This is a followup to the post on "Do pets help in healing"?. Parakala Nayaki was down and out. When her pet parrot started reciting Perumal's names she regains strength and prostrates to it.
Now she starts singing herself.
Quick Summary as sung by Parakala Nayaki's mother. Parakala Nayaki gets back her strength and starts thinking of her time with her lover. She starts singing his names along with வீணை. She gets lost in thoughts and is thinking that she is in his arms. She starts treating her வீணை as her lover!! Her mother is now concerned. What if she realizes that it is just the Veena and not Perumal?
சொல்லுயர்ந்த நெடு வீணை - Here Veena is considered superior to யாழ் and புல்லாங்குழல் with the sound it produces. It also is so smooth that the individual notes merge to produce a fluent music. It is also so sweet that the listeners dont realize the time (நெடு ).
முலைமேல் தாங்கி - Parakala nayaki is lost in thoughts and imagines perumal being present. She feels his fingers on the veena, his arms, his shoulders and chest. She hugs his chest to herself and so hugs the veena here! Huge reference to Ramayana here in the commentary of how Seetha looks at the சூடாமணி and thinks of Lord Rama being in person. தாங்கி is also because Piratti holds perumal when he is overcome by ஸ்ரீதேவி தாயாருடைய இனிமையில் and hugs him. Similarly Parakala Nayaki is hugging him to her breasts and so holds the Veenai thinking that it is him.
தூமுறுவல் - This is so sweet. புன்முறுவல் - Given the pleasure of being with him and seeing him as affected as he is by nayaki, she smiles!!
நகை இறையே - Her happiness is so overflowing that she smiles with a little bit of her teeth showing (!!)
மெல் விரல்கள் சிவப்பெய்த தடவி - Her sensitive fingers are going over the strings of the veena and so turn red. But she is thinking about the marks she made in perumal's back with her finger nails (!!! refer hickeys and/or love marks!!). Her fingers are already red due to the strings and now they become more red due to her encounter with her lover!!.
And she does the singing (with veena) much better than (மிக) the parrot in the previous pasuram.
As per Tamil literature, Pethai is (5-7) years of age. But here the mother is wondering "how did my daughter become such a mature woman in love?"
நெடு வீணை முலை மேல் தாங்கி (Azhwar as parakala nayaki with veena along with Kumudhavalli Nachiyaar)
Now she starts singing herself.
Quick Summary as sung by Parakala Nayaki's mother. Parakala Nayaki gets back her strength and starts thinking of her time with her lover. She starts singing his names along with வீணை. She gets lost in thoughts and is thinking that she is in his arms. She starts treating her வீணை as her lover!! Her mother is now concerned. What if she realizes that it is just the Veena and not Perumal?
சொல்லுயர்ந்த நெடு வீணை - Here Veena is considered superior to யாழ் and புல்லாங்குழல் with the sound it produces. It also is so smooth that the individual notes merge to produce a fluent music. It is also so sweet that the listeners dont realize the time (நெடு ).
முலைமேல் தாங்கி - Parakala nayaki is lost in thoughts and imagines perumal being present. She feels his fingers on the veena, his arms, his shoulders and chest. She hugs his chest to herself and so hugs the veena here! Huge reference to Ramayana here in the commentary of how Seetha looks at the சூடாமணி and thinks of Lord Rama being in person. தாங்கி is also because Piratti holds perumal when he is overcome by ஸ்ரீதேவி தாயாருடைய இனிமையில் and hugs him. Similarly Parakala Nayaki is hugging him to her breasts and so holds the Veenai thinking that it is him.
தூமுறுவல் - This is so sweet. புன்முறுவல் - Given the pleasure of being with him and seeing him as affected as he is by nayaki, she smiles!!
நகை இறையே - Her happiness is so overflowing that she smiles with a little bit of her teeth showing (!!)
மெல் விரல்கள் சிவப்பெய்த தடவி - Her sensitive fingers are going over the strings of the veena and so turn red. But she is thinking about the marks she made in perumal's back with her finger nails (!!! refer hickeys and/or love marks!!). Her fingers are already red due to the strings and now they become more red due to her encounter with her lover!!.
And she does the singing (with veena) much better than (மிக) the parrot in the previous pasuram.
As per Tamil literature, Pethai is (5-7) years of age. But here the mother is wondering "how did my daughter become such a mature woman in love?"
நெடு வீணை முலை மேல் தாங்கி (Azhwar as parakala nayaki with veena along with Kumudhavalli Nachiyaar)
Here perhaps you may also like to add the parallel drawn by Sri Periyavaachchaan pillai from Sri Ramayana (verses ayodhya 58-35 and aaranya 63-12)on the two situations of Parakala Nayagi in verses 13 and 15. In verse 13 the situation was that Parakala nayaki was in tears like Seetha looking at Sri Rama's exile. On the other hand in verse 15 she is in smile like Seetha looking at Rama's defeat in that water sport at Panchavati. Koodaarai vellum seer Govindan, koodiyavaridam thorppadhu vindhaiyanre, illaiyenil avanudaiya pranayiththuvaththuvatvaththukku namaskaram enbar nam acharyargal. This may be noted from Avatharigai to next verse 16, in which Parakala nayaki laments like Seetha at Ashokavana. Hence Parakala nayaki names herself kaaviyam kanni ennil kadimaamalar paavai oppaal (kalvan kol -9)
ReplyDeleteIn another comment When Seetha and Rama left Ayodhya, Lakshmanan followed. So also when P & V M left thirunagari (kalvan kol -1)Ananthan might have followed incognito. That is why Mamunigal's presence at Thai amavasai function.
Very nice!! I do realize by now the intricate linkage between Sri Ramayana and the commentaries. Thats a world on its own!
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