Thiruppavai 14--ungaL purakkadai, 15.ellE ilam kiLiye

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Pasuram 14- ungaL purakkadai

 

ungal purakkadai thOttatthu vAviyuL

senkazuneer vai neg izndhu Ambalvai koombina kAN

sengal podikkoorai veNpalthavatthavar

than gaL thirukkoil sangiduvAn podhandhar

engalai munnam ezuppubvAn vai pEsum

nangAi ezundhirai nANAd hai nAvoudaiyay

sangoduchakkaram endhumthadakkaiyan

pangayakkaNNAnai pAdElorempAvai

 

In the pond in your backyard the lilies are closing and the senkazuneer flowers are blossoming.The ascetics wearing ochre robes and having white teeth go towards their temple to blow the conch for morning worship.Are you not ashamed of your bragging about waking us up as you are still not awake. Wake up and come to sing the lotus-eyed Lord who wields the disc and the conch in His broad hands.

 

sengazuneer------koombinakAN- the flower known as senkazuneer seems to smile happily with the expectation of adorning the body of the Lord and for the same reason the lily seems to be closing down with disappointment.

 

sengarpodi------thavatthavar-those ascetics who have the duty of blowing the conch signifying the opening of the temple.

 

nANAdhai nAvudaiyAy- After saying "are you not ashamed " they want to pacify her by saying nAvudaiyaAy which may mean loud -mouthed as well as one of good speech or singing ability. So they call her to come out and sing about the Lord.

 

UngaLpurakkadai- the back yard of the house, means the samsara and the thOttam, garden, is the satrira. Senkazuneer denotes the atmagunas, ahimsa, sense control,mercy to all, patience,jnana, thapas, dhyana and sathyam. These are blossoming when one awakes from the slumber of ignorance on the rising of awareness of the Lord. Ambal refers to the kamakrodhadhi which close or cease to trouble the one who has experienced the presence of the Lord in the heart.

 

nANAdhai- implies that one should not feel shy of singing the name of the Lord.

 

nAvudaiyai-one who has a tongue, meaning speech.Only the one by whose words the world redeemed is fit to be called nAvudaiyay and in which the wisdom and learning shine.

sA jihvA syath yayA sarve jeevanthi prANinah bhuvi

sA jihvA yathra rAjanthE vidhya hrdhyA chathurdasA

 

nArAyananE- the E-kara denotes that Narayana is the only one who grants our wishes.

 

sengalpodi----------thavatthavar-denotes the prapannas with thirumaN and srichoorNam and white cloth with red border.

 

thangal---pOdhandhAr-The temple is their heart where the Lord resides and they are meditating on Him

 

senkazuneer vAi negizndhu-senkazuneer refers to the word namah in the ashtAkshara manthra . When the ashtAkshara is chanted the parathanthrya jnana dawns, that is the awareness of belonging to the Lord whcih is signified by the opening up of senkazuneer (vAi negizndhu) and the closing up of Ambal means the giving up of svAthanthrya buddhi, that one is an independent agent of his actions.The word sengalpodikkoorai refers to the seshathvajnana.

 

This pasuram refers to ThiruppANAzvAr, who is addressed as nANAdhai, one who has no nAN,ego, and as nAvudaiyAy his being born in the family of bards.

 

Pasuram-15-ellE iLamkiLiyE

 

elE iLmkiLiyE innam urangudhiyO

chillenrazaiyEnmin nangaimeer pOdharginrEn

vallai un katturaigaL pandE unvayaridhum

valleergal neengalE nanE than Ayiduga

Ollai nee pOdhai unakkenna vErug daiyai

ellArum pOndhAro pOndhAr pOndheNNikkoL

vallAnaikkonrAnai mAttrAni mAttrazikka

vallANai mAyanai pAdelorempAvai

 

Oh you young one are you still sleeping?

Don't be harsh.I will come presently.

Of course we know your eloquence and clever words.

Only you people are so. Ok let me be so if you insist.

Why don't you come now? Where is the necessity to change your dress?

Has evryone arrived?

Of course thety have.Come and see for yourself.

Come and sing about the one who killed the wild elephant and valiant enough to vanquish all His enemis and is enchanting.

 

This pasuram is in the form of playful banter between the callers and the gilrl sleeping inside.This one is younger than the others but very clever in arguing.

 

The superficial meaning of the verse is clear enough. The Lord is referred to as vallAnAikkonrAnai mAttrAnai mAttrazikka.vallan. Thia has been explained as follows:

vallAnai is KuvalayApeetam, the wild elephant arranged by Kamsa to kill Krishna and Balarama which Krishna killed (vallAnaikkonrAn) the word mAttrAnai means the other elephant Gajendhra whose enemy (mAttru), the crocodile was destroyed by the Lord (azikka vallAn).

 

This pasuram has been extolled by the devotees as being the one meant to awaken us who are imprisoned in the cage of sarirathmabhava, identifying ourslves with the body and bound by the sensual pleasures like a parrot which is inside a cage with its wings clipped. We are asleep overpowered with the ignorance of our real nature and the word 'innam urangudhiyo' denotes the long duration of the ignorance of several lives.

 

The reply 'chillenrazaiyEnmin nangaimeer pOdharginrEn' is the state of a worldly being who does not want to get disturbed in enjoying the sense objects. Such an individual keeps on postponing his spiritual awakening giving excuses

nangaimeer pOdharginrEn-he says I will come later when I become detached from the worldly desires.

 

vallai-----vAyaridhum- A clevr person can talk convincingly as to why he cannot do what should be done as in the case of Arjuna who Krishna said 'prajnAvAdhAmscha bhAshasE,' talkd vet ry cleverly defending his view.

 

valleergal neengalE nanEdhAn Ayiduga-This indicates the humility of the one who surrenders to the Lord. All the saints without an exception has beseeched the mercy of the Lord disparaging themselves as being unworthy of His grace. The suffering is not ordained by the Lord but only due to one's own doing and the redemption come out of His infinite mercy.

 

ollai ----vErudaiyai- Here vErudayai is the thought other than that of the Lord.When one thinks of postponing his entry into the path of devotion waiting for his attachments to cease will never bre able to do so as the one waiting to enter the sea once the waves stop.

 

ellarum-----eNNikkoL- these words emphasise the value of sathsangam and persuades the aspirant to come and join them.

 

mArttAnai mAttrazikka - He will dstroy only the mAttru , the bhedhabuddhi of the mAttrAn the one who does not think of the Lord and engages himself in worldly pursuits.

 

This pasuram refers to Thirumangai azvar who calls himself a parrot in one of his pasurams and ak lso because he followed the argumentative method to establish the path of devotion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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