SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest all, Let us now continue on GodhA PiraaTTi?s Naacchiyaar Thirumozhi verses... on ThiruvEnkatam? [Extracted from the most wonderful translation of Smt Kalyani Krishnamachari based on Sri Sadagopan Swamin?s treatise and acharyas? commentaries.] Let us enjoy the final verse 10.8 [from Nachiar Thirumozhi] today? This completes AndAL?s anubhavams of ThiruvEnkatam. mazhaiyE! mazhaiyE! maN puRam pUSi uLLAi ninRa mezhugu URRinARpOl URRu nal vE nkaTattuL ninRa azhagap pirAnAr tammai en ne njattu agappaDat tazhuva ninRu ennai tagaittuk koNDu URRavum vallaiyE 10.8 Oh rainy clouds! In making vigraha-s etc., it is common to first make a figure of wax, then coat it outside with clay, and then melt the wax inside and pour it out. The azhagar of tiruvE nkaTam has similarly embraced me outside, and is melting me inside out and destroying me. Won t you first unite me with Him so that I can embrace Him closely just as I am imagining in my mind, and then shower your rains over both of us to your heart s content? [Meaning from SrI SaDagOpan mama?s [of New Yorls] tamizh treatise:] Wonderful anubhavams of SrI Periya Vacchaan Pillai Swami: The clouds have rained and made the flowers (kArkkODal etc.) blossom, and the peacocks dance with joy, and have tortured ANDAL in whichever way they can. Now they have started showering on her as well, and thus continue to disturb ANDAL s mind even further. SrI tirumalai nambi is said to have become deeply engrossed with the meanings of this pASuram and the next one, and after chanting these pASurams, will be filled with tears in his eyes ( kaNNum kaNNIrumAi oru vArttaiyum SollAdE ), and will become silent and not be able to proceed further for quite some time. mazhaiyE mazhaiyE: the reason why godai is calling the clouds two times is that, they are all so far away and she wants to make sure they can hear her. maN puRam pUSi uLLAi ninRa mezhugu URRInARpOl: People who make vigrahams first make a wax figure, apply cold clay on the outside , then melt the wax inside and pour it out. When emperumAn embraced godai, it was like applying cold clay on the outside. When her heart melted and turned inside out, it was like heating up the wax to expel it outside. azhagap pirAnAr tammai: He is endowed with the soundaryam that is so captivating everyone, and I am totally out of my control. en ne njattu agappaDat tazhuva ninRu: I should embrace Him in the same form as He is in my heart, unlike the current state where He eludes me as soon as I stretch out my hands to embrace Him. When we are together thus embraced and together just as bANAsuran's daughter Ushai and kaNNan's grandson aniruddhan were chained together in the same jail, then you pour your rain on both of us to your heart s content; not now when I am alone and depressed. Additional enjoyment from SrI PB Annangarachar Swami: The raining clouds with whom godai had already talked to in viNNIla mElAppu had been the cause of several things and events that have tortured her (like the flowers, fruits, the dancing of the peacocks etc). In addition to killing her through these, the clouds have now started raining on her and directly hitting her. Rain during the vislEsha kaLam (viraha tApa kAlam) is not a welcome event for godai. Hence, she is requesting them to rain during the samslEsha kAlam, when the rain s varsham will be Anandakaram . Divine commentary from SrI UttamUr Vijayaraghavachariar Swami: SrI UttamU Swaami gives a couple of alternate interpretations for this pASuram. One involves taking the phrase maN puRam pUSi uLLAi ninRu mezugu URRiNARpOl URRu nal vE nkaTattuL together, and interpreting the phrase maN puRam pUSi to refer to tiruvE nkaTam Hills, and mezugu URRiNARpOl to refer to the pouring waterfalls over the divine Hills. The anubhavam here is that tiruvE kaTa malai looks like a huge rock coating over some object, and bhagavAn is pouring the waterfalls on these Hills like pouring the molten candle over this shape. The second interpretation is that ANDAL is praying to the clouds that in addition to their pouring their waters on her, they should embrace Him and bring him over and shower Him also on her (azhagap piRAnAr tammai URRavum). This way, He will be close to her (ennait tagaittuk koNDu) just as she imagines in her mind. There is a coating in her mind of the desire to be close to Him, like the wax coating on the figure referred to earlier. If the clouds bring Him and pour Him on her mind (en ne njattu agappaDat tazhuvik koNDu ennait tagaittukkoNDu URRavum), the wax of desire will melt away because her desire would have been fulfilled. ANDAL feels: Currently, I am looking at objects like you and my desires grow out of proportions out of despair. If you rain Him on me in such a way that He is with me the way I imagine in my heart, then I will not have to look outside at objects like you any more : ( naishA paSyati rAkshasyo nemAn pushpa phaladrumAn ekasta hRdayA nUnam rAmamevAnupaSyati rAmAyaNam sundara kANDam ) mazhiyE mazhaiyE: Can mean several rain clouds or clouds that are far away or for calling the clouds with love to request them for their help [[compare agastya s words in Aditya hRdayam when calling rAma with love: rAma rAma mahAbAho in yuddha kANDam ]. SRI MG Vasudevan Swami enjoys and shares his thoughts on this wonderful verse subsequent to Smt Kalyani Krishnamachari?s [above post] Oh rain! Rain! why two times. Think of the nursery rhymes. "Rain rain go away come again another day". Why two times here? - emphasis? Childish repetition? Rhythmic beauty? Tongue twister to train these young ones for tougher words? Whatever it be, added taste is one single answer. Similarly here also. We also invite people when they visit us and when they are at the doorstep- "vaa vaa- come, come"- why? is not one vaa enough? It is the expression of surprise and expression of the affection in welcoming. Aathmaartha welcome. 