thirup pAvai - part 28 - "mEgamum thirumEniyum"

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thirup pAvai - part 28 - "mEgamum thirumEniyum"

 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

It is very popular in tamil poetry to compare clouds to

many of our subjects. One can in fact sit outside their house

and imagine the cloud to be of any shape or form that they have

in their mind and such will appear to them as if they are seeing

a shape or form. ie., "mEham" or clouds in tamil also means

that "karppannikku ettiya oru uruvam" or a shape or form that is

conceivable to our imagination. While water has the capacity to

fill in any shape or form, clouds can appear in any shape or

form to suit one's own imagination.

 

In tamil poetry the word clouds is used in almost every

"love" theme. The clouds are sometimes sent as a "thoothuvar" or

messenger for love (mEga sandEsam). In fact there was a tamil

poet by name "kaLa mEgap pulavar". The silvery white clouds are

normally referred to female lover. "venmEgam" is always

referred to a female lover ie., "malligai mAlaigaLai soodik koLLum

veLLi mEgankaL", ie., those silvery clouds who wear the garlands of

jasmine flower. Men are always referred to as kArmEgam.

Sometimes clouds are called as "muhil or muhil

inangAL". Often the face of a female lover is also referered

to "muhil".

 

In thirup pAvai, each and evrey word has several inner

meanings. Many are born out of "swabanubavams". Sometimes, some

combination of few words arranged in some order gives us a inner

meaning in thirup pAvai. In a next level, some pasurams arranged

in some form gives more inner meanings in thirup pAvai that are

not derived from external meanings. As similar to "AchArya

thatthuvam" and "mantra upadEsam", this line provides an inner

meaning on "arcchA rupam" of Sri Ranganathar while referring to

Lord Sri KrishnA's thirumEni. kArmEni kathir mayam pOl mugatthAn

refers to the "ArchA rupam" of Lord Sri RanganAtha with whom Sri ANDAL's

wedlock is finally realised. The black in color thirumEni of Sri

RanganAtha's ArcchA rupam has a radiance that

always comes out of HIS face. "Amalan Adi pirAn" prabhandam and

Sri bagawadh dyAna sOpnAm of Swami Desikan expresses in great

detail about the beauty of the "ArcchA rupam" of Lord Sri

RanganAtahar. It is felt 9swanubavam) that this "kArmEni" is

referred to Sri Ranganataha and "kathir mayam pOl mugatthAn" is

referred to Sri namperumAL.

 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

 

 

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