nAcciyAr tirumozhi - kAmanai vENDudal 6

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi - I - kAmanai vENDudal.

pASuram 6 - uruvuDaiyAr iLaiyArgaL.

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagopan's tamizh treatise.

 

Thus, ANDAL kept conversing with manmathan, and days rolled by. The

month of mAsi (mid-Feb. to mid-March) was over, and the month of pa~nguni

(mid-March to mid-April) had already arrived. The 45-day maNDala pUjA that

she started for kAmadevan was over already and she had not yet been blessed

with the union with her kaNNan by kAman. Godai suddenty gets a doubt -

May be all these poojAs that I did for manmathan in my capacity as a girl,

were flawed and were not done by following the proper rules. If I had done

them properly, manmathan would have united me with kaNNan by now. I don't

even know where kaNNan is. I might have missed certain pooja rules, because

I am a small girl. I will seek the advice of those with expertise in kAma

SAstrA so that they can advise me on the proper procedures as laid in the

SAstra-s to achieve my ishta kAmya prApti (getting my desires fulfilled).

Those experts would be young people with a beauty that even you would admire.

With their blessings, I will pray to you with a clear mind on this day of

uttara star in panguni month. Oh manmathA! in return for my vratam, please

make the beautiful, red lotus-like eyes of my lover (whose appearance is like

the dark clouds of the rainy season and whose color is like that of kAyAmpoo

and who has the brilliance of kAkkaNampoo), turn towards me and bless me.

 

uru uDaiyAr iLaiyArgaL nallAr

Ottu vallArgaLaik konDu vaigal

teruviDai edir koNDu pa~nguni nAL

tirundavE nORkinREn kAmadevA

karuvuDai mugil vaNNan kAyA vaNNan

karuviLai pOl vaNNan kamala vaNNat

tiruvuDai mugattinil tirukkaNgaLAl

tirundavE nokku enakku aruL kaNDAi

 

 

B. Some additional thoughts:

 

Just as those who seek bhagavt-guNa anubhavam seek the guidance of those who

are sAttvic in nature, ANDAL seeks the help of the experts in kAma-SAstra to

seek the blessings of kAman who is the expression of rajO-guNa. ANDAL

describes His brilliance which removes the darkness from the innermost

corners of our minds. She is asking kAman to ensure that kaNNan just does

not just turn His eyes towards her like someone surveying a beautiful

garden, but looks at her with the special katAksham - that of bhagavAn who

longs to have the darSanam of His bhakta; it is not just that ANDAL wants

to have His darSanam, but it is also that bhagavAn longs for the union with

His devotee.

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari

(kkrishnamachari)