From: ah724@yfn.ysu.edu (Sundara Pandian)
Subject: Re: Thiruppaavai Verse 24
Reply-To: ah724@yfn.ysu.edu (Sundara Pandian)
Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:02:26 GMT


In a previous article, srin@cs.cornell.edu (Aravind Srinivasan) says:

>
>I am posting this on behalf of 
>Dr. K. Srinivasan (srini@ireq-num.hydro.qc.ca).
>
>Regards,
>Aravind.
>
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>\(TAMIL40) 24. raagam: bEgadaa
>\beginbox
>anRu iv ulagam aLandhaay adi pOtri
     ^^^^^^^^^^
  This is a single word `ivvulagam'. 
 
>senRangu(th) then ilangai setraay thiRal pOtri
>ponRa(ch) chakatam udhaiththaay pugazh pOtri
>kanRu kuNil aaveRindhaay kazhal pOtri
>kunRu kudaiyaay eduththaay guNam pOtri
>venRu pagai kedukkum nin kaiyil vEl pOtri
>enRu enRu un sEvagamE Eththi(p) paRai koLvaan
 ^^^^^^^^^

  Typo. It is a single word `enRenRum' [ enRu + enRum ].

>inRum yaam vandhOm irangElOr embaavaay
 ^^^^^^

 Typo. It is `inRu' .     

>\endbox
>\(ROMAN)
>\c \J

 [ Some avatars of Narayana in the legend are referred to here.
     Line 1 refers to Vamana avatar of Narayana.
     Line 2 refers to Rama avatar of Narayana.
     Lines 3-5 refer to Krishna avatar of Narayana. ]
  
>We worship (pOtri) your feet (adi) with which you scaled (aLandhaay) this (iv)
>world (ulagam) long ago (anRu). We worship (pOtri) your valeur (thiRal) with
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                          ^^^^^^^

   I think `once' is a better translation for `anRu'.

   `valeur' is a typo. It should be `valour'.

>which you conquered (setraay) southern (then) Lanka (ilangai) after going
>(senRu) there (angu). We worship (pOtri) your fame (pugazh) that you obtained
>by kicking (udhaiththaay) and destroying (ponRu) the wheel (chakatam) shaped
>asura. We worship (pOtri) your feet (kazhal) with which you threw (eRindhaay)
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  Does `kazhal' mean `feet' ? I think `adi' means `feet' in Tamil.
 I have heard some Tamil verses like `nin kazhaladikaL pOtRi'. 
 If both `kazhal' and `adikaL' mean `fe', is it not a repeated
 usage?

>the calf (kanRu) shaped asura 'vatsaasuran', at the ebony tree (aa) shaped
>asura 'kapithaasuran', like a sling (kuNil). We worship (pOtri) your good
>nature (guNam) for having lifted (eduththay) the hillock (kunRu) like an
>umbrella (kudai), to protect people against the great rain.

 I think the name of this hill is `Govardhana giri'. [giri = hill in
Sanskrit ]

> We worship (pOtri)
>the spear (vEl) on your (nin) hand (kai), with which you win (venRu) and
>destroy (kedukkum) the enemies (pagai). Today (inRu) we (yaam) have come
>(vandhOm) for just your (un) service (sEvakamE) and praise (Eththu) in all
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>these ways (enRu enRu), so that we are emancipatated (paRai kOlvaan). Please
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

   As I have mentioned earlier, this line is
  `enRenRum  un sEvagamE..'

 `enRenRum' means `forever'. So this would mean `We will serve you 
forever..' rather than `We have come for your service and praise in
all these  ways..'.

show us your mercy (irangEl).
>\j



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