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Dear Sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

We saw the krithi of ooththukkaadu venkata kavi mahan stating "vidhuran thantha 
kanji" to my krishNa and krishNa had mayakkam on that count. I also mentioned 
this krithi can be attributed to aaNdaaL. Now the full krithi and its meanings 
and some more points before we conclude this topic. 

pallavi:
innum varak kaaNene - mannan raaja gOpaalan
EnO aRiyEnadi peNNE - enna seigiRaanOdi - innum

Meaning: Oh my friend, raaja gOpaalan, that king, I am unable to see him ofhe 
having come here. I do not know why? What is that he is doing till now?

anupallavi:
munnam than thoNdarkkaai munthik kaninthadhellaam 
sonna chol thannOdu thuNaiyaanathOdi - innum

meaning: earlier he used to be at the place with sympathy to help his servants 
- his close ups- thoNdar. Perhaps all these are gone with his words now. 

charaNam:
vidhuran thantha kanjiyum vELviyar tharum sORum 
veNNaiyum maNNum uNdathaalE mantham
adhuvum sairandhari kaiyaal chandhaNag gandhangaLum
angam mEl poosina aanandham - innum

podhuvil sollap pOnaal bOdhaiyum thalaikku Eri
puNNiyath thoNdar paadum pORRiyum kaadhil Eri
nadhi maiyath thadam thEdi naanum kanaak kooRi 
nanRaagath thoonginaanO ennadi sedhi - innum

meaning: hey what is the news? Is it that he has not turned up due to 
*       that gruel given by vidhuran, 
*       the lunch offered by the persons who do sacrifices, 
*       the butter eaten 
*       mud eaten 
*       all these have lead to indigestion, perhaps. 
Added to that is the pleasure out of sandal paste and perfumes on his body 
applied by that girl sairandhari. In general if you say, may be the 
intoxication gone into the head, may be as stated above and as well due to the 
praise showered by servants who have done lot of good penance.May be he 
searched towards the island in the river [center place of the riverbed] and 
sleptthere. Further I also added to his sleep by describing my dream. that is 
why he did not come yet.

Dear bhakthaas, If you read the krithi once more, you will agree that this 
krithi can easily be said as aaNdaaL's words, as though talking to a friend, 
inquiring about ranganaathan - that krishNa - not turning up as promised."How 
this is deduced?" 

The first clue is "nadhi maiyath thadam thEdi nanRaagath thoonginaanO",

nadhi maiyath thadam thEdi - in krishNa's several baala leelaas the place or 
location is "yamuna river bank" as in 
1.      raasa leela - in saradhruthu - moonlit day - on river bank
2.      kaaLiya narthanam - on the madu in river bank - a bathing ghat in river 
bank
3.      vasthra abhaharaNam - in the bathing ghat of river
4.      akroora's bathing in river - krishNa on the banks sitting in chariot, 
but shows his naaraayaNa swaroopam in the river water to akroora

Only when father vasudheva carried krishNa on his head, river yamuna gave way 
in the middle of her course, and she raised herself to touch the feet ofthe 
lord - yamuna - to wash that glorious feet to cleanse herself. that isthe only 
place where center of river is referred. All other episodes are in the yamunaa 
theeram - the banks. That is why many bhakthaas sing in praise my krishNa as 
yamuna theera vihaari. So this nadhi maiyath thadam thedi thoonginavar or 
thuyinRavar - one who slept in the island place in the river middle is no else 
except "sree ranganaathan" - the husband of aaNdaaL.

Further she says "naanum kanaak kooRi" - who else sang verses saying he came, 
had marriage with me - than aaNdaaL - those glorious 10 verses of "vaaraNam 
aayiram". May be many bhakthaas got dream and expressed that as commandof lord 
to do this to do that etc - but only person to get a dream in which she gets 
married with him is aaNdaaL. That too when the dream is expressed, perhaps even 
in that pleasure of getting this girl, first he had a sleep, then reached her. 
She could not wait till he reached - after that great dream - so started toask 
the friend - why he has not come yet? 

