nAcciyAr tirumozhi V- kuyil kUvudal 1

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi V- kuyil kUvudal

pASuram 5.1 (fifth tirumozhi - pAsuram 1 mannu perum pugazh)

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

godai pleads with the cuckoo bird ("kuyil"): "Oh cuckoo, who lives

in the grove filled with all kinds of trees like punnai, kurrukkatti,

kOngu and cerundi! EmperumAn has countless great virtues and is

blue-hued like the great nIla maNi; He wears the exquisite crown

studded with navaratnams. Is it fair that I keep loosing my

bangles (due to their getting loose) just because I love this

emperumAn? You must do me a favor - please keep warbling sweetly

day and night the thirunAmamsof my coral-lipped PerumAn from your

grove right here and make it possible for Him to come to my side

quickly.

 

mannu perum pugazh mAdhavan mA maNi

vaNNan maNi muDi maindan

tannai ugandadu kAraNam Aga

en Sangu izhakkum vazhakku uNdE

punnai kurukkatti nAzhal Serundip

podumbinil vAzhum kuyilE!

panni eppOdum irundu viraindu en

pavaLa vAyan varak kUvAi

 

 

B. Some additional thoughts (from SrI PVP):

 

mannu perum pugazh: SrI PVP refers us to SaraNAgati

gadhyam - 5 "svAbhAvika anavadhika atiSAya asankhyEya kalyANaguNa"

- He who is endowed with kalyANa guNa-s which are natural to

Him, infinitely great, and countless.

 

mAdhavan refers to pirATTi's nAyakan or SrI vallabhan.

ANDAL recalls pirATTi's purushakAratvam here. When She was in

the form of sItAdevi, She protected even the rAkshasi-s in

aSOka vanam by pointing out to hanumAn that it is not their

fault that they were harsh to Her - na kaScit nAparAdhyati

(yuddha kAndam-116-49). ANDAL is asking: How is it that pirATTi who

is with Him always is not helping in her case?

 

mA maNi vaNNan: His rUpam is all for ANDAL -

 

"na tE rUpam na cAkArO nAudhAni na cAspadam

tatA'pi purushAkArO bhaktanAm tvam prakASasE" - (jitantE - 1-5)

 

His AtmasvarUpa, His mangala vigraha, His divine weapons,

His dwelling SrIvaikunTham, none of these are for His benefit;

they are all for the benefit of His devotees, and He Himself belongs

to His devotees.

 

sangu izhakkum vazhakku unDe - because of my love for Him,

my body is losing weight from viraga tApam and my bangles are

falling loose; is this fair? Lord kr*shNa declares -

"na mE bhakta: praNaSyati " (gItA 9-31) - "my devotee never

gets destroyed". He is given the credit that His bhaktas do

not get aSubham even to the slightest extent -

"na vAsudEva bhaktAnAm aSubham vidyatE kvacit" (sahasranAmam).

Given all this, ANDAL is asking - Is it fair that I, His devotee,

keep getting thinner by the day longing for Him?

 

punnai vAzhum kuyilE: when I am suffering from viraha tApam,

how come you are enjoying in the flower beds on the trees?

 

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari