nAcciyAr tirumozhi VI - vAraNam Ayiram 4

[Guest guest]

SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi VI - vAraNam Ayiram

pASuram 6.4 (sixth tirumozhi - pAsuram 4 nARRiSai tIrtham)

 

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

"Several brAhmaNa SrEshTha-s bring holy waters from all the

four directions; brahma, periyAzhwAr and the sapta-rishis

and vedic scholars take the tIrtham that has been purified

with udakaSAnti mantrams and sprinkle it on my head

and chant ASIrvAdam for me. I see Lord ranganAtha,

who stands like a sarvA~nga sundaran, decorated with

colorful garland. I saw in my dream, my hand and His

hand being tied together with ka~nkaNam."

 

nARRiSai tIrtham koNarndu nani nalgi

pArppanac ciTTargaL pallAr eDuttEttip

pUppunaik kaNNip punidanODu en tannaik

kAppu nAN kaTTak kanAk kaNDEn tozhi! nAn

 

B. Some additional thoughts (from SrI PVP):

 

nARRiSai tIrtham koNarndu: Just as the vanara-s brought

water from the four oceans for SrI rAmapirAN's pattAbhishekam,

ANDAL in her dream sees that the holy waters are being

brought for her marriage from all four directions.

 

nani nalgi: This refers to the holy waters being sprinkled

well. SAstra-s say that if holy water is sprinkled well,

it will bring long life; so, the elders do tIrtha prOkshaNam

on godai.

 

pArppanac-ciTTargal - The reference here is not just to

brAhmins, but the best among them, who have learned well

the veda-s, and who are well respected by all.

 

pUp-punai kaNNip-puniDan: SrI PVP's anubhavam here is

wonderful. Unlike godai who is all dressed up with ornaments,

kaNNan is wearing a single garland after His bath, and is

coming for the vedic ceremonies wearing a pavitram in His

finger; He is walking very carefully, holding His dress to

make sure it does not come in contact with anybody.

He even declares to everyone around "Don't come near me

and touch me", and with great AcAram, comes to godai with

extreme purity. Why does kaNNan observe this much

AcAram? He thinks if AcAram is not observed, periyAzhwAr

might not give his daughter in marriage to Him.

 

ennaik kAppu nAN kaTTa - Even though ANDAL really wants to

have the sparSam from kaNNan, and even though this has not

materialized, she is happy that she had the touch of the purohita

who had contact with kaNNan when he tied the ka~nkaNam

for kaNNan.

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari