kannani ninainthaalum sugame - post 8

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Dear srivaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

 

KaNNani ninainthu, solli, kaNdu, paadi, alaRRi, anisam smariththu kuRai

onRum illadha krishna bhakthaas, - thinking, uttering, seeing, singing,

praising, crying, without gap meditating on that krishna and thereby wanting

nothing except himself - oh, such krishna bhakthaas, let us continue to

enjoy krishna and get that "sugame"

 

uNNa vaanavar kOnukku aayar oruppaduththa adisil uNdadhum

vaNNa maal varaiyai eduththu mazhai kaaththadhum

maNNai mun padaiththu uNdu, umizhnthu, kadanthu, idanthu, maNantha maayangaL

eNNum thORum en nenju erivaai mezhugu okkum ninRE

- 5-10-5 nam aazhvaar thiruvaai mozhi

 

meaning of few words:

vaanavar kOn- indhran- dhevargaLin arasan - raja- king of dhEvaas

adisil- sweetened rice and milk [paayasam]

varai- malai- hill

erivaai- mouth of fire

 

meaning of paasuram: My mind [heart] attains the state of wax near the fire,

when I think of following acts of my lord krishna, which he did so easily

and sportingly,

- ate in the form of hill, the sweet food offering prepared by the

gOpaas for indhran, the king of dhEvaas

- lifted the hill gOvardhanam to save kith and kin from rains

- created the earth bhoomi dhEvi, swallowed the same in praLaya time,

spit after water receded, lifted it from drowning into the ocean in the form

of great boar, married her the bhoodhEvi

 

Points: 1. See how aazhvaar puts it across- any normal human being will be

afraid to even touch the offerings being prepared for dhEvaas. Here gOpaas

were preparing food for indhran, the king of dhEvaas. Krishna the supreme

lord consumed it in the hill form, saying it is better to offer to this hill

than that indhran. See the slokam of bhagavatham when he recommends to the

king nandhagopa to offer to gOvardhanam

 

ava alankruthaa bhukthvantha: svanulipthaa: suvaasasa:!

pradhakshiNam cha kurutha gOvin pranala parvathaan!!

29th slokam 24th chapter 10th canto of srimadh bhagavatham

 

Ethan mama matham thaatha, kryathaam yadhi rOchathE ayam

gO braahmaNaadhreeNaam mahyam cha dhayithO makha:!!

30th slokam 24th chapter 10th canto of srimadh bhagavatham

 

"Krishna says to his father the king nandhagOpa "Oh dear father it is my

belief, my opinion, my commendation, my idea, we offer the food etc to this

hill. This hill provides food for our cows, water for us etc. The hill,

braahmanaas and the cows are more worth worshipping than that indhran". No

more questions or answers. Every body obeyed and offered to gOvardhanam.

 

2. Here itself his supremacy is established. "When I am here no body else is

worth worshipping by you all. So do not offer to any body". When he

designates any body, a grass, a hill, or even a stone that becomes great is

proved beyond doubt.

 

3. In naarayaNeeyam there is a beautiful slokam of the same content as

bhagavatha slokam quoted above. Just for the taste of it

 

idham thaavath sathyam yadhiha pasavO na: kula Dhanam

thadhaajeevyaayaasou balir achalaBharthrE samuchitha: !

surEBhyO ~ pyuthkrushtaa nanu DhariNa dhEvaa: kshithithalE

thathasthE ~pyaaraadhyaa ithi jagadhitha thvam nijajanaan !!

4th slokam 62 canto naaraayaNeeyam

 

meaning: "That cattle form the wealth of our tribe, if, is indeed true, then

these offerings meant for securing adequate supplies of grass and water for

them deserve to be made to the mountain gOvardhanam. On this earth holy men

are more deserving than dhEvaas like indhran"- oh guruvaayoorappa- krishna-

this you said to your clansmen.

 

4. Knowing fully well that I will melt like wax near fire, just I can not

stop thinking about you, oh, my krishna, fearing for losing my identity. In

fact, I like to lose "me and mine"- see aazhvar's word appearing in the last

line of paasuram "ninRE"- "eNNum thORum en nenju erivaai mezhugu okkum

ninRE". When wax melts near fire, then this liquid will run into and catch

fire- mix with the main fire - here I will also become unified in you, oh

krishna.

 

5.see the third line- "maNNai mun padaiththu uNdu, umizhnthu, kadanthu,

idanthu, maNantha maayangaL"- each of these is worth contemplating for a

long time and elaborating. Oh, what a sugam to think of kaNNan for each word

in this paasuram.

 

6. "vaNNa maal" - the colourful thirumaal- what colour-

is it blue? - "neela vaNNa kaNNaa vaadaa nee oru muththam thaadaa" ena

kEtka- to ask oh blue coloured krishna come and give a kiss,

green - as bhaarathi says "paarkkum idangaL ellaam un pachchai niRam"-

wherever I see, I see your green colour oh nandha laalaa

grey, like a cloud - koNdal vaNNanai kOvalanaai veNNai uNda vaayan of

aazhvaar

or is it

kanaka jitha susareeram of MD- in govardhana gireesam quoted earlier-

 

what colour- see thirumangai aazhvar has this doubt.

 

munnai vaNNam paalin vaNNam muzhudhum nilai ninRa

pinnai vaNNam koNdal vaNNam, vaNNam eNNungaal

ponnin vaNNam, maNiyin vaNNam puraiyum thirumEni

inna vaNNam enRu kaateer inthaLoorirE.

- 4-9-8 thirumangaiyaazhvaar periya thirumozhi

 

sinthai thannuL munthi niRRir siRidhum thirumEni

indha vaNNam enRu kaatteer inthaLoorirE.

- 4-9-9 thirumangaiyaazhvaar periya thirumozhi

 

Since he is sonna vaNNam seidha perumaan- he appears in the colour as

desired by bhakthaas.

 

Before concluding this post another masterstroke of lines from Sri

subramania bharathi

Kaalinaik kaiyinaal paRRik koNdu naam

Gathi enakku onRu kaatuvai enRittaal

Naalil onRu paliththidum kaaN enbaan

Naamach chollin poruL engu uNarvadhE?

- kaNNan en arasan - p 326 bharathi kavithaigal

 

Dhasan Vasudevan M.G.

 

PS: The meanings on munnai and kaalinai we will see in next post. I have not

lost track to elaborate on difference in the upside down of govardhanam

description of swami dhesikan which will be taken up in subsequent posts.