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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all,

After PeriyAzhwAr anubhavams, let us now continue on
his darling daughter GodhA PiraaTTi?s Naacchiyaar
Thirumozhi verses... on ThiruvEnkatam? [Extracted from
the most wonderful translation of Smt Kalyani
Krishnamachari based on Sri Sadagopan Swamin?s
treatise and acharyas? commentaries.]  

nAcciyAr tirumozhi VIII ? starts with viNNIla mElAppu
? these ten verses are on ThiruvEnkatam. Let us enjoy
the fifth verse today.. 

vAn koNDu kiLarndu ezhunda mA-mugilgAL!
vEnkaTattut tEn koNDa malar cidaRat tiraNDErip
pozhivIrgAL!
Un koNDa vaLLUgirAl iraNiyanai uDal iDandAn
tAn koNDa Sari-vaLaigaL tarumAgil cARRuminE

Translation (meaning) from SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh
treatise: In the next pASuram, ANDAL makes one more
request with the clouds: "Oh clouds that spread all
over the skies of tiruvE~nkaTam and rain profusely
such that the fragrant flowers from the trees fall all
over the ground! Go and tell that Great Lord who tore
apart hiraNyakaSipu to pieces with His strong and
sharp nails about my viraha tApam if He has any intent
of returning to me the bangles that He has stolen away
from me because of my being separated from Him." 

These clouds rain only for the good of others. Now
ANDAL is asking them to convey her message to Him for
her good. When these clouds make the honey-laden
flowers in the trees in tirumalai fall all over
tiruvE~nkaTam, their main purpose is to do
tiruma~njanam to the tirumalai which has been made
holy by His standing there. When He is all cooled down
by the rains from these clouds, she is asking them to
give her message to her vEnkatanAthan.

Additional thoughts from SrI PVP:

VAn kONDu kiLarndu ezhunda mEga~ngAL: These clouds
have occupied the whole sky as if they have swallowed
the whole sky, without consideration that the sky is
their place of living. The sky is described as
limitless, but these clouds have devoured the whole
sky. vEnkaTattut tEn koNDa malar cidarat tiraNDErip
pozhivIrgAL: ANDAL is asking the clouds: "What is the
use in knocking down all the honey-laden flowers with
your heavy rains? You can make yourselves more useful
by going as my messenger and uniting us. It looks like
a lot of you gather together and all you do is destroy
all the flowers. Stop doing this and make me who is
like a garland and who is named the garland - godai,
unite with my emperumAn".

Alternatively, SrI PVP offers the interpretation that
godai is telling the clouds that just by knocking down
these flowers for which she does not care much, they
have not helped in fulfilling her real desire. Like
sItA pirATTi who could neither see the beautiful
flowers, nor the fruits, nor the trees around her but
could only think of rAma, she is also only interested
in union with her Lord. "naishA paSyati rAkshasya:
nEmAn pushpa phaladrumAn ekastha hr*dayA nUnam rAmam
evAnupaSyati" - (sundara kANDam 16-25) (this pirATTi
does not see the rAkshasi-s; she does not see these
flowers or fruits or trees; with a concentrated mind,
she sees only rAman- says hanumAn). Then it appears
that the vAn KoNDu kiLarndu ezhunda mega~ngAL are
asking ANDAL: "What exactly do you want us to do?" She
tells them what to do in the second half of
thepASuram. 

iraNiyanai uDal iDandAn

- He destroyed hiraNyakaSipu, who was the father of
prahlAda and as such normally the closest to his son.
But when this closest relative to prahlAda turned his
enemy, bhagavAn became even closer to prahlAda and
helped him. When this was the case, can bhagavAn not
come and help her when He Himself has become the enemy
by refusing to reveal Himself to her. This is the
message she wants the clouds to carry to
tiruvE~nkaTamuDaiyAn. When He came and helped
prahlAda, He took a form of half-man and half-lion
which was totally inconsistent with His stature as the
devAdi-devan, just to eliminate an enemy to someone
else. For helping ANDAL, He does not have to assume
any such form that is inconsistent with His Greatness.
All she wants is for Him to come with His svarUpam
intact. If He could come and help a young boy, can't
He come and help an equally young girl? Un koNDa
vaLLugirAl iraNiyanai uDal iDandAn: Using the strong
and sharp nails. Unlike this in the case of prahlAda,
He does not have to either transform Himself into this
unnatural form of lion and man, nor destroy anyone
with His own Hands. It is enough if He lets ANDAL have
her belonging that He has stolen away fromher. 

Sari vaLaigaL - This term can be interpreted in two
ways. Sari can mean "slipping", and so Sari vaLaigaL
can refer to the bangles that are slipping away from
her hands because she has become very lean because of
her separation from Him. It can also mean that ANDAL
is so beautiful and slender that the bangles will keep
slipping even when He comes. Another interpretation is
that Sari is an ornament, and vaLai is another
ornament (bangles), and Sari vaLaigaL refer to two
different ornaments. tarumAgil: if He gives; since
godai uses the word 'Agil', it shows that she is
doubting whether He will fulfill her wishes. This is
because He is sarvESvaran and hence sarva-svatantran;
so, He may or may not comply with her wishes. Then,
why send a messenger? Whether He comes or not, her
desire doesn't leave her. 

SARRuminE: Go and inform Him. ANDAL wants to send Him
the message about her desire whether He plans to
comply with it or not. The reference to Sari vaLai
here is the desire to be united with Him.
Additional thoughts from SrI PBA: 

tEn koNDa malar Sidara: godai is happy that the clouds
are destroying the flowers which are torturing her
during this time of her viSlEsha kAlam; but, that is
not enough; she wants the clouds to make these flowers
her bOgap-poruL by facilitating her samsclEsham or
union with emperumAninstead.

SARRUminE: ANDAL is asking the clouds to let Him know
her pathetic situation and find out what His
tiruvuLLam is; if nothing else, she just wants the
clouds to come back and let her know what His
tiruvuLLam is.

Additional thoughts from SrI T.S. rAjagOpAlan:

VaLaigaL tarumAgil: His giving her the bangles back
just means that if He comes to godai, her health will
pick up and the bangles will fit her well "San~gu
tan~gu mun kai nan~gai" - San~gu is vaLai - bangle.
what a wonderful anubhavam of ANdAL! How beautifully
Smt KalyaNi Krishnamachari has written the above..
Thanks to her for sharing her article

AndAL ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan


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> Regards
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