nAcciyAr tirumozhi III-kaNNan's vastrApaharaNam 7

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi III-kaNNan's vastrApaharaNam

pAsuram 3.7 (third tirumozhi - pAsuram 7 nIrilE ninRu)

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

kaNNan is pretending that He is not hearing the pleas from godai and He

is happily seated in the kurundai tree that is full of blossoms. In the next

3 pasurams, godai chides kaNNan for shamelessly committing atrocities by not

returning back the girls' garments.

 

"We are freezing in the water and can't come out because we have no clothes.

But you are seated safe on the tree and doing all this mischief and unjust

acts. We would like to wail loudly and call our relatives in the village,

but, that is not possible, because it is too far from here. Now, we are

stuck with you. Our hearts are with you, but we can't be united with you

because it won't meet with the approval of our mothers. Please give us back

our clothes."

 

nIrilE ninRu ayarkkinRom nIdi illAdana seydAi!

Uragam sAlavum sEyttAl Uzhi ellAm uNarvAnE!

Arvam unakkE uDaiyOm ammanaimAr kANil oTTAr

pOraviDAi engaL pattaip pUngurundu eRi irAde

 

B. Some additional thoughts:

 

The reference to "Uzhi ellAm uNarvAnE" is that He takes care of the

whole universe during praLAya kAlam. Here it is used to plead to kaNNan to

ask for His help now when they are freezing in the water. Normally, He goes

after people who cause difficulties to His devotees; now He is the only one

who can remove the difficulty given by Himself to them.

 

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari

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