Dear BhakthAs of Swamy NammAzhwAr
:
Introduction to the Ninteenth
SeyyuL
How can adiyEn describe the divine aruLiccheyals
of Swamy NammAzhwAr ?
Can I say it arose to extoll the glories of
the Lord ?
Can I describe it as a rope constructed out
of the strands of all VedhAs ?
Should I describe it as the equivalent of the
Sanskrit Vedhams ?
Should I call it the superior food for soul that
strengthens it ?
Should I describe it as the seed for Tamil
VedhAs that stayed in the minds of the sages from
time immemorial and as the seed born
out of the flower and fruit of VedhAs ?
Alas ! adiyEn does not how to describe It
!
Text of the 19th
SeyyuL
soll yenkanO? muzhu
VedhaccchurukkenkEnO ? yevarkkum
nell yenkEnO? uNNum neerenkEnO?
maRai nEr niRukkum
kall yenkEnO? mudhir
Jn~Anak-kaNiyenkEnO puhala
vallyenkEnO? KuruhUr YempirAn
sonna MalaayaiyE
SeyyuLL 19:
Word by Word Meanings:
KuruhUr EmpirAn sonna
Maalayai soll yenkEnO ? = Should adiyEn describe the
aruLiccheyal of ThiruvAimozhi of the great one incarnated in ThirukkuruhUr as
the stOtrams for Sriman NaarAyaNan?
Muzhu Vedha churukku
yenkEnO?= Should
adiyEn call it as the essence of all
the Sanskrit VedhAs?
yevarkkum nel yenkEnO?=
or should adiyEn call it the most important food
for our well being ?
uNNum neer
yenkEnO?= instead should adiyEn recognize it as the
drinking water that quenches our thirst?
maRai neer niRukkum kall
yenkEnO?= or should adiyEn understand it as the measuring
stone placed in the scale on
the
opposite side of the Sanskrit VedhAs to determine the weight of those
VedhAs? Is it a calibrating entity
?
Jn~Ana muthir Kani
yenkEnO? =or should adiyEn recognize it as the ripe
fruit of Jn~Anam ?
The seed of the
ripe fruit grew into a fruit tree ( Swamy NammAzhwAr) blessing us with the
delectable Paasurams of ThiruvAimozhi.
The reference here
is to the paasuram passage of ThirumazhisaippirAn in Naanmukha ThiruvandhAti
:
" VidhayAha,
naRRamizhaivitthi yennuLLatthai nee ViLaitthAi kaRRa
mozhiyAhak-kalanthu"
puhalaval yenkEnO?= How indeed can adiyEn describe adequately the ThiruvAimozhi
Paasurams of Swamy NammAzhwAr ? Do I have the skills and power to characterize
them ? No !
SeyyuLL
20
Introduction to the 20th
SeyyuLL:
The Master and his Mistress eloped
without the knowledge of the parents.
The woman that raised the Mistress (
sevili Thaai) goes on
search for the daughter of the house and asks every one on the way , whether
they have seen a
couple answering her description . Those people respond and state that the
couple must have crossed now the pAlai vanam portion and reached the
Marutha country , where the verdant
ThirukkuruhUr is
located.
Text of the 20th
SeyyuLL
mAlaikkuzhaliyum
Villiyum MaaRanai vAzhtthalar pOm
pAlaik-kaDam pahalE
kadanthEhip-paNai-marutat-
thAlaik-karumbhin
narElennum Osayai anjiyampoRRc-
chAlaik-kiLi uRangA
thirunAddiDam sArvArhaLE
SeyuLL 20: Word by Word
Meaning
Maalaikkuzhaliyum
Villiyum= both the best among ladies ( Talaivi) adorning
fragrant strand of flowers on her tresses and the hero holding a strong bow in
his hand( Villi)
MaaRanai Vaazhtthalar
pAlaikkadam pahalE kadanthu yEhi=they crossed during
the day itself ,the desert land reserved for those who do not eulogize
SaThakOpan and reached....
" Paalaikkadam" denotes a barren piece of land without water or trees . Kambhar
says that those who do not revere and eulogize SaThakOpar are like travellers
in this life , who are bereft of comfort , consolation and pleasure
derived from the blessings of the Paasurams of
ThiruvAimozhi.
paNai Marutatthu
Aalaik-karumbin narEl yennum osai anji =the glorious land
of Marutham ( Marutha nilam) , where the harsh sound of narEl is heard from
the crushing of the Sugar cane stalks that
frightens....
am poRRchAlaik-kiLi
uRangaa (ThirunAttidam saarvAhalE)= ( the narel sound that
frightens) the parrots inside their golden cages and keeps them awake
uRangaa ThirunAttidam
sAarvArhaLE=
they ( Talaivan and Talaivi) would
have reached the Marutha nadu , where the parrots do not get much sleep
because of the active sugarcane mills .
The "narEl" sound resembles the shreik
of the cats and that makes the nervous parrots lose their
sleep.
Marutha Nilam is fertile and the
abundant crops such as Sugar cane are
proof to such agricultural
richness .
Swamy NammAzhwAr
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,
DhAsan ,
Oppiliappan Koil V. Sadagopan