nAcciyAr tirumozhi III-kaNNan's vastrApaharaNam 4

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi III-kaNNan's vastrApaharaNam

pAsuram 3.4 (third tirumozhi - pAsuram 4 parakka vizhittu)

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

"Oh rAmA, who destroyed lankA! We are so scared that someone will find

us in this shameful predicament in this pond, where a lot of people come to

take their baths, and tell our mothers. Why don't you show your dayai to

us? Our eyes are shedding tears without stopping. By climbing on to the

kurundai tree, you have established without doubt that you are the head

of all the monkeys that jump from tree to tree! Enough of your sAhasam!

Please give our clothes immediately".

 

parakka vizhittu e~ngum nOkkip palar kuDaindu ADum Sunaiyil

arakka nillAk kaNNa nIrgaL alamaruginRavA pArAi

irakkamElonrum ilAdAi! ila~ngai azhitta pirAnE!

kurakku araSu Avadu aRindOm kurundiDaik kUrai paNiyAi

 

B. Some additional thoughts:

 

By repeatedly referring to His rAma incarnation, godA is remembering His

taking enormous effort to defend the self-respect of one woman, viz.

sItA. The reference to His being the king of monkeys here outwardly

refers to His skillfully jumping from branch to branch, but it also has

the deeper meaning of referring to Lord rAma who was the de facto king

of all the monkeys in kishkindA.

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari

(kkrishnamachari)