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SRI RANGA SRI VOL.07 / ISSUE # 29 dated 7th January 2006
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 23
MAARI MALAI MUZHAINCHIL
(ANBIL RAMASWAMY)
2. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 23
MAARI MALAI MUZHAINCHIL
ENGLISH VERSE TRANSLATION
(MS. SHOBA RAMASWAMY)
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ISSUES RELEASED
So far, 205 Regular issues of SRS have been released
apart from Special Issues:
27 Issues of Vol. 1
15 Issues of Vol. 2
42 Issues of Vol. 3
35 Issues of Vol. 4
28 Issues of Vol. 5
30 Issues of Vol. 6 and
28 Issues of Vol. 7
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MAARI MALAI MUZHAINCHIL
TIRUPPAVAI 23- maari malai
maari malai muzhainchil
maari malai muzhainchil mannik kidandhu uRangum *
seeriya singam aRivuRRuth thee vizhiththu *
vEri mayir ponga eppaadum pErndhu udhaRi *
moori nimirndhu muzhangip puRappattup *
pOdharumaa pOlE nee poovaippoo vaNNaa * un
kOyil ninRu iNGNGanE pOndharuLi * kOppudaiya
seeriya singaasanaththu irundhu * yaam vandha
kaariyam aaraayndhu aruL ElOr embaavaay
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? This Paasuram is said to refer to the episode of HiraNya kasipu. The
story
goes that when he learned that Bhagavaan had killed his brother HiraNya-
akshan, he got wild and wanted to wreak vengeance. When the widows of
HiraNya-akshan wailed, he comforted them saying that life on earth was
transitory and death should not be taken too seriously. It is like the
?living dead lamenting over the dead dead? Having said all this, he changed
his mind and prepared to fight it out with Bhagavaan and started doing
intense Tapas to acquire sufficient immunity. Bhagavaan killed HiraNya
kasipu and sat on his throne. The gOpis ask KrishNa to sit on his Simha-
aasanam and listen to them.
? Having heard them, KrishNa feels bad for having made them come so far
and
asks them what they want. They do not wish to articulate their desire in the
bedroom. They ask him to come to his Royal throne and listen to their
request.
? Here is a picturesque pen portrait of how a wild lion would emerge out
of
its cave after a long period of hibernation.
? Here they are describing the charming gait of KrishNa coming to deliver
the goods.
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maari malai muzhainchil During the rainy season in a mountain cave
? This is the season when even warring kings would like to give up
fighting
and take rest forgetting for the nonce their duty to fight.
? Raghava Simham, Sri Rama was staying in Maalyavaan to let Sugreeva
enjoy
with his wives during the rainy season.
? In Svapadesam: Even during heavy rains, the Mountain will not get
destroyed. So also, Vedas that are like mountain will not get affected by
the onslaught of kudrishTis.
mannik kidandhu urangum sleeping with his wife
? We have not disturbed you for a long time for helping us. So, you
started
sleeping happily in your bedroom in the company of your Nappinnai. So, you
need some warming up now. Please wake up and get ready.
? It is said that well water, shade of the banyan tree, paan
(thaamboolam)
and the bodies of young womenfolk would appear warm during winter and cool
during summer.
?koopOdakam vaTas chaayaa thaamboolam taruNee sthanam
Seetha kale bhavEt ushNam ushNa kale tu seeTaLam /
hasantheem cha hasantheem cha hasantheem vaama lOchanaam
yEmantE yE na sEvantE tE naraah purushaadhamaah //
So, it is best to enjoy them in the respective seasons
? An example of how this ?mannik kiDantu? ? (EeruDal Ore uyir) concept
operates.
Siva had given the left half of his body to Paarvati and thus became ?ardha
naareeswara?.
A poet asks ?How come, Siva takes credit for what he had not done and what
you have done? The reference is to his kicking Yama with his left foot to
save MarkaNDEya. As the left foot belonged to Paarvati, only she should take
credit for this kicking and not Siva!
Seeriya singam: great lion
? As KrishNa was ?YasOdai iLam singam?, there is a comparison with the
wild
lion in the cave.
? The lion is like an ornament to the mountain cave. The Lord also is
reclining on the lap of Nappinnai keeping His head on the pillow of her
breasts. In this posture, He appears like an ornament to her.
? In Svapadesam: Acharyas are like the lion (Bhagavad Simhams)
aRivuRRu coming to senses
? People wake up in the morning.
But, when does the Lord wake up?
? Even while sleeping, the moment he hears the shrill and pathetic wail
of
His devotees, He gives up His bed (Naaga sayanam) and rushes to their
rescue.
thee vizhithu: opening his fiery eyes
? When at the spring break, it hears the sound of any animals the lion
would
immediately be startled into waking up letting out a terrific roar to find
who was disturbing its habitat.
? It will be enjoyable for us to see you frowning with fiery eyes at our
enemies but show us your benign grace like you did to Prahlaada.
? When Nrisimha came out of the pillar, He appeared so fierce that even
Mahaalakshmi was so scared saying ?I have not seen Him in such a state. He
is quite unlike my husband?
? While only one Rama and only one KrishNa was born at the behest of
many,
Nrisimha took His Avatara for the sake of just one small boy and was keeping
Himself ever ready to emerge from any point which HiraNya- kasipu might
point to. Thus, He had multiple appearances all at the same time! Swami
Desika describes this thus: ?sthambaika varjam? Nrisimha garbham?
