Thiruvaaymozhi 10.3- KaNNA! place You Palms on our heads!

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

NammAzhWar wished to be in Trivandrum and be His servant for ever in the

last ten; Since it did not immediately materialise, he gets terribly

deprssed again and gets suspicious and confused as to why Bhagawaan

still has not taken him to His abode. AzhwAr gets into

the"ParAnusanAyaki" role again and laments here! She sings as if the

cowherd girl, has been with KaNNan for one full night and now, is

worried because the morning will come and KaNNan will leave her, and go

behind the cows. NampiLLai calls this as "Kaalai poosal" while earlier

he called "malligai kamazh thenRal" Thiruvaaymozhi as "maalai poosal".

 

1. KaNNA! With Your leaving me, my bamboo like shoulders get thin.

Without even bothering about my pitiable state and my separtion from

You, these peacocks are happily shouting; They are dancing in groups;

Oh! No! You are starting off to go behind the cows to the forest. This

one day time, (with Your being away from me) is going to be like

thousand yugams for me. What can I do now? Can You torment me like that

with Your attractive Lotus eyes? KaNNA! I think You HAVE NO MERCY AT ALL

ON ME! You are not considerate at all on me! (NampiLLai says "When I am

with You now and having a blissful happiness, still the time is ticking

off and in the morning Your leaving me terriefies me! But these peahens

are enjoying, shouting and dancing with their mates so happily and have

no such fears". - what an anubhavam of NampiLLai!)

 

2. KaNNA! You have no consideration for me; Are You merciful for me? NOT

AT ALL. When You were with me and hugged my breasts and embraced me,

such a hug of Yours brings me exquisite happiness in me which is beyond

that of Paramapadham and that drowns even my intellect. "Is it a dream?"

I used to ask myself, and in such delerious state, the joy geos beyond

my AthmA even and reaches all corners of my jIvan. When I think of that

joy, KaNNA, Your leaving me very soon (when it dawns) pains my heart. Oh

My Lord! Please do not leave me! For me, please do not go hereafter to

the forest and aviod running behind the cows".

 

3. Since You go to the forest for taking care of cows, You are leaving

me; Because of Your leaving me, my "uyir" jIvan will not stay with me

and I will simply perish. There is NO ONE FOR ME AS A COMAPANION OR

SUPPORT. Hence, even if I don't perish, I will not be able to see Your

dance (as You are not there with me). The day will appear extremely

longer and will be like a l....ong l.....ong time. Tears contnuously

roll down from my beautiful large eyes. Such poor girls born in this low

"cowherd" group, should get rid of their loneliness (of being away from

their hearthrob KaNNan.) and get their sorrows and pangs of separation

destroyed.

 

4. GovindhA! You are not at all considering our loneliness and

helplessness, though we are all Your servants. Have You ever thought of

our plight by leaving us alone, when You are the Only Support for us,

KaNNA! You ARE READY TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE COWS, (AND ARE READY TO

IMMEDIATELY LEAVE US!). (And You are a glib talker, too!). With Your

sugar coated cajoling words, You are deceiving us. Though it is sweet,

it is deceit. The air that accompanies Your word when spoken by You,

reaches each corner of my mind, and squeeze me, KaNNA! Those cheating,

sugar coated words of Yours, that come out of those Beautiful red lips,

- when I think of them now, my whole body burns (with Your deceit). Oh

No! My jIvan is languishing terribly.

 

5. Oh KaNNA! The One who has gone during the day with the cows! Thinking

of Your "consolation" like deceitful words are simply burning my body;

The evening, , with the breeze filled with fragrance of jasmine, walks

in, like a proud elephant. In that fragrant breeze, I can smell the

flower garland that You are wearing on Your chest (where kausthubham is

shining brightly). You should bless this lowly servant of Yours- to give

that fragrant smell of mullai flower (from Your chest) on my beautiful

breasts- to give the nectar from Your mouth, and to keep Your Lotus palm

on our heads. (adadaaa! What a beauty! What could have been AzhwAr's

emotional suffering and request! Words fail to come to my rescue,

dearest Sisters and Brothers.)

