‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ ~ Aadi Visakham 2021 - முடிசேர் சென்னியம்மா!

Today is Visakham in the month of Aadi – masa thirunakshathiram of Swami Nammazhwar.  Today is a great day for the Nation – Mera Maham Bharat is celebrating its 75^th Independence Day marking another milestone in the history of World’s biggest democracy.  

                    Addressing the nation from the ramparts of  Red Fort, PM Shri Narendra Modiji  said the Centre will soon launch the Rs 100 lakh-crore Gati Shakti national infrastructure plan to boost the country’s economy. Giving a call for ‘Sabka Prayas’ along with ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’ for building a new India, PM Modi said, “We have to ensure we meet our goal of building Aatmanirbhar Bharat when we celebrate 100 years of India’s Independence.”  Earlier in the day, Shri Modi lauded the Tokyo Olympic winners and Covid warriors. “In 75 weeks of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, 75 ‘Vande Bharat’ trains will connect different parts of the country, the prime minister announced. The development of Jammu and Kashmir is visible on the ground, Shri Modi said, adding that the delimitation exercise is on and preparations are underway for assembly polls there. PM Modi also hoisted the tricolour at the Red Fort before his speech.  .. .. and in a fitting manner, as we celebrate the liberation from Colonial British, our Triranga was unfurled at INS Tabar which is deployed to Portsmouth in the UK. 

Moving away, recently read elsewhere – that the Taliban of 2021 look very different, on TV news clips, from the Taliban of the late 1990s. For one, the quality of telecast has no doubt improved but so has the visual getup of the Afghan militant outfit. Their weapons look brand new and shining; their Humvee  type vehicles are in perfect running order; the clothes they wear look clean and new; their neat coiffure a significant departure from the tousled looks of yore.  All in all, the Taliban of 2021 no longer look the rabid; ragged; disheveled militia they used to be on grainy shaking visuals, caning and executing women (and men), during their barbaric rule over Afghanistan.  Their organisation is flush with funds as everyone knows nothing spells success better than a thick fat wallet.

The main reference here is ‘Coiffure’ (/kwɑːˈfjʊə) – a noun that would describe a person’s hairstyle. First appearing in English in the 1630s, coiffure derives from the French verb coiffer, which can mean "to arrange (hair)" or "to cover with a coif (any of various close-fitting caps, such as that worn under a veil by a nun)." ~ and was overawed to see this reference in Dravidaveda to a Nammalwar Thiruvaimozhi pasuram.

முடிசேர் சென்னியம்மா!  நின் மொய்பூந்தாமத் தண்டுழாய்,

கடிசேர் கண்ணிப் பெருமானே! என்றென்றேங்கி  அழுதக்கால்,

படிசேர் மகரக் குழைகளும் பவள வாயும் நால்தோளும்,

துடிசேரிடையும் அமைந்ததோர் தூநீர் முகில்போல் தோன்றாயே. 

சுவாமி நம்மாழ்வார் தம் திருவாய்மொழி பாசுரம்  மேலே -  திருவபிஷேகத்தோடு சேர்ந்த திருமுடியையுடைய ஸ்வாமியே!  உனக்கு அஸாதாரணமாய்ச் செறிந்து அழகிய ஒளியையுடைய குளிர்ந்த திருத்துழாயாகிற ஸர்வாதிகனே!  என்றிப்படி பலகாலுஞ் சொல்லி பொருமிப் பொருமி  யான் அழுத போதிலும்,  வடிவுக்குச் சேர்ந்த மகரகுண்டலங்களும் பவளம் போன்ற திருவதரமும்  நான்கு திருத்தோள்களும்  துடிபோலே யிருக்கிற இடையுமாயமைந்த தூய நீரையுடைய ஒரு காளமேகம் போலே வந்து தோன்றமாட்டேனென்கிறாயே - நீவிர் இப்போதே வந்து எனக்கு தர்சனம் தந்து என்னை காத்து அருள்வாயாக என்று வேண்டுகிறார் மாறன் சடகோபன்.

The English translation to the above Thiruvaimozhi pasuram in Dravidaveda read :  O Lord of radiant coiffure, Lord of fragrant garland, O Rain-cloud Lord, I despair and weep calling for you, Alas, I do not see you, with your befitting ear rings, your coral lips, your four arms and slender waist!  .. .. .. and that made me wander a reference to ‘coiffure’ leading to unnecessary reference to Taliban and et.al.

Reminiscing the happy events of the past, here are some photos of Swami Nammalwar and Sri Parthasarathi perumal purappadu on day 1 of Irapathu uthsavam on 21.12.2015 – and as you would have noticed it correctly, it was midnight purappadu on the day of Vaikunda Ekadasi !

adiyen Srinivasa dhasan,
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
15^th   Aug 2021. 

பாசுர விளக்கம் : ஸ்ரீ உ வே கச்சி சுவாமி ~ spl thanks & gratitude to www.dravidaveda.org