{"id":53581,"date":"2024-08-06T23:38:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T23:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=53581"},"modified":"2024-08-06T23:38:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T23:38:25","slug":"nachchiyar-thirumozhi-5-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/08\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi-5-7\/","title":{"rendered":"nAchchiyAr thirumozhi &#8211; 5.7 \u2013 pongiya pARkadal"},"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> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi-5\/\">Fifth decad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/08\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi-5-6\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"53579\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>avathArikai (Introduction)<\/strong> \u2013 She tells the cuckoo bird \u201cIf you can call him out, taking pity on my suffering, that will be a noble deed\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>pongiya pARkadal pALLikoLvAnaip puNarvadhOr AsaiyinAL en<\/em><br><em>kongai kiLarndhu kumaiththuk kudhugaliththu Aviyai Agulam seyyum<\/em><br><em>anguyilE<\/em>!<em> unakkenna maRaindhuRaivu Azhiyum sangum oNthaNdum<\/em><br><em>thangiya kaiyavanaik kUvil nI sAlath tharumam peRudhi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word-by-Word Meanings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>am kuyilE<\/em> \u2013 Oh beautiful cuckoo!<br><em>pongiya pAl kadal<\/em> \u2013 in thiruppARkadal (milky ocean) with waves agitating<br><em>paLLi koLvAnai<\/em> \u2013 with emperumAn, who is mercifully reclining<br><em>puNarvadhu Or AsaiyinAl<\/em> \u2013 due to the desire to unite with him<br><em>en kongai<\/em> \u2013 my bosoms<br><em>kiLarndhu<\/em> \u2013 swelling<br><em>kudhugaliththu<\/em> \u2013 becoming very joyous<br><em>Aviyai<\/em> \u2013 my life<br><em>kumaiththu Agulam seyyum<\/em> \u2013 will melt and make me distressed<br>(Oh, beautiful cuckoo!)<br><em>maRaindhun uRaivu<\/em> \u2013 (in the shade, away from sunlight) by your hiding<br><em>unakku enna<\/em> \u2013 what is your benefit?<br><em>oN Azhiyum sangum thaNdum thangiya kaiyavanai vara<\/em> \u2013 to make emperumAn, who is donning the divine disc, the divine conch and the divine mace in his divine hands, to come here<br><em>nI kUvil<\/em> \u2013 if you could call out<br><em>sAla<\/em> \u2013 to a great extent<br><em>dharumam peRudhi<\/em> \u2013 you would have done a noble deed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, beautiful cuckoo! emperumAn is mercifully reclining in <em>thiruppARkadal<\/em> (milky ocean) where the waves are agitating. Due to their desire to unite with him, my bosoms are swelling, becoming joyous and are troubling me by melting me. What is the benefit if you were to hide yourself? If you could call out to that emperumAn, who is holding the divine disc, the divine conch and the divine mace in his divine hands, to make him to come here, you would indeed have done a noble deed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pongiya pARkadal paLLi koLvAnai<\/strong> \u2013 while his residence is paramapadham, in order to subjugate these people [in samsAram], he has left that paramapadham and has reclined in thiruppARkadal, where the waves are agitating. kUraththAzhwAn says in varadharAja sthavam 60 &#8220;<em>SambhOrambhOruhamukhasakhA san sahAngaS SaSAnka<\/em>: <em>kurvan sEvAm varadha<\/em>!<em> vikalO vruththahInas suvakra<\/em>: l <em>thvath pAdhAbjE priyamakha<\/em>:<em> nakhachchadmanASrIthya nithyam<\/em> <em>sadhvruththO\u2019bhUth sa thu dhaSaguNa<\/em>:<em> pushkalO nishkaLanka<\/em>: ll&#8221; (Oh bhagavAn, with a lotus-like divine face and who is fond of <em>yagyams<\/em> (rituals)! chandhran (moon), who (already) has sins (and has that blemish), despite being friendly with rudhra (Sivan) carrying out servitude to him (by decorating his head), became devoid of his rays, became deformed, without a good conduct and lost his round shape. Through the excuse of being your [toe] nails, he attained your divine feet forever, became unblemished (without sins), became full (with all his rays) and became round (regaining his good conduct), becoming bigger ten times). Ocean will start agitating when it sees moon, even if the moon has a fault, as said in the above mentioned SlOkam. When the moon takes the form of emperumAn\u2019s toe-nails, becoming ten moons at the same time, is there a need to say how the waves would agitate! purusha sUktham says \u201c<em>chandhramA manasO jAtha<\/em>:<em> chakshO<\/em>:<em>sUryO ajAyatha<\/em>\u201d (chandhran was born from emperumAn\u2019s mind and sUryan (sun) from emperumAn\u2019s eyes). Since chandhran was born from emperumAn\u2019s divine mind, he gave chandhran a little bit of that coolness. When ocean agitates on seeing that chandhran, is it necessary to say how much it will agitate when emperumAn himself is reclining on it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>puNarvadhOr AsaiyinAl<\/strong> \u2013 with the desire to unite with him<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>en kongai \u2026\u2026 Akulam seyyum<\/strong> \u2013 unlike me who thinks that despite deep love, a lady should have the typical feminine modesty, my bosoms refuse to be restrained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kiLarndhu<\/strong> \u2013 just as a few limbs swell when they long for gold, my bosoms too swell, desiring him who is like gold. She says \u201cDid I have bosoms which are modest like me?