Thiruppavai Fourteenth Pasuram

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Thiruppavai Fourteenth Pasuram

ungaL puzhakkadai(th) thOttaththu vaaviyuL

sengazhuneer vaay negizhndhu aambal vaay koombina kaaN

sengaR podi(k) koorai veNbal thavaththavar

thangaL thirukkOyil sangiduvaan pOdhanRaar

engaLai munnam ezhuppuvaan vaaypEsum

nangaay ezhundhiraay naaNaadhaay naavudaiyaay

sangOdu chakkaram Endhum thadakkaiyan

pangaya(k) kaNNaanai(p) paadElOr embaavaay

Meaning of Thiruppavai Fourteenth Pasuram

In this paasuram, a silver tongued leader of the Gopis is being awakened, who proclaimed the evening before that she will wake up first and then wake all the other Gopis. Now, she has forgotten all about that promise and is sleeping cozily. The Gopis waiting outside are annoyed and yet want to have this silver tongued Gopi with them, when they go to meet KrishNan, since she has the powerful persuasive skills to influence Krishna to grant the boons that they desire.

Already it is day-dawn, for even the Senkazhuneer flowers (red lotuses) have bloomed and Aambal flowers have closed their buds, in the small tank of your back-yard garden. The saints with ochre-robes and white teeth have started to visit their respective holy shrines for blowing the conch. Oh our Lady who boasted (by word of mouth) yesterday that you will come and awaken us at first! Now, please get up. You are not ashamed; you are but a chatterer. Let us sing the glory of the Lord of lotus-like eyes, who holds aloft on His mighty hands, the Conch and the discus (the symbol of His supremacy among all gods).