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nAcciyAr tirumozhi XII maRRu irundIrgaTku 10

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Kalyani Krishnamachari • March 10, 2002 


                                                      
                         SrI:
      SrI ANDAL samEta SrI raÂ’ngamannAr tiruvaDigaLE
SaraNam

                           nAcciyAr tirumozhi XII–
maRRu irundIrgaTku
 
pASuram 12.10(twelfth tirumozhi – pAsuram 10 mannu
mathurai )

mannu mathurai toDakkamAga vaN tuvarApati tannaLavum
tannait tamaruyttup peyya vENDit tAzh kuzhalAL tuNinda
tuNivaip
ponniyal mADam polindu tOnRum puduvaiyar kOn
viTTucittan godai
inniSaiyAl Sonna SeÂ’ncol mAlai Etta vallArkku iDam
vaikuntamE

A. From SrImAn SaDagOpan's tamizh treatise

Through this tirumozhi that we enjoyed, and which is
set to music and filled with beautiful words with deep
meaning, gOdai who is with loosely hanging hair
(because she is not tying them or decorating herself),
and who is the daughter of periAzhvAr, the leader of
those in srIvilliputtUr that has golden terraced 
palaces, conveys to her relatives her firm resolve
that she should be taken to all the divya dESams
associated with kaNNan starting from mathurA and
ending with dwArakai.  Those who chant these pASurams
will live forever in SrIvaikuNTham with emperumAn.
 
B. Additional thoughts from SrI PVP:

mannu madurai toDakkamAga vaN tuvarApati tannaLavum:
godai asks the elders to take her to the divya deSam-s
 starting from His birth place mathurA and ending in
dvArakA, where He gave Himself to sixteen thousand
dEvi-s.  As far as she is concerned, the world
comprises only of divya dEsams that have her kaNNanÂ’s
sambandham. 

mannu mathurai: The term “mannu” is translated
approximately as “the place where emperumAn resides
permanently – emperumAn nilaittirukkum ” by SrI UV in
his vyAkhyAnam for “mAyanai” pASuram of tiruppAvai. 
SrI kRshNasvAmi aiyeÂ’ngAr quotes from SrI PVPÂ’s
mUvAyirappaDi vyAkhyAnam for tiruppAvai (5) to bring
out the greatness of mathurAi: “bhagavat sambandham
mARAda dEsam.  munbu siddhArSramamAi SrIvAmanan
neDungAlam tapas paNNi, SatrugnAzhvAn vanniya maRuttup
paDai vIDu Seydu, sarvEswaran eppOdum ippaDi
avadarittup pOruvadoru dESam” (the mathurA in the
north has been a dEsam that has constantly had
bhagavat sambandham.  Before emperumAn took trivikrama
avatAram, He appeared as SrI vAmanan and did penance
in siddhASramam – which happens to be the vaDa
mathurai.  This mathurai was established by Satrugnan
(who was sent by Sri rAma to vanquish lavaNAsuran)
after killing the asuran”.

tannait tamar uyttup peyya vENDi:  godai is too weak
to walk by herself; She is asking her elders to
physically carry her and take her to all these divya
deSam-s.  This should be kept in mind when we come to
“Etta vallArkku iDam vaikuntamE” below.

tAzh kuzhalAL tuNinda tuNivai:  She is not taking care
of her hair and not keeping it combed; hence her hair
is all hanging loose – tAzh kuzhal; she is determined
to make Him come to her, and all else is irrelevant
for her.   



ponniyal mADam polindu tOnRum puduvaiyar kOn
viTTucittan godai: 
The greatness of  SrIvilliputtUr is to be enjoyed here
– ANDAL’s birthplace has gold-laced terraces on all
its tall buildings, just like in dvArakA (see previous
pASuram –Suttu uyar mADa’ngaL Suzhndu tOnRum
tuvarApati). 
 
inniSaiyAl Sonna SeÂ’ncol mAlai:  iniya Sol here refers
not only to the sweet music of these pASurams; the
more significant aspect is that the pASurams are full
of love for bhagavAn. The words come of out of godaiÂ’s
devotion-laden heart; it is her special garland to Him
made out of sweet, melodious, devotional, love-laden
words (sol mAlai).

iDam vaikuntamE: Those who chant these devotional
pASuram-s need not plead with anyone to take them to
His abode, as ANDAL is doing through these pASuram-s;
instead, they will be taken with no effort on their
part, to SrIvaikUNtham through the arcirAdi mArgam by
His appointed folks and they will enjoy Him and His
aDiyArgaL forever after.

Abbreviations:
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PVP= SrI periyavAccAn piLLai
PBA= SrI prativAdi bhayankaram aNNangarAcAriyAr
UV  = SrI uttamUr vIrarAghavAcAriyAr

sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyeti samarpayAmi.

aDiyAL,
kalyANi kRshNamAcAri


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