Godha Stuthi - 10

thaathasthu tE madhubidha: sthuthi lesa vasyAth

karNAmruthai : shtuthi sathai : anavAptha poorvam

tvanmowli ghandha subhagAm upahruthya maalaam

lEbE mahatthara padhAnuguNam prasAdham

MEANING:
O GodhE! Your Lord is easily pleased by even a small eulogy. He becomes overcome as a result with affection for the one, who sings His praise. Your father, Bhattar PirAn and the other AzhwArs before You had sung His praise through many pleasing songs. He did not however respond to them too much. Your father however took the garlands worn by You and presented them characterized by their divine fragrance. He immediately became very much attached to Your father. He praised Your father for his welcome kaimkaryam and honored him with the name, “PeriyAzhwAr” or the senior most AzhwAr and became his son-in-law later. Thus, Your Lord”s great affection for You, GodhE, inspired Him to confer the honorific title of PeriyAzhwAr on Your father. He had heard Your father's Paasurams before and was not sufficiently moved to do something extraordinary such as conferring the title befitting Your father's unique kaimkaryam.

Day 10 - nooTRu suvarkkam - நோற்று சுவர்க்கம்

Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
Azhwar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

nootRuch chuvarkkam pukukinRa ammanaay!

maaTRamum thaaraaroo vaasal thiRavaathaar

naaTRath thuzhaay mudi naaraayanan nammal

poTra paRaitharum puNNiyanaal paNTorunaaL

kooTRathin vaaiveezhndha kumba karaNanum

thooTRum unakkee perunthuyilthaan thanndhaanoo

aaTra ananndhal udaiyaai! arungkalamee

theeTRamaai vandhu thiRavelo rembaavay.

நோற்றுச் சுவர்க்கம் புகுகின்ற அம்மனாய்!

மாற்றமும் தாராரோ வாசல் திறவாதார்

நாற்றத் துழாய்முடி நாரா யணன்நம்மால்

போற்றப் பறைதரும் புண்ணியனால் பண்டொருநாள்

கூற்றத்தின் வாய்வீழ்ந்த கும்ப கரணனும்

தோற்றும் உனக்கே பெருந்துயில்தான் தந்தானோ

ஆற்ற அனந்த லுடையாய் அருங்கலமே

தேற்றமாய் வந்து திறவேலோ ரெம்பாவாய்.

Introduction:

In this Paasuram, Aandal, tries to wake up a girl who makes Shri Krishna long for her, and asks her to lead the other girls towards Krishna.

Padhapadhaartham - பதபதார்த்தம் - Word by Word Meaning:


nootru/நோற்று - To undertake the Vrath


suvarkkam pukukinRa/சுவர்க்கம் புகுகின்ற - to enjoy happiness without any stop

ammanaay/அம்மனாய் - Mother/Girl

vaasal thiRavaadhaar/வாசல் திறவாதார் - those who do not open the front door


maaRRamum thaaraaroo/மாற்றமும் தாராரோ - wont they even reply with a single word?


naaTRath thuzhai mudi/நாற்றத் துழாய் முடி - the hair that has wonderful fragrance of the Thulsi Garland


naaraayaNan/நாராயணன் - Srimann Narayanan


nammal poTra paRaitharum/நம்மால் போற்ற பறைதரும் -the one who is praised by us and the one who showers the Kainkarya Praapthi (Mukthi) to us


puNNiyanaal/புண்ணியனால் - the Truth Himself


paNdu oru naaL/பண்டு ஒரு நாள் - Once upon a time


kuuTraththin vaay viizhndha/கூற்றத்தின் வாய் வீழ்ந்த - The one who fell in the death trap of Yama


kumbakaraNanum unakke thoTRu/கும்பகரணனும் உனக்கே தோற்று - to lose to you


perum thuyil thaaan thanwthaanoo/பெரும் துயில் தான் தன்ந்தானோ - did he give all his sleep to you!?


aatRa anandhal utaiyaai/ஆற்ற அனந்தல் உடையாய் - the one who sleeps beautifully


arung kalamee theeTRamaay vandhu thira/அரும் கலமே தெற்றமாய் வந்து திற - the one who is like beautiful ornaments, please come and open the door.

Meaning:

nooTRu/நோற்று - For those who believe that to attain the Lotus Feet of Perumal, the means/way to get there is also the Lotus Feet of Perumal.  Sidhopayam/சித்தோபாயம்.  This girl has left all other means (Karma/Gyana/Bhakthi Marg) and has taken Shri. Krishna Himself as the means to attain Him.

For those who have understood His Swaroopam (Characteristics), there is no other means of attaining His Lotus feet than the Lotus Feet itself.

Those who have understood His Swaroopam, do not make any attempt to reach Him.  Those who have understood the Virodhi (the blocks) which prevent one from attaining Moksha, also do not make any attempt.  Those who have understood the Praaypam(Result), also do not make any attempt to attain Moksha but to firmly hold onto the Lotus Feet of Shri. Krishna.

The knowledge about Rakshya Rakshaka Bhavam (we saw in earlier Paasuram) is all that is necessary to attain Him.

karmam - kainkaryathil pugum, gyanam - swaroopa prakaashathile pugum, bakthi - praapyaruchiyile pugum - prapaththi - swaroopa yaathathmyagyanathile pugum - Mumukshuppati (271)

கர்மம் - கைங்கர்யத்திலே புகும்; ஜ்ஞானம் - ஸ்வரூப ப்ரகாஶத்திலே புகும்; பக்தி - ப்ராப்யருசியிலே புகும்; ப்ரபத்தி - ஸ்வரூபயாதாத்ம்யஜ்ஞானத்திலே புகும் - முமுக்ஷுப்படி (271)

For those who have understood this, is it right for them to depend on other means of attaining Him?!! 

ammanai/அம்மனாய் - The Rakshya Rakshaka Bhavam is appearing to have swapped places!!!  The one with whom Krishna is now sleeping!! Please open the door!!  Even if Krishna is not wanting to come out, at least you come out and hear us!!

