kannan ninaivu

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Dear Srivaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

 

Srimaan MadhavakkaNNan has given a brief on kuttik kaNNan. Here is my

thoughts on same kuttik kaNNan. May be this not directly linked to

periyaazhvaar but it is on his favourite kuttik kaNNan.

 

In my previous write up on kuzhal isai, we saw kannan "kuzhal aagi en

eNNaththOdu kalanthaan" a krithi of ooththukkadu venkata subbu iyer. The

last line in the pallavi of that song is "maRRa ninaivellaam engEyO Odip

pOguthE". When all other thoughts are removed, except kaNNan's, then that

position for the bhaktha is "eNNam ellaam kaNNanE".

 

I feel this position is in the same lines of "uNNum sOru thinnum veRRilai

ellaam kaNNanE' of nammazhvaar. Now see that krishna bhaktha's assertion

further in another krithi. This krithi is in the raaga "vasantha". This

krithi starts with "Ivan thaanE ivan thaanE vidaathE vittaal eththanai

kaalaam aamo theriyaathE" about kaNNan his ishta devathai.

 

He tells to sishyas or souls like us- "I am telling you, a realised soul,

believe me, I will lead you, I am giving you the direction, go behind that

kaNNan, don't leave him, catch him, perhaps if you leave him now, then you

may not succeed because we do not know when will be the next opportunity to

catch him -[in the mind?]".

 

Ninainthaal pagal ellaam iravaaga maarum

Nenjam vanthaal kathir mathiyam onRaagach chErum

Munainthaal malai kooda kudai enru aagum, chinna

Muththu aLavu veNNai kooda aNda mugadu enRu aagum

 

Meaning: if you are thinking kaNNan without any other thought in your mind,

the daytime will become night time. If you desire so, the sun and moon will

appear together at the same place. If you try the big mountain will also

become a small umbrella. A small quantity of butter, of the size of a pearl,

will also become the edge (mugadu) or boundary for this earth (aNdam).

 

Comment: In the Gita the Lord Krishna says "for that yogi who has the mind

fixed on me, the daytimes will become nights and nights will be the

daytimes. Same is reflected here.

 

"In case, hey, you have any doubt in what I say"- he sings further

Aara amarnthu eNNa avakaasam Ethu

Aagaiyinaal ezhunthu avan pinne Odu

Theera villaiyaanaal idhaith theLinthu nee paadu avan

Thirumbavillaiyaanaal en pErai maaththip pOdu

 

Meaning: "there is no time to sit calmly and think, so please get up from

your slumber and follow or rush behind that kannan, who is going there in

front of you. By then also if your doubt is not cleared, hey, I am telling

you, believe my words, sing his praise, he will come to your rescue. If he

does not return, then I am assuring you, you can call me my names".

 

Oh what a beauty! What an amount of maha visvaasam! Also such a high talk

about the capability of that wholesome thoughts on kaNNan and power of those

thoughts.

 

May be my comments or the meaning given do not do full justice by being

cogent, but dwell on the lines and the impact it creates to jeevathmas like

us.

 

Dasan Vasudevan M.G.