nAcciyAr tirumozhi III-kaNNan's vastrApaharaNam 1

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi III-kaNNan's vastrApaharaNam

pAsuram 3.1 (third tirumozhi - pAsuram 1 kOzhi azhaippadan)

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

ANDAL appeals to kaNNan: "Oh, kaNNA, who is indulged in yOga nittirai on

AdiSesha! My friends and I came to the pond to do snAnam for performing our

vratam before even the cock would crow. The sun has now risen. We have

finished our baths, and now stand insulted and very sad, finding that

you have stolen all our clothes. It is getting very cold; we will not

even come to this pond ever again. My friend and I are praying to you:

Please give us back our clothes and protect us!"

 

kOzhi azhaippadan munnam

kuDaindu nIrADuvAn pOndOm,

Azhiyan celvan ezhundAn

aRavaNai mEl paLLi koNDAi!

Ezhaimai ARRavum paTTOm

ini enRum poigaikku vArOm

tozhiyum nAnum tozhudOm

tugilaip paNittaruLAyE

 

B. Some additional thoughts:

 

As indicated earlier, this episode is based on the incidence described

in SrImad bhAgavatam(skandam 10, chapter 22). There is more elaborate detail

there about how SrI kr*shNa won't give back the clothes as long as the girls

were attempting to defend themselves, and only half-heartedly pleading with

Him for His help. It is only when they ultimately gave up that He

helped them. This reminds one of draupadi's vastrApaharaNam by

duryodana's people, where as long as draupadi was trying to defend

herself, there was no intervention by kr*shNa, and it was only when she

gave up trying to protect herself and completely depended on kr*shNa

that He came to her help.

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari

(kkrishnamachari)