todays pasurams (w)

SreematE rAmAnujAya namaha

pattAm pattu

eTTAm tirumozhi 

tirumangai  AzhwAr  identifies himself with a gOpi who is in love with kaNNan. She is angry because He fails to come as He promised, at the appointed time and place. When He comes very late she gets angry at Him and says He had been with another girl. She asks Him not to come again. 

This tirumozhi is similar to kulaSEkara AzhwAr’s ‘Er malar poonguzhal’ and nammAzhwAr’s minniniDai maDavarhaL. 

1.         kAdir   kaDippiTTu kalingam uDuttu

tAdunalla taNNanduzhAi koDaNindu |

pOdumaruttu puramE vanduninreer

Edukkiduven iduven iduvennO || One || 

kAdir   kaDippiTTu	Wearing beautiful earrings
kalingam uDuttu	and a beautiful dress
tAdu nalla taNNanduzhAi aNindu koDu	wearing a fresh tuzhasi mAla having lots of pollens
pOdu maruttu vandu	coming her very late
puramE Edukku ninreer	why do You stand outside the door?
idu  en idu  en idu ennO	What is this?

kADir  kaDippiTTu— When  He  was small yaSOda wanted to pierce the ears to put kuNDala. But He refused  to  do  so. She  pleaded  ‘kESavanambee!  unnai  kAdu  kutta  AipAla  peNDuhaL ellArum vandAraDaikkAi  nAn  tirutti  vaittEn’  ‘makara  kuzhAi  koNDu  vaittEn  veyyavE  kAdil   tiriyai iDuvan’  ‘ikkaDippiTTal  iniya  palAppazham  tandu  aNi  mulai  uNNa taruvan’ ‘Sottam nambee ingE  vArAi.’  Still  He  refused  to  have  His  ears  pieced. Then later on His friends used to tease Him ‘Sunai   kAdazhahiyar’   ‘viDukAdazhahiyAr’.  Then   He   agreed  to  let  pierce  the  ears  and  wear kuNDalas. 

kalingam   uDuttu—  nachchinArkkiniyar     interpreted   the   word   kalingam   that   occurs   in    Siru pANATTruppaDai as the upper garment (a shawl worn round the shoulders). periyavAchchAn piLLai in the pASura of tirukulaSEkarAzhwAr as the tuvarADai (a red shawl) . 

tAdu nalla taNNanduzhAi koDu aNindu—He comes wearing cool fragrant and fresh tuzhasi mAla and kalinga  in  order  to  please  her  by His appearance and give an excuse saying because He had taken so much interest in dressing up before  coming  here He was late (hiding the fact He was with another gOpi) and thereby pacify her anger. 

Edukku puramE vandu ninreer—Since  gOpi  is  really  angry  and  won't  talk  to  Him, He is standing outside the door hanging His head. 

idu en—You have beautiful ears. Why should You wear ear rings and come late? 

idu  en—You  are  very charming even if You are dirty (pooNi tozhuvinil pukku puzhudi aDainda pon mEni kANa peridum uhappan). Thus why should You take time taking bath and dressing up? 

iduvennO— Your  body  is  already  naturally  fragrant. Why should You say i take time to wear tuzhasi mAla etc., i like You more if You come as You are. 

Edukku—When  i  am very hungry and want food immediately what use of getting it very late?  Likewise You come now when i  was  pining  for You since a long time. You keep Your tuzhasi mAla to Yourself, Your kalinga and kAdir kaDippu all to Yourself. You enjoy Your beauty Yourself i don’t want You. 

2.            tuvarADaiyuDuttu  orucheNDu Siluppi

                        kavarAhamuDittu kalikkachchukkaTTi |

            SuvarAr kadavin puramE vandu ninreer

                        ivarAr iduven   iduven iduvennO || Two || 

tuvarADai uDuttu	You wear on Your hip a yellow coloured peetAmbara
orucheNDu Siluppi	rotating a flower ball in Your hand
kavarAha muDittu	tying Your hair in a bunch
kalikkachchukkaTTi	tightening the waist band
SuvarAr kadavin puramE	outside the door standing against the wall
vandu ninreer	You come and stand
ivarAr	Who are You?

idu  en idu  en idu ennO 

In  the  last  pASura  His  wearing  a  shawl  was  indicated . Now she says He is wearing a peetambara. Perhaps  He  had it ready with Him in His hand. When  she  was  not  attracted  by  the  dress  that  was described earlier He wears His famous peetAmbara and stands outside with in her sight. Even then she is not pacified. When  He  came, He  came with so much enthusiasm swirling a bunch of flower in His hand (as a mark of  enjoying her) looking as if He is ready to dive into the pool of pleasure. But as soon as He saw  her  mood,  He  stopped  near  the  door. He  prepared  Himself  to  enter  in  by tightening the belt and  tying  His  hair  up. She  would  not be lured by His actions nor His looks. When she says ‘kadavin puramE ninreer’. He takes it as a  word  of  admission  and  tries  to  get  in. She immediately asks Him angrily idu en idu en idu ennO! 

