From abhiraami antaadi

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Verse 70.

 

kaNkaLikkumpadi kaNdukoNdEn; kadampaadaviyil

paN kaLikkum kural veeNaiyum, kaiyum payOtharamum,

maN kaLikkum pachchai vaNNamum aaki, mathankarkulap

peNkaLil thOnRiya emperumaattithan pErazhakE.

 

abhiraami annaiyE, unnai enathu kaNkaL magiza kaDamba vanaththil

mata~Ngar enum isai vallunar kulaththil peNNaaga thonRiyavaLum,

maNmagaL magizum pachchai vaNNam puuNDavaLum, paNNkaLe kaLikkum

inimaiyaana kuralai uDaiyavaLum, kaiyil vINaiyai endhiyavaLum, megundha

sthana bhaaraththai uDaiyavaLumaana a~NgayarkaNNi enum pErazugu

vaayndha vaDivil naan kaNDu koNDen.

 

 

To the joy of my eyes, I realized HER in the garden of Cadamba trees,

in a green color that delights mother earth, with a sweet voice which

even raaga-s enjoy, holding a viiNa in hand, with beautiful breasts, in

the beautiful form of SrI mInAxI who was once born in the line of Sage

mata~Nga.

 

 

The word payodaram is the only complicated word in the verse. It means

breasts. phala shruti of the verse says that one will attain

excellence/knowledge in music by chanting this verse. kadamba vanam in

Tamil is called as kaDamaaTavi. kaDamba is Tamil for kadamba, the word

aTavi means forest both in Sanskrit and Tamil. The city of madurai was

built clearing a kadamba forest according to thiruviLaiyaaDal puraaNam

and reference to kadambavanam refers to madurai and mInAxI. And

tradition identifies SrI mInAxI with rAjamAta~NgI, hence the pregnant

reference as "mata~Ngar kula peNkaLil thOnRiya". paN is the equivalent

of raaga-s in Tamil music. Tradition celebrates mInAxI as one who

excels in music and especially playing viiNa. This verse refers to that

aspect as well.

 

 

Needless to say that this verse celebrates abhiraami as SrI mInAxI.

 

 

Ravi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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