nAcciyAr tirumozhi XIII– kaNNan ennum karum deyvam 10

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SrI ANDAL samEta SrI ra’ngamannAr

tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

nAcciyAr tirumozhi XIII– kaNNan ennum

karum deyvam

 

pASuram 13.10(thirteenth tirumozhi-pAsuram 10 allal

viLaitta perumALai )

 

tunbak kaDalil irundu nInguvar

 

allal viLaitta perumAnai Ayar pADikku aNi viLakkai

villi puduvai nagar nambi viTTu cittan viyan kOdai

villait tolaitta puruvattAL vETkai uRRu miga virumbum

Sollait tudikka vallArgaL tunbak kaDaluL tuvaLArE

 

A. From SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise:

gOdai, who is of exceptional and flawless character,

has beautiful eyebrows that defeat the appearance of a

bow, and is the daughter of periyAzhvAr, the leader of

SrIvilliputtUr, sang this song with intense and

unquenchable bhakti to embrace that emperumAn, who is

famous for causing mischief and grief to everyone in

AyarpADi but who is also the auspicious light for

those in AyarpADi. Those who can chant this tirumozhi

with devotion and sincerity will never have to suffer

the misery of the ocean of samsAra ever again.

 

B. Additional thoughts from SrI PVP:

 

allal viLaitta perumAnai : kaNNan became famous in

tiruvAippADi by being known for His mischievous

pranks. In contrast, in tiru ayoddhi, rAma was

well-known for His kalyANa guNam-s:

 

“tE tamUcur mahAtmAnam pourajAnapadais saha |

bahavO nRpa! kalyANa guNA: putrasya santi tE ||”

(ayodhyA kANDam 2.26)

 

“The people of the villages and towns (of ayodhyA)

informed daSaratha that his son was endowed with lots

of kalyANa guNa-s”.

 

The people of ayodhyA were immersed in nothing except

the kalyANa guNa-s of rAma, and the people of AyarpADi

were immersed in nothing but kaNNan’s mischief. rAma

was well-known of sweet character, and kaNNan was

famous for His wandering nature, His stealing butter

and girls - “veNNai, peNgaL kaLavu kaNDAn” “pAlum

padin kuDam kaNDilEn” (periya tirumozhi 10-7-2).

 

Ayar pADikku aNi viLakkai : Because of His mischief,

He was shining like a mangaLa dIpam for Ayar pADi;

whenever He was not playing His pranks, the whole

village was dark and dull!

 

aNi viLakkai: Since His pranks were being enjoyed

by the village folks like sugar cane, He became like a

decoration for those folks. In comparison, rAma’s

guNam-s sounded like vEmbu (sour) - nothing to be

thrilled about, and kaNNan’s pranks shone like a lamp

for the whole village.

 

villi puduvai nagar nambi viTTu cittan viyan kOdai

…. vETkai uRRu miga virumbum Sollai: gOdai’s

determination for her desire resulted in this

tirumozhi that is nearing completion; the reason for

this great devotion of her to emperumAn is entirely

because she is the daughter of periyAzhvAr.

 

villait tolaitta puruvattAL: the bow will fail in

comparison to the shape of her eye brows.

 

vETkai uRRu miga virumbum Sollai: gOdai’s love

multiplied beyond limits and spontaneously overflowed

in the form of this tirumozhi, since it could not be

contained within her anymore – “bhagavad anubhavam

vazhindu puRapaTTa Sol”. This is similar to

bhUdattAzhvAr’s experience: “en tan aLavu anRAl

yAnuDaiya anbu” (iranDAm tiruvandAdi - 100) – “The

love that I have for you is something that cannot be

contained in me”.

 

Sollait tudikka vallArgaL: The jIva-s stuck in

samsAra can never expect to attain her level of desire

no matter how hard they try. But, for them to get the

benefit of this experience, it is enough if they just

chant her composition.

 

tunbak kaDaluL tuvaLArE: people who are suffering

in the sorrowful ocean of samsAram, will not suffer

any more; they will not be tortured like a young shoot

being scorched by fire. gOdai, who is our mother, has

suffered for our sake also; so, it is enough if we

just chant her pAsuram, and we will get the same

bhagavad anubhavam that she so much desired to get for

herself.

 

C. Additional thoughts from SrI PBA:

SrI PBA takes the word as “tulaitta” in

“villaittolaitta puruvattAL”. If the word “tulaitta”

is taken to be derived from the sanskrit term ‘tulA’

(balance, equal to), it would mean that she has

eyebrows comparable to the bow. SrI PBA notes that

SrI PVP did not accept this meaning. Instead, he

chose to use the meaning “tiraskaritta – defeated,

incomparable” for the word “tulaitta”, since ANDAL’s

avaya lakshaNa-s were such that there was nothing that

could be compared to them. So the bow was only a poor

comparison to the beauty of her eyebrows. “tolaitta”

is just pATha bhedam – an alternate version.

 

D. Additional thoughts from SrI UV:

 

The reason why “AyarpADikku aNi viLakku” gave me

“allal” or sorrow is because He wanted me to get to

this situation I am in. Even though I knew that He is

enchanted with my eye brows, I realized that I need to

depend on viTTu cittar for all my greatness. This

tirumozhi that explains the means to reach the palan –

namely emperumAn – is the most special tirumozhi I

like. People who understand this truth and become

experts in chanting this tirumozhi will not be

troubled by any sorrow.

 

Abbreviations:

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PVP= SrI periyavAccAn piLLai

PBA= SrI prativAdi bhayankaram aNNangarAcAriyAr

UV = SrI uttamUr vIrarAghavAcAriyAr

 

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.

 

aDiyAL,

kalyANi kRshNamAcAri

 

(Articles on nAcciyAr tirumozhi are available at:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/7673/azhwars/nachiyar.html

maintained by SrI VenkaT aiyengAr of SrI villiputtUr)

 

 

 

 

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