nAcciyAr tirumozhi - kAmanai vENDUdal 4

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi - I - kAmanai vENDudal.

pASuram 4 - Suvaril purANa.

 

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

 

In the last pASuram, godai had been a bit harsh to kAman; so she tries to

appease him now. So she informs kAman all the things she has done to

please him. She says: I have written your name on the wall of my house; I

have decorated the wall with drawings of your flags bearing the images of

sharks, and have surrounded these with figures of beautiful damsels who

serve you by doing cAmara kaimkaryam, horses, sugarcane bow, etc. on either

side. I am doing all this with care and in detail just to please you,

so that in return, you will ensure that I am united with the only one for

whom I am born - the dvArakA-pati or the Lord of dvArakA. Right from my early

childhood I have felt that I was only meant for Him and it is your duty

and responsibility to ensure that this materializes. You are known for

your skill in uniting people in deep love with each other, and it is your

responsibility to ensure that this happens before I lose my feminine charm.

 

Suvaril purANa nin pErezhudi

SuRava naRkodigaLum turangangaLum

kavarip piNAkkaLum karuppu villum

kAttit tandEn kaNDAi kAmadEva!

avaraip pirAyam toDangi enrum

Adarittu ezhunda en tada mulaigaL

tuvaraip pirAnukkE sankalpittu

tozhudu vaittEn ollai vidikkiRRiyE

 

B. Some additional thoughts:

 

periyavAccAn piLLai compares ANDAL's thoughts on Lord kr*shNa with all the

things she is doing for kAman. Thinking of garuDa dvaja, she is drawing the

makara dvaja. Thinking of Sar~ngam (Sar~ngamennum vil ANDAn), she is

drawing the sugarcane bow. In the thoughts of the horse-drawn chariot of

Lord kr*shNa, she is drawing the horse for kAman. The gopikA-s are in her

mind as she draws the damsels. And she is drawing all these for kAman on

the wall lest she forgets worshiping kAman because her thoughts will be on

kr*shNa all the time. ANDAL is used to the mentioning of vAhanams during

perumAL's samArAdhanam; with that mind, she talks about horses and chariot.

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari

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