abirami andadhi - 9

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karuthana endhaithan kaNNana, vaNNa kanakaveRpin

peruthana pAl azhum piLLaikku nalgina, pEr aruLkUr

thiruthana bAramum Aramum sengai chilaiyum ambum

muruthana mUralum neeyum ammE vandhu en mun niRkavE

 

karuthana: (present) in the mind

endhai: my Father's

kaNNana: eyes

kanakaveRpin: Golden mountain (like) (SL 80: kanaka-kalasAbau)

peruthana: filling (the space)

pAl: milk (mother's milk in this context)

azhum: crying

piLLaikku: baby (crying for mother's milk) (Gnanasambandar, who was

fed by HER; SL 75: Dravida sisu) (Note 1)

nalgina: fed

pEr: supreme, matchless

aruLkuur: benevolence of

thiruthana: holy breasts

bAramum: weight (and the weight of Your holy breasts)

Aramum: and the necklace

sengai: and red hand (holding the)

chilaiyum: bow (LSN 10: ManorUpekshu kodhanda)

ambum: and the arrows (LSN 11: PancathanmAthra-sayakA) (Note 2)

muruthana: Your lips

muralum: with the beautiful smile

neeyum: and You

ammE: (my) Mother

vandhu: Please come

en: me

mun: in front of

niRkave: stand (or appear in front of me)

 

Your voluptous, golden mountain like breasts are the objects of my

Father's (Shiva's) attention. They fed the infant born in Dravida

desam. Please appear before me with those holy breasts, the bow held

in Your red hand and the arrows, the necklace caressing those

breasts, the beautiful, benevolent smile on your lips.

 

Note 1: : About SL, LakshmidarA says, " Dravida sisu means Sri

Shankara. " In the vyankyanam by Sri Anna (Sri Ramakrishna Math), he

quotes Kanchi Mahaswamigal, " AcArya being a humble person will not

refer to himself, but it is a reference to Gnanasambandhar, as a

baby, who was breast fed by AmbAL. "

 

Note 2: (This is my own interpretation extrapolating Kanchi

Mahaswamigal's interpretation of SL. The learned! Please correct me

if I am wrong.) After mentioning about HER breasts being the object

of attention of HER Love, the kavi (Abirama Bhattar) immediately

refers to the Sugarcane bow and the floral arrows, to remind everyone

that these weapons in HER hand serve the antipode of their presence

in the hands of manmatha. Worshipping HER with those weapons lead to

deliverance from primal instincts, indicating how worshipping must be.