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SRI RANGA SRI VOL.07 / ISSUE # 13 dated 22nd December 2005
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 7:
KEECHU KEECHU ENRU
(ANBIL RAMASWAMY)
2. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 7:
KEECHU KEECHU ENRU
ENGLISH VERSE TRANSLATION
(MS. SHOBA RAMASWAMY)
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ISSUES RELEASED
So far, 189 Regular issues of SRS have been released apart from Special
Issues:
27 Issues of Vol. 1
15 Issues of Vol. 2
42 Issues of Vol. 3
35 Issues of Vol. 4
28 Issues of Vol. 5
30 Issues of Vol. 6 and
12 Issues of Vol. 7
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1. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 7:
KEECHU KEECHU ENRU
(ANBIL RAMASWAMY)
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Tiruppavai - 07
keecu keecu
keecu keecu enRu engum aanaic caaththan * kalandhu
pEsina pEccaravam kEttilaiyO pEyp peNNE *
kaasum piRappum kalakalappak kai pErththu *
vaasa naRuNGkuzhal aaycciyar * maththinaal
Osai paduththa thayiraravam kEttilaiyO *
naayakap peN piLLaay naaraayaNan moorththi *
kEsavanaip paadavum nee kEttE kidaththiyO *
thEsamudaiyaay thiRavElOr embaavaay.
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"pEY peNNE" are the key words to hold that this Paasuram is a ?wake up? call
to a gOPi who is like KulasEkara Azhwar who says:
? ?EmpiraanukkE pEyanaai ozhindEn? and
?pEyarE yenakku yaavarum, yaanum Ore pEyanE?
? Jadabharata was a great Sage after whom our country is named as
?Bhaaratavarsha?.
He was like a recluse and was considered to be a "pEy" by many in his time.
? It refers to a person who knows that ?Bhaagavata abhimaanam? is more
important than ?Bhagavad abhimaanam? and yet does not join the company of
Bhaagavatas.
Hence, they call her ?pEy peNNe?
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keecu keecu enRu: chirping sound (an onomatopoeia)
engum: everywhere.
? We know how mosquitoes swarm and do ?reengaaram? in unison!
Aanaiccaaththan: birds of a particular type, known as "valiyan" in Tamil
and "bharadvAja" in Sanskrit
Kalandhu: together.
* It is not a solitary bird. Birds are everywhere and they have started
conversing
pEsina pEccu: saying words, talking
aravam kEttilaiyO: didn?t you hear the sound?
? Let alone the talk. Don?t you hear at least the sound?
What do they talk about?
? Probably, who among them should do ?baby sitting? while both of them
were
out searching for food.
? Can we make out what the birds were talking about?
Kekaya Raja is reported to have known the language of ants and was amused on
hearing some conversation. His wife insisted on his revealing the content of
their conversation but he refused because there was a curse on him that if
he revealed, his head would break to pieces.
pEy peNNE: hey spellbound girl!
? Ghosts do not sleep at night. They sleep only in the early morning like
?pEy?.
? It might also mean one who is disinterested or one who has lost her
mind
or one who is adamant.
? In the earlier Paasuram they called Pootana as ?pEy?. Here, they call
their peer herself as ?pEy?
In the earlier Paasuram, they referred to the chirping (silambina).
In this, they say that the birds have started talking to one another
(pEtcharavam)
Thinking that the sleeping gOpi who wished to be woken up with ?Suprabatam?
might be unwilling to get up on hearing mere ?bird talk?, they proceed to
give further evidence.
Kaasum: (garlands of) auspicious coins (that which is worn subsequently)
piRappum: cylindrical golden jewelry (that which is worn from the time of
birth)
? In Svapadesam, these two are also said to represent ?sama? and ?Dama?
atmaguNas
Kalakalappak: the jingling sound of ?kala kala''(another onomatopoeia)
? It may be noted that there is no mention of ?maangalaya DaaraNam? in
Valmiki RamayaNam or in Andal?s Naachiyaar Tirumozhi where she narrates her
dream about the wedding ceremony.
? The most important events in wedding are ?PaaNigrahaNam? and events
like
?saptapathi?. ?Maangalyam?, ?MeTTi Oli? etc appear to be later additions and
are only secondary.
kai pErththu: moving hands up.
vaasa naRum: very fragrant - about the ?sarvagandhan?
kuzhal: hair
aaycciyar: cow girls (gopikas)
maththinaal: using the churning rod. Churndashery.
