Thiruppavai: Day 9 - "thoomaNi maadaththu " Vyakhyanam written by Sri U.Ve ESB Swami.

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Humble pranam to all devotees:

 

Pasuram 9: thoomaNi maadaththu

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thoomaNi maadaththu cuRRum viLakkeriyath *

thoopam kamazhath thuyilaNaimEl kaN vaLarum *

maamaan magaLE! maNik kadhavam thaaL thiRavaay *

maameer! avaLai ezhuppeerO * un magaL thaan

oomaiyO? anRic cevidO? anandhalO? *

Emap perunthuyil mandhirap pattaaLO? *

maamaayan maadhavan vaikundhan enRenRu *

naamam palavum navinRElOr embaavaay.

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Word for Word meaning **

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thoo maNi wonderfully ornamented

maadaththu hall

cuRRum viLakku eriya with lamps burning all around

 

thoopam (thoomam) incense

kamazha wafting

thuyil aNai mEl on your sleeping bed

kaN vaLarum asleep (lit. your eyes asleep)

 

maamaan magaLE O daughter of our uncle!

maNi jewelled

kadhavam door's

thaaL latches

thiRavaay open!

 

maameer Dear Aunty!

avaLai ezhuppeerO please wake her up

 

un magaL thaan your daughter, indeed

oomaiyO? has she been struck dumb (speechless)?

anRi or,

cevidO? is she deaf?

anandhalO? is she exhausted (and therefore unable to get up)?

 

Ema curse

perun^ thuyil long sleep

mandira spell (Sanskrit: mantra)

pattaaLO? has she been placed under

 

maa great

maayan magician (Maayan is a Tamil word for Vishnu)

maadhavan a name of Vishnu meaning consort of Lakshmi

(maa = Lakshmi)

vaikundhan Lord of Vaikuntha, the supreme place

where the liberated live

enRu enRu saying

 

naamam palavum many names

navinRu we recite (to ward off her spell of sleep

and wake her up)

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===Sri U.Ve ESB Swami's write up Starts here======

 

9. The gopi woken up in this verse has unflinching faith in the

Lord's UPAYA BHAVA.In this regard she matches very well

with Sita who ,when Hanuman suggested that he carry her

back to Rama,sternly refused and rebuked him saying that

he was equal to Ravana,(Ravana-tulya) in this that while

Ravana robbed Rama of one of his possessions,Sita; Hanuman is

trying to rob Him of another,His "Sarva loka rakshakatvam" (sole

right to protect all).Then she added,"With my power

of chastity which cooled your burning tail,I could have

saved myself;but that would have only destroyed Rama's

reputation.He alone by His prowess should rescue me and establish

his valour.Tat Tasya Sadrusam Bhavet.That alone would be

befitting to Him." Hanuman applauded these words.

 

So also this girl having transfered her burden to Sri

Krishna,sleeps having total faith in His words," Ananyah

chintayanto mam......Yoga kshemam vahamyaham". ANDAL

teaches us in this stanza that a soul after surrendering

to the Lord should be like this gopi.

 

"MAMAN MAGALE!" -Oh,my uncle's daughter!. Though blood

relationship is condemned as it contributes to worldly

attachment,the same is most welcome if it helps to do

service to God and His devotees. NAMMAZHWAR recommends

living with all relations in TIRUVAYMOZHI 8.10,11,but

condemns the same in 9.1.1. for the above reasons.

KOORATHU AZHWAN,used to remark with a sad heart," I

do not have blood relationship with Sri RAMANUJA.

Fie upon me!That good fortune is with MUDALI ANDAN

and EMBAR!" This idea is noteworthy in this verse.

 

 

=====Sri U.Ve ESB Swami's write up ends here=========

 

** Word for word meaning by Sri Mani Varadarajan (CA, USA)

 

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