a paasuram from 2'nd thiruvandhAdhi

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kaaNa kazhi kaadhal kaimikkuk kaattinaal

naaNappadum enRaal naaNumO ? -- pENik

karu maalaip pon mEni kaattaamun kaattum

thirumaalai nangaL thiru.

 

 

This paasuram is the 56'th in iraNdaam thiruvandhAdhi. It is quite

interesting.

I used to think mudhal AzhvAr's pAsurams are more param and vyUham

centric. But

this pAsuram beautifully expresses the sowlabhyam and that too of

thAyAr! The

alliteration in the first two lines is very interesting and the

simple conversational

expression is beautiful!

 

A short meaning: Can a person overwhelmed with the true feeling of

love,

hesitate from expressing his feelings for fear of derision? (No. It

wouldn't do justice to the true love. So,...) Even if the dark

colored

perumAL hesitates a bit to show his true glowing golden form, our

dear

thAyAr readily shows Him to us.

 

A person shying away from expressing his true love is shown as an

example to compare with any little hesitation on the part of the

perumAL. The rhetoric question posed in the first two lines is

answered interestingly by the role of thAyAr who shows Him to us even

before he does.

 

Why would perumAL hesitate, even a bit, to show his true golden form?

As explained

in the sri vachana bhUshaNam(*), He is contemplating what form He

can take to show Himself to us... If He shows His true viswaroopam,

can we, with our mortal eyes, even take a glimpse?

(* kaN kaaNa nNiRkil aaNaiyittu vilakkuvaar_kaLenRu kaNNukku

thORRaathapati)

 

kazhi kAdhal - great love

kaimikku - gone out of hands / uncontrollable

kANa - to see

kAttinAl - if shown

nAnappadum enRAl nANumO? - would one hesitate for fear of derision?

(No)

 

karu mAlaip - dark mountainlike

pon mEni kAttA mun - before He shows his true golden form

pENi - sweet / lovely

nangaL thiru - our dear thAyAr

thirumAlaik kAttum - will show thirumAl

 

adiyEn

-Viji

(Vijay Triplicane)