How come the girls outside came to know that Krishna is inside with the girl?!  naaTRaththuzhaimudi/நாற்றத்துழாய்முடி - They came to know because of the beautiful thulsi fragrance of Shri Krishna's hair.

How come Krishna got inside when there are lots of security outside?!! naaraayaNan/நாராயணன் - Because he is Narayanan, the one who is all pervasive.

nammal poTRapparai tharum puNNiyanaal/நம்மல் பொற்றப்பறை தரும் புண்ணியனால் - The one who is worthy of praise by all of us and who gives us Moksha

paNdorunaaL kuuTRaththin vaayviizhndha kumbakaraNanum thooTRum unakkee perunthuyilthan thanthaanoo-பண்டொருநாள் கூற்றத்தின் வாய்வீழ்ந்த கும்பகருணனும் தோற்று உனக்கெ பெருந்துயில் தான் தந்தானோ - Here Kumbakarnan is a representation for the "Thamo Guna"/"தமோ குணம்". 

Did Kumbakarnan lose to you and gave you his sleep as well, and is it because of that you are still sleeping and are not hearing our calls?!  As the girl has not answered the girls outside even after this...

aaRRa ananthaludaiyai/ஆற்ற அனந்தலுடையாய் - You lazy girl!!

arungkalamee theeTRamai vandhu thiRa/அருங்கலமே தேற்றமாய் வந்து திற - You gorgeous!  Cant you hear our sorrow.  Please come and open the door. Come after correcting your dresses and after removing the marks which will show that you are in bed with Shri Krishna.

Adinaayen Ramanuja Dasan

Day 10, Godha Weaves a Vow(English Poem)

Maidens at vow

Those that sense the pleasure

In his worship now

May you not care to wake those up

That yet remain at rest

Behind their unopened doors .

He is the one

Whose body

Is bedecked with fragrant basil beads

He is the one whose praise

Shall free us

From shackles of our mortal deeds

He is ‘Rama’

Who upheld the law of every being

In the ages

He is the one from whose hands

The evil that slept the lengthiest long

Was shown the way

To the abode

Where lives the deads’ king.

Such evil that slept so long

Should he be the one

To hold you asleep this deep ?

Oh maiden that rests so far

You are but

So dear as none could par

May you now awake anew

And open the fastened door before you ?

2009 Srirangam Andal Alankaaram

Kolam 10 - NOTRu suvarkkam

இலங்கையர்

குலத்தை வாட்டிய

கூற்றத்தின் வாய் வீழ்ந்த

கும்பகர்ணனை தோற்றுவித்த

அயோத்தி எம் அரசே, நாராயணனே

துயில் துறந்து

தூய்மையுடன்

துவளமும் கூடையும் கொண்டு

உம்மை

துதிக்க வந்தோம்

கோதாம் அநந்ய சரணம்

Day 10 Recipe - Seven Cup Cake

Ingredients:

Gram Dhall : 1 cup
Cashew Powder : 1 cup
Milk : 1 cup
Sugar : 3 cups
Ghee : 1 cup (may need more)

Method:

• Powder the cashew and keep it aside
• Fry the Gram Dhall in a little ghee to get rid of the raw smell, keep it aside
• In a big pan, add milk, gram dhall, cashew powder, sugar and little ghee mix well
• Start cooking in the stove top, add ghee in between whenever necessary till you get a cake consistency.
• In a big plate, spread ghee and pour the cake mix. After sometime, make pieces.

(Variation: You may also use coconut instead of cashews)

Day 10 - Did you know...

.....that by calling her friend “Pei penne”, Andal brings out the 6 steps to be followed by a Sri Vaishnavite to reach Sriman Narayana ?

As in the process of waking her friends, Andal calls one of them as “Pei penne” (பேய்ப் பெண்ணே).

Pei penne : Girl who has peithanam(பேய்த்தனம்), meaning she knows what to do (here, it means the 6th step to reach Narayanan which is “Saathu sangamam”) but yet forgets about that and is having Krishnanubhavam alone..

Now let us see the 6 steps to be followed by a Srivaishnavite. To signify this, Srirangam “Melapadi” has 6 steps, where the Araiyar Padiyetram (அரையர் படியேற்றம்)happens.

No	Steps	Meaning
1	Eswaraya sacha sowhartham	Perumal anugraham - Bhagavan wholeheartedly blesses us.
2	Yethirchaa shukrutham	First, HE searches all our deeds to see if we have done anything good.Even if a good deed is not found,HE interprets one of the deeds as good one (though it might not have actually meant for good) and qualifies us for moksham. This is the case with Mahabali Chakravarthy in Thiru Vikrama Avathaaram.
3	Vishnu kataksham	With HIS grace, we get rid of our sins. As Andal says “chenkan chiru cheritha en mel vizhiyavo”, we get rid of our sins with HIS Kataksham.
4	A’thuvesham	We are getting rid of doubts about HIM and starts believing in HIM.
5	Aabi mukhyam	Once we come out of athuvesham (indigestion), we start enjoying HIS prasadams with sole belief on HIM.
6	Saathu sangamam	Enjoying Kalyana gunas of Perumal with Bhaagavathaas.

References
Thiruppavai Upanyasams by Sri. U. Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan swami : http://www.ibiblio.org/ramanuja/thiruppavai/pasuram/