nAcciyAr tirumozhi VI - vAraNam Ayiram 10

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi VI - vAraNam Ayiram

pASuram 6.10 (sixth tirumozhi - pAsuram 10 ku~nkumam appi)

 

A. Translation from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

"I dreamt that a lot of ku~nkumam and sandalwood were applied

on our bodies, and kaNNan and I were placed on top of the

majestic elephant and taken in procession along the streets

which had been decorated in celebration of our wedding, and then

were given the holy bath with the sacred waters, oh sakhi!"

 

ku~nkumam appi kuLir Sandam maTTittu

ma~ngala vIdi valam Seidu maNa nIr

a~ngu avanODum uDan SenRu a~ngu Anai mEl

ma~najam ATTak kanAk kaNDEn tOzhi! nAn

 

B. Additional thoughts (from SrI PVP ):

 

ku~nkumam appi kuLir Sandam maTTittu: Even though SrI PVP's

interpretation in pASuram 4 was kaNNan started off wearing a

simple garland during rakshA bandhanam, this pASuram has been

followed by subsequent pASurams which describe the marriage

ceremony. Both kaNNan and ANDAL must have worn a lot of

garlands and other decorations during the wedding; with all

that heavy dressing, they were sitting in front of the agni

and their soft tirumEni-s would have become very hot. So, in

order to cool their tirumeni-s, decorations are removed and cool

ku~nkumam and sandalwood paste are applied all over the tirumeni-s,

and then the ma~ngala snAnam is given.

 

Anai mEl: When He came to marry her, He came with a thousand

friends on thousand elephants ("vAraNam Ayiram Suzha valam SeyDu");

now, after the marriage, godai gets to accompany Him on the

elephant in a procession.

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

adiyEn,

Kalyani Krishnamachari