{"id":53275,"date":"2024-06-23T23:57:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T23:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=53275"},"modified":"2024-06-23T23:57:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T23:57:34","slug":"nachchiyar-thirumozhi-1-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi-1-8\/","title":{"rendered":"nAchchiyAr thirumozhi\u00a0&#8211; 1.8 &#8211; mAsudai udambodu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi\/\">Full series<\/a> >> <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi-1\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"53233\">First decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi-1-7\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"53272\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong> \u2013 she beseeches <em>kAman<\/em> to grant her kainkaryam (service) to the divine feet of emperumAn, which will fit with her <em>svarUpam<\/em> (basic nature).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>mAsudai udambodu thalaiyulaRi vAyppuRam veLuththoru pOdhumuNdu<\/em><br><em>thEsudaith thiRaludaik kAmadhEvA nORkinRa nOnbinaik kuRIkkoL kaNdAy<\/em><br><em>pEsuvadhu onRu uNdu ingu emperumAn peNmaiyaith thalaiyudaiththAkkum vaNNam<\/em><br><em>kEsava nambiyaik kAl pidippAL ennum ippERu enakku aruL(u) kaNdAy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>thEsudai<\/em> \u2013 having the radiance coming from uniting those who had separated<br><em>thiRaludai<\/em> \u2013 having the strength to remove their enemies<br><em>emperumAn<\/em> \u2013 being my swAmy [lord]<br><em>kAmadhEvA<\/em> \u2013 Oh, manmatha!<br><em>mAsudai<\/em> \u2013 dust settled<br><em>udambodu<\/em> \u2013 along with the physical form<br><em>thalai<\/em> \u2013 locks on the head<br><em>ulaRi<\/em> \u2013 in disarray<br>(due to absence of <em>thAmbUlam<\/em> (betel leaves))<br><em>vAyppuRam<\/em> \u2013 lips<br><em>veLuththu<\/em> \u2013 becoming pale<br><em>oru pOdhu<\/em> \u2013 one time alone<br><em>uNdum<\/em> \u2013 eating<br><em>nORkinRa<\/em> \u2013 observing<br><em>nOnbinai<\/em> \u2013 this ritual<br><em>kuRikkoL kanDay<\/em> \u2013 you should always keep in your mind<br><em>ingu<\/em> \u2013 now<br><em>pEsuvadhu<\/em> \u2013 to be told<br><em>onRu uNdu<\/em> \u2013 there is a matter<br><em>peNmai<\/em> \u2013 my existence<br><em>thalaiyudaiththu Akkum vaNNam<\/em> \u2013 to attain primacy<br><em>kEsavan<\/em> \u2013 one who annihilated the monster kESi<br><em>nambiyai<\/em> \u2013 one who is full of auspicious qualities<br><em>kAl pidippAL<\/em> \u2013 she will massage his feet<br><em>ennum<\/em> \u2013 being mentioned<br><em>ippERu<\/em> \u2013 this<em> purushArtham<\/em> [benefit]<br><em>enakku<\/em> \u2013 for me<br><em>aruL kaNdAy<\/em> \u2013 you should mercifully grant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh manmatha, who is my swAmy! You have the radiance resulting from uniting people who had separated and the strength to destroy their enemies. You should always keep in your mind my ritual wherein with dust settled on my physical form, with hair in disarray, lips having become pale, I am eating only one time in a day. I have a matter to be told you. You should mercifully grant me the benefit that I will massage the divine feet of one who killed the monster <em>kESi<\/em> and who is full of auspicious qualities such that my existence will gain primacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkyAnam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>mAsudai udambodu<\/strong> \u2013 my conduct is such that I will not remain without taking a bath. Due to separation from emperumAn, since I am not taking bath, my physical form has become dirty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thalai ulaRi<\/strong> \u2013 she had spoken of herself, in nAchchiyAr thirumozhi 9-10 as \u201c<em>surumbAr kuzhaRkOdhai<\/em>\u201d (ANdAL whose hair is surrounded by beetles (since it is fragrant and dripping with honey)). Now, her hair is dishevelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vAyppuRam veLuththu<\/strong> \u2013 her lips, which are always reddish due to taking betel leaves constantly, have now become pale since she has