nAcciyAr tirumozhi-ciRRil cidaiyEl 2

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi - II - ciRRil cidaiyEl.

pAsuram 2.2 (second tirumozhi - pAsuram 2 inRu muRRum )

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagopan's tamizh treatise.

 

ANDAL explains to kaNNan how much pain they all took to draw those designs.

"We worked on them the whole day in half-bent positions, not minding the back

pain; Please let us take a good look at them and fulfill our wishes. You are

the Adi bhagavAn, who taking the form of a baby boy slept on an Alilai (leaf of

Ala maram - banyan tree)! We love you and always think about you; if you

cannot feel sorry for us and shower your blessings, it is surely because of

the sins that we have committed".

 

 

inRu muRRum mudugu nOva irundu izhaitta icciRRilai

nanRum kaNNuRa nOkki nA~ngaLum Arvam tannai taNigidAi

anRu bAlakanAgi Alilai mEl tuyinRa em AdiyAi!

enRuM un tanakku engaL mEl irakkam ezhAdadu em pAvamE

 

B. Some additional thoughts:

 

For one who has created the whole Universe, the suffering and pain in

just creating some small designs is probably not obvious! SrI

periyavAccAn PiLLai remarks that ANDAL is complaining about back pain

hoping that He will stop destroying the designs and instead comfort her

aching back. Or, that he will stop using His legs to remove the

designs, and instead embrace her with His hands. The reference to His

"irakkam" or Mercy in not destroying the designs is in the larger

context of His protecting the whole Universe (jagad-rakshaNa).

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari

(kkrishnamachari)