A Peep into Periya Thriumozhi 41

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WRITE UP ON "IRUNTHAN MANILAM' THIRUMOZHI 3-1 contd.

BY SRI SADAGOPAN SWAMI -MODERATOR OPPILIAPPAN GROUP.

 

Sri kaliyan has used the term "ulAviya" in different contexts in the sixth

pAsuram. This again highlights the great poetic prowess of our beloved "nAlu

kavip perumAL".

 

 

This is described here by Sri Sadagopan swAmi.

 

"ulAviya"

 

Koon-ulAviya madanthai tann kodumcholin-tiRatthu iLam kodiyOdumkaan-ulAviya

karumuhil ThiruniRatthavan-idam kavin-Arumvaan-ulAviya Mathi-tavazh maal varai

mAmathiL pudai soozhathEn-ulAviya sezhum pozhil tazhuviya ThiruvayeendirapuramE

 

 

 

First Line of the Sixth Paasuram*********************************"Koon ulAviya

madanthai tann kodum solin thiRatthu"iLam kodiyOdum" .Mandarai, the

hunch-backed , heriditary maid servant of Queen KaikEyi is a central character

in Lord Raamachandran'sexile to the forest for 14 long years with His young

wife. Young Mandarai according to Kaliyan had not only a crooked spine (Koon)

but also a twisted mind ( koon ulAviya madanthai). Through her roamings in the

palace , she got wind of the plans for the coronation of Raamachandran by King

DasaraTan and poisoned the mind of KaikEyi leadingup to latter asking her

husband DasaraTan for the two boons that would gurantee her own son Bharathan

the throne of Raghu Vamsam and make sure in Raaman being exiledto the forest.

Mandarai was the erstwhile nurse for Raaman ,when He was a small boy. She had

not forgotten the fun that Raaman had at her expense linked with her deformity

.. This maid servant known for her hunch back (koon ulAviya Madanthai) used her

power of persuasion and threats to alter the mind set of KaikEyi , who adored

Raaman as her own son.VaalmIki decribes Mandarai as one who was adept in the

useof words ( Vaakya VisAradhA ). Mandarai impressed KaikEyithat the

installation of Raama on the throne would spelldisaster for Bharathan , KaikEyi

(and herself){ ThrAyasvaPuthramAthmAnam maam cha ..VaalmIki RaamAyaNam AyOdhyA

Kaandam}. Kaliyan describes the words of Mandarai and their poweron KaikEyi as

"Kodum sollin thiRatthU". They had their predictable effect on the gullible

KaikEyi and she in turn wrested the two boons desired by her out of her

sorrow-stricken husband.Second line of the Paasuram

**************************** " ( kodum sollin thiRatthu iLam kodiyOdum )kaan

ulAviyakaru muhil Thiru niratthavan-idam" (kavinArum).As a direct result of

those mean and harsh words of Mandarai , Our Lord had to leave with the

beautiful ,young creeper like lady (iLam kodiyOdu /SitA PirAttiudan) to the

forest and wander there ( Kaan ulAviya karu Muhil). The Lord who resembled in

hue and beauty the dark bluish clouds of the rainy season ( karu Muhil Thiru

niratthavan ). Kaliyan states here that the preferred place of residence of

such Neela mEgha ShyAmaLa Raama Moorthy is ThiruvahIndhrapuram (Karu muhil

niratthavan idam).

(to be continued by Sri Sadagopan swami)