nAcciyAr tirumozhi III-kaNNan's vastrApaharaNam 6

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi III-kaNNan's vastrApaharaNam

pAsuram 3.6 (third tirumozhi - pAsuram 6 taDattavizh tAmarai)

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

"On the one side, the fishes are biting us and we try to escape that by

moving away. But then the stems of the lotus flowers rub against our legs

and bother us; it feels like venomous scorpions stinging us. Oh, kuDam ADum

kUttA (one who is an adept in throwing up kuDam-s (vessels) in the air and

catching them)! Please do not bother us, who do not have the dexterity

like you to move around, and give us back our silk garments."

 

taDattavizh tAmaraip poygait tALgaL em kAlaik kaduva

viDattEL eRindAlE pOlE vEdanai ARRavum pattOm

kuDattai eDuttEra viTTuk kUttADa valla em kOvE!

paDiRRai ellAm tavirndu engaL pattaip paNittaruLAyE"

 

B. Some additional thoughts:

 

The girls plead that they cannot stay in the pond for ever; but, even

if they get on to the bank, they will only get caught by the lotus that is

kaNNan who has "Sekkamala (sengamala) talar pOlum kaN kai kAl senganivAi".

The reference to "kuDattai eDuttEra viTTUk kUttADa valla em kOvE" is because

of his mischievous way of collecting girls by trying to show in the meeting

place of 4 roads, that he can play with kuDam-s (vessels) by throwing them in

the air and catching them (refer also to seventh tirumozhi - Anirai meikka nI

podi pasuram 7 - "kuDangaL eDuttEra vittu kuttaDa valla em kOve" of

periyAzhwAr).

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari

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