nAcciyAr tirumozhi IV-kUDal izhaittal 4.11

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi IV-kUDal izhaittal

pASuram 4.11 (fourth tirumozhi - pAsuram 11 UDal kUDal )

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

The curly-haired godai (kuzhaRk-kODai) completes her kUDal

tirumozhi on the topic of the kUDal exercise played by the

gopi-s with a phala Sruti. She declares that whoever

sings these 10 kUDal pASurams dealing with the gopis' acts

of UDal-kUDal (being angry because they can't get Him right

away when they want Him), uNardal-puNardal (telling kaNNan

that He has been unfair to them, and kaNNan telling them He

is sorry and joining back with them), etc., will never be

separated from Him.

 

UDal kUDal uNardal puNardal

nIDu ninRa niRai pugazh Aycciyar

kUDalaik kuzhaRk-kODai mun kURiya

pADal pattum vallArkku illai pAvamE

 

 

B. Some additional thoughts:

 

UDal-kUDal - PVP interprets this as one phrase referring to

the attribute of the gopi-s being angry because of their

intense love for Him and not being able to get Him as soon

as they want. In support of the former interpretation,

SrI PBA emphasizes that UDal and kUDal should not be viewed

as two separate words, but should be considered as one

phrase referring to "being associated with UDal". He

gives the following example of this UDal:

"ennukku avaLai vittu ingu vandAi innam angE naDa nambi!

nIyE!" (why did you leave her and come here, you can go back

to her). Being told thus, emperumAn is not allowed to enter the

house and the door is closed on Him.

 

SrI T. S. rAjagopAlan gives the interpretation using UDal

and kUDal as two separate words - fight and harmony

interspersed with each other with kr*shNan.

 

niRai pugazh Aycciyar - they are full of glory because

they always have anubhavam of kaNNan. SrI PVP quotes

SrI embAr: the gOpi-s are such dear devotees to Him that

He longs to be with them; their devotion is such that He

has to fast for 4 days to get this gopi, and fast for

10 days to be with the other gopi, etc.

 

illai pAvamE - SrI PVP remarks that ANDAL gives the phala

Sruti that for one who chants these kUDal pASurams with

devotion, there is no need to go through the agony of

'kUDal izahittal', as ANDAL is going through.

 

kuzhal kOdai - SrI PVP points out that the beauty of

godA pirATTi's curly hair is such that it will make Him

resort to kUDal to get Her.

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari