Sixth of the ten poems from Nachiyar Thirumozhi – Vin Neela Mellappu (sky blue cloth). Love theme of Sangam transformed into love between a human soul and the divine. Here Andal sends the could as her messenger to Mal of Vengadam (Thirupathi). சலங்கொண்டு கிளர்ந்தெழுந்த தண்முகில்காள் மாவலியை நிலங்கொண்டான் வேங்கடத்தே நிரந்தேறிப் பொழிவீர்காள் உலங்குண்ட விளங்கனிபோல் உள்மெலியப் புகுந்துஎன்னை நலங்கொண்ட... Continue Reading →
Second of the ten poems from Nachiyar Thirumozhi – Vin Neela Mellappu (sky blue cloth). Love theme of Sangam transformed into love between a human soul and the divine. Here Andal sends the could as her messenger to Mal of Vengadama (Thirupathi). மாமுத்த நிதிசொரியும் மாமுகில்காள் வேங்கடத்துச் சாமத்தின் நிறங்கொண்ட தாடாளன் வார்த்தையென்னே காமத்தீ யுள்புகுந்து கதுவப்பட்டு இடைக்கங்குல் ஏமத்தோர்... Continue Reading →
This poem is one of the most important poems in Sangam literature. Though this is the kind of Sangam poem I like with lot of comparisons and hidden meanings, this poem particularly interests me for some other reason. This poem contains interesting references to Krishna myths and Murugan’s adobe Thiruparankundram. 59. பாலை தண் கயத்து அமன்ற வண்டு படு துணை மலர்ப்... Continue Reading →
I am going to do some thing I have been consciously avoided for nearly a year. I have always tried to be a neutral person looking into issues and present things in a historical way. I have very consciously been avoiding this blog to be an outlet of my personal emotion. But a thought, rather... Continue Reading →
Conquerable Mountain and Unconquerable Ego - Ravana's ego and his stunt of lifting the Kailash.
The magician of words - Aurnagiri's poem on lord Murugan.
This one of the master piece in Tamil Literature. A beautiful poem describing beauty of a women. Kovalan on his wedding night with Kannagi, describes her beauty. Must read for anyone whether you know Tamil or not.
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————- Become Fan of Karka Nirka Blog in Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Karka-Nirka/353094691592 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— I choose just a single stanza of Kamban's Ramavatharam today unlike my old posts where I end up posting 2 to 3 posts on single topic. I found this single stanza really interesting. Lets see whats stanza I am talking about first, கலைமான் முதல்... Continue Reading →
வளர்பிறைபோலவெயிறுமுரோம, முஞ்சடையுஞ் சிறுகுஞ்யும்விஞ்ச, மனதுமிருண்டவடிவுமிலங்க, மாமலைபோல் யமதூதர்கள்வந்து. And lo, behold, the Messenger of Death, like a huge mountain, shining and black shape, all hairy, terrible, teeth like the crescent moon(19)- வலைகொடுவீசியுயிர்கொடுபோக, மைந்தரும்வந்துகுனிந்தழநொந்து மடியில்விழுந்துமனைவிபுலம்ப, மாழ்கினரெயிவர்காலமறிந்து. He throws his net and takes the life and goes. the others come with bowed heads, and weep, the wife falls... Continue Reading →
