nAcciyAr tirumozhi IV-kUDal izhaittal 4.5

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi IV-kUDal izhaittal

pASuram 4.5 (fourth tirumozhi - pAsuram 5 mADa mALigai)

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

 

In this pASuram, ANDAL recalls how her kaNNapirAn walked

in the streets of vaDamathurai, kamsan's capital city,

adorned with lofty palaces, and how He killed the mad

elephant, kuvalayApIDam, by kicking him with His legs and

plucking his tusks. She prays to kUDal to give a good

omen if it is true that kaNNan will come to her to take her.

 

mADa mALigai Suzh mathuraip pati

nADi nam teruvin naDuvE vandiTTu

ODai mA mada yAnai udaittavan

kUDumAgil nI kUDiDu kUDalE

 

B. Some additional thoughts from SrI PVP's vyAkhyAnam:

 

SrI PVP paints a beautiful scene here: godai imagines

herself having her house in vaDamathurai. kaNNan is

invited by kamsan to come to see the vil vizhA (bow festival

organized by kamsan). godai imagines that kaNNan is coming

just to see her. While it might have been enough to just

say "mathuraip pati nam teruvin naDuvE vandiTTu", she adds

"nADi". She fantasizes that kaNNan should not directly

enter her house; He needs to ask everyone "where is nAcciyAr's

palace, where is godai's house" and then find her . She

remembers kaNNan blessing the mAlAkArar by wearing the

garland presented to Him. The mAlAkArar's house was not in

a main street but on a small side lane, and He had to look

for the mAlAkArar's house and find it. She herself is a

mAlAkArar's daughter (referring to periyAzhvAr who did

flower kaimkaryam ("SenbagappU cUTTa vArAi", "malligaippU

cUTTa vArAi"," pAdirippU cUTTa vArAi" - pUccUTTal). By

this reasoning, she wants Him to seek her house also and

come to her.

 

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari