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THIRUPPALLIYELUCCI - DAY THIRTY - SONG TEN
Transliteration
puvaniyiRp pOyp piRavAmaiyil nAL nAm
pOkkukinROmE avamE inthap pUmi
civan uyyak koLkinRavARu enRu nOkkith
thirupperunthuRai uRaivAy thirumAlAm
avan viruppu eythavum malaravan Acaip
patavum nin alarntha meyk karuNaiyum nIyum
avaniyiR pukunthu emai AtkoLLa vallAy
AramuthE paLLi eLuntharulayE.
Translation
Thirumal and Brahma together regret
That they have been spending their life in vain in heaven
And desire to be born in the world
Wherein the souls enjoy the blossoming grace of God
Along with His presence at Thirupperunthurai.
O Lord who can thus claim us your vassals!
Wake up and grace us!
The concluding song of Thiruppalliyelucci says that even gods in heaven would come to have the desire to be born in the world to enjoy the benefit of the redeeming grace of God.
When Kampan said that humanity has excelled the societies of others, he would perhaps not have meant that man has excelled even the gods in heaven. Yet, those who read the tenth song of Thiruppalliyelucci cannot help but take him to mean that way.
The ninth song accounted for the grace of God in making the soul coming to have embodied existence. The song proceeded further to claim that God has granted man the bliss of this life as well as that of the other life. Such is the metaphoric implication of honey and elixir referred to in the song. Knowing that embodied existence in the world makes one enjoy the especial grace of God, gods in heaven like Thirumal and Brahma are said to have longed for a birth in the world. They regret that they have wasted so much of their life in heaven.
The tenth song of Thiruppalliyelucci implores such a God at Thirupperunthurai to wake up and grace the devotees with his presence amidst them.
God brought about the birth in the world.
Lo, we are yet to be born in the world!
He is the Redeemer.
His grace has bestowed birth on us.
He and His grace have together condescended to be in Thirupperunthurai.
He is the unsatiating elixir.
Perfection par excellence that He remains inscrutable even to the gods in heaven.
Even the gods in heaven desire to be born in the world to be graced with redemption.
When the last two songs of Thiruppalliyelucci are thus juxtaposed, they acquire finer layers of meaning.
Thiruppalliyelucci began haling God as the Principal of human life. The series concludes acknowledging that God and His graceful concern for the soul together have made their presence felt.
Ramani thanks everyone who has read the elucidation of Thiruppavai and Thiruvempavai along with Thiruppalliyelucci through the thirty days of margazhi. He owes a special note of thanks to everyone who has encouraged him through the series.
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