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sri:
Humble pranam to all devotees:

Pasuram 9:  thoomaNi maadaththu
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thoomaNi maadaththu cuRRum viLakkeriyath *
thoopam kamazhath thuyilaNaimEl kaN vaLarum *
maamaan magaLE! maNik kadhavam thaaL thiRavaay *
maameer! avaLai ezhuppeerO * un magaL thaan
oomaiyO? anRic cevidO? anandhalO? *
Emap perunthuyil mandhirap pattaaLO? *
maamaayan maadhavan vaikundhan enRenRu *
naamam palavum navinRElOr embaavaay.
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Word for Word meaning **
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thoo maNi              wonderfully ornamented
maadaththu             hall
cuRRum viLakku eriya   with lamps burning all around

thoopam (thoomam)      incense
kamazha                wafting
thuyil aNai mEl        on your sleeping bed
kaN vaLarum            asleep (lit. your eyes asleep)

maamaan magaLE         O daughter of our uncle!
maNi                   jewelled
kadhavam               door's
thaaL                  latches
thiRavaay              open!

maameer                Dear Aunty!
avaLai ezhuppeerO      please wake her up

un magaL thaan         your daughter, indeed
oomaiyO?               has she been struck dumb (speechless)?
anRi                   or,
cevidO?                is she deaf?
anandhalO?             is she exhausted (and therefore unable to get up)?

Ema                    curse
perun^ thuyil          long sleep
mandira                spell (Sanskrit: mantra)
pattaaLO?              has she been placed under

maa                    great
maayan                 magician (Maayan is a Tamil word for Vishnu)
maadhavan              a name of Vishnu meaning consort of Lakshmi
                          (maa = Lakshmi)
vaikundhan             Lord of Vaikuntha, the supreme place
                           where the liberated live
enRu enRu              saying

naamam palavum         many names
navinRu                we recite (to ward off her spell of sleep
                          and wake her up)
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===Sri U.Ve ESB Swami's write up Starts here======

9. The gopi woken up in this verse has unflinching faith in the
        Lord's UPAYA BHAVA.In this regard she matches very well
        with Sita who ,when Hanuman suggested that he carry her
        back to Rama,sternly refused and rebuked him saying that
        he was equal to Ravana,(Ravana-tulya) in this that while
        Ravana robbed Rama of one of his possessions,Sita; Hanuman is
trying to rob Him of another,His "Sarva loka rakshakatvam" (sole
right to protect all).Then she added,"With my power
        of chastity which cooled your burning tail,I could have
        saved myself;but that would have only destroyed Rama's
        reputation.He alone by His prowess should rescue me and establish
his valour.Tat Tasya Sadrusam Bhavet.That alone would be
        befitting to Him." Hanuman applauded these words.

        So also this girl having transfered her burden to Sri
        Krishna,sleeps having total faith in His words," Ananyah
        chintayanto mam......Yoga kshemam vahamyaham". ANDAL
        teaches us in this stanza that a soul after surrendering
        to the Lord should be like this gopi.

        "MAMAN MAGALE!" -Oh,my uncle's daughter!. Though blood
        relationship is condemned as it contributes to worldly
        attachment,the same is most welcome if it helps to do
        service to God and His devotees. NAMMAZHWAR recommends
        living with all relations in TIRUVAYMOZHI 8.10,11,but
        condemns the same in 9.1.1. for the above reasons.
        KOORATHU AZHWAN,used to remark with a sad heart," I
        do not have blood relationship with Sri RAMANUJA.
        Fie upon me!That good fortune is with MUDALI ANDAN
        and EMBAR!" This idea is noteworthy in this verse.


=====Sri U.Ve ESB Swami's write up ends here=========

** Word for word meaning by Sri Mani Varadarajan (CA, USA)

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