Thiruppavai10 nOttrucchuvargam

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Pasuram-10-nOttrucchuvargam

 

 

 

nOtrucchuvargam puguginra ammanai

 

mAtramum thArArO vAsal thiravAdhAr

 

nAtratthuzAimudinarAyanan nammAl

 

pOtrapparai tharum puNNiyanAl pandorunAl

 

kootratthin vai veezndha kumbakaruNanum

 

thOtrum unakkE perumthuyildhAn thandhAnO

 

Atraananthal udaiyAi arunkalamE

 

thEtrmAi vandhu thiravElOrempAvAi

 

 

 

You

who said we should observe the pAvainOnbu and attain the Lord is sleeping now

and not even giving reply when we call you and do not open the door Had the

Kumbakarna, who met his death at the hands of the Lord Rama who is none other

than our Lord Narayana adorned with fragrant thulsi garland and bestows His

grace on those who worship Him, accepting defeat, gave you his long sleep! We

know you are feigning sleep, come and open the door, you who are a jewel among

all.

 

 

http://www.sendspace.com/file/q19awz nOttruchhuvargam part1

 

http://www.sendspace.com/file/7vstjs ----do-------- part2

 

 

nOtru cchuvargam-This girl told everybody about the vrata and now she herself is

sleeping.

 

mAtram-

reply

 

nAtratthuzai-----nammAl- thuzai is thulasi which is most pleasing to the

Lord. Thulasi will maintain its fragrance and can be used even when faded and

it can be reused unlike other flowers. Moreover thulasi is exclusively used for

Narayana.

 

nArAyanan-

transcendent and imminent

 

nammAl- He loves us and loved by us because He expects

only bhakthi and sees no differences due to caste ,age etc. So He is nam mAl

our Lord.

 

It can also be explained

as nammAl potrapparaitharum punniyan-

the sacred one who will grace us when we praise Him.

 

PuNniyan

means Rama who is embodiment of dharma,

'rAmO vigrahavAn dharmah.'

 

kootratthin vai veezndha- who fell into the jaws of death. Kootram is Yama

the lord of death called so because he separates, kooru seibavan, the soul

from the body.

 

Kumbakarna went to the battle on the day he woke up from his

long sleep and died he same day. So Andal says that he lost his sleep to this

girl.

 

Atra ananthal - she is feigning sleep and hence cannot be awakened unless she

herself decides to come out because one can be awakened only when really

sleeping,

 

 

 

 

 

Notrucchuvargam,vAsal thiravAdhAr,

mAtramum thArAr, pugugunra ammanai in this order means that one

who surrenders to the Lord gets the highest fruit, moksha without any obstacles

(mAtramum thArar) even without doing the karma (vAsal thiravAdhAr) which serves

as the opening to moksha, namely the observance of austerities(nOtru

cchuvargam) and this refers to a prapanna.

 

 

 

The

obstacles to Moksha are the ignorance about the glory of the Lord and desire

towards the sensual pleasures. These are like death (kootram) Such a soul is

said to have defeated even Kumbakarna who was engrossed in sleeping only at

which time he was not engaged in sensual pleasures. Sleep is only ignorance

without desiring for sensual objects, which is another kind of sleep and hence

it is referred to as perumthuyil,

long sleep.

 

 

 

Through

the mention of Kumbakarne reference has been made to Ramavathatra because Rama

was saranagatha rakshaka, one who has taken the vow of giving refuge to any one

who surrenders to him ' abhayam

sarvabhoothAnAm dhadhAmi ithyEthadvratham mama,' even if it were Ravana

himself.'yadhi vAA rAvanassvayam.'

 

 

 

This

pasuram refers to Peyazvar who enjoyed the presence of the Lord through the

lamp lighted by the other two, Poigaiazvar and Bhoothatthazvar and sang

thirukkandEn ponmenikandeEn and hence he is the arumkalam. Vasal thiravAdhAr

refers to the fact that when he came the door was open as he was the last to

take refuge in the small entrance in the house where the other two were already

there and the Lord came as the fourth and gave darsan to them all. Peyazvar was

the acharya of Thirumazisai azvar who is referred to as aatra ananthal meaning the special qualification of being a

paramaikanthin.