Text & Meaning- pEr Ayiram - viruttam

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 19 Jul 2007, 09:50

I've made an amateurish attempt to transcribe this viruttam sung by Sri DKJ preceding a rendition of darisanam kanDArkku - mOhanam. Sorry for my ignorance - the below probably looks like gibberish! I'd appreciate corrections, a translation and if possible the composer of this viruttam. Thanks.

pEr Ayiram paravi vAnOr Ettum pemmAnai
privilA aDiyArkku enDrum vArAda shelvam varuvippAnai
mantiramum tantiramum marundumAgi tIRAnOy tIrtaruLvallAntannai
tiripurangaL tIazhattin ??? [one word I could not catch] koNDa ????
puLLurukku vELUrAn tannai pOTrAdE ATra nAL pOkkinEnE

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 19 Jul 2007, 10:17

பேரா யிரம்பரவி வானோ ரேத்தும்
பெம்மானைப் பிரிவிலா அடியார்க் கென்றும்
வாராத செல்வம் வருவிப் பானை
மந்திரமுந் தந்திரமும் மருந்து மாகித்
தீராநோய் தீர்த்தருள வல்லான் றன்னைத்
திரிபுரங்கள் தீயெழத்திண் சிலைகைக் கொண்ட
போரானைப் புள்ளிருக்கு வேளூ ரானைப்
போற்றாதே ஆற்றநாள் போக்கி னேனே.

pErAyiram paravi vAnOrEttum
pemmAnai pirivilA aDiyArkkenRum
vArAda selvam varuvippAnai
mandiramum tandiramum marundumAgi
tIrA nOy tIrttaruLum vallAnRannai (vallAn tannai)
tiri purangaL tIyezha tiN silaikaik koNDa
pErAnai puLLirukku vELUrAnai
pORRAdE ARRa nAL pOkkinEnE (pOTrAdE ATra nAL pOkkinEnE)

(English version edited)

http://www.shaivam.org/tamil/thirumurai/thiru06_054.htm (Verse 548)

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 19 Jul 2007, 10:20

Thank you, vgvindan Sir.

The English transliteration on the site is available at:

http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/thiru06r_2.htm

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 19 Jul 2007, 20:47

prashant:
I am giving an overall meaning here. The Romanized script is reproduced to enable me to give a line by line meaning.

vgvindan:
The pErAnai shows as pOrAnai in the Thamizh version in the last but one line.

Composer: appar (aka tirunAvukkarasar)

pErAyiram paravi vAnOrEttum
pemmAnai pirivilA aDiyArkkenRum
vArAda selvam varuvippAnai
mandiramum tandiramum marundumAgi
tIrA nOy tIrttaruLum vallAnRannai (vallAn tannai)
tiri purangaL tIyezha tiN silaikaik koNDa
pOrAnai puLLirukku vELUrAnai
pORRAdE ARRa nAL pOkkinEnE (pOTrAdE ATra nAL pOkkinEnE)

General meaning:
The celestials sing the praise of the great One by (a torrent of) thousand (glorious) names. He showers immense and unattainable wealth (grace) on the diehard devotees. He manifests as magic and wonder, besides medicine (panacea) to cure incurable diseases. He holds a powerful bow (tiN silai?) while incinerating the three cities (tiri purangaL). He is the lord of vaidhIswaran koyil (puL irukku vEL Ur = the place where JaTAyu/sampAdi pair, Rig vEdam, Lord Murugan, and Sun worshipped Lord Shiva). I have spent all these days without praising (and worshipping) Him.

PS: tiN silai could also mean loud sound. But I doubt it fits the context here. I am not sure of the "bow" in connection with burning the tiripuram. Perhpas Rajani has an explanation.

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 19 Jul 2007, 21:55

mahakavi,
It seems to be a mistake in the source. But could it be 'pOrAn' also? In the present context, it refers to a battle - 'pOr', whether such a usage is there or not, I do not know - no such word is found in the dictionary. However, 'pOr vEndan' means 'hostile king'.

