Thiru naRaiyoor - thirumadalum "bagwath kaamam"um (or Love for God via Love Letter) - Part3B

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Sri SadagOpan (nammazhwaar) opted naayigaa bhaavam and worshipped "tholaivilli

mangalath themperumaan" as his naayagan. Parakaalan (thirumangai) conceived

naayaki bhaavam and worshipped "thiruvaali"emperumaan. Sri Raamaanujar

"adopted" thiru naaraayaNapuram perumal as his "chellap pillai" or favourite

son or pet son. Periyaazhwaar assumed him as the mother and krishna as the son.

However thirumangai's sentiments excelled all these as he fell in love (Sri

Bagwath kaamam) for this Lord of thiru naRaiyoor and sent him a madal or love

letter through this periya thirumadal. He prised "his" nambi's pErazhagu

(beauty) in his love lettre periya thiru madal as

 

mannu maRai YOr thiru naRai yoor maa malai pOl

ponn iyalum maadakkal aadam kadanthu pukku

ennudaiya kaN kaLippa nOkkinEn- nOkku thalum

mannan thiru maarbum vaayum adiyinaiyum

pannu kar athalamum kaNkaLum pankayaththin

ponn iyal kaadOr maNI varai mEl pooth thathu pOl

minni oLi padaippa veezh naaNum thOL vaLaiyum

maNNIya kuNdalamum aaramum neeN mudiyum

thunnu veyil viriththa sooLaa maNIyimaippa

 

ie he called him as the glittering emrald mountain that is standing in

thiru naRaiyOr. I take an exception for a second to "think" and visualise his

beasuty before I can continue. No doubt he is one of the best, of all ninRa

kOlam perumaal. As he was saying this he took note of piraati standing by, and

 

inniLa vanchik kodi yonRu ninRathu thaan

annamaay maanaay aNimayilaay aankidaiyE

minnaay iLavEy iraNdaay inaich cheppaay

munnaaya thoNdaiyaay keNdai kulamiraNdaay..

 

ie she was standing in such beutfiul posture similar to an Annam and

Deer (maan) and peacock and the kodi or branch that bends and bears the

vanchiLa flowers and that her uncomparable two lightening eyes and

.....

 

(please note that this is naachchiyaar kOil and imagine how beautiful

naachchiyaar must be if the prominance of the temple protocol is given to her

first) and continued that though such beautiful piraati is standing by your

side, with such a great charm, my mind reaches out to you only my Lord, by

 

anna "thiru" vuruvam ninRath aRiyaathE

ennudiya nenchum aRivum ina vaLaiyum

ponn iyalum mEkalaiyum aankozhiyap pOnthERku

mannum maRikadalum aarkkum mathiyukuththa

innilaavin kathirum enRanakkE veythaakum

 

and thus said that even moon light is hot for HIM as he is so much occupied in

his conception of Sri bagwath kaamam. A modern poet writes that in vishayak

kaamam "thaneeril niRkum pOthE vErkkinRathu" ie one will sweat even while

standing in knee deep water due to his feeling of kaamam. Kaamam and veppam are

co-existant and that aazwaar describes his extent of bagwath kaamam or love for

God here that even the moonlight which is supposed to cool the night is hot for

him.

 

parakaalan kalikanRi thiru vadikaLE saraNam

 

pErazhudaiyaaL vnchuLavalli piraati samEthara pErazhagudaiyaan srinivasan

thiru vadikaLE saraNam

 

Sampath Rengarajan