agamagizhindilagum nilavoLi tanilE tanai marandu puLLinam kUva ashaindADi miga ishandODi varum nalam kANa oru manam nADa takumIdu ena oru padam pADa takiTa tadhimi ena naTam nADa kanru pashuvinavum ninru puDai shUzha enru malarumukha iraivan kanivODu (kuzhal)
kuzhalUdi manamellAm koLLai koNDa pinnum kurai Edum enakkEdaDI tOzhi (kuzhal)
When Lord Krisha plays his flue, our heart and mind get sucked into that melody emanating from the flute. Once your heart and mind are filled with happiness from that lovely music, can there be any sorrow? can there be any unfulfilled wishes? There cannot be!
The phrase 'kollai konda pinnum' is a beautiful one. Krishna just does not fill your heart with music. He steals your heart and mind. When your heart and mind are not with you anymore, can you feel anything? When the person stealing it is Krishna, and when the stolen heart becomes his, it can only be filled with the divine bliss!!
agamagizhindilagum nilavoLi tanilE tanai marandu puLLinam kUva ashaindADi miga ishandODi varum nalam kANa oru manam nADa takumIdu ena oru padam pADa takiTa tadhimi ena naTam nADa kanru pashuvinavum ninru puDai shUzha enru malarumukha iraivan kanivODu (kuzhal)
A peacock is dancing around. It looks as if there is a creeper dancing around.
In the beautiful lovely moon light, there are birds which are chirping around. One's heart goes out wanting to see these lovely sights. There are sounds of singing. There are sounds of dancing. There are cows with their little ones.
All of these are happening around lord Krishna. Krishna is on his flute with the mellifluous melodies filling the entire world...
As Krishna plays his flute, his earrings are also dancing. The crown that Krishna wears shows the spotlight on it. This scene is like the one we are all familiar with on our TV sets. In a dance program, a spotlight is shown on the dancer as she dances. And, similar to that, here, as the earrings dance around, the crown shows the spotlight!! This is a beautiful sight. And, along with all this, Krishna's clothes are also dancing.
Overall, this is a beautiful song by Oothukkadu Venkata kavi. The song conjures up the scenes of Lord Krishna playing his flute and the entire world dancing to those tunes. Right from the cows, the peacock, the creeper, everything is dancing. The birds are chirping around. Krishna's earrings are dancing. His crowns are playing the role of showing the spotlight on the dancers. His clothes are dancing. And in the process, as the entire world is dancing around, without we knowing, our hearts are stolen. Stolen by Krishna. Stolen by the music.
When your heart is not with you, when your heart is with the Lord, how can you ever feel any sorrow? You can only be filled with bliss. The divine bliss.
And, whenever I hear this song, whenever I sing this song, the divine bliss fills me all over. I am sure it will envelope and fill you too!
Some links to this fantastic song by eminent musicians :
agamagizhindilagum nilavoLi tanilE tanai marandu puLLinam kUva- This line can be explained even better. Usually birds sing during the dawn. But when they saw Krishna & heard his flute, they believed sun rose. That's beautifully expressed in 'Nillavoli Thanillaye THANNAI MARANDU PULLINAM KOOVA"
agamagizhindilagum nilavoLi tanilE tanai marandu puLLinam kUva- This line can be explained even better.
ReplyDeleteUsually birds sing during the dawn. But when they saw Krishna & heard his flute, they believed sun rose. That's beautifully expressed in 'Nillavoli Thanillaye THANNAI MARANDU PULLINAM KOOVA"
Beautiful!! I think your explanation is what the Poet meant. Fantastic!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! I think your explanation is what the Poet meant. Fantastic!!!
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