Kanninun ChirutthAmbu

Kanninun ChirutthAmbu

By

Madhura  Kavi   Aazhvar

TRanslated by
P.R.Ramachander

(This great   work is  in praise  of Nammazhvar   , one  of the great azhvars . Nammalwar is considered the fifth in the line of the twelve alwars. He is highly regarded as a great mystic of the Vaishnava tradition. He is also considered the greatest among the twelve alwars and his contributions amount to 1352 among the 4000 stanzas in the Nalayira Divya Prabandam. As a child  it seems he got up   on a tamirand   tree  in a place  called THirukurukoor(near  presentAzhvar  THirunagari)  and was doing penance  in a hole of the tree  . The Tamil poet  Madhura Kavi Azhvar (who was  fromn THukoilur  and who did penance in North India saw  a bright light in South india. He searched for the light   and reached  below the tamarind tree and became   his great  follower  . This poem is in praise of Nammazhvar   and is written by Madhura Kavi. This great work is included in the nalayira   divya prabandham after  1000 verses. It is considered  that this work is the key that opened   the famous Nalayira  Divya prabandham.. It seems these verses   were chanted by Nathamuni 12000 times to propitiate Nammazhvar   and to get   Nalayira  Divya  prabandham from him. These verses are   recited on festive occasions on most  of the Vishnu   temples  in  Tamil nadu. You can hear it  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0hQIBsuZrc  )

THaniyans (Poems   which stand out alone often in  praise  of author)

Nathena  Muninaa  thena bhaveyam nathavamsham.

Yasya naigamikam thathwam hasthamalakatham gatham

I salute  Nathamuni  , who is born in the  clan of devotees,

Who  made the principles of Vedas  as clear as  the Gooseberry in hand

                                                                               Vedantha  Desikan

https://srimannarayana108.blogspot.com/2013/04/kanninun-siruthambu-madhurakavi-azhwar.html

http://acharya.org/bk/eb/vyakhyanam/KanninunSiruththambu-VyakhyanaSaram-English.pdf

Aviditha  vishayanthara   satare upanishadha  upagana mathra  bhoga,

Api cha gina vashathaika seshu  , Madura  kavir   hrudhaye maavirasthu

Let Mathurakavi  who does  not   know anything  except  Nammazhvar) ,

Who derives  pleasure   in singing  the Upanishads of Nammazhvar,

And   who by   his immate   qualities   has  Nammazhvar   as the Lord,enter my mind .

Verondrum naan ariyen  , vedham thamizh cheitha,

Maran Sadagopan   van gurukoor  -yeru  yengal,

Vaazhvaam yendtrethum  madhura  kavi rayan  yemmai  ,

Aalvaar  ,  avare  aran – Madhurakavi

I do not know  anything    except  , that Nammazhvar  ,

Who is also called  Maran  who  created  the Tamizh Vedas,

And who Is the  leader  of pretty  Thirukumgur would uplift us

Become   our leader   and would be our  guardian)

1.Kanni  nuN   chiru   thambinaal   kattunna,

Panniya  permaayan, yen  appanil ,

Nanni   then kurugur  Nambi   yendrakkal,

Annikkum   anuthu oorum    yen Nabukke

My  Lord  who is  the great  illusionist  ,

Allowed   his mother  to   tie him  with  a small knotted  thread.

And I take   refuge  in the Nammazhvar  of THirukungur 

Which will generate , nectar  like   sweetness  in my toungue.

2,Naavinaal   naviththu   inbam  yeithinen,

Mevinen   avan  ponnadi meimmaye  ,

THevu matharuyen   Kurukoor nambi  ,

Paavin innisai paadi   thirivena=e

I got great  pleasure  by telling it with my toungue,

And I embraced   his    golden feet, which is the truth,

I do not  know any   God except the Kurukoor   Nambi(Nammazhvar)

And I will wander  singing  the sweet  music of his poems

3.THiri thanthaakilum  deva piraanudai,

Kariya kola   thiruvuru kaanban naan,

Periya   van koor nagat  Namikkal ,

Uriyavanaai   adiyen pethra  nanmaye

Though I was   wandering  singing THiruvai mozhi,

I was able to see his   divine   form with Lakshmi which is black,

And  this great   blessing  was received by me  who is the  the  slave ,

From   the Azhvar  who is the jewel  of great  THirukunkoor  temple

4.Nanmayaal mikka naan  marayaalarkal,

Punmayaaga   karuthuvarathalin,

Annayaai  , athanaai  yennai aandidum,

THanmayaan   SAdagopan   yen nambiye

Since the blessed  people   who have learned   the four Vedas,

Would   consider   me as  greatly inferior ,

Sadagopa who   rules me like a  mother and  mother,

Is considered   by me   as my  Acharya(guru)

5.Nambineen pirar nan porul  thanneyum,

Nambinen   madavaarayum munnellam,

Chen pon maada Thirukumkoor nambikku,

Anbanai   adiyen chathithenindre

I  believed   in all good things  that people posses,

And hungered   for the  women belonging to others,

But Today   I have  become   admirer  of  ,

The nambi of Thirukumkoor having    gold like houses.

