nAcciyAr tirumozhi IV-kUDal izhaittal 4.3

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi IV-kUDal izhaittal

pASuram 4.3 (fourth tirumozhi - pAsuram 3 poo-magan )

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

In pASurams 3 to 8, godai extols kaNNan's bAlakrIdai-s

and prays to kUDal to give her a good omen if kaNNan will

come to take her.

 

poo-magan pugazh vAnavar pORRudaRku

Am magan aNi vAL nudal dEvaki

mAmagan migu SIr vasudEvar tam

kOmagan varil kUDiDu kUDalE

 

If kaNNapirAn (who is praised by brahma and nityasUri-s),

who was born to dEvaki, who had a beautiful and bright forehead,

and to vasudEvar, who was an embodiment of all good virtues,

is going to come and get me, show me a good omen, oh kUDal!

 

B. Some additional thoughts:

 

SrI PVP points out that He is being praised by deva-s such

as brahmA and the nitya-sUris on the one hand, and by the

ordinary people in bhUlokam on the other. He compares this

to a boatman rowing his boat in the middle of the river,

and being called for help by the people on both banks of the

river. He gives reference to the following from taittirIya

samhitA - "nAvEva yAntamubHayE havantE" (1.6.12.3).

 

vasudevar tam kO-magan: He is not an ordinary son for

vasudEvar; He was so great that He could assure His father

not to be scared of kamsan hurting Him, and that instead he

should have peace of mind.

 

"varil" is explained by SrI PVP as referring to the majestic

walk of kaNNan reflecting His lineage from dEvaki and vasudEvar.

 

SrI PBA comments that the reference to His being born to devaki

and vasudEvar here is to emphasize that bhagavAn takes His

incarnations among men just to relieve the bhu-bhAram; godai

desires that He would come to relieve her bhAram also.

 

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari