Periya Thirumozhi 3.6-maNNaLandha thaaLaaLaa! thaN KUDANTHAI naga raaLaa

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr wished to hug the lotus feet of Emperumaan in the last ten

and since it did not materialise, AzhwAr gets into nAyikA bhAvam and starts

lamenting asking the birds to go as her messengers to the Lord. She finds

after 4 pAsurams, that the Lord is in her front and starts bursting out to

Him

narrating her sufferings she had been undergoing so long..

The words, the rhythm, the tune is all superb again by AzhwAr, (not to

mention

the lovely meanings).

 

1. Oh little small vaNdE! (bee), with dark and white lines on your

body; with your never separating yourself from your mates, with

your legs stepping on those fully bloomed flowers, with your

continuous

drinking of the honey from those flowers! Please go and tell of my

pitiable state of sufferings for Him, to the Lord of Thiruvaali,

where

great scholars who without fail, and any blemishes, perform Yaaghams

offering lots of ghee to the well lit agni (fire) reside there.

 

2. Oh six legged vaNdE! (bee), the one who always sucks the honey from

fully bloomed flowers, sitting with your mate! I do not know the

action or

thinking of the Lord of Thiruvaali, which is surrounded by beautiful

canals

all four sides and flowers bloomed around the fertile fields. You go

immediately

and faster and tell Him the "pasalai" disease that spreads on my

body (due to

the separation from Him) and my terrible sufferings due to viraha

thaapam.

 

3. SarvEshawran the One who is Antharyaami in all Five elements (fire,

water, space

Air and the Earth) has not given me His thulasi maalai that He wears

on

His Chest. I can survive only with that garland of thuLasi. Oh small

 

Kurugu" bird! The one who lives in the beautiful Thiruvaali! Go and

get to

know what He thinks of me in order to make me live.

 

4. Though He does not think of me Himself, on His own, I have been

languishing with love for Him, with terrible sufferings. Is He

causing me excruciating pains to make me thin down with such

torments? Oh the sweet soft spoken, striped bee! Go and tell my

illness and sufferings to KaNNapiraan, the Chief of Thiruvaali and

let Him know of my diseases..

 

5. (read this pAsuram! What words!

What a rhythm! How many times "aaLaa" is so nicely used..)

"vaaLaaya kaN panippa menmulaigaL ponnarumbha/

naaNaaLum nin ninainthu naivERku* Oh maNNaLandha/

thaaLaaLaa! ThaN KUDANTHAI nagaraaLaa!! Varaiyeduttha/

thOLaaLaa!* enRanakkOr thuNaiaaLanaagaayE./

 

Oh Lord, the One who has the Feet that had measured the whole

Universe, that day! Oh Lord who reclined in THIRUKKUDANTHAI!

(Don't forget to sign the cheque for the Kaimkaryam). The Strong

shouldered One, which lifted the huge Govardhana mountain! You shall

come to me as my unparalleled ONLY support and rescue me, the one

who suffers with (love sick) pasalai disease spreading on those

tender breasts,

and tears incessantly rolling down from the eyes, thinking of You

only

at all times day in and day out.

 

6. The Lord- He is my Swami; The One, who has lovely strongest Divine

Chest

which is flooded with honey due to the bees that drink the honey

from

thuLasi maalai and roams around; - who broke the tusk of

Kuvalayaapeetam

elephant that stood in front of Him to fight with Him and kill Him,

when He was entering Kamsan's palace; who has Garuda as His

Vaahanam;

Such greatest Lord is my Swami. He is dark Divine Bodied

KaNNapiraan,

The Cowherd boy; The One who resides always permanently at

Thiruvaali, where

the chariots run on the wide streets; Will He steal my golden

bangles also

that simply fall off from this suffering girl's wrists? (He has

already stolen my

heart? He should come to me now to steal my bangles too!)

