nAcciyAr tirumozhi V- kuyil kUvudal 3

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi V- kuyil kUvudal

pASuram 5.3 (fifth tirumozhi - pAsuram 3 mAtali tEr munbu)

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

Oh cuckoo! You and your mate live in the grove enjoying the

fresh fragrance from the budding flowers, and listening

to the great tune "kAmaram" generated by the bees! As

indiran's sArati mAtali served as rAma's charioteer and drove

it in front of the deceitful rAvaNa, my Lord used His

powerful arrows to sever rAvaNan's primary head repeatedly

several times. I don't see Him coming to me now from any

direction. Please do warble sweetly so that my blue-hued

Lord will come to me!

 

mAtali tEr munbu kOl koLLa

mAyan irAvaNan mEl SaramAri

tAi talai aRRaRRu vIzhat toDutta

talaivan vara engum kANEn

pOdalar kAvil pudu maNam nARap

poRi vaNDin kAmaram kETTu un

kAdaliyODuDan vAzh kuyilE! en

karu mANikkam varak kUvAi

 

B. Some additional thoughts (from SrI PVP):

 

tEr munbu mAtali kOl koLLa: Whenever indra fought with

rAvaNa, indra lost and ran with his back to rAvaNa; so

mAtali never had the chance to face rAvaNa during the

fight while driving indra's chariot. Now, the story is

different; since rAma is fighting with rAvaNa, mAtali

is sitting boldly in the chariot facing rAvaNa and driving it.

 

mAyan irAvaNan: He is a deceitful fighter. That is why

sItA pirATTi says: "yadantaram simha sr*gAlayOr vanE"

(the comparison between rAma and rAvaNa is similar to the

one between the lion and the fox in the jungle) - rAmAyaNam -

AraNya kANDam 47-45. She also refers to rAvaNa as "tvam nIca

SaSavat smr*ta:" (you are like the lowly rabbit compared to

rAma who is like the mighty elephant) - rAmAyaNa -

sundara kANDa 32-16.

 

Sara mAri: The shower of arrows. vAlmIkI refers to this

as "Saravarsham vavarsha ha" - He showered the rain of arrows -

yuddha kAnDa 92-18.

 

un kAdaliyODu uDan vAzh kuyilE: goDai continues the contrast

between her life of separation from the Lord and the life of

the cuckoo which is enjoying life with its lover, smelling

the beautiful flowers and listening to the melodious songs

of the bees.

 

tAi talai aRRaRRu vIzhat toDutta - It looks like it was

rAma's pastime to keep severing rAvaNa's head repeatedly.

 

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari