Tuesday 30th December 2025 (15th Verse) (Section II – 10 of 10)
Elle, Ilankiliye, innam urangudhiyo
“Charming girl like the young parrot, still sleeping ?”
Chillendru azhaiyenmin nangaimeer podharugindren
“Oh Don’t scream young girls, I will come soon”
Vallai un katturaigall pande un vayaridhum
“enough of your false promises, we know your excuses”
Valleergal neengale nanedhaan aayiduga
“ Oh, you are the clever speaking girls, let me be”
Ollai nee podhaay unakkenna verudaiyai
“ why is that we need to come early and wait for you?”
Ellarom pondaro ? pondaar pondu ennikkoll
“has everyone else arrived ?” “come out and count for yourself”
Vallanai kondranai matttrarai mattrazhikka
He who killed the mighty elephant and who vanquishes his foes
Vallanai maayanai padelor empavai.
Let us sing the praise of that magical mighty Lord, My girl
We are at the halfway mark of the Thiruppavai and the end of part II, the effort in this verse is to wake up the 10th - the last on the list of girls that Sri Andal desires accompanies her to the worship. The girl here engages her callers in conversation as they call her a young parrot endearingly, she complains coyly unwilling to wake up, why are you crying out ? Have all others come ? etc,. the group chides her for being oversmart and clever with words. The girl accepts all that and the conversation continues with the girls pulling each others leg, but being firm in the request to join singing the praise of the Valiant Lord, who killed the elephant (set on him by Kamsa) and other demons and destroyed those who were his enemies.
With this the girls proceed to the Temple to see the Lord. Tomorrow ie on the 16th day they will all reach the doorsteps of the Temple. Then begins Thiruppavai’s third section’s I part. In many households the 16th day of the Thiruppavai is celebrated with Joy by preparing as prasad special chakkarai pongal to enjoy the arrival of the girls at the temple. Section III consist of three parts waking up the Lord, worshipping the Lord and singing his glory and finally the prayer and the summation.
Sri Andal will set out to wake up the Lord and worship him. What is the objective of the “Nonbu” ? What is that special “parai” that Andal is going to seek from the Lord? As is commonly believed – is it marriage with the Lord that she seeks ? No Andal like the rest of the true gopikas had united with the Lord long back in thought and mind completely, their devotion is so strong and sincere that they actually do not have to seek that as a boon from the Lord. Andal saves the suspense of revealing what is it that she seeks from the Lord till the very end of the Thiruppavai.
Stay with me and we will be with Andal and her group at the temple to sing the Lord’s glory in the coming days…