nAcciyAr tirumozhi IX - Sindurac cempoDi 5

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SrI:

SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

nAcciyAr tirumozhi IX - Sindurac cempoDi

pASuram 9.5 (ninth tirumozhi - pAsuram 5 tu'nga

malarp pozhil Suzh)

 

aDaikkalam puga enakku oru vazhi kUru'ngaL

 

tu'nga malarp pozhil Suzh tirumAlirum SOlai ninRa

Se'ngat karumugilin tiru urup pOl, malar mEl

to'ngiya vaNDina'ngAL! togu pUm SunaigAL! Sunaiyil

ta'ngu Sem tAmaraigAL! enakku Or SaraN SARRuminE

 

A. Meaning from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

 

EmperumAn is in His ninRa tirukkOlam in tirumAl irum

Solai, with His beautiful red eyes which resemble the

beautiful red lotus flowers, and with His color which

resembles the dark water-laden clouds. The bees that

set down on the flowers blooming in tirumAlirumSOlai, the

beautiful ponds that abound in this kshetram, and the

lotus flowers that blossom in the ponds, all remind

godai of the hue and beauty of emperumAn's tirumEni.

Suffering from this pain, she asks them : "will you

tell me a refuge so that I can be relieved of this suffering?"

 

B. Additional thoughts from SrImAn SaDagOpan:

 

Instead of chiding the queens of flowers, godai now

considers them as her friends now and decides to get

their help. She requests the lotus flowers to help her,

but they are busy conversing with the bees that keep

surrounding them. So, godai ends up praising the pond and

the honey-tasting bees also.

 

C. Additional thoughts (from SrI PVP ):

 

tu'ngam malar pozhil Suzh - For someone in ANDAL's

position, who is suffering because of viraha tApam,

this beautiful setting of nice, dense flowers is like

walking into fire. When sItA pirATTi sees the trees full

of flowers and fruits, she does not enjoy their beauty

but instead suffers more by being reminded of Lord rAma

naishA paSyati rAkshsyah nEmAn pushpa phaladrumAN

ekasta hRdayA nUnam rAmaevAnupaSyati || (sundara. 16-25)

 

ANDAL looks at these flowers in tirumAl irum Solai and

feels tormented as if she is seeing several rAkshasi-s.

Se'ngatkarumugilin: the compassion in emperumAn's

tiruvuLLam is reflected in His lotus eyes. But, to reach

them, she needs to cross these gardens, and since she does

not want to wait, this feels like crossing a fire for her.

 

vaNDina'ngAL: These bees are gathering in large numbers

and enjoying themselves, while ANDAL is suffering in solitude.

Shouldn't they be trying to relieve her solitude?

togu pUm SunaigAL, Sunaiyil ta'ngu Sen-tAmaraigAL - The

color of the waters reminds ANDAL of bhagavAn's tirumeni,

and the beautiful red lotus flowers in the ponds reminds

her of His divya-avayava-s.

 

enakku Or SaraN SARRuminE: In mahAbhArata war, dharmaputra

requested bhIshma and droNa to reveal to him the means to

kill them so that he can win the war. bhIshma tells him

to bring SikhaNDi to the battlefield, in which case bhIshma

will consider it below his dignity to fight with him and

throw away his bow and arrow, and arjuna can seize that

opportunity and aim his arrow at bhIshma. Similarly drONa

tells him that if he ever hears the news that his son

aSvattAma died, he will stop fighting. Here godai seems

to ask these flowers and bees to tell her a way to live in

peace and escape being tormented by them. For instance she

is hoping they may tell her of a place where beautiful ponds,

flowers and bees enjoying the nectar from these flowers don't

exist. Maybe she can go there and not be tormented by them.

The extent of godai's viraha tApam is so intense that she has

to now seek help from the flowers, bees and ponds!

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

adiyEn,

kalyANi kRshNamAcAri

 

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