? Do you know that Lord KrishNa at Udupi is known as ?paasa manthaana
paaNI?? He holds a rope in one hand and a ?mathu? on the other.
Osai paduththa: making noise.
? The sound of churning, the jingling sound of the bangles and other
ornaments and their singing aloud the names of KrishNa raise the decibels to
a high pitch so as to reach the very heavens. And, it is strange that you
don?t hear it!
Thayir: yogurt
aravam kEttilaiyO: don?t you hear the sound?
? It is not as if the churning is done in some distant house. Since you
are
the daughter of a rich and prosperous Gopa, even within your own house a lot
of damsels are engaged in this churning job. So, this sound is very near to
you. How can you not hear it?
? Also, the yogurt is so thick like ?hard rock? that it requires a lot of
effort to chisel it, may be with a hammer. So, the sound should be too loud
to be ignored.
? When Sri Rama broke the ?Siva dhanus?, it is reported to have created a
deafening sound. The breaking of the curd was even louder. How can you not
hear it?
The sleeping gOpi seems to say ?OK! This churning is done all day long. How
can I take it from this that the morning has dawned? They reply that they
are singing the praise of Kesava in chorus and this should be sufficient
proof.
Nayaka peN piLLaay! : Oh! Girl! Oh! Leader
? Even if we give so much of evidence you refuse to believe, probably
because of your pride in belonging to a prosperous family
? It might also mean that if you who should be our leader do not even
follow
what kind of leadership you can provide us?
NaaraayaNan: Narayana's
moorththi: descent (Avatara) (lit. form)
? This is none other than Sriman NarayaNa
KEsavanai: about Kesava (one of the principal names of Narayana / Lord
Vishnu)
The word Kesavan is derived differently thus:
? He has beautiful locks of hair (kEsa)
? He is the one who killed the Asura ?Kesi? who came in the form of a
horse
? He is the Lord of both Ka: = Brahma and Isa = Siva
Lord Siva himself says in Hari Vamsa (3.31.48):
?Kah iti BrahmaNO naama
EesOham Sarva dehinaam
Aavaam tava angE sambhootou
Tasmat kEsava naamavaan?
Meaning:
?The word ?kah? is the name of four faced Brahma
I am the Lord (Eesa) of all beings that have taken bodies (sarva dEhinaam)
Both of us were born (sambhootou) out of your limbs (tava angE)
Therefore, you are known as ?kEsava?
? He is the controller of senses which are like the wavered runaway horse
? Kesava is the deity presiding over ?Margazhi?
? Vyaasa said ?na deivam kEsavaath param?
Paadavum: singing
Nee: you
kEttE kidaththiyO: are you lying down even after hearing?
? On hearing, there is a story of a king who offered rewards depending on
the distance traversed by the participating poets. One poet was so greedy to
earn a lot claimed that he came from VaikunTam. The king consulted his
ministers who said that VaikunTam is ?within hearing distance? (kooppiDu
dooram) because they remembered the call of Draupadi and GajEndra. The Lord
heard and rushed to help. The King gave the poet just the ?bus charge? to
the nearest point (kooppiDu dooram) and sent him away!
Why the mention of Pootana, Sakataasura, Kesi etc?
? We thought that on hearing about all these dangers that KrishNa
encountered, you would hurry up like KulasEkara Azhwar who ordered his army
to proceed to help Sri Rama in his fight against Kara dhooshaNa. But, you do
not seem to be moved by these episodes.
ThEsam udaiyaay: you who are with splendor (Sanskrit: tejas)
? They peeped through the window and found the gOpi?s face beaming with
KrishNa japam. Hence, they called her ?ThEsam uDaiyaai?- ?Oh! Smart one!?
? Smart because, she had realized the Paradevata aspect of the Lord as
well
as the Tattva, Hita, Purushaartas and thereby became the leader of the
?gOshTi?
ThiRa: open (the door)
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2. TIRUPPAVAI PASURAM # 7:
KEECHU KEECHU ENRU
ENGLISH VERSE TRANSLATION
(MS. SHOBA RAMASWAMY)
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?With shrill voices,
The Bharadwaja birds
Gather all around
And screech.
Cans?t thou hear them,
Bemused maid?
Or
With jangling chains
And rapid hands
The herdwomen
Of their scented hair
Turn their churns
And
The buttermilk swishes?
Chief among girls!
Can you listen
To our song
Of Lord Narana Kesava
And still lie in bed?
Lovely princess!
Open your doors! Oh! My Maidens!?
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