 

7. On ThiruvananthAzhwAn, the Lord reclines like a huge mountain on the

wavy,

ThiruppaRkadal (Milk Ocean); He is the One who is so wonderful to

appear

as a small Boy to beg from mahabhali and then took huge form to

measure the

Universe and all three worlds, (in order to get back from Bhali). Oh

Such most

wonderful Lord! Oh Mater! The One who stays at Thiruvaali, where

there is full

of trees and gardens! You have snatched away the sleep from my

eyes.. Now., do

I have to lose my bangles too?

 

8. Oh the Lord who resides at Thirukkudanthai! the One who dances with

the pot!

Will I, the sleepless eyed one, keep suffering thinking about You

only for ever and ever?

By looking at the beautiful young moon, (where rabbit dances- AzhWar

may be referring

the form of rabbit that is seen on the Moon from the earth, if I am

not wrong) my mind

gets more exhausted and languishing, losing my bangles, oh The Lord

of Thiruvaali!

When I am suffering like that (having lost my bangles, my sleep),

can you torment me

more by letting me lose my beautiful fair complexion too (my body

gets

more pale due to languishing)

 

9. (AzhwAr's lovely play of words with so many "aaLaa" again!

Read this pAsuram! Enjoy!

"nilaiyaaLaa! nin vaNanga vENdaayE yaagilum,en/

mulaiyaaLa orunaaLun agalatthaalaaLaayE/

silaiyaaLaa! marameydha thiRalaaLaa! Thirumeyya/

malaiyaaLaa, neeyaaLa vaLaiyaaLa maattOmE/

(WoW! adadaaa! enna ahzghu konjum thamizh....) Words simply

rush to AzhwAr and sit comfortably in its place..

 

Oh Lord! the One who has the Bow in Your Hand! The One who aimed

the arrow through seven trees! The One who shows Himself at Thirumeyyam

mountain!

Even though You had not desired to let me hold on to You without expecting

any other fruits, all that I desire for is: You should rule me and take me

at least

one day, and hug me with Your broad Divine Chest to let my tender breasts be

ruled by You. You should take me for Yourself. Then, I need not have to

bother

about my bangles and sleep. (means: After He takes us, we need not bother

about

any sufferings/loss ; i.e. There will be none.)

 

10. The Lord- SarvEshwaran, (who has the Divine ChakrA, the brightest

one like

Ghee laden fire, in His Hand,) who resides at Thiruvaali, where black lovely

kuvaLai flowers bloom everywhere, is sung in this ten pAsurams by AzhwAr

who has the sharp spear in his hand. Those who recite these Tamil songs

(sung by Kaliyan who has seen the Lord) and know the meanings fully

will never ever get any sin approaching them at all.

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Narayana Narayana

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

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Most Dear members,

 

I add one additional point on the good post of Sri.Madava Kannan on

Periya Thirumozhi 3.6.

 

We obsorve that both Kaliyan and Nammalwar have resorted to singing in

praise of God In their nAyikA bhAvams .

 

however, there is a slight difference.

 

whenever Sri Nammalwar resorts to this approach, for full 10 poems in that

pathigam he remains in nAyika bhAvam.

 

However, our Kaliyan rarely is able to remain in nAyika bhAvam for full 10

poems.

 

after 4 to 5 poems, he gets backs to self and again starts

pleading,crying,singing in ecstasy,, etc.(like azhuvan, thozhuvan ,

adikAnban, pADI ALLatruvan etc.. )

 

it is said by poorvacharyas that kaliyan cannot remain himself as a

different object (like cloud,nAyika etc..) and just cannot bear the

seperation of lord for such long time of his composing 10 poems, he gets

back to self and starts pleading etc...

 

though kaliyan is the latest of all alwars,

his ruthless love(val vali?) has no comparison to other alwar's anubhavams.

 

Should there be any further thoughts on this, i welcome our memebers to

share the same.

 

best regards

 

K.M.Narayanan

 

 

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