WRITE UP ON "IRUNTHAN MANILAM' THIRUMOZHI 3-1 contd.
BY SRI SADAGOPAN SWAMI -MODERATOR OPPILIAPPAN GROUP.
Sri kaliyan has used the term "ulAviya" in different contexts in the sixth
pAsuram. This again highlights the great poetic prowess of our beloved "nAlu
kavip perumAL".
This is described here by Sri Sadagopan swAmi.
"ulAviya"
Koon-ulAviya madanthai tann kodumcholin-tiRatthu iLam kodiyOdum
kaan-ulAviya karumuhil ThiruniRatthavan-idam kavin-Arum
vaan-ulAviya Mathi-tavazh maal varai mAmathiL pudai soozha
thEn-ulAviya sezhum pozhil tazhuviya ThiruvayeendirapuramE
First Line of the Sixth Paasuram
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"Koon ulAviya madanthai tann kodum solin thiRatthu"
iLam kodiyOdum" .
Mandarai, the hunch-backed , heriditary maid servant of
Queen KaikEyi is a central character in Lord Raamachandran's
exile to the forest for 14 long years with His young wife.
Young Mandarai according to Kaliyan had not only a crooked spine
(Koon) but also a twisted mind ( koon ulAviya madanthai).
Through her roamings in the palace , she got wind of
the plans for the coronation of Raamachandran by King
DasaraTan and poisoned the mind of KaikEyi leading
up to latter asking her husband DasaraTan for the two boons that would
gurantee her own son Bharathan the throne of Raghu Vamsam and make sure in
Raaman being exiled
to the forest. Mandarai was the erstwhile nurse for Raaman ,when He was a
small boy. She had not forgotten the fun that Raaman had at her expense
linked with her deformity .
This maid servant known for her hunch back (koon ulAviya
Madanthai) used her power of persuasion and threats to alter the mind set of
KaikEyi , who adored Raaman as her own son.
VaalmIki decribes Mandarai as one who was adept in the use
of words ( Vaakya VisAradhA ). Mandarai impressed KaikEyi
that the installation of Raama on the throne would spell
disaster for Bharathan , KaikEyi (and herself){ ThrAyasva
PuthramAthmAnam maam cha ..VaalmIki RaamAyaNam AyOdhyA Kaandam}.
Kaliyan describes the words of Mandarai and their power
on KaikEyi as "Kodum sollin thiRatthU". They had their predictable effect on
the gullible KaikEyi and she in turn wrested the two boons desired by her out
of her sorrow-stricken husband.
Second line of the Paasuram
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" ( kodum sollin thiRatthu iLam kodiyOdum )kaan ulAviya
karu muhil Thiru niratthavan-idam" (kavinArum).
As a direct result of those mean and harsh words of
Mandarai , Our Lord had to leave with the beautiful ,
young creeper like lady (iLam kodiyOdu /SitA PirAttiudan)
to the forest and wander there ( Kaan ulAviya karu Muhil).
The Lord who resembled in hue and beauty the dark bluish
clouds of the rainy season ( karu Muhil Thiru niratthavan ).
Kaliyan states here that the preferred place of residence of
such Neela mEgha ShyAmaLa Raama Moorthy is ThiruvahIndhrapuram
(Karu muhil niratthavan idam).
(to be continued by Sri Sadagopan swami)
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