tiruvaDi (garuDAzhwAn) and averted agony of the elephant (kriSNa) who is indicated and capable of protecting His devotees
adakan
vandu appoochi kATTuhinrAn ammanE appoochi kATTuhinrAn When gajEndra cried “kaNNA! kaNNA!” there He came immediately to relieve his agony caused by the wicked crocodile. Sreeman nArAyaNa came with great anxiety and haste to save His Bakta riding on garuDa. gajEndra was worried ‘uru tuyar’ not for his life but was worried because he may not be able to offer the flower to God. 10. vallAL ilangai malanga saranduranda villALanai viTTuchittan viritta | SollArnda appoochi pADal ivai pattum vallAr pOi vaihundam manniyirupparE || Ten ||
val AL ilangai malanga saram turanda vil ALanai viTTuchittan viritta Sol Arnda appoochi pADal ivai pattum vallAr pOi vaihundam manni iruppar
lanka was destroyed - the city which had powerful warriors threw the arrows (Sree rAma) about kaNNan who was Sree rAma who always bore the bow periyAzhwAr explained in detail those who learn these appoochi pASurams which are full of meaningful words will reside in the Supreme Abode forever.
AzhwAr has sung these ten pASurAs called ‘appoochchi pADal’ on Sree kriSNa and Sree rAma in the mouth of yaSOda. One need not go deep into the meanings of these pASurAs but the words themselves are enough to attain paramapada. Back
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