Dear bhakthaas, immediately you may ask, is OVK familiar with aaNdaaL or where 
is evidence that OVK knows about her dream as stated in naachchiyaar thirumozhi 
NT etc - for there is a line in another krithi in raaga khamaas starting with 
"pOdi pOdi ahankaari nee"

soodik koduththa sudark kOdhai avaL 
sonna vazhi irukku ippodhai aval 
paadik koduththa thirupaavai 
paravasam aagida vazhi onRu irukkudhu paaradi - "pOdi pOdi ahankaari nee"

[I wrote a small article on this krithi in bhakti-list - may be - two yearsago. 
so OVK knows well NT as well Thiruppaavai]

Further points on the main krithi - aaNdaL has accused him in many places of 
not keeping his words, the time etc -  
1.      first a straight hit - Elaaip poigaL uraippaanai - 14- 3 naachchiyaar 
thirumozhi NT - here in the krithi - munnam than thoNdarkkaai munthik 
kaninthadhellaam sonna chol thannOdu thuNaiyaanathOdi - he will tell but not 
keep up his words - so the sonna chol is poi - easily uttering lies - Elaaip 
poigaL as in NT.
2.      maalaaip piRantha nambiyai maalE seyyum maNaaLanai - 14 -3 NT - maal - 
mayakkam - bOdhai - intoxication - here in krithi - podhuvil sollap pOnaal 
bOdhaiyum thalaikku Eri - he himself get intoxicated easily - not only that he 
intoxicates others easily - maalaaip piRanthavan - mayakkaththil piRandhavan - 
piRar mayangi kidantha pOdhu piRanthavan - maal kaNNanaaip piRanthavan - 
leelayaa gOpa vEsha says swamy dhEsikan, leela sukhar - perhas he consumed his 
own dose of that maal, being given to others.
3.      "puNNiyath thoNdar paadum pORRiyum kaadhil Eri" - for any one, praising 
goes simply to the head and makes him dance to the tune of the person who does 
this praising - further whoever is praising is all his own puNNiyath thoNdar - 
who have done lot of penance towards him - so naturally he will first obey to 
their words - already in earlier line stated "thoNdarkkaai munthik 
kaninthadhellaam" - even before these bhaagavathaas say some thing, he is ready 
to do that -carry out that command - grant that boon asked for - for he is 
sthavapriya: - who likes praising. So he stayed behind ignoring mywaiting says 
aaNdaaL.
4.      Due to this bOdhai and pugazh - intoxication and praising going into 
head - makes the heart black at least for that period - preoccupied with - 
notsympathetic to me - puRampOl uLLum kariyaanai NT - 14 -7 - one who has black 
colour in the heart also, like outer skin colour - oh, what a sharp criticism?
5.      Why all this suffering - the girl waiting - he does not turn up - she 
goes to the extent of madal Erudhal etc - as done by thirumangai aazhvaar. For 
krishNa is "peNNin varuththam aRiyaadha perumaan" 13-1 NT - that is why this 
girl, aaNdaal, says "EnO aRiyEnadi peNNE - enna seigiRaanOdi - innum" -for, he 
will ask one girl to come to a secret place, there he will come with another 
girl and infront of these two girls enjoy with yet another girl - re - 
karumalark koonthal oruththi - perumaal thirumozhi 6-3- nee oruvarkkum meyyan 
allai says aazhvaar there. 
6.      Why all these - because he is "nandhagOpan magan ennum kodiya kadiya 
thirumaalaal" - NT 13 -6- again - he is harsh and hard headed for he is king 
nandhagOpaa's son - koorvEl kodunthozhilan nandhagOpan - thirup 1.

Dear all, in spite of all these, he is "my king" "mannan raaja gOpaalan" - 
gOpaala raaja - ranga raajaa - why he has not turned up - hey friend what is 
that he is doing? where?

Perhaps is it that my praising or singing has not reached him - then I haveto 
intensify the praising of my krishNa or singing his glories - so, taking leave 
of you all, please.

Dhaasan

Vasudevan m.g.
 
PS: just to list out how many leelaas are covered in this krithi - that makes 
this krithi an outstanding one.
1.      vidhuraa's food
2.      food from wives of brahmins who did sacrifice
3.      butter eating - kaNNapiraan peRRa veNNaik kalvi
4.      mud eating - showing world in his mouth to yasOdhaa
5.      showing earth in his stomach to maarkaNdeya - maN is earth - also the 
bhoomi
6.      kubja's kaamam
7.      thoNdarkkai kanindhathu - akroora, kaaLiyan, gOpees, cows etc






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