சிலை, (p. 455) [ cilai, ] s. Sound, roar, bellow, &c., ஒலி. 2. A bow, வில்
கருப்புச்சிலை, s. The bow of the Indian Cupid. See கருப்புவில்

It is indeed powerful bow (tiN silai)

During tripura samhAra, viSNu becomes the point of the arrow of the Lord Sivaâ€™s bow (pAzupata) by which the three demons were killed. Please refer to mahAbhArata â€“ karNa parva â€“ Sections 34â€“Please visit site â€“
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m08/m08034.htm

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 19 Jul 2007, 22:44

vgv,

Isn't paramESvarA's bow pinAka (Hence he is called pinAkapANi)? Isn't pASupata an astra (arrow)?

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 20 Jul 2007, 00:07

ks,
The words 'astra' (bANa) and bow (Sara/cApa) are used interchangeably in the kRtis of Sri tyAgarAja also. There is a major difference between these two - astra - is a missile; 'pASupata' is an astra which was used by Lord Siva during tripura samhAra. But, going by the reference quoted by me (mahAbhArata), there is a variation.

kOdaNDa, kArmuka and, probably, pinAka are generic names for bow. As per Monier's English Dictionary, pinAka is the bow of Siva; it also means tri-Sula.

In view of these conflicting versions, I cannot give a definite answer to your query.

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 20 Jul 2007, 01:11

vgv thanks for the clarification.

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 20 Jul 2007, 04:03

vgvindan wrote:It seems to be a mistake in the source. But could it be 'pOrAn' also? In the present context, it refers to a battle - 'pOr', whether such a usage is there or not, I do not know - no such word is found in the dictionary. However, 'pOr vEndan' means 'hostile king'.

vgvindan:

I see the Thamizh version says "pOrAnai" in the appar tirumuRai.

Yes, pOrAnai is permissible, I think. porudal means to engage in warfare. A word such as porudAn means "he fought". It could be used to represent a personal noun too. So pOrAn perhaps derived from it to describe the warrior. It is similar to kollAn(which vaLLuvar uses). It came from kollAdavan.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 20 Jul 2007, 09:27

Thank you all for your help. It really helps while following DKJ Sir's beautiful rendition.

Rajani · Post by **Rajani** » 20 Jul 2007, 11:02

"pinAka" is the specific name of Shiva's bow, but when He set out to fight the 3 asura-cities , He assembled a paraphernalia of the following :
The Mahameru mountain as a bow(tiN-silai) , Vishnu as arrow, Vedas as the horses, the earth as chariot, sun and moon its wheels and Brahma as the charioteer. But when He faced the tripuras, Shiva merely laughed and that reduced the three forts to ashes.

Shiva holding the golden mountain as His bow is referred to many works like Abhirami Andadi too.

MaheshS · Post by **MaheshS** » 20 Jul 2007, 16:16

Sethalapathi Balasubramaniam sings this in Kambodhi before Sivan's Kana Kankoti ...an amazing rendetion. DKJ sings it in Mohanam before Sivan's Kapali!! I have not heard this virutam from any other artists.

Edited to remove my questionw hich was already answered!

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 20 Jul 2007, 16:22

mahakavi has already explained the meaning of puLLirukku vELUr.
puL - bird - jaTAyu
irukku - Rg - RgvEda
vEL - murugan -
Ur - Sun
http://www.hindubooks.org/temples/tamil ... /page5.htm

vidyaarthi · Post by **vidyaarthi** » 20 Jul 2007, 18:17

DKJ sir was regularly and willingly participating in the Thiruppugazh festival at Vadapalani temple every year till his last year of living.
One,Mr.Sambandam the Secretary of the Thiruppugazh Sabhai,a close assosciate of Sri.Sethalapathi sir who is more than 80 years now was the one who actually introduced this virutham to DKJ sir and suggested him to sing.
Considering the then 'not so good' state of health of Sri.DKJ,this virutham was sung by him regularly as a prarthana to Lord S'iva since the line"Theeraa noi theertharuLa Vallaan thannai" declare that the Vaidyanatha Swami of Pullirukku VeLur(Vaidees'waran koil)is sure to cure one from all incurable diseases.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 20 Jul 2007, 19:56

vidyaarthi wrote:Vaidyanatha Swami of Pullirukku VeLur(Vaidees'waran koil)is sure to cure one from all incurable diseases.

