Pasuram-20

Pasuram20-muppatthumoovar

muppatthumoovar amararkkum mun senru
kappam thavirkkum kaliyE thuyil ezAi
cheppam udaiyAi thiraludaiyAi chettrArkku 
veppam kodukkum vimalA thuyil ezAi
cheppenna menmulai sevvAi sirumarungul
nappinnai nangAi thiruvE thuyilezAi
ukkamum thattoLiyum thandhunmaNAlanai
ippOdhE emmai neerAttElOrempavai
20. முப்பத்து மூவர் 
முப்பத்து மூவர் அமரர்க்கு முன்சென்று
கப்பம் தவிர்க்கும் கலியே! துயிலெழாய்
செப்பம் உடையாய் திறலுடையாய் செற்றார்க்கு
வெப்பம் கொடுக்கும் விமலா! துயிலெழாய்
செப்பென்ன மென்முலைச் செவ்வாய்ச் சிறு மருங்குல்
நப்பின்னை நங்காய்! திருவே! துயிலெழாய்
உக்கமும் தட்டொளியும் தந்துஉன் மணாளனை
இப்போதே எம்மை நீராட்டேலோர் எம்பாவாய்

"The mention of your panchasayana has made you return to sleep , it seems , said Andal " but we will not rest till you wake up and occupy your seat to hear our entreaties. Hence we again appeal to Nappinnai who is none other than Lakshmi to us."
" She is ready now with her grace and to wake you up, but one can only wake up the sleeping and not one who feigns sleep."
"How did you know that I was feigning sleep?" asked the Lord.
"It is because you and you go in front of the thiry three crores of devas to protect them from calamities, mun senRu kappam thavirrkkum kali, as you volunteered in amrthamaThana , by carrying the mandhara mountain to drop it in the milky ocean, as koorma to support it on your back and helping them in churning and finally to distribute the amrtha to them in Mohini form. How can you sleep when your devotees are here beseeching your help? Will you protect only the devas? No because you have cheppam, - Arjavam, thrikaraNaSuddhi, truthful in thought word and deed. and thiral, strength or power."
"But did not you call me as' ElaappoygaL uRappaan ,'once?" said the Lord.
" Yes , though as Rama you were always straight forward as Krishna you were known for anaarjavam! But we know that it is only your leela to protect the good," said Andal. " Did you not change the thithi itself in order to protect your devotees the Pandavas?"
Krishna replied, " You know , when I accused Sahadeva to have helped Duryodhana by mentioning the new moon day as auspicious for victory he said, "it is my dharma as an astrologer who should not lie even to protect himself. But to find a devious means to out do the prediction is your job." Hence I had no other alternative!"
"I made amavasya come one day earlier by doing oblations which brought the Sun and the Moon together to protest and I said since the amvasay means the day when both of them are seen together, that was the day when they have come together, so it is amavasya. Duryodhana was thus made to start the war on praThama and faced defeat!"
"Yes ," said Andal , "That is why I called you as thiraludaiyaay- one who has skill. Arjavam alone is not enough but the skill to apply it is essential. Aarjavam towards bad will only bring sorrow."
" That is fine, said the Lord, but your phrase setraarkku veppam kodukkum and the epithet vimala seem to be not correlated?"
"There are no enemies for the you as such. Haven't you said 'samoham sarva bhoothEshu, I am impartial to all. The term setraar refers to those who harm the good. Then you are like fire to them as I said veppam kodukkum. But you are vimalan, blemishless, since Vimalaa you only take away the evil from them and to make them pure you punish. Thus your retribution is for redemption."
"What are the ukkam and thattoLi you were asking Sridevu to give you? Was it a fan and mirror ? If so for what purpose?" Asked the Lord.
"The words ukkam , fan, and thattoLi , mirror ,mean the removal of ahamkara and mamakara and granting of svarupa jnana.The grace of the divine mother is required to fan away the ego, the cause of ahamkara and mamakara and to mirror the real nature of the self." Said Andal.
"Oh yes , I see that she ahs already showered her grace on you, said the Lord , and so I had no option but to get up and come out." Said the Lord. 
" But you took your own time ," said Andal to which the Lord replied that it was only to enjoy more words coming from her in the course of waking him up.