Sri Parthasarathi Vaikasi Thiruvonam 2025 - காயம்! மாகாயம் !!

Sri Parthasarathi Vaikasi Thiruvonam purappadu 2025 - காயம்! மாகாயம் !!

 

A ceasefire came, hostilities stopped, not the tension – and IPL 2025 resumed on May 17^th – in between some players especially foreign players have become unavailable changing the composition of the teams they represented !!  -  teams have made some temporary replacements – and some are plagued by injuries too.  Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) fast bowler Mayank Yadav has sustained another back injury and is out of the last leg of IPL 2025. LSG have roped in New Zealand quick Will O'Rourke at INR 3 crore in his place.  Remember, Mayank was one of the three players LSG retained ahead of the mega auction. Returning to competitive cricket for the first time since Oct 2024, Mayank played only two matches in IPL 2025 - against Mumbai Indians (MI) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) - before the tournament was suspended following cross-border tension between India and Pakistan. His high pace - a quality that impressed the national selectors - and accuracy earned him a special fast bowler's contract with the BCCI last year.  Sadly, he picked up a back injury that made him miss the 2024-25 domestic season after his international debut. He was recovering at BCCI's Centre of Excellence (formerly the National Cricket Academy) in Bengaluru. But his return was pushed back after he stubbed his toe against his bed leading to an infection. Upon his return, he was a much slower bowler, clocking speeds in the high-130 kph and only occasionally breaching the 140kph mark. 

A number of sports leagues face the same issue: Modern playing styles that put increased physical demands on athletes’ bodies are contributing to an increase in injuries.  It is stated that the  average NBA star player in the 2020s misses more than a quarter of each season, nearly twice the number of missed games as the 2000s, when there were roughly 10 fewer possessions per game than today’s “pace and space” era. Nearly 40% of all MLB pitchers who played in 2024 have undergone Tommy John surgery (UCL reconstruction), up from 27% in 2016, as throwing velocities and spin rates have increased. 

Tennis too has its share of woes and injuries.  A report states that there have been 37 instances on the 2025 ATP Tour of a player retiring during a match or withdrawing mid-tournament prior to a match, accounting for about 6% of all matchups. That equals the highest number at this point in the tennis calendar over the past 20 years and 50% higher than the annual average of 23.8.

Novak Djokovic retired from his Australian Open semifinal playing against Alexander Zverev with a muscle tear after one set and was met with boos from the crowd. Earlier in January, Reilly Opelka had to call it quits in the Brisbane International final after just 13 minutes of play. The injury bug has not made its way to the WTA Tour, which has seen only 23 retirements or walkovers through the 2025 Indian Wells Open, just a tad higher than the 20.6 average from the past decade. Interestingly, this outlier year in men’s tennis follows what had appeared to be a decrease in injuries.  

 

No Sports on Sports or injuries !!  but on “காயம்! மாகாயம் !!”

காயம்  என்றால் :  அடி முதலியப்பட்டதனாலான புண், வடு.  காயத்தின் பிற அர்த்தங்கள் : உடல்,  ஆகாயம், உறைப்பு; காரம்,   பெருங்காயம், ஐங்காயம், காழ்ப்பு -முதலியன.  காயம் என்றால் ஆகாயம் என்றும் பொருள் உண்டு. தொல்காப்பியம், எழுத்ததிகாரம், புள்ளிமயங்கியலில் ‘விண் என வரூஉம் காயப் பொர் வயின்’ என்ற நூற்பா உள்ளதாம். விண் என்ற ஆகாயத்தை உணர்த்தும் பெயர்ச்சொல் என்பது பொருள்.  

It is about ‘injuries’-  an  injury is damage to your body. It is a general term that refers to harm caused by accidents, falls, hits, weapons, and more. Across the globe,  millions of people injure themselves every year. These injuries range from minor to life-threatening. Injuries can happen at work or play, indoors or outdoors, driving a car, or walking across the street. Wounds are injuries that break the skin or other body tissues. They include cuts, scrapes, scratches, and punctured skin. They often happen because of an accident, but surgery, sutures, and stitches also cause wounds. Minor wounds usually aren't serious, but it is important to clean them. Serious and infected wounds may require first aid followed by a visit to your doctor. You should also seek attention if the wound is deep, you cannot close it yourself, you cannot stop the bleeding or get the dirt out, or it does not heal.

Sriman Naryana in His Vamana avatar accepted gift of land, then grew in such gigantic proportions that His crown ripped through the space and extended beyond the Universe – We, the followers of Sriman Narayana knew His exploits too well and always look at His Lotus feet and there is nothing for us to think of or worry about other than our Saviour ~ the most benevolent Sriman Narayana.  Sri Peyalwar says : 

படிவட்டத்தாமரை பண்டுலகம் நீரேற்று,

அடிவட்டத்தால் அளப்ப நீண்ட - முடிவட்டம்,

ஆகாய மூடறுத்து அண்டம்போய் நீண்டதே,

மாகாயமாய்  நின்றமாற்கு. 

காயமே இது பொய்யடா, வெறும் காற்றடைத்த பையடா’ எனும்  சித்தர் பாடல் அறிவோம்.  காயம்=உடல்; மா=பெரிய; மாகாயம் என்ற சொல் இறைவனது திருமேனியை குறிக்கும். மாகாயம் என்ற சொல்லுக்கு பருத்த உடலினை உடைய யானை என்றும் பொருள் சொல்லப் படுகின்றது  

பேயாழ்வார் தமது இந்த பாசுரத்தில் வாமனனாய்  மூவடி மண் கேட்டு - மண்ணளந்து, விண்ணளந்து மேலும் ஓரடி கேட்டு மகாபலியை ஆட்கொண்ட த்ருஷ்டாந்தத்தை ரசிக்கின்றார்.  எம்பெருமான் ஸ்ரீமந்நாரணன்  முன்னொரு காலத்தில், பூமி தானம் வாங்கிக்கொண்டு,  தாமரை மலர்ந்தாற் போலே வட்ட வடிவமாயிருக்கிற பூமியை, தனது திருவடியினால் அளப்பதற்காக (மாகாயமாய்  நின்றது) பெரிய திருமேனியாய் விஸ்வரூபம் எடுத்து  வளர்ந்து நின்ற எம்பெருமானுடைய,   நீண்ட திருவபிஷேகமானது மேலுலகங்களின் வழியாகச் சென்று  அண்ட கடாஹத்தளவாக வளர்ந்து நின்றதே !!  இஃது என்ன ஆச்சரியம்!  என எம்பெருமானின் மேன்மையை விவரிக்கின்றார்.

Here are some photos of Sri Parthasarathi Perumal on the occasion of Vaikasi thiruvonam purappadu at Thiruvallikkeni on 19.5.2025.  It was first thiruvonam after Chithirai brahmothsavam.

adiyen Srinivasadhasan
Mamandur  Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
22.05.2025.