nacciyar thirumozhi day ten
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• December 24, 2002
DAY TEN - NACCIYAR THIRUMOZHI - 10 FOURTH THIRUMOZHI A proper appreciation of the Fourth Thirumozhi requires a piece of information. When separated from the lover, the lady love tries augury to see if union with him will become possible or not. The augury takes the form of drawing a big circle first on sand and then drawing a chain of linked circles within the bigger one. If the chain ends in an even number, the union becomes possible. If the chain ends in an odd number the union will become either impossible or be delayed. Therefore there is a tradition in Tamil poetry of addrssing the circles and praying to end in an even number. The ten songs of the Fourth Thirumozhi belong to that tradition. SONG ONE The clear-headed in their devotion Worship with folded hands, The Lord at Maliruncholai. Augur well circles For me to hold His feet Where he is abed. SONG TWO Vamana who dwells graciously In the forests of Venkata In the city of Kannapura! Augur well circles For Him to hurry to me To hold me by my hand To take me in an embrace. SONG THREE He is the Lord of Lords Apt to be worshipped in praise By Brahma and the dwellers in heaven! He is the great Son of Devaki Of a beautiful forehead. He is the great Son of the grand Vasudeva. Augur well circles, For Him to me in an embrace. SONG FOUR He jumped off the tree, To land on the spread hood of Kalinga To dance and annihilate him, Even as the shepherds and the shepherdesses Looked in awed fear. Augur well circles For Him to reach me. SONG FIVE He kicked the huge mammoth in musth And annihilated the monster. Augur well circles For Him to join me in play Coming all the way to our houses In the city of Mathura of towered buildings. SONG SIX He is already ordained as mine. He walked about bringing down huge trees. He defeated Kamsa in his own game of treachery. He is the Lord of the city of Mathura. Augur well circles For Him to come to me. SONG SEVEN Right for all to see, he annihilated Sisubala the evil-doer of the old, The marutha trees, Seven Bulls and the Crane Kamsa who held the spear in splendour. Augur well circles For Him to come to me. SONG EIGHT He dwelss nowhere but in hearts Enthusiastically in love with Him. He is the Lord of the sweet-aired Mathura. He is the shepherd tending the cattle. Augur well circles For him to reach me. SONG NINE He took the form of the midget At the ritual ground of Mavali To measure in one stride The skies and the earth. Augur well circles For Him to reach me. SONG TEN He is the meaning of the Vedas. He redeemed the mammoth Gajendhira. He remains Beauty embodied/ He dwells in the hearts of the shepherds through and through. Augur well circles For Him to reach me. SONG ELEVEN To remain with and way from Him To become aware of blemishes one's own To remain in constant union with Him - Looking forward to all of them, Did the shepherdesses call for augury. Kothai of beautiful hair sings of the same in songs ten. Sing them and be free from sins. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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