SrI:
SrI ANDAL samEta SrI rangamannAr tiruvadigaLE SaraNam
NACCIYAR
TIRUMOZHI
ciRRil cidaiyEl -- Do not destroy our small houses
Verse 2.2: inRu muRRum
A. Translation
ANDAL explains to kaNNan how much pain they all took to draw those designs. "We worked on them the whole day in half-bent positions, not minding the back pain; Please let us take a good look at them and fulfill our wishes. You are the Adi bhagavAn, who taking the form of a baby boy slept on an Alilai (leaf of Ala maram - banyan tree)! We love you and always think about you; if you cannot feel sorry for us and shower your blessings, it is surely because of the sins that we have committed".
inRu muRRum mudugu nOva irundu izhaitta icciRRilai nanRum kaNNuRa nOkki nA~ngaLum Arvam tannai taNigidAi anRu bAlakanAgi Alilai mEl tuyinRa em AdiyAi! enRuM un tanakku engaL mEl irakkam ezhAdadu em pAvamE
B. Some additional thoughts:
For one who has created the whole Universe, the suffering and pain in just creating some small designs is probably not obvious! SrI periyavAccAn PiLLai remarks that ANDAL is complaining about back pain hoping that He will stop destroying the designs and instead comfort her aching back. Or, that he will stop using His legs to remove the designs, and instead embrace her with His hands. The reference to His "irakkam" or Mercy in not destroying the designs is in the larger context of His protecting the whole Universe (jagad-rakshaNa).
sarvam SrIman nArAyaNAyEti samarpayAmi.
adiyen,
Kalyani Krishnamachari
kkrishnamachari@lucent.com
Mani Varadarajan Last modified: Tue Sep 22 18:07:14 PDT