stopped using such materials of enjoyment, in separation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>orupOdhu uNdum<\/strong> \u2013 Due to separation from emperumAn, she does not desire food and wanted to stop eating. However, in the expectation \u201cIf we approach <em>kAman<\/em>, perhaps he may unite us with emperumAn\u201d, she ate food once in a day, in order to sustain her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nORkinRa nOnbinaik kuRIkkoL kaNdAy<\/strong> \u2013 you should keep in your mind about the hardships that I am putting myself through, while observing the rituals. Since she is using the word <em>nORkinRa<\/em>, which is in present tense, this indicates that she is observing this ritual constantly, without any break. The underlying opinion here is that just as krishNa had said that dhraupadhi\u2019s cry was constantly hurting his heart, just as it had been said in mahAbhAratham udhyOga parvam 47-22 &#8220;<em>gOvindhEdhi yadhAgrandhath krushNA mAm dhUravAsinam l ruNam pravruththamiva mE hrudhayAnnApasarpathi <\/em>ll&#8221; (The cry of dhraupadhi from afar, when she called out to me as \u2018<em>gOvindha<\/em>\u2019 does not leave my heart, just like a loan amount which keeps building up due to accumulation of interest), <em>kAman<\/em> should also constantly remember that she was observing the ritual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>thEsudaith thiRaludaik kAmadhEvA<\/strong> \u2013 you have the radiance born out of your fame that you will always unite those who had got separated, and the strength to destroy their enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pEsuvadhu onRu ingu uNdu emperumAn<\/strong> \u2013 Oh one who is my swAmy! There is something which I have to tell you. When asked as to what it is, she reveals that through the remaining portion of the pAsuram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>peNmaiyaith thalaiyudaiththu Akkum vaNNam<\/strong> \u2013 this is the way in which my existence will gain eminence. The term <em>peNmai<\/em> refers to <em>pArathanthryam<\/em> (total dependence) which is peculiar to women. How will her existence gain eminence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kEsavan nambiyaik kAl pidippAL ennum ippERu<\/strong> \u2013 her eminence comes through carrying out service by massaging the divine feet of emperumAn, who has as his nature annihilation of enemies such as kESi et al and who is full with his auspicious qualities. This is her <em>purushArtham<\/em> (ultimate goal).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ippERu enakku aruL kaNdAy<\/strong>&#8211; just as it had been mentioned in the previous pAsuram, she did not desire being hugged tightly on her bosoms. Right from the first line, she is desirous of carrying out servitude to emperumAn. You should mercifully grant me this ultimate benefit, which is apt for my <em>svarUpam<\/em> (basic nature) of <em>SEshathvam<\/em> (being a servitor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, we will consider the 9<sup>th<\/sup>pAsuram of this decad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br>pramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br>pramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br>SrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama: Full series >> First decad &lt;&lt; Previous avathArikai (Introduction) \u2013 she beseeches kAman to grant her kainkaryam (service) to the divine feet of emperumAn, which will fit with her svarUpam (basic nature). mAsudai udambodu thalaiyulaRi vAyppuRam veLuththoru pOdhumuNduthEsudaith thiRaludaik kAmadhEvA nORkinRa nOnbinaik kuRIkkoL kaNdAypEsuvadhu &#8230; <a title=\"nAchchiyAr thirumozhi\u00a0&#8211; 1.8 &#8211; mAsudai udambodu\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi-1-8\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about nAchchiyAr thirumozhi\u00a0&#8211; 1.8 &#8211; mAsudai udambodu\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudhalayiram","category-nachchiyar-thirumozhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53290,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53275\/revisions\/53290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}