Trying to translate Kaliyan is a good way of meditating on Thirumal.
Is not meditation itself a way of translating the human into the divine?
So shall we start working at his song Periya Thirumozhi 10.6.1
எங்கானும் ஈதொப்பதோர் மாயமுண்டே?
நரநாரணனாய் உலகத்து அறநூல்
சிங்காமை விரித்தவன் எம்பெருமான்
அதுவன்றியும் செஞ்சுடரும் நிலனும்
பொங்கார் கடலும் பொருப்பும் நெருப்பும்
நெருக்கிப் புகப் பொன் மிடறு அத்தனை போது
அங்காந்தவன் காண்மின் இன்று ஆய்ச்சியரால்
அளைவெண்ணெயுண்டு ஆப்புண்டிருந்தவனே!
Re assembling them according to Sandham
எங்கானு மீதொப்ப தோர்மாய முண்டே?
நரநா ரணனா யுலகத் தறநூல்
சிங்கா மைவிரித் தவனெம் பெருமா
னதுவன் றியும்செஞ் சுடரும் நிலனும்
பொங்கார் கடலும் பொருப்பும் நெருப்பும்
நெருக்கிப் புகப்பொன் மிடறத் தனைபோ
தங்காந் தவன்காண் மினின்றாய்ச் சியரால்
அளைவெ(ண்)ணெ யுண்டாப் புண்டிருந் தவனே.
Thirumangai Alwar expresses his wonder at Sri Krishna, comparing his present advent with his old acts.
This child is the self-same person, who came as Narayana and Nara and explained in full the Book of Piety.
To explain that book why should he come in two forms, Narayana and Nara?
To explain is not simply to give advices, to give upadesa. To explain means ultimately to do and show. Narayana gives advice, He gives upadesa. Nara does that and shows. Both are instructive and demonstrative. If both are not done then there becomes something missing from the Book of Piety, Vedas and more so Agamas. To explain fully missing nothing means to make known not only through words but also through deeds. Abstract idea and the concrete life.
So Alwar is wondering, this self-same child is the one who came in twin form, Preacher and the Practitioner. Then how docile he looks as if he does not know anything which he did in the times past!
Not only that it is verily He, who at the time of dissolution, in order to keep all the universe in His belly kept open big His mouth long enough for all the hills and dales, fire and earth and seas to go and get lodged in his stomach.
But what a wonder! it is this very child, who now is tied by these cow-girls as a punishment for stealing butter and caught in the very act of eating it.
