I am a slow, sensitive and self learner. My commitment to learn and record slow chanting and posting as a Podcast Episode had taught me 1. To keep my intention strong. 2. To embrace any inner critic or barrier like a friend, and accept unconditionally.

Source;

http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/

Meaning of Pasuram 13 in English 

In this verse the effort is to wake up a girl with beautiful eyes, the girl appears to be sleeping lost in the thoughts of Lord Krishna, indicating that the girls were all inherently deeply devoted to the Lord and had Him in their thoughts most times, only given to laziness and reluctance to get out of their sleep in the early morning. The girls refer to the Lord as Krishna who tore up the jaws of the demon who took the form of a bird and as Rama who vanquished Ravana and destroyed his demon clan. Singing His praises the girls have gone forward to the holy place of worship, the  morning planets are visible, the birds are out to search for their food,  Oh beautiful girl, do not enjoy the thoughts of Krishna alone, come join us and let’s worship Him together.

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Source;

http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/

Meaning of Pasuram 12 I'm English 

Sri Andal continuing her pursuit of waking up the girls to join her on the Margazhi Nonbu ( worship) has enrolled 6 girls till now and is now on the doorstep of the 7th girl. The scene is the house of a cowherd whose magnificent cows are so laden with milk that when the milking is delayed by the cowherd, the cows thinking of their calves start secreting so much milk from their udders  in overflow that the ground below becomes slushy.  The reference here is that when anything is in great abundance it pours forth, abundance of devotion for the Lord, pours forth as divine music. So is the Lord’s compassion for his devotees that it can pour forth for us. Oh girl, we are standing in your courtyard with the early morning winter dew drenching our heads, and singing the praise of the Lord who destroyed the King of Lanka, the Lord who is so dear to our hearts and you are not even responding ! Everyone can see us here and you are in such deep sleep, wake up girl and join us for the worship.

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Thank you for being a part of my learning process. Here is the meaning of this Pasuram in English:

Source;

http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/

We are all blessed to be in this land and community of Lord Krishna, You are the unblemished golden jewel of the cowherds who have milked their many cows  and are capable of vanquishing their enemies in battle. Oh beautiful one, all your friends are gathered in your yard, singing the praise of the cloud like dark skinned Lord, and how  do you still sleep and not wake up to join the worship ?

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Thank you for being a part of my learning process. Here is the meaning of this Pasuram in English:

Source;

http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/

Oh! blessed girl, who by virtue of her earlier worships is destined to unite with the Lord in heaven, please open the door, why are you not even responding with words to our call ? Have you been handed over the sleep of the demon Kumbakarna ? Kumbakarna who was slain by Lord Rama, the embodiment of dharma who is adorned by tulsi mala, with fragrant hair, who is worshiped by us and is full of virtues. Oh sleepy slovenly girl, please wake up and adorn yourself and come and open the door and join us in the Paavai Nonbu.

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Source;

http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/

Meaning in English

A nice bed, comfortable and a conducive environment make for good deep sleep. In this verse Sri Andal and her friends struggle to wake up a girl (a relative – her Uncle’s daughter) who is sleeping in a nice bed, with nice lights and scented aromas  so soundly that they suspect she has become deaf, not hearing anything, dumb not responding to their calls and so overcome by sloth so as not to wake up and come to open the ornate door. The girls plead to the mother of the girl to wake her  up  to which she responds, sing the many many names of the Lord as Maamayan, Madhavan and Vaikunthanan and being a pious and God loving girl, she will wake up on hearing the Lord’s names being chanted.

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After learning and recording a slow chanting of Pasuram 9, I felt like sharing the meaning of this verse in English. That is exactly what I am doing:

Source;

http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/

Pointing out the signs of dawn ; the slow brightening of the lower skies, the buffaloes out to graze the tender dew laden grass, Sri Andal says to the next girl whom she is calling upon, –  many of the girls are going out to worship, but leaving them aside, we are at your doorstep, please wake up and let’s get to the Lord ; the Lord who vanquished the demon kesi  in the form of a horse, the Lord who defeated the wrestler  demons, the Lord who is the king of all kings and devas. When we sing and pray and get to Him, He is going to be so pleased that we sought him out instead of Him coming to us, that He will joyfully bless us and remove all our deficiencies.

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Learning lesson: I realized that to me this self created Project, let's call it

"Learning and Slow chanting Tiruppavai Pasurams"

Is much more than learning and recording

It is is watching my thoughts, feelings and behavior

When I don't learn and record one Pasuram a day.

When I give myself to break my rule of "one a day". 

When I boldly and divinely recorded two Pasurams a day but shared one per day in my WhatsApp status.

When I don't record a Pasuram if I don't feel like it.

What do I want to convey?

When our core value is being honest with ourselves and it is one of our Top character strengths, then when we don't keep up the commitment that made to ourselves, we get upset. We feel bad. We feel sad. That is when we must sit with ourselves and be present to all thought s, feelings and behavior. 

How? Just as an evolved adult will talk to a child and help her understand. When we do that ethically our inner child and adult are in synchrony. It helps us make new rules or mindset shifts. We must neither be too hard on ourselves nor slack off. We must make small changes and course corrections to reach our goal just like a rocket 🚀

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Today I want tó thank Sandhya, Vidya, Bindu and Varshabala for taking time to listen and sending me the following comments:

Sandhya

Just listened to Pasuram 3. Very beautiful rendition!  The ending is awesome with kutti raga alapana.

Just listened to pasuram 4 and 5.  Romba superaa irukku.  Thanks for sharing.

Vidya:

Good morning Lalitha

Shows your commitment to learn and do with as much perfection. Keep going 👍

I  listened to your 3 pasurams this morning. awesome 👏👏👏👏 so much Shraddha in every word.

Bindu 

Super super👏👏👏😍

 Nice singing 🤩

Varshabala 

Way to go! Beautiful voice ! Best wishes for the successful completion 

Thank you all

Learning Experience

I studied Tamil till 5th standard only and hence my level of comprehension of words is very limited. However 75 percent of Today's lyrics seemed easy to understand. There is a disadvantage here, because your thinking intellectual mind takes over artistic creative mind. LOL.

The tune or raga seemed new. I have no idea what the name is.  Each verse seemed to have a different tune.

My colloquial Tamil (மனதினால்) interfered when the script was ( மனத்தினால்)

I did my best to correct whatever deficiencies I observed as a self learner.

With Divine grace I allowed myself to record today's Pasuram.

Is The Task That I Am About To Perform For The Highest Good The Task That I Am About To Perform For The Highest Good

In this Episode Lalitha 

Invites her audience to say the affirmation related to the words, "Highest Good" while she is saying

Consistently saying the affirmation has helped her

Make clear Yes or No decisions

Focus on possibilities, joy, and freedom instead of doubting whether the task will be completed as per her expectations or if she hits a roadblock.

Link to the article

 https://link.medium.com/pwEceBHDUvb

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