Periya Thirumozhi 6.4- “why do you come coughing to us, you, oldie?”

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

(Thanks very much for Sri Sadagopan’s encouraging words on adiyEn’s ramble.

If at all anything is found good, it is Thirumangai mannan’s powerful words

that creep in (inadvertantly) in my translations. ).

AzhwAr is not able to wait any further longing for Parama padham. He decides

to enjoy the Divya Desams, till then like a thirsty person looks for

“thaNNeer pandhal” (a small hut, where volunteers serve water for

pilgrims..). AzhWar addresses his mind “Let us enjoy the Divya Desams like

ThirunaRaiyoor.. There is never a permanent constant pleasure from women.. “

He describes very beautifully the transitory illusory sensual pleasures.

AzhwAr calls his mind and requests it to come with him to ThirunaRaiyoor.

 

1. When the body gets completely worn out (at old age) and when the eyes are

filled with dirt (peeLai), and lose their eyesight, (due to ageing), when

the throat is filled with phlegm with thunderous intermittent coughs, the

women, who speak sweetly (as their illusory sweet voice appears to

youngster’s ears), advise you mockingly, “ (.. thaatthaa!).. go slowly.. ”.

Before they do that, oh mind! Get up. (i.e. Before we get old) Let us

proceed to ThirunaRaiyoor, and pay obeisance to the Lord there, where

SarvEshwaran, (who is worshipped by Vedas and with Yaagams, and who has the

huge mountains and the vast skies as His possessions), stays permanently.

 

2. Before the fragrant haired young women ask us “Why did you come to us,

with such continuous coughs, and phlegm?” and mock at us collectively, oh

mind! Come. Let us proceed to ThirunaRaiyoor, and hold on to Him, (who has

under His control, the moon, the sun, the air, the fire etc.., and who is

the Param jyOthi, who is our Swami)who stays there.

 

3. Before those young women collectively tease us saying “yOv! PeriyavarE!

Why are you looking at us and our alankaram (dressing or make-up), even

after you get so old?”, all that we need to do is: oh mind! Come to

ThirunaRaiyoor, and let us pay our obeisance and salutations to Him (who

stands here willingly to bless the Chozha king, whose arrogance and

ahankaram had been tamed by Him and paid his (king’s) obeisance with folded

hands to this SarvEshawaran).

 

4. Oh mind! Before those young women of narrow tender waist (which conquers

over even the creeper), push us out and shut their entrance doors, all that

we need to do is: proceed to most beautiful and most fertile land of

ThiruNaraiyoor, and pay obeisance to our Lord, (nampan) (whom we adore and

desire), who stays permanently there.

 

5. Young deer, fish, spear, the beautiful pond, - all of these have been

conquered by those young women’s eyes, and before such women (who had

earlier “pretended to be having” affection towards us), with words full of

“kapatam” (not straight forward?), mock at us and abandon us, oh mind! Let

us go to ThirunaRaiyoor (which is full of most beautiful fields) and pay our

obeisance to that place which can grant good that we wish for.

 

6. The lightning like narrow waist-lined women, whose earlier love (for us)

are now found missing, and further tease asking “why do you come coughing to

us, you, oldie?”. Before they do that, let us pay our obeisance, oh mind, to

that most charming fertile, ThirunaRaiyoor Divya Desam, where the Lord, who

(through Hanumaan) ignited ocean surrounded lankA with fire, stays

permanently.

 

7. The bow like foreheaded women, change their earlier desire to dislike

towards us, due to our ageing and mock / tease saying “this oldie (kizham)

is “pollaadhavan” and craves for women; now he has worn out completely.

(“thiraindhaan”.)”. before we listen to all these mockery (before getting

old), all that we need to do is, “oh mind, let us pay our obeisance to

ThirunaRaiyoor, where Vedic scholars and virtuous people live in reciting

Vedas and spread saasthras to the whole world.

 

8. The sword like beautiful eyed women, who had earlier considered those men

as “manmathan” (cupid) are now addressing them saying to other women, “this

old guy- with such phlegm, why is he here? Ask him.”. Before that happens,

oh mind! Let us pay our salutations to ThirunaRaiyoor daily in which, at all

times, the ArAdhanam and festivities through Yaagams are witnessed and

enjoyed.

 

9. Women of bimbha fruit like lips, drop their love (desire) for us and we

start walking with hunch backs and with the support of walking stick. Before

that happens, oh mind! Let us pay our obeisance to the blessed Divya Desam

of ThirunaRaiyoor where SarvEshawaran (who had removed the disease of cool

lustrous moon), who stays there permanently .

 

10. This ten is on the appeal to the mind saying “oh mind! Let us pay our

salutation to ThirunaRaiyoor, before the moon like foreheaded women start

disliking us and mock at us (for our old age). This is composed by

Thirumangai Kaliyan, who has sharp blood stained spear in his hand. Those

who recite them without fail, will be praised by one and all and rule Sri

vaikuNtam.

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan

 

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