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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 give 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.

 

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 explauined 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 ognorance 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.'

 

Thispasuram 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 Atra anathal meaning the special qualification of being a paramaikanthin.