>In the TiruvoimOzhi decad on Tiruvengadam, NammAzhwar sings as >follows: > >vaNNa maruLkoL aNimEga vaNNaa!* maaya ammaanE,* >eNNam pugundhu thiththikkum amuthE!* imaiyOr athipathiyE,* >theNNal aruvi maNipon muththalaikkum* thiruvENGkadaththaanE,* >aNNalE! un adisEra* adiyERku aavaa vennaayE! 6.10.3 > >The phrase "thiththikkum amuthE!", my correspondent says, sounds >rather >unusual. "thiththikkum" means "sweet" and "amuthE" means >ambrosia, the divine nectar, the elixir of immortality in God's >world. > >Nectar or "amutham" is said to be naturally "sweet" ("thiththippu").>No such thing as a bitter ("kassappu") or sour ("puLippu") ambrosia >exists. In such a case isn't NammAzhwAr's use of the adjective >"thiththikkum" to qualify "amutham" rather redundant or tautological >-- from a strictly literary/grammatical standpoint? It sounds a bit >like saying "O sweetening sugar!". > >The AzhwAr might have easily said "eNNam pugundha amuthE!" or >something similar, and still have conveyed the same degree of delight >savoured in the thought of 'tiruvengadatthAn'! Did NammAzhwAr add "thiththikkum" merely for the purpose of ensuring poetic metre/rhyme >or is there some other subtle message he sought to convey through the seeming redundancy of phrase? > >Comments/views welcome. > >Thanking you, >Regards, > >dAsan, >Sudarshan Dear SrIman Sudarshan: The emphasis is on " yeNNam puhunthu titthikkum amudhe!" , The passage has to be read as a whole instead of "Titthikkum amudhE". ThiruvEngadamudayAn is first addressed by Swamy NammAzhwAr as " MaayavammAnE". What is the Maayam that the Lord performs here? "YeNNam puhunthu titthikkum amudhAi" irukkirAn. Ordinary sweets like sugar , vellam , honey, karumbhu , amrutham have a sweet taste ONCE they are tasted by the tongue and mouth. This amrutham standing on top of Saptha Giri does not need to be physically tasted . The very THOUGHT of it produces the effect of sweetness of amrutham . It is not a cloying , satiable sweetness that is experienced by the mind .It is an insatiable nectarine sweetness (AarAvamudhu) . This amrutham does not need to make contact with tongue or mouth unlike others to display its sweetness. Nenjil ninaittha pOthE , it explodes into the sweetest of experiences. Such is its Maadhuryam. The moment one thinks of ThiruvengadamudayAn , He enters the mind as Vilakshana madurya amrutham that is delectable and unique in causing the effect compared to other sweets that have to have physical union with the tongue or mouth .Such a marvel is created by the "MaayavammAn ", ThiruvEngadamudayAn says the AzhwAr . V.Sadagopan ************************************************************** * Sent from Computer.Net Web Portal: http://web.computer.net To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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