nAcciyAr tirumozhi III-kaNNan's vastrApaharaNam 5

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi III-kaNNan's vastrApaharaNam

pAsuram 3.5 (third tirumozhi - pAsuram 5 kAlaik kaduviDuginra)

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

"Oh dark-hued kaNNA! Since you took away all our clothes and are

sitting on the tree, we are not able to come out of this cold water. The

small and big fishes in the pond are biting our legs and bothering us.

If our brothers learn about the mischief you are doing to us, they will rush

here with spears in their hands to punish you. Just imagine what all

your childish pranks will lead to. Please give us our clothes and save us

from the biting of the fishes".

 

kAlaik kaduviDuginra kayaloDu vALai viravi

vElaip piDittu en-aimArgaL OTTil enna viLaiyATTO?

kOlac-ciRRADai palavum koNDu nI ERi irAdE

kOlam-kariya pirAnE! kurundiDaik kURai paNiyAi

 

B. Some additional thoughts:

 

"You came running (without even caring for the proper parivAram and

paraphernalia), to save the elephant when a crocodile snatched his leg. Now,

we are being hurt by fish" the girls try to appeal to His kind heart, thinking

that mentioning the fish nibbling at their feet will ring a bell for Him.

When an elephant was caught by the foot by a crocodile, He did not wait

for sEnai mudaliyAr to give a helping hand to get on to the vAhanam, and

did not care to wear maNi pAdukA-s that He normally wears on His feet etc.,

but rushed out to help in a hurry - (atantrita-camUpati-prahita-hastam,

asvIkr*ta-praNIta- maNipAdukam). "When my Asrita bhaktA elephant is praying

to me with his hurt foot, I should not be worrying about My hands and feet" -

thinking thus, He rushed to save the elephant. So, godai tries to remind Him

of such a plight for them, by pointing out that now it is not one but a

multitude of these fish that are hurting them.

 

In addition to pleading with Him and praising Him, the girls also try to

threaten Him simultaneously by pointing out that if He does not return

their clothes, He will end up suffering at the hands of their brothers

worse than they are suffering at His hands right now. [srI PVP]

 

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari

(kkrishnamachari)