Summary
Yasoda desires decorating Krishna with garlands made ofvariety of flowers. She invites Him to come and wear
the flower garlands. periAzhwAr captures these events
in the ten pAsurams linking Krishna's pastime activities,
making it look like garland of pAsurams!
(1)
Anirai mEikka nI pOThi arumarun Thava ThaRiyAy
kAnaga mellAm thirinThu un kariya thirumEni vAda
pAnaiyil pAlaip parugip patRAThA rellAm sirippa
thEni liniya pirAnE seNbagap pooch chootta vArAy
Purport
For grazing cows, You roamed the forests lettingYour beautiful body wither. You are not aware that
You are the medicine for overcoming the disease
called samsArA. You stealthily drank milk kept
in pots, ridiculed by Your adversaries, O Lord!
You are sweeter than honey! come and
wear the champaka flowers!
(2)
karuvudai mEgangaL kaNdAl unnaik kaNdAlokkum kaNgaL
uruvudaiyAy ulagEzhum undAga vanThu piRanThAy
thiruvudaiyAL maNavALa thiruvarangaththE kidanThAy
maruvi maNam kamazhgindra malligaip poo chootta vArAy.
Purport
Your sacred body resembles dark rain cloud!You came into being to prop up the seven worlds.
You possess the possessor of all wealth- Mahalakshmi!
You recline majestically in SriRangam.
Come and wear the jasmine flowers which
keeps on emitting sweet fragrance.
(3)
machchodu mALigai yERi mAThargaL thammidam pukku
kachchodu pattaik kizhiththuk kAmbu thugilavai kIRi
nichchalum thImaigaL seivAy nILthiru vEngadaththu yenThAy
pachchaith thamanagath thOdu pAThirip poo chootta vArAy
Purport
You are so naughty that You daily climb up high palatialbuildings where ladies reside; pull and tear down the
silk dresses worn by them! O my Lord! You stand loftily
at the sacred Thirumala Hills blessing Your devotees! Come,
adorn Yourself with green davanam together with pAdiri flowers.
(4)
theruvinkaN nindru iLa vAychchi mArgaLaith thImai seiyAThE
maruvum thamanagamum sIr mAlai maNam kamazhgindra
puruvam karunguzhal netRi polinTha mugiR kandru pOlE
uruvamazhagiya nambI uganThivai chootta nI vArAy
Purport
Standing in the street, do not mock the young cowgirls!Between Your elegant eyebrows and on Your forehead runs
Your black curly hair, making it a lovely sight.
You resemble a calf born to the dark clouds!
O great looking one! Come and be pleased to wear the
garlands made out of southern wood (davanam and marukozhundu)
(5)
puLLinai vAy piLanThittAy porukari yin kom posiththAy
kaLLa varakkiyai mookkodu kAvala naiththalai kondAy
aLLi nI veNNai vizhunga anjAThu adiyEn adiththEn
theLLiya nIrilEzhunTha sengazhu nIr chootta vArAy
Purport
You split open the mouth of Bakasura who camedisguised as a crane! You broke the tusk of the
mad elephant named Kuvalayapeedam! Back in Ramavathar,
You cut the nose of demon Soorpanaka and severed the
head of Ravana who was protecting her. O Lord,
when You devoured butter, I chastised You, fearlessly,
not wanting others to ridicule You. Please forgive me.
Come and wear the lotus flowers sprung from clear water.
(6)
yeruThugaLOdu poruThi yEThum ulObAykAn nambi
karuThiya thImaigaL seiThu kanjanaik kAlkodu pAynThAy
theruvinkaN thImaigaL seiThu chikkena mallargaLOdu
poruThu varugindra ponnE punnaip poo chootta vArAy
Purport
You tamed the seven bulls in order to marry Nappinnai,You pounced on and killed Kamsa of evil disposition,
displaying mischief en-route Kamsa's palace, You destroyed
wrestlers Chanura and Mushtika with Your sheer strength.
O precious as gold! my child, come and wear punnai flowers!
(7)
kudangaLeduthERa vittuk kooththAda valla yemkOvE
madangoL maThimugath thArai mAlseyyavalla yen mainThA
idanThittu iraNiyan nenjai irupiLavAga mun kIndAy
kudanThaik kidanTha yemkOvE kurukkaththip poo chootta vArAy
Purport
O my prince, deft in throwing up pots and dancingYou attract the moon faced girls! My child, in the past,
just with Your finger nails You tore open the chest of
asura Hiranyakasibu into two parts! You recline in
Thirukkudanthai divya desam! my lord, come and let the
kurukkaththi flowers adorn you!
(8)
sImAliganavanOdu thOzhamai koLLavum vallAy
sAmARu avanai nee yeNNich chakkaraththAl thalai kondAy
AmARaRiyum pirAnE aNiyarangaththE kidanThAy
yEmAtRam yennaith thavirththAy iruvAtchip poo chootta vArAy
Purport
You befriended the proud (Sri) mAlikA of asura nature andastutely killed him deploying Your Chakra weapon!
O You clairvoyant! You are the one who is reclining
in beautiful Srirangam! Don't disappoint me, come and let me
decorate You with iruvAtchi flowers.
(9)
aNdath thamarargaL soozha aththANi yuLLangirunThAy
thoNdargaL nenjiluRaivAy thoomalarAL maNavALA
uNdittu ulaginai yEzhum OrAlilaiyil thuyil kondAy
kaNdu nAn unnai yugakak karumugaip poo chootta vArAy
Purport
You reside in parama padam-Vaikuntam, in close proximityto the Devas who surround You and worship You eternally.
However, You are more inclined to stay in the hearts of
Your devotees! Beloved of Mahalakshmi-the dispenser of
all wealth! During dissolution time, You gulp the seven
worlds and rest upon a banyan leaf! Come,
let me rejoice seeing You wear the karumugai flowers.
(10)
seNbaga malligaiyOdu senkazhu nIr iruvAtchi
yeNpagar poovum koNarnThEn indru ivai choota Vavendru
maNpagar kondAnai Aychchi magizhnThurai seiTha immAlai
paNpagar villipuththoor kOn pattar piRan sonna paththE.
Purport
These songs composed by Srivilliputhoor king periAzhwAr,recounts the incidents wherein happy Yasoda calls Krishna
to wear flowers and garlands made of Champaka, Jasmine,
Senkazhuneer, iruvAtchi and lots of other fragrant flowers.
The decad of songs is akin to a garland acceptable to the Lord.