 

6. Oh Lord- The One who has the large eyes like the big Ocean! (karuNaik

kadal! You should place Your lovely palm on our heads as an ornament to

our heads. But Yoy are going with the cows. There will be many girls, to

gently squeeze Your Beautiful Lotus Feet. Even then, we are here

suffering from the pangs of separation from You.(means: You don't miss

anything by leaving us; Wherever You go, there will be servants to do

kaimkaryam to You; Whereas, We miss You greatly.) Since we are suffering

here so much, we are not with contented feminity. With our sharp,

darting eyes, tears keep rolling down the cheeks. Tears do not appear to

stop. The heart also is NOT stable. Hence, leaving us, who can NOT even

bear a single second of being separated from You, Your going to the

forest with cows, is NOT proper and appropriate for You. It is a great

pity for us that our AthmAs are melting and burning like a wax in the

fire.

 

7. Oh My dearest KaNNA! MaNivaNNA! Exerting Your Lotus flower like Feet,

Your going to the forest to take care of cows, brings us tremendous

pains in our heart (because You are suffering) and torments our body and

bangles and waist band simply fall off by our getting thin due to

"pasalai" disease (for being separated from You). From the eyes, that

are like freash pure Lotus flowers, like perals dripping, the tears come

down. The two breasts have become plae and the shoulders are longing (to

be hugged by You). You, are exerting Your Lotus feet and are causing

pains to Your legs by walking with the cows. Due to Your love for those

cows, You are going to the forest with them. But we are worried as to

what will happen to You, if some asurAs come on the way and fight with

You? When we even think of that, our AthmA is simply melting like a wax

in the fire.

 

8. We get into terrible thinking and worries, when we think of asurAs

coming on Your way to fight with You. KaNNA! hence, please do not go

with the cows. My desire for You and the joy of joining with You makes

me feel terribly painful (with viragha thaapam- languishing). Hence,

please do not leave me and do not go away. You are captivating the

"Aayar" (cowherd) girls by waving Your Lotus Palms and by glancing at

them with Your lovely Lotus Eyes. Your lion like gait (simha gathi) and

Your smooth PeethAmbharam, (waist dress) and the exquisitely beautiful

alankaaram are simply making them go crazee after You. Even let these

girls (who are caught by Your beauty) be hanging around here to enjoy

You; I don't mind. (rather I enjoy). But Don't go away to the forest.(at

least You will be in my eyesight, even if You are with other girls.)

 

9. KaNNA! Even if You, willingly roam around with other girls, still we

can bear that. Because we would like You to enjoy and that is all that

we need. To please You is our objective. Hence, do not go away to the

forest. EmpreumaanE! Kamsan's asurAs take various forms and try to kill

You. They always are waiting for You to come out. hence, listen to us

and do not go away! aiyO! I can NOT baer leaving You, KaNNA!

 

10.Oh My Lord! The One who has red coral like lips! Oh Master of Cowherd

Group! The cruel terrible asurAs of Kamsan, who trouble the penances of

Rishis, are wandering here and there. And You also always are going

alone. You are not even going with Balaraman. We are all, hence, wooried

about Your safety and are burning with such fearsome thoughts. aiyO! You

should not ignore my pleas. Please listen to me and do not go with the

cows. But You are NOT listening. You think even staying at Paramapadham

also is less grand than going to the forest behind these cows! (What a

sowlabhyam!)

 

11. Our Lord of AAyar kulam (Cowherd group), The Red mouthed Lord -

kaNNan. About Him Sri SadagOpar of Thirukkurugoor has sung 1000

pasurams. These ten pAsurams (out of his 1000 pAsurams) are about the

lamenting words of Aayar Girl pleading KaNNAn not to leave her. Readers

of these ten will get the same fruits of the readers of all other tens

too.

 

NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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