3.            karuLakkoDiyonruDaiyeer tanippAheer

uruLaSahaDam adu urakkil nimirtteer |

maruLaikkoDupADi vandu illam puhundeer

iruLattu iduven?  iduven? iduvennO ?   || Three || 

karuLakkoDi onru uDaiyeer	You have a garuDa flag
tanippAheer ik	and You are an expert rider
urakkil	when You were sleeping
uruLa SahaDam adu	that cart haunted by an asura was shattered into pieces
nimirtteer	then You kicked it
iruLattu	in the night
maruLa	to enchant women
pADi koDu vandu	You sing
illam puhundeer	and enter my house.

idu  en idu  en idu ennO 

The girl  continues  to be angry. ‘Oh! You are a great man indeed! You have a garuDa vAhana! You are an  expert  rider! You  are  great  hero  for You can  kick a cart to pieces even while sleeping! You are a good singer singing and whistling songs  coming  to  the houses of gOpis to woo them. i know You don’t care for me nor love me. Why do You come here  singing a song and entering my room? How dare You do this to me! Go away! 

4.         nAmam palavumuDai nAraNanambee

tAmattuLabam miha nAriDuhinreer |

kAmanenappADivandu illam puhundeer

Emattu iduven?  iduven? iduvennO ?   || Four || 

nAmam palavum uDai nAraNa nambee	Oh! nArAyaNa! You have thousands of names
miha nAru	highly aromatic
tuLabam tAma	tuzhasi mAla
iDuhinreer	You wear
kAman ena	like manmatha
pADi vandu	You come here singing
Emattu	in the night
illam puhundeer	You enter my house

idu  en idu  en idu ennO 

nAmam  palavum  uDai  nAraNa  nambee—Oh! nambee! You have thousand names in sahasranAma. But there are names for You in AyarpADi that You  are  the dAsa of this girl, dAsa of that girl and so on. Thus there is no end to Your names. 

tAma tuLabam miha nAriDuhinreer—You say You have  to  me  to have samslESha afflicted by great love for me. But how come the tuzhasi mAla You are wearing look fresh, green and fragrant. Shouldn’t it be losing its freshness and fragrance out of the heat generated by love?  This  alone  is the proof that You are a fraud and Your love i fake. Therefore go away! 

Emattu idu en—Emam  means  night  and guard. If it is the former it is interpreted as Why do You come here at this time of night? How could You leave that gOpi with whom You were all this time (sarcastically she  remarks).  If  it  means  ‘guard’  when  there  are  so  many people to guard me, how can You come daringly at this time 

5.         SuTTrum kuzhaltAzha SurihaiyaNaittu

maTTrum pala mAmaNi pon koDaNindu |

muTTram puhundu maruval Seidu ninreer

eTTrukku iduven?  iduven? iduvennO ?    || Five || 

kuzhal	Your locks of hair
SuTTrum tAzha	hang round Your neck
Surihai aNaittu	carrying a sword
maTTrum pala mAmaNi pon aNindu koDu	and wearing differed kinds of ornaments made of precious gems and gold
muTTram puhundu	coming to my house
maruval Seidu	smiling sweetly
eTTrukku ninreer	why do You stand here?

idu  en idu  en idu ennO 

SuTTrum  kukzhal  tAzha—In  the  second  pASura  she  said  ‘kavarAha  muDittu’ ;  Now  she says Suttrum  kuzhal  tAzha.  kaNNan  changes  His  hair  style somehow to woo her. He unfolded the knot and  lets   it  hang  around  His  shoulders. (kaLivaNDengum  kalandArpOl  kamazh  poonguzhalhaL tadandOLinmEl miLira ninru viLaiyADum). 

maTTrum pala mA maNi pon koDaNindu—He  had  come to her house well dressed and wearing lots of ornaments. She  says  ‘i  know  Your  ways  of  wooing  gOpis. You look charming and handsome no doubt. But i won't  let You  in  since  You  had spent this night at some other gOpis house and come here very late.  Didn’t  You   promise  You  would  come  here  only?  Why  do  You  stand  outside  with an enchanting smile on Your lips? (muruval seidu ninreer) go wherever You want to. i don’t prevent You. 

6.         AnAyarum Aniraiyum angozhiya

koonAyadOr koTTravillonru kaiyEndi |

pOnAr irundAraiyum pArttu puhundeer

EnOrhaL munnen iduven? iduvennO ?    || Six || 

AnAyarum	gOpAlas (shepherds)
Aniraiyum	and the herds of cattle
angozhiya	leaving them
koonAyadOr koTTra vil onru	a curved bow signifying aiSwarya
kaiyEndi	carrying in Your hand
pOnAr irundAraiyum pArttu puhundeer	You entered after watching who is going out and who is coming in
EnOrhaL mun en	why do this in front of Your enemies?

Oh!  mahAnuBAva!  i  know  that  You care little for us. All You care for are the gOpAlas and herds of cattle. You  love  them  very much.  Then why should You come here? You think it is below Your dignity to seek and meet girls like us. Therefore You pretend to go for hunting. You carry Your bow and arrows and stealthily walk here looking here and there. We don’t want You. What do You gain by coming here? (adu  kaNDu  ivvoor  onru  puNarhinradu)  There  are  only  enemies here. And there is dishonour by meeting and talking to us! Get lost! 

