nAcciyAr tirumozhi V- kuyil kUvudal 7

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi V- kuyil kUvudal

pASuram 5.7 (fifth tirumozhi - pAsuram 7 pongiya pARkaDal)

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

Oh beautiful cuckoo! My feminity is getting very enthused

over the thought of uniting with my PerumAL, whose abode

is the wavy tirupARkadal. When I am suffering so much

from the intensity of my desire for Him, what is the use

of your hiding in the shady comfort of your home in the groves?

You would have performed a great dharmam, if through your

sweet warbling you brought my Lord adorning the disc, conch

and the powerful mace in His hands.

 

po~ngiya pARkaDal paLLi koLvAnaip

puNarvadOr ASaiyinAl en

kongai kiLarndu kumaittu kudUgalittu

Aviyai Akulam Seyyum

am kuyilE unakku enna maRaindu uRaivu

Azhiyum Sankum oN taNDum

tangiya kaiyavanai varak kUvil nI

SAlat darumam peRudi.

 

B. Some additional thoughts (from SrI PVP):

 

po~ngiya pARkaDal: emperumAn has left His own abode of

paramapadam and has taken His place in tirupARkaDal to

entice everyone. The adjective "po~ngiya" is nicely

explained by SrI PVP as follows:

 

"The ocean normally rises even at the sight of the moon

which is is not even perfect and is blemished. When this

is the case, it is not at all surprising that the

tiruppARkaDal is bubbling over profusely because now it

has the darSanam of 10 moons simultaneously in the form

of the 10 toenails in BhagavAn's Feet."

 

"Also, the coolness of the moon which causes the ocean

to rise came from BhagavAn's mind to start with, as the

purusha sUktam says: "candramA manasO jAta:". Now BhagavAn

Himself is lying on this tiruppARk-kaDal. It is no

wonder that the pARk-kaDl is rising profusely."

 

Azhiyum Sankum oN taNDum: He is constantly carrying the

weapons in His hand to protect His devotees instantly

in case of need instead of having to look for them when

the need arises. SrI kr*shNasvAmi aiye~ngAr refers us to

peria tiruvantAdi 87 - "eppOdum kai kazhalA nEmiyAn".

 

nI SAla darumam peRudi - ANDAL tells the kuyil that

by performing the act of informing perumAL of ANDAL's

longing for Him, the kuyil would have performed

a great act of dharma. SrI PVP refers us to an

analogous incident in SrImad rAmAyaNa, where sitA

pirAtti tells hanumAn that by informing SrI rAma about

how she is holding on to life just for Him,

hanumAn would have performed a great act of dharma.

 

jIvantIm mAm yadA rAmas sambhAvayati kIrtimAn

tat tathA hanuman vAcyam vAcA dharmam avApnuhi

(sundara kANdam 39-10)

 

ANDAL is not just saying that the cuckoo will have

done an act of dharma, but she says it would have done

a GREAT act of dharma. SrI PVP points out that the kuyil

is not just saving ANDAL's life by this act of informing

BhagavAn of her longing for Him, but in fact the cuckoo

is saving His life by this act since He can't live

without His devotee. If the kuyil protects Him, it

is the same as protecting this whole world which cannot exist

without Him. So, the cuckoo will get the GREAT puNyam

(Sala dharmam) of saving the whole world.

 

One time, a pigeon was staying on a tree along with its

mate. A hunter came and caught the mate and when it

became dark and cold, he came to that tree looking for

shelter. Taking the role of a protector for the hunter,

the pigeon grew fire for him and fell into the fire to

become his food. You do not have to destroy yourself

like that bird. One word is all I need.

 

Again, SrI PVP gives the analogy from SrImad rAmAyaNam.

SrI rAma tells hanumAn that by having found sItA pirATTi,

hanumAn has protected not only rAma, but also bharata

and lakshmaNa.

 

aham ca raghu vamSasca lakshmaNasca mahAbala: |

vaidEhyA darSanEnAtya dharmata: parirakshitA: || (yuddha 1.12)

 

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari