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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