nAcciyAr tirumozhi - kAmanai vENDUdal 2

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi - I - kAmanai vENDudal.

pASuram 2 - veLLai nuN maNARkoNdu.

 

A. The translation from SrImAn SaDagopan's tamizh treatise.

 

ANDAL proceeds next to describe the vratam She plans to undertake in the

worship of kAmadEvan:

 

"veLLai nuN maNaR koNDu teru aNindu

veL varaippadan munnam tuRai paDindu

muLLum illA cuLLi erimaDuttu

muyanRu unnai nORkinREn kAmadEvA!

kaLLavizh poonkaNai toDuttuk koNDu

kaDal vaNNan enbadOr pEr ezhudi

puLLinai vAi piLandAn enbadOr

ilakkinil puga ennai eykiRRiyE"

 

kAmadEva! I will spread pure, white hued silt from the river bed and

decorate the path that you are going to walk on and wait for your arrival.

I will bathe in the river before sunrise, gather samit (wooden sticks) that

are devoid of thorns and ants, go home and offer them to agni (fire) with

proper mantra-s to propitiate you. In return, you get ready with your

flower arrows and sugarcane bow, write the auspicious name of kaDal

vaNNan (neela mEgha SyAmaLa varNan, kaNNan) in the arrow to indicate that I

am desirous of union with Him, and aim me at Him so that I reach the target.

 

Here, gOdai indirectly says, if you direct me to that target, kaNNan, who

burst open bakAsuran's (crane's) mouth, will be very pleased with you.

 

B. Some additional thoughts:

SrI periyavAccAn piLLai gives an alternate explanation as well for

"kaDal vaNNan enbadOr pEr ezhudi" - ANDAL is asking kAmadEvan to write in his

heart (i.e., make a determination in his mind) that She is to be united with

Him.

 

"veL varaippadan munnam tuRai paDindu" reminds us of phrases from

tiruppAvai - "keezhvAnam veLLenRu" , "nAtkAlE neerADi" and

"kuLLak kuLirak kuDaindu neerADi".

 

Why did ANDAL choose to offer samit in the fire? SrI periyavAccAn piLLai

suggests that this is because ANDAL is used to helping her father by

fetching him the samit for his agnihotra homa.

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari

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