Periya Thirumzohi 10.3- raakshasaas dance "KuzhamaNi dhooram"(Losers' dance)

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Sri:

Srimathe Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya Namah:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

When someone loses in the battlefield, the losers dance “kuzhamaNi dhooram”.

Here asurAs of lankA now dance “kuzhamaNi dhooram,” announcing their loss

and praising their enemies. AzhwAr describes beautifully in yet another ten.

 

1. yEtthuginRom naatthazhumba viraaman Thirunaamam*/

sOttha nambhI! Sugreevaa! Ummaith thozhuginRom*/

vaaratthai pEsIr emmai yu~ngaL vaanaram kollaamE*/

kootthar pOla aaduginROm kuzhamaNi dhooram!

 

We praise the divine names of Rama, uttering with our quivering tongues. Oh

valorous Sugreevaa! Obeisance to you. Please instruct the monkeys not to

kill us. We are dancing KuzhamaNi dhooram. (Losers’ dance)

 

2. empiraanE! Ennai Alvaay enRu enRu alaRRaathE/

ambin vaay pattaaRRagilladhu indhrajith azhindhaan/

nambhi anumaa! sugreevaa! a~ngathanE! naLanE!

KumbhakarNan pattuppOnaan kuzhamaNi dhooramE/

 

“My Lord! Please enslave me and rule me”-thus Indrajith never did not pay

obeisance to You, Rama and could not endure the sufferings from facing

arrows and got killed. Oh most auspicious Hanumaa! A~ngathaa! NaLaa!

KumbhakarNan too is dead. We are dancing KuzhamaNi dhooram. (Losers’ dance)

 

3. jnAlam aaLum ungaL kOmaan engaL irAvaNaRkkuk*/

kaalanaagi vandhavaa kaNdanjik karumugilpOl*/

neelan vaazhuga! SudENan vaazhga! A~ngathan vaazhgavenRu*/

kOlamaaga vaaduginROm kuzhamaNi dhooramE!

 

The Swami of you all, monkey warriors, - Rama, - who can protect the whole

world, has become the Yama of rAvaNan. Having seen that, we are terribly

scared. Oh NeelanE! Greetings to you. SudENanE! Greetings. A~ngathanE!

Greetings to you. We are dancing KuzhamaNi dhooram. (Losers’ dance)

 

4. maNa~ngaL naaRum vaarkuzhalaar maadhargaL aadharatthaip*/

puNarndha chinthaip punmaiaaLan ponRa varisilaiaal*/

kaNangaLuNNa vaaLIyaaNda kaavalanukku iLaiyOn*/

guNangaL paadi aaduginROm kuzhamaNi dhoormaE.

 

The RAvaNan- who had his heart always and only on fragrant haired women- was

finished in the battlefield, (letting the “ghosts” (kaNaNgaL) eat his body)

by Rama who has arrows in His beautiful divine Bow. We praise the kalyANa

guNAs of younger brother of Rama and dance “kuzhamaNi dhooram.”

 

5. venRi thhandhOm maanam vENdOm dhaanam emakkaaga*/

inRu thamminangaL vaaNaaL emperumaan thamargaaL!*/

ninRu kaaNeer kaNgaL aara neer emmaik kollaadhE*/

kunRu pOla aaduginRom kuzhamanI dhooramE*/

 

Oh money warriors- servants of Rama! For your victory, we have offered

ourselves to you (surrendered). We are also warriors- there is no such

“ahankaaram” any more in us. Please offer our lives to us now. Please do not

kill us, and look at us, with your eyes. We are dancing “kuzhamaNi dhooram”.

 

6. Your Chief- Raman built abridge across the ocean by bringing mountains as

stones, and crossed the strong walls of our lankA, and troubled us terribly

in the battlefield. Oh sugreevaa, the son of the Sun! We are scared and are

not able to fight with you. We are dancing “KuzhamaNi dhooram.”

 

7. Oh raakshaas, who have been born as asurAs and have not bowed down to

anyone else! Like us, come here and approach them (monkey warriors). All

that you need to utter is only this. If you want their anger on you to

subside, do not talk about your valour or glories anymore. Greet Hanuman

(the one who is strong since birth) and dance “kuzhamaNi dhooram”, letting

these monkeys (who stand like our yaman) see our dance.

 

8. The strong, angry elephants, the galloping horses, the huge chariots, -

with all of these the asurAs came in to the battle field, and were simply

crushed by the most victorious male (Lion) Rama. If you do not want

yourselves to be killed by these monkey servants of Rama, all that you need

to do is: Dance “KuzhamaNi dhooram” and let the son of Dasaratha

Chakravartthi – king of Ayodhya- Lord Rama, the one who is of blue hued

beautiful Form, see our dance.

 

9. Our king rAvaNan, who had sharp, long spear in his hand, ran away showing

his back. Hence. We have lost and suffered, thinning down. With a desire to

live, we have taken the words of your Swami- Rama, on our head. Please do

not continue to torture us any further. We sing and dance “KuzhamaNi

dhoorma” in groups.

 

10. For very long time, only victory has been theirs. Such string, mountain

like auras, in the battlefield danced “KuzhamaNi dhooram” and saved their

lives. This ten is on “KuzhamaNi dhhoram” was sung by Kaliyan, who has blood

stained spear in his hand. Oh Bhagawathas! Sing this garland of ten in

chaste Tamil and dance.

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Narayana Narayana

aDiyEn Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

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