December 31, 2019

Tiruppavai: Verse 14

By kshama

ungaL puzhaikkadai

ungaL puzhaikkadaith thOttaththu vAviyuL

senkazhunIr vAinegizhndhu Ambal vAi kUmbinakAN

senkal podikkUrai veNpal thavaththavar

thangaL thirukkOyil sangiduvAn pOgindrAr

yengaLai munnam yezhuppuvAn vAipEsum

nangAi! yezhundhirAi nANAdhAi! nAvudaiyAi!

sangodu chakkaram yEndhum thadakkaiyan

pangaiyak kaNNAnaip pAdElOr empAvAi.

Essence of the verse

As in the previous verses, Andal continues to illustrate the growing day with images of various routine activities and occurrences that serve as markers for the time of the day. The purpose is to urge one and all to reach the goal of submitting to Krishna as soon as possible.

Word meaning

yengaLai

  • Us, your companions

munnam yezhuppuvAn

  • To awaken in the pre-dawn hours

vAi pEsum

  • You gave your word

nangAi

  • Flawless one!

nANAdhAi

  • You remain unabashed (though you haven’t kept your word)

nA udaiyAi

  • You who have a way with words!

ungaL puzhaikadai thOttaththu vAviyuL

  • In the pond in the garden in your backyard

senkazhunIr vAi negizhndhu

  • Senkazhunir flowers have bloomed

AmbalvAi kUmbina kAN

  • Ambal flowers have closed their petals

senkal podi kUrai

  • Those wearing ochre robes

veNpal

  • Those with bright teeth

thavathavar

  • Those who are ascetics

thangaL thirukkOil

  • In their shrines

sangu iduvAn

  • To blow their conches

pOgindrAr

  • Are on their way

sangodu chakkaram

The conch and the discus

yEndhum

  • He sports

thada kaiyan

  • He with strong arms

pangaya kaNNAnai

  • He with eyes like lotus blooms

pAda

  • To sing

yezhundhirAi

  • Arise

El Or empAvAi

  • Hear, and resolve to do as said, my girl

About kshama

I'm a writer of stories - for the young and the old, for children and adults. I write fiction and non-fiction: novels, essays, short stories. My recent writings are mostly on SriVaishnava literature and concepts. A subject very close to my heart is the education of the under-privileged and many of my earlier writings reflect this. The output of some of my work - stories, novels and essays - is available at http://revathikumaran.wordpress.com I also blog at http://kshama.wordpress.com View all posts by kshama
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