? Why was He so ready? It is to make the word of His Bhakta come true.
(nija
britya bhaashitam).
? Who is this Britya?
It was not only Prahlaada but also Brahma who had conferred boons
indiscriminately. And, the Lord had to kill HiraNya kasipu without violating
the myriad opposite conditions that were granted to HiraNya kasipu as
immunity against death, one such being that he should not be killed by any
weapon. Nrisimha discarded all His old weapons and used his fingernails to
kill him
? ?PratyaadishTa puraadana praharaNa graama: kshaNam paaNijai:
Avyaat threeNI jaganthyakuNTa mahimaa VaikunTa kaNTeerava: /?
? And, since He was born to a pillar, the pillar became a Pitaamahi.
Brahma
who is known as Pitamaha was the son of NarayaNa having been born out of His
navel and, now, this NarayaNa was born as Nrisimha from the Garbham of the
pillar! Says Swami Desika.
? Swami Desikan describes this thus:
?SaTaa paTala bheeshaNE sarabha saaTTahaasOdbhaTE
Spurat krudhi parispuTat bhrukuTakEpi vaktrE kritE? (kaamaasikaashTakam) and
?dayE vrisha gireessitah danuja Dimbha datha sthanaa sarOja sadrusaa drisaa
samuditaakriti drisyasE?
? A question may be asked why there has been no avataara in spite of its
being the wicked period. The reason perhaps is that while there\are lots and
lots of HiraNya kasipu type of wicked people, none has yet born with the
kind of real Bhakti that Prahlaada had. So, the time relating to ?protecting
the virtuous? (paritraaNaaya Saadoonaam) had not arrived!
? In Svapadesam: Fire is compared to Knowledge
vEri mayir ponga shaking his fragrant mane
Eppaadum pErndhu udhaRi: shaking his body on all sides to move
moori nimirndhu muzhangi puRappattu starts out stretching and roaring
? In Svapadesam: The way in which the worlds that cling to Bhagavaan
like
iron filings to magnet during PraLayam in (KaaraNa dasa) would become
widespread and varied (vikaasam) in Kaarya dasa. This is like the emergence
of the lion from its cave on the arrival of spring.
? There are several beautiful gaits for NamperumaaL like Simha-gati,
Rishabha- gati, Matha Gaja- gati etc.
Muzhangi:
? When Nrisimha emerged out of the pillar, He let out a terrific roar
that
instilled fear in the heart of HiraNya kasipu and he started trembling. The
word ?kambam? means pillar and ?kampam? means ?trembling? So, ?Kambam? gave
?kampam? to HiraNya kasipu!
pOdharumap pOle : comes in the above fashion
nee: you
poovai poo vaNNaa having the color of poovai flower
? Though KrishNa was like a wild lion, he was nevertheless like a soft
flower while dealing with His devotees.
? In Svapadesam: Acharyas are so full of Kripa and soft like the soft
flowers.
un kOyil ninRu: starting from your palace
INGNGanE pOndhu aruLi coming and gracing in this manner
? The following four KshEtrams are famous as follows:
- KuDai (umbrella) Kaanchipuram
- NaDai (gait) Srirangam, Lord?s different gait styles
- VaDai (pepper cake snack) - Tirumalai and
- MuDi (the crown))- MelkOtE VairamuDi
kOppu udaiya seeriya singaasanaththu irundhu
? Seated on your great decorated throne (Tiru maa maNi manTapam)
? It should not be like ?pillow talk? that cannot be relied upon.
? After a judge gives from his seat as a judge, a verdict of death
sentence
on a convict whose guilt had been proved, he himself cannot go back on
subsequently discovering that the accused was his friend. So, the
pronouncement from the judicial seat is sacrosanct.
? The speech from the throne (Dharma-aasanam- Dharmaadi peeTam) is
majestic
and reliable unlike word given on the chariot and at the Seashore in the
middle of tumult of battle.
singaasanaththu irundhu Sitting on your throne
yaam vandha kaariyam our purpose of coming
? They are not going to spell out the purpose of their visit now. They
reserve it for a subsequent Paasuram ?Sitram siru kale?. This is because of
the fact that there is always an appropriate time and an appropriate place
for revealing the purpose.
Aaraayndhu aruL examine and grace us
? ?You say you are thinking. Think again!?
? Think of all the troubles that we have gone through in waking up all
our
peers, then your guards, then your father, your mother, your brother and
your darling Nappinnai and finally you yourself- and arrive at the correct
determination!
ElOr embaavaay The usual refrain
? Rama was born in Punarvasu: Nrisimha whom he worshipped appeared in
Swaati. It is worth noting that both these Nakshatrams do not have
?maraNayOgam?
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2. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 23
MAARI MALAI MUZHAINCHIL
ENGLISH VERSE TRANSLATION
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?As the Lordly lion
Sheltered in the mountain cave
The rains ceasing,
Wakes into awareness,
With sparks in his eyes,
Spreads his mane
And shakes off sleep
Arises stretching
And with roar emerges-
Thus come out,
Flower-blue one
>From your temple
And here seated
On this sculpted throne,
Enquire into our mission
And grant us grace,
Oh! My Maidens!?
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