nAcciyAr tirumozhi V- kuyil kUvudal - Introduction

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi V- kuyil kUvudal - Introduction

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

ANDAL has done her best to plead to kUDal to unite her with her kaNNan;

The desired result had not happened. At that time, a cuckoo bird warbles

sweetly in the grove, looking for its mate. Thinking that the cuckoo will

very well realize her plight in looking for kaNNan, godai starts pleading

with the cuckoo to call out to kaNNan and get her lord to come to her.

 

B. Some additional thoughts (from SrI PVP):

 

godai remembers the cuckoo that was singing when she and kaNNan were once

spending time together in the grove. Thinking that the cuckoo might

remember that, she falls now at the feet of the cuckoo to see if it will

help in uniting her kaNNan with her.

 

sitAdEvi even went to the extent of advising the wicked rAvaNan that it is

best for him to make friends with rAma (which is equivalent as saying that he

should return her back to rAma):

 

"mitramaupayikam kartum rAma: sthAnam parIpsatA

vadhancAnanicchatA ghOram tvayAsou purusharshabha:

(SrImad rAmAyanam sundara kANdam 21-19)

 

When she could seek this help even from the enemy rAvaNa, her requesting the

friendly cuckoo to unite her with her lord is not surprising at all. In

addition, while the inanimate kUDal cannot respond to her words, the cuckoo

who was responding ("prativacanam") when it heard the words exchanged between

godai and kaNNan in the grove when they were together once, would definitely

respond now to her pleadings to unite her with her kaNNan. This is another

reason for the lovelorn ANDAL to look to the cuckoo for its help.

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari

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