6,Indru thottum  yezhumayum yem piraan,

Nindru  than  pugazhetha  varulinaan,

Kundra maada  thirukoor nambi,

Yendrum   yenna vigazhvilan   Kaaneere

My lord ordered me  from today to seven births,

To   chant   about   his fame    daily,

But  The nambi  of Thiukoor   which has,

Towers   as high as monuntain will never find fault  with me

7.Kandu kondennai   Kaari maara  piraan,

Pandai val vinai  paaththi yarulinaan,

Yen dhisayum ariya  viyambuken,

von  thamizh sadagopan    arulaye

After  finding me  , Nammazhvar  ,

Completly destroyed  all fate  of my samsara,

And I will   tell it so that  all eight   directions  will know,

About   the  grace   of Sadagopan(nammazhvar)  who sang  in chaste  Tamil

8.Arul konaadum   adiyavar  inbura,

Arulinaan  avvaru marayain  porul,

Arul kondu   aayiram yinthamizh paadinaan.

Arul kandeer   iivvulaginil  mikkathe

For the sake  of increasing  joy of his devotees,

He sang to them about   the   meaning Of Vedas,

Under  divine control  using  thousand  sweet tamil verses

And his   grace   is the  greatest  in this world.

9.Mikka   vedhiyar   Vedhathin ut porul,

Nirkka  paadi yen nenjukkul niruthinaan,

THakka cheer   sadagopan yen nambikku Aat,

Pukka  kaadhal    adimai  payana andre

He made   great Vedic pundits   sing   the  deeper ,

Meaning of Vedas  and  filled it in mind,

And made  the  gret Sadagopan enter  in to my mind,

And I became  to him   the passionate slave  then itself.

10.Payanadraagilum  paangalaraagilum,

Cheyal nandraaga thiruthi     pani kolvaan,

Kuyil nindrrar    pozhil  choozh Kurukoor nambi,

Muyalkindren   unthan moikazhar  kanbaye

Though  there  us no use out of it  and though they  were not fit,

He  corrected their actions well and made   them work for him,

I am only trying    to get the   love   of  the feet  of

The  nambi of Kurukoor   surrounded by pretty orchards  where koels sing,

11.Anban thannai   adainthavarkatkellam,

Anban    then  kurugoor  nambikku,

Anbanaam madhura  kavi   chonna chol,

Nambuvaar pathi vaaikuntham Kaanmine

The lovers of Narayana , who were  able to reach him,

Are all loved   by   the Then karugoor  Nambi ,

And all those   who have faith in   his words,

Would find    that  hs place  is Vaikunta  itself.

Sri Madhura  kavi  AAzhvaar  vaazhi  thiru naamam

Chithirayil  chithirai naal chirakka vanthon vaazhiye

THiru kkolur   vandhu udhitha   chelvanaar vaazhiye

Uthara   gangaa   theerathu  uyar thavathon   vaazhiye

Uyar kadhiron   therkku uditha   uganthu vandhon vaazhiye

Bhakthiyudan pathinondrum  paadinaan vaazhiye

Parangusane  paran yendru patinaan  Vaazhiye

Mathimaam padha  porulai   vaazhvithaan vaazhiye

Madhura  kavi   thiruvadigal   vaazhi vaazhite

Sri Madhura  kavi aazhvaar thiruvadigale  saranam

Hail   the   divine  name  of Madhura Kavi aazhvaar

Hail he who made  chithirai star of Chithirai month(april-may) great

Hail  the  valuable one who was  born in Thirukoilur

Hail him   who did penance on the shores  of Ganges of north

Hail   the one who followed the high   sun  rising the south

Hail  he who sang these   eleven verses  with devotion

Hail the person who sang  that  Lord Vishnu is only divine

Hail the person who made  the meaning  of Lord Vishnu live

Hail the divine feet   of  Madhura kavi

I surrender    to the divine feet of Madhura  Kavi aazhvar

 » 17 Feb 2009, 21:17

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