nAcciyAr tirumozhi III-kaNNan's vastrApaharaNam 10

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi III-kaNNan's vastrApaharaNam

pAsuram 3.10 (third tirumozhi - pAsuram 10 kanniyarODu)

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

In concluding this third tirumozhi dealing with gOpikA vastra

apaharaNam, ANDAL outlines the phala-s to be derived by those who learn and

recite the ten pASuram-s of this tirumozhi and indicates that they will reach

SrI vaikuNTham and do service to the Lord every day.

 

kanniyarODu e~ngaL nambi kariya pirAn viLaiyATTaip

ponniyal mADangaL SUzhnda puduvaiyar_kOn bhaTTan kOdai

inniSaiyAl Sonna mAlai Eraindum vallavar tAm pOi

manniya mAdhavanODu vaikunTham pukkiruppArE

 

B. Some additional thoughts:

 

SrI TS Rajagopalan in his book titled "nAcciAr tirumozhi" explains

"e~ngal nambi" thus: godai and the girls feel that kaNNan made them all His

own by His mischievous pranks. Even though they all chide Him with words

like "irakkam onRum ilAdAi" (one who has no compassion - pAsuram 3.4),

"kurakku araSu Avadu aRindOm" (you are the king of the monkeys - 3.4),

"nIdi allAdana seidAi" (you did all the wrongful things - 3.7), "nenju

dukkam seyyappOndAi" (you came to give grief to our heart - 3.9) etc.,

His beauty enthralls them all and they surrender to Him. By referring to

herself as "mAmimAr makkAl - we are the daughters of your mAmimAr (3.8)",

Arvam unakkE uDaiyOm (3.7) etc., ANDAL is indicating the deep love that

jIvAtma should have towards the paramAtmA. Only an accomplished devotee

like gOdai (pinjAip pazhuttAL - one who realized bhagavAn at a very young age)

can relate to this intense love on a one-on-one basis with kaNNan.

 

Sri PVP calls godai's 'inniSaiyAl Sonna mAlai', "pATyE gEyE ca madhuram"

(rAmAyaNam bAla kANdam 4-8) - ANDAL's songs are sweet whether they are

chanted or sung.

 

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari

(kkrishnamachari)