Chapter 1
Devotees search for the God - (கதிர் ஆயிரம்)
திருமாலைக் கண்ட சுவடு உரைத்தல்
Sriman Narayana incarnated as both Rama and Krishna and performed many divine deeds. The āzhvār expresses a longing, thinking, "Why wasn't I born in those times to witness them directly!" He reassures by saying, "Do not think that no one saw them directly. Many indeed saw them and rejoiced."
ஸ்ரீமந் நாராயணனே இராமனாகவும் கண்ணனாகவும் அவதரித்தான்; பல அரிய செயல்களைச் செய்தான். "அவர்களை நேரில் காணவில்லையே! அக்காலத்தில் பிறந்திருக்கக்கூடாதா! என்று நினைக்கத் தோன்றுகிறது! அவர்களை நேரில் கண்டவர்கள் உண்டோ என்று நினையாதீர். பலர் நேரில் கண்டு களித்தார்கள்" என்று ஆழ்வார் கூறுகிறார்.
Verses: 328 to 337
Grammar: Aṟuchīrk Kaḻinediladi Āsiriya Viruththam / அறுசீர்க் கழிநெடிலடி ஆசிரிய விருத்தம்
Recital benefits: Will reach the ankled lotus feet of dark ocean hued Lord Krishna
- Verse 1:
328. If you want to find the matchless Rāma whose long hair shines like the rays of thousands of suns joined together, go to the people who saw him with his claws bloodied after he split open the chest of heroic Hiranyan whose strong arms were decorated with bracelets. - Verse 2:
329. If you want to find the famous Rāma carrying the sword, the conch, the club, the bow that twangs loudly as it shoots arrows and the divine discus, go to the people who saw him at Sita’s suyamvaram in the palace of Janaka, the king of kings, where Rāma broke the strong bow for Sita whose beautiful fingers are like blooming kandal flowers. - Verse 3:
330. If you are searching anxiously for him who broke the tusks of the murderous elephant, and pierced seven trees with a single arrow go to the people who saw him seated on the seashore where the monkey clan carried large stones on their heads and made a bridge on the ocean amidst rolling waves. - Verse 4:
331. If you are searching for the magical child, who shrunk His form at the time of deluge, the primordial god resting in the middle of the ocean, come, I will tell you the way. Go to people who were there and saw him when he sweated and fought the seven strong bulls and killed them for the love of the beautiful cowherd girl Nappinnai. - Verse 5:
332. If you are searching for the divine Thirumāl, praised by Nānmuhan and Shivā with red tresses, where the Ganges flows, go to the people who were there and saw him when he took Rukmani, (whose breasts were covered ), on his chariot and her brother, Rukman came to oppose him on the way. - Verse 6:
333. If you are searching for the place of the handsome sapphire-colored god, the heroic one who drank milk from the breasts of the ugly devil Putanā and killed her, go to the people who saw him seated on a throne surrounded by thousands of queens in famous Dwaraka. - Verse 7:
334. If you want to know the place of god with a sounding white conch in his left hand and a divine shining discus(Chakra) in his right, come, I will tell you. He drove the chariot yoked to white horses and decorated with victorious monkey flag in the Bhārathā war wherein he used his tricks to help Arjunā. There are people who saw Him. - Verse 8:
335. Kannan, the young son of Devaki, hid the light of the sun for a while(30 nazhigai) with His discus(chakra), when the enemy kings protected Jayathradhan. If you want to see Him there are people who saw him drive the chariot for Arjunā when Arjunā fought and killed Jayathradhan in the Bhārathā war. - Verse 9:
336. If you are searching anxiously for our lord who swallowed the earth, the mountains, the wavy oceans and everything else and spat them out, go to the people who saw him when he became a boar that no one can imagine, dug up the ground and brought the earth from the underworld and married the earth goddess with lovely dark hair. - Verse 10:
337. The Pattarpiran of Puduvai where good paddy grows in fertile fields describes in pāsurams the places where the devotees who search for the dark cloud-colored god can find him. If devotees recite these ten pāsurams and praise him in their hearts they will reach the feet of the supreme god.