1.Oh rains! You "maN puram poosi uLLaai". When the raindrops come down from their high places of atmosphere, they get coated with the dust in the atmosphere while travelling down. The dust is nothing but particles of earth. Hence you are coated with maN, puram- puraththE- outside, poosi- covered uLLaai- exist or is there. So it is correct. A scientific truth and a valid point is stated in such simple words. 2. Further "Oh rains!" you are coated with dust- "puram maN poosi uLLaai"- you have mud in your back- [mudhugil man ottuthal means a defeat, "pOril puRa mudhugu kaatuthal pOl"- showing the back in the war means getting defeated in the war]- this shows, Oh rains! I have understood that you have failed in your mission - in that ambassadorial mission- of informing that Lord of thruvEnkatam, the plight of this poor lady. Due to indhra kObam? moved suddenly from thiruvenkatam to thirumaal irum cholai and then to srivilliputhoor. So you are unable to bring my Lord. 3. In your cloud form you have failed. But I know "Oh rains! you are capable". When he comes and embraces me at that time you are capable to disturb our embracing each other knowing fully well he may get angry or bless you for enhancing that taste of embracing me. Is it aanDaaL's self motivation to hope still there is a chance of meeting him and embracing him? 4. Subsequent words are "uLLaai ninRu ooRRu - how it is "mezhuguooRRinaarpOl". uLLaai -uLLe is deformed as uLLaai- poetic license to change words slightly- inside this cover of particles of earth, ninRu is or standing, the ooRRu -the sweet spring water-ooRRu neer- pure water coming out of a spring in the earth - similar to the clear melted wax in liquid form kept in a mud pot. Oh rains! Like that ooRRu, you are also sweet in your heart -ooRRu uLLaai- like that spring uLLaththin uLLE nalla eNNam uLLavaa- and with the good intention of helping me, but you have failed -ok- I accept your failure. I know your capacity. 5. "mezhugu kooRRinaaRpol"- for kooRRu one meaning is "yaman" another is " sol- word". The yaman for Mezhugu is fire. I am like the wax soft and longing for union with the lord. When you announce your failure by having mud in your back, it is like fire for me. 6. But then also I know your capacity. The "nal venkataththuL ninRa azhagap piraanaar thammai en nenjaththagappadath ooRRavum vallaiyE"- that venkataththuL ninRavan- that Lord of thiru vEnkatam- that lord azhagar piraan - that Lord of thirumaal irum chOlai- both are one and the same for me - you are capable of bringing that person- vallaiyE- very positive on the capacity of rains. For doing what- thammai en nenjaththagappadath thazhuvi ninRu- I will embrace him -avar thammai- in such a way that he enters into my mind- en nenjaththagappada- thazhuvi- embrace- ninRu- when I stand embracing my lord you are capable of disturbing our stand- ennai thathaiththuk koNdu ooRRavum vallaiyE. Another meaning also is possible- en nenjaththagappada - means when I want to embrace he must cover my breasts and then embrace so that I enjoy the taste of his physical contact as well mentally also. At that stage you are capable of disturbing our embracing by entering in between us. In other tamil literatures there are verses saying that the thalaivan and thalaivi when they embrace each other, there should not be any air gap even in between (kaaRRu kooda nuzhaiyathapadi thazhuvuthal). Then only it gives the taste of embracing. I want such an embrace with the lord says aaNdaaL. But then also she fears the embrace may be disturbed by rains. The rain is capable of doing that is the expression here. 7. "maN puram poosi uLLaai ninRu mezhuguooRRinaarpOl ooRRu nal venkataththuL ninRa azhagap piraanaar"- That beautiful person azhagap piraanaar who stands in that thiruvEnkatam venkataththuL ninRa -appears in solid from outside - maN puram poosi- outside he appears a hard nut to crack. But inside he is such a parama kaaruNikan- mezhuguooRRinaarpOl nal ooRRu uLLaai ninRu - like wax his heart will also melt at his bhakthaas, dhaasargaL- aNukkar. He is also like the hard earth outside with a spring having good water inside- nal ooRRu. Oh what a words- tears flow from eyes for such a description when I draft these lines. Enjoy the paasuram by reading it and contemplating on it. AndAL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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