Absolutely! He is the patron god for us 'vaidyas'! He is both the physician (vaidyar) and the panacea (marundISwarar)!

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 21 Jul 2007, 02:09

rshankar,it is like in SrI viSnu sahasranAmA, bhESajam bhiSakh. He is the medicine and the doctor.

Reminds of periyasAmi tUran's, "sadASiva paramEnum tani marunduDaiyAL piNi ellAm kaLaivAL" in the Suddha sAvEri kriti.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 21 Jul 2007, 08:56

Thanks Neyveli Sir for that interesting anecdote.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 21 Jul 2007, 11:18

Krishna,
That song of Sri Thooran was dedicated to the ambAL at the tiruvAnmiyUr temple, and the Lord there is none other than marundISwarar/aushadESwarar!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux1taahZulw& mode=related&search=

grsastrigal · Post by **grsastrigal** » 21 Jul 2007, 12:54

Prashant- Could you pl upload the Virutham along with "Darisanam Kandarku" ?

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 21 Jul 2007, 22:50

ksrimech wrote:Reminds of periyasAmi tUran's, "sadASiva paramEnum tani marunduDaiyAL piNi ellAm kaLaivAL" in the Suddha sAvEri kriti.

I think the verse goes as "tani marunduDaiyAy (தனிமருந்துடையாய்)

piNi ellam kaLaivAy(களைவாய்). Thooran is addressing the dEvi as "tAyE tripura sundarI...". Hence it is appropriate to address the rest in second person rather than third person. Lakshman could check it.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 21 Jul 2007, 23:13

Interestingly as all the devAs assembled with Siva and his paraphernalia for the battle of Tripura, Siva forgot to worship Ganesa at the start of the battle and promptly the axle of the chariot he was riding got broken which is celebrated by AruNagirinAthar in his Thiruppugazh 'kaitthala nirai kani..'. The ref is:
'muppuram eri seida acchivan uRai ratham
accathu poDi seida athi dheerA'

Thanks NSG for that lovely anecdote!

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 21 Jul 2007, 23:43

Lord GanEsa was a clone of the dEvi (although the gender conservation principle was violated). So he is an entity by himself (although adopted as a son by Lord Shiva later). When his name was not invoked before Shiva ventured into his warfare, GanEsa wanted to teach Lord Shiva a lesson by "cracking the axle of the chariot" (ratham accadu poDi seyda).

Likewise Lord Murugan is a clone of Shiva himself having been generated from the sparks of the third eye. Incidentally Murugan was the one to teach the meaning of "Om" to Lord Shiva.

Child is the father of man (perhaps divine too)!

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 21 Jul 2007, 23:49

ratham accadu poDi seyda

அச்சிறுபாக்கம் (acciRupAkkam - Acharapakkam) between Chengalpattu and Tindivanam

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 22 Jul 2007, 00:00

vgvindan:
So that is where (near Chengalpattu) the chariot broke down?

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 22 Jul 2007, 09:18

So that is where (near Chengalpattu) the chariot broke down

Yes,
As per discourse of Brahma Sri TS Balakrishna Sastrigal - Ganapati Mahimai

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 22 Jul 2007, 12:09

grsastrigal: Here is it. Hope you enjoy it.

http://file.uploadr.com/f72b

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Jul 2007, 18:33

Many thanks prasant!
Is it MSG accompanying?
I agree with you NSG totally on the inspired rendering by DKJ enhanced by the spirited followup by the violinist. I indeed got horripilation! I closed my eyes and visualized myself at vadapazhani.
Thanks again for the anecdotal reference which helps us Rasikas to relish the Music in context! Pl share more such with us!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 22 Jul 2007, 19:03

CML,
The track lists LGJ as the violinist. He is fantastic!
Prashant, MANY thanks! That was indeed sweet.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Jul 2007, 19:30

Thanks Shankar