7.         mallEporuda tiraL tOL maNavALeer

allE arindOm num manattin karuttai |

sollAdozhiyeer SonnapOdinAl vAreer

ellE iduven?  iduven? iduvennO ?   || Seven || 

mallE	The wrestlers
poruda	are killed by You in the fight
tiraL tOL maNavALeer	Oh! maNavALa! You have strong arms
num manattin karuttai	Your intensions
allE	last night itself
arindOm	we knew
sollAdozhiyeer	You never fail to say what time You come
SonnapOdinAl vAreer	but You never come at that time
ellE	Alas!

idu  en idu  en idu ennO 

Oh! maNavALa! i know Your intensions. Yesterday You proved what a cheat You are. You always fix the time of appointment but never keep Your word. Alas! fool as i am i believe every time what You say and keep waiting for You. i never learn the lesson! i believe You each time  and  get  cheated unfailingly. Alas! i am a fool! Go away! Don’t ever look at me! 

8.         pukkADaravam piDittATTum punideer

ikkAlangaL yAm umakku EdonrumallOm |

takkAr palar dEvimAr SAlavuDaiyeer

ekkE iduven?  iduven? iduvennO ?    || Eight || 

pukku	Jumping in to the lake
ADaravam piDittu	catching serpent kALiya who has uplifted hoods
ATTum	shook Him with anger
punideer	Oh! pariSuddha! (pure)
ikkAlangaL	now
yAm umakku Edonrum allOm	we are nothing to You
takkAr palar dEvimAr Sala uDaiyeer	You have lots of divya pirATTi’s
ekkE	how unfortunate!

  idu  en idu  en idu ennO 

Oh! punida!  You dived into the lake where kALiya, the venous serpent lived, caught him and danced on his hoods. To  You,  we are very insignificant. Of course there are many deserving mahiShis willing to do kainkarya to You and they  are  innumerable. Why  should  You  bother about us who are simply gOpis? Ah! This is very unfortunate of us indeed? 

 9.            ADiyaSaindu AimaDavAroDu nee pOi

kooDikkuravai piNai kOmaLa piLLAi |

tEDi tirumAmahaL maNmahaL nirpa

                        EDi iduven?  iduven? iduvennO ?  || Nine || 

tirumAmahaL	periya pirATTi
maNmahaL	Boomi pirATTi
tEDi nirpa	keep searching for You
kooDi ADi aSaindu kuravai piNai	neglecting them You go with gOpis
nee pOi AimaDavAroDu	join their groups, dance with them and perform joyously rAsakreeDa
kOmaLa piLLAi	Oh! Handsome one!

idu  en idu  en idu ennO 

tEDi tirumAmahaL maNmahaL nirpa—periya  pirATTi  and  Boomi  pirATTi,  the  divine consorts of Him,  are  searching  for Him everywhere. He is in AyarpADi playing rAsakreeDa and singing with them! This gOpi starts to  narrate  further  what  He did during rAsakreeDA, He suddenly puts His hand on her mouth and says ‘hush’! Astonished at His act, she cries to her friend ‘EDi, idu en, idu ennO?’ 

‘karu  malar  koondal  orutti  tannai  kaDaikaNittu  AngE  orutti  tan  pAl  maruvi  manam vaittu maTTroruttikku  uraittu  oru  pEdaikku  pOi  kurittu  purikuzhal  mangai  orutti  tannai  puNartti avaLukkum nee meyyanillai marudiruttAi! un vaLarttiyODu vaLarhinradAl undan  mAyai  tAnE’ kulaSEkara AzhwAr The perumAL tirumozhi expresses similar idea. 

10.       allikkamalakkaNNanai angOrAichchi

elli pozhudooDiya ooDal tirattai |

kallin mali tOL kaliyan Sonna mAlai

Solli tudippAravar dukkamillarE   || Ten ||           

alli kamala kaNNanai	About kaNNa pirAn whose eyes are like lotus full of pollens
angu	in tiruvAippADi
Or Aichchi	a gOpi
elli pozhudu	at night
ooDiya	showing her love anger
ooDal tirattai	about what she spoke to Him
kallin mali tOL kaliyan	tirumangai ahzwar who has shoulders stronger than mountain
Sonna mAlai	this garland of words sung by him
Solli	those who sing
tudippAr avar	and praise emberumAn
dukkam illarE	are devoid of duhKa

tirumangai  AzhwAr  sing  these  pASuras  with  the  words  of  a  gOpi  who  was  angry  with kaNNan. kaNNan  liked  her  all  the  more  since  He  knows  the  anger is praNaya rOSha (due to love). This is  revealed  by  the  word  ‘alli  kamala  kaNNan’  tiruvaLLuvar  says  in  tirukkuraL ‘puttalil   pulattEl nADuNDO  nilattoDu  neer  iyaindannArahattu’—When the girl has praNaya rOSha  with  her  lover, and has samslEsha with Him  like  water  is absorbed in the land. There is no better world which can give her more pleasure’ uNalinum uNDadoral inidu kAmam puNardalin ooDal inidu’.