\u201d Aren\u2019t they those which trouble her heart and a burden on her heart?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kumaiththu<\/strong> \u2013 just like children trouble their mother when she is not giving them food, by punching her on her back, her bosoms troubled her since they did not get to embrace his chest, which is their food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>kudhugaliththu<\/strong> \u2013 even when he had not come, in a state of stupor, they showed joy as if they were going out to receive him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aviyai Agulam seyyum<\/strong> \u2013 if I were to explain the way they troubled me, it will be as lengthy as mahAbhAratham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>anguyilE! unakkenna maRaindhuRaivu<\/strong> \u2013 when I am suffering like this, is it apt for you to be in the shade, hiding yourself from the sun?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Azhiyum sangum oN thaNdum thangiya kaiyavanai varakkUvil<\/strong> \u2013 just as nammAzhwAr had said in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/periya-thiruvandhadhi-87\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"24377\">periya thiruvandhAdhi 87<\/a> \u201c<em>eppOdhum kaikazhalA nEmiyAn<\/em>\u201d (he holds his divine disc on his divine hand, always), he has his divine weapons always on his hands so that he would not have to search for them when there is a need to protect his followers. If you could call out to such an emperumAn to come here\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nI sAlath tharumam peRudhi<\/strong> \u2013 sIthAp pirAtti says in SrI rAmAyaNam sundhara kANdam 39-10 &#8220;<em>jIvanthIm mAm yathA rAmas sambhAvayathi kIrthimAn<\/em> l <em>thath thathA hanuman vAchyO vAchA dharmamavApnuhi<\/em> ll&#8221; (You should tell a word to the eminent SrI rAmapirAn to honour me who is alive), addressing hanuman. (Here ANdAL tells the cuckoo) By your one word, I will be able to sustain myself. You would get the benefit of having organised a <em>thanneerppandhal<\/em> (a shed in which water is given to the thirsty people, especially during peak summer times, acknowledged as a noble deed). Without delay, you should do this [calling out to emperumAn to come here].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nI sAlath tharumam peRudhi<\/strong> \u2013 if you protect me, it will be equivalent to protecting him who cannot sustain himself in separation from me. If you protect him, it will be equivalent to protecting the entire world, whose existence will be nullified without him. Thus, you will get the virtuous deed of giving a fresh lease of life to the world which is always together with the supreme entity, who has been existing sine time immemorial, ready to protect the worlds. <em>kapOthOpAkhyAnam<\/em> [an ancient treatise from purANas] talks about how a dove, with its beloved, was suffering during heavy rains, and how it offered itself as food to a hunter who stood under the tree where the birds were sitting, in hunger, considering him as one who has come to surrender to it. ANdAL tells the cuckoo, you need not destroy itself; it is enough if you just tell a word. There, the dove protected only that hunter; here, by protecting me, you would be deemed to have protected all the worlds.&nbsp; Did not perumAL [SrI rAma] too say in a similar fashion to hanuman, just as it has been mentioned in SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 1-12 &#8220;<em>aham cha raghuvamSaScha lakshmaNaScha mahAbala<\/em>: l <em>vaidhEhyA dharSanEnAdhya dharmatha<\/em>:<em> parirakshithA<\/em>: ll&#8221; (I [rAma], bharatha, who was born in the clan of raghu and lakshmaNa, who has supreme strength, have been protected by you, through your noble deed of having seen sIthai (without expecting anything in return))?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, we will consider the 8<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 &gt;&gt; Fifth decad &lt;&lt; Previous avathArikai (Introduction) \u2013 She tells the cuckoo bird \u201cIf you can call him out, taking pity on my suffering, that will be a noble deed\u201d pongiya pARkadal pALLikoLvAnaip puNarvadhOr AsaiyinAL enkongai kiLarndhu kumaiththuk kudhugaliththu Aviyai Agulam seyyumanguyilE! &#8230; <a title=\"nAchchiyAr thirumozhi &#8211; 5.7 \u2013 pongiya pARkadal\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2024\/08\/nachchiyar-thirumozhi-5-7\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about nAchchiyAr thirumozhi &#8211; 5.7 \u2013 pongiya pARkadal\">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-53581","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\/53581","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=53581"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53603,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53581\/revisions\/53603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}