Thiruppavai - 10th verse- nOtru chuvargam - naaraayaNan- nammaal pOtra- paRai tharum

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

Today’s verse is No. 10th- let us continue to enjoy the wonderful commentary

of His Holiness Srimath Paravakkottai Andavan of Sri Poundarikapuram Swami

ashramam, Srirangam – translated into English by Sri CG Balaji Swami.

 

nORRuc cuvarkkam pukukinRa ammanaay! *

maaRRamum thaaraarO vaacal thiRavaathaar *

naaRRath thuzhaaymuti naaraayaNan * nammaal

pORRap paRai tharum puNNiyanaal * paNtu orun^aaL

kURRaththin vaay vIzhn^tha kumpakarNanum *

thORRum unakkE perun^thuyil thaan than^thaanO *

aaRRa anan^thalutaiyaay! aruNGkalamE *

thERRamaay van^thu thiRa ElOr empaavaay. 10.

 

In this pasuram, the greatness of Sharanagati (self-surrender)

has been brought out. After one performs sharanagati at the feet of

Paraman, Paraman Himself will look after all his needs and welfare.

And so after having performed sharanagati, we place all the

responsibility of our protection at His feet. After this the

sharanagathan can be relieved of all worries and can concentrate

on serving Him and can obtain happiness and the bliss of

moksham.

 

The house of the maid of this pasuram is close to Nandagopan’s house. Kannan

used to pay visits to her house once in a while and she performed Sharanagati at

the feet of Kannan.

 

Now that there is no other upayam to be performed, she is asleep

free of all worries. Not having realised this, they are trying to wake

her up. When she lay asleep even after dawn they said “Oh dear

girl! Our Mistress! How do we observe the nombu, if you remain

asleep like this? As if you would get the benefits of this nombu

without observing it. (In reality she was not interested in observing

this nombu as she had already performed sharanagati at the feet of

Kannan). Oh girl! We feel that you could be our guide and our

companion and so are we inviting you, but alas you are still

asleepâ€.

 

But this girl never spoke a word. Just as how Sita matha at

Ashoka vanam was enjoying the glories of Sri Rama sung by

Hanuman, so was this girl enjoying the glories of Kannan being

talked about by her friends at the door. She remained silent as she

was also a little indignant owing to the fact that her friends

addressed her as “our mistress (Yajamani)“, while she considered

herself to be a slave of Kannan and his devotees.

 

Her friends remained at the door blinking. They said to each

other “Let alone the locked door. She is silent too. If she is a rich

girl, then she should welcome bhaktas and guests who come to her

door and exchange pleasantries with them. If she has given herself

to Kannan, she could give us her words at least. Oh Friend, should

our eyes and ears starve for not having been able to see you or hear

from you?

 

The maid who was inside, now speaks, “Oh my dear friends!

You are putting blame on me. Do you think Kannan is here?â€

Her friends then spoke, “Do you think you will be able to keep

the fragrance of the temple (chandanam) sandalwood paste away

from us?†To which, she replied “just because you smell the

fragrance of chandanam and thiruththuzhaai (tulasi), does it mean

Kannan should be here?â€

 

“Yes my dear maid, if Kannan held you close even once, then

the fragrance won’t go off even after half a dozen baths.†said they.

“How can Kannan get into a house that is so well guardedâ€, said

she in anger. Her friends then replied, “Should Kannan try to get

the door opened, like us? He only cannot find his way out once he

gets inâ€.

 

Having thought that it is useless to continue this dialogue

anymore, she started to act asleep and began to snore aloud. “Oh

friend! Do you listen? Did Kumbhakarana give you his sleep before

departing from this world? He just separated one, and how could

you sleep having separated all of us? Why do you feel so lazy at the

crack of dawn?“ Not willing to take this blame, she immediately

woke up and came down. Seeing her coming down her friends said,

“You were talking to us from upstairs till now and be careful when

you step your way down. Let’s go to take a holy dipâ€.

 

Andal ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan