பூசூட்டவாராய் -Yashodha calls him the Only Medicine to solve our problems
Periyazhvar enjoys the experience of a mother decorating her child with different flowers
In the 7th and 8th decads, Periyazhvar is back to his best of Pillai Tamil describing next aspects of the growing child.
(2nd Canto, 7th Decad)
Periyazhvar experiences through Yashodha the different kinds of flowers that she likes the young child to wear. This is the only decad in the Nalayira Divya Prabhandham that describes an entire set of flowers worn by the Lord. As Yashodha takes one through the process of getting her child to wear the flowers on different days, she lures every mother to show true love on their children and to praise every positive act of the child to get the best out of the child. Through these set of verses, Periyazhvar also provides insights into the wide range of flowers that were offered to the Lord during his period. Many of these flowers are not heard off these days but in centuries gone by these were part of the daily attire of the Lord.
Yashodha calls him sweeter than honey and a medicine for all troubles in life. She reasons out to him that only because he drank milk from the pots of others, he was pulled up by other boys and was laughed at by them (ஆனிரைமேய்க்கநீபோதிஅருமருந்துஆவதறியாய்…………………பானையில் பாலைப் பருகி பற்றாதார் எல்லாம் சிரிப்ப)
Unmindful of the hot sun, he happily goes after the cows grazing them in the forest. As a result of this, his body has even got roasted (by the hot sun) and he has tanned a bit. As he comes back, he looks tired after a long day’s graze. But he does it all for his mother. Pleased with his day’s work, she says he asks him to wear the Shenbagam flowers as she says he will look handsome in these (கானகம்எல்லாம்திரிந்துஉன்கரியதிருமேனிவாட).
Malligai
He is very well connected to Goddess as she always resides on his chest. On first looks, he is as beautiful as the dark clouds one sees during monsoon times. And then she wonders as to how much more beautiful will he look in the Jasmine flowers? (கருவுடைமேகங்கள்கண்டால்உன்னைக்கண்டலொக்கும்கண்கள்)
Padiri and Dhavana – Climbs ladies’ room
In the past, he has climbed the upper most layers of tall mansions and entered the ladies’ room. Once inside, he tore their silk robes and their edges as a play act. The beautiful young girls were angry at his mischievous acts. Unmindful, he continues with his playful acts. Yashodha thinks that the Padiri Flowers combined with Dhavana shoots will sit perfectly on his curly hair (மச்சோடுமாளிகைஏறிமாதர்கள்தம்இடம்புக்குகச்சோடுபட்டைக்கிழித்துக்காம்புதுகில்அவைகீறி).
Maruvu and Damanagam – Stop going behind Milk Maids
Yashodha gets back to the usual topic, one that she has been on ever since his birth. Instead of standing in the middle of the street and teasing the milkmaids, she wants him to come and wear the Maruvu and Davanam shoots (தெருவின்கண்நின்றுஇளஆய்ச்சிமார்களைதீமைசெய்யாதே).
Kalla Arakki Soorpanaka
She praises his acts of killing Bakasura and Tusker Kuvalaya. Wasn’t he the one who chopped off the nose of the immoral Soorpanaka and later slew her protector Ravana as well. Periyazhvar calls Soorpanaka her as ‘Kalla Arakki’ since Rama doubted her beauty and had got a scent of true character and believed that what she was presenting before him was not her true form and that it was different from her original complexion (புள்ளினைவாய்பிளந்திட்டாய்பொருகரியின்கொம்புஒசித்தாய்கள்ளஅரக்கியைமூகோடுகாவலனைதலைகொண்டாய்).
Shenkazhuneer - Will not repeat my beatings
Yashodha remembers the previous episodes of punishing him for gobbling up butter but says that is a thing of the past and that she is ashamed of her past acts and that she will not repeat it again. She asks him to adorn the Lotus flower (அள்ளிநீவெண்ணெய்விழங்கஅஞ்சாதுஅடியேன்அடித்தேன்).
Punnai Flowers
Yashodha says that despite repeated requests from her and the many complaints from the Gokulam Colony, he continues with his mischief on the street on the way to Mathura killing wrestlers every now and then. She wonders if the Punnai flowers will get him into good habits away from these wrestlers.
Kurukatti Flowers
As she hopes that he would mend his ways and not go behind others, she cannot resist recounting his juggling with pots in mid air and his love for young girls that continues as she says that they fall for his bewitching glowing eyes. She wants to see him draped with Kurukatti flowers (குடங்கள்எடுத்துஏறவிட்டுகூத்தாடவல்லஎன்கோவே).
Iruvatchi Flowers – Deceives an Asura
She cites the example of yet another of his dubious acts. When Malikan Asura persisted with the idea of seeking to learn the way to hurl the discus, he made friends with him and like a true friend taught him the art of using the discus. And then much to the shock of everyone made the asura operate the discus only to have his own head severed. Mysterious is the way the child acts. She says that Iruvatchi flowers will look lovely on his hair (சீமாளிகன்அவனோடுதோழமைகொள்ளவும்வல்லாய் சாமாறுஅவனைநீஎண்ணிச்சக்கரத்தால்தலைகொண்டாய்).
Karumukai flowers
She reminds us of him sleeping as a child on a floating fig leaf but he is always there for the devotees and comes instantly to protect those who offer their sincere prayers to him. Even in the celestial world, everyone is waiting for him and they also give him a full hearing. Delighted to have a child like him, she wants to see and enjoy him with Karumukai flowers (அண்டத்துஅமரர்கள்சூழ்அத்தானியுள்அங்குஇருந்தாய்தொண்டர்கள்நெஞ்சில்உறைவாய்).