nacciyar thirumozhi day ten

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DAY TEN - NACCIYAR THIRUMOZHI - 10

 

 

FOURTH THIRUMOZHI

 

A proper appreciation of the Fourth Thirumozhi requires a piece of

information. When separated from the lover, the lady love tries augury to

see if union with him will become possible or not. The augury takes the form

of drawing a big circle first on sand and then drawing a chain of linked

circles within the bigger one. If the chain ends in an even number, the union

becomes possible. If the chain ends in an odd number the union will become

either impossible or be delayed. Therefore there is a tradition in Tamil

poetry of addrssing the circles and praying to end in an even number. The

ten songs of the Fourth Thirumozhi belong to that tradition.

 

SONG ONE

 

The clear-headed in their devotion

Worship with folded hands,

The Lord at Maliruncholai.

Augur well circles

For me to hold His feet

Where he is abed.

 

SONG TWO

 

Vamana who dwells graciously

In the forests of Venkata

In the city of Kannapura!

Augur well circles

For Him to hurry to me

To hold me by my hand

To take me in an embrace.

 

SONG THREE

 

He is the Lord of Lords

Apt to be worshipped in praise

By Brahma and the dwellers in heaven!

He is the great Son of Devaki

Of a beautiful forehead.

He is the great Son of the grand Vasudeva.

Augur well circles,

For Him to me in an embrace.

 

SONG FOUR

 

He jumped off the tree,

To land on the spread hood of Kalinga

To dance and annihilate him,

Even as the shepherds and the shepherdesses

Looked in awed fear.

Augur well circles

For Him to reach me.

 

SONG FIVE

He kicked the huge mammoth in musth

And annihilated the monster.

Augur well circles

For Him to join me in play

Coming all the way to our houses

In the city of Mathura of towered buildings.

 

SONG SIX

 

He is already ordained as mine.

He walked about bringing down huge trees.

He defeated Kamsa in his own game of treachery.

He is the Lord of the city of Mathura.

Augur well circles

For Him to come to me.

 

SONG SEVEN

 

Right for all to see, he annihilated

Sisubala the evil-doer of the old,

The marutha trees, Seven Bulls and the Crane

Kamsa who held the spear in splendour.

Augur well circles

For Him to come to me.

 

SONG EIGHT

 

He dwelss nowhere but in hearts

Enthusiastically in love with Him.

He is the Lord of the sweet-aired Mathura.

He is the shepherd tending the cattle.

Augur well circles

For him to reach me.

 

SONG NINE

 

He took the form of the midget

At the ritual ground of Mavali

To measure in one stride

The skies and the earth.

Augur well circles

For Him to reach me.

 

SONG TEN

 

He is the meaning of the Vedas.

He redeemed the mammoth Gajendhira.

He remains Beauty embodied/

He dwells in the hearts of the shepherds through and through.

Augur well circles

For Him to reach me.

 

SONG ELEVEN

 

To remain with and way from Him

To become aware of blemishes one's own

To remain in constant union with Him -

Looking forward to all of them,

Did the shepherdesses call for augury.

Kothai of beautiful hair sings of the same in songs ten.

Sing them and be free from sins.