Tiruppāvai Pāśuram 19 – Kuthu Vilakkeriya
குத்துவிளக்கு எரியக் கோட்டுக்கால் கட்டில்மேல்
மெத்தென்ற பஞ்ச சயனத்தின்மேல் ஏறி
Kuttu viḷakku eriyak kōṭṭukkāl kaṭṭil mēl
mettenra pañca sayanattin mēl ēri
By the time Andal reaches this pāśuram, everything outside has already been completed.
The companions (sakhis) have been gathered.
The elders of the household have been addressed.
The gates have opened.
The household has been awakened.
What remains now is not effort, but response.
Andal brings everyone into the innermost space, not to disturb it, but to show that the time for waiting has ended.
The opening lines tell us where Krishna is.
A lamp is burning steadily.
A firm cot with well-made legs stands unmoving.
Upon it lies a soft, layered bed.
This tells us something important.
It is not night.
There is no disorder.
There is no neglect.
Everything is complete and settled.
Only then does Andal take us to the heart of the scene:
கொத்தலர் பூங்குழல் நப்பினை கொங்கை மேல்
வைத்துக்கிடந்த மலர்மார்பாவாய் திறவாய்
Kottalar pūṅkuḻal nappinnai koṅgai mēl
vaittukiḍanda malar mārpāvāy tiṟavāy
Krishna rests with his flower-like chest leaning against Nappinnai.
He is present, at rest, and fully aware.
That is why Andal does not say “wake up” or “come out.”
She uses only one word:
tiṟavāy — open.
Open the response.
Open the moment that is already ready.
Andal then turns gently toward Nappinnai:
மைத்திட்டத்தங்கண்ணினாய்
Mai ttiṭṭa taṅkaṇṇināy
O one with dark-lined eyes.
These eyes matter.
They are the eyes through which Krishna looks outward.
They are the eyes through which his response can reach others.
Andal acknowledges a truth, without accusation:
நீ உன் மணாளனை
எத்தனைப் போதும் துயிலெழாஅ ஓட்டாய்க்காண்
Nī uṉ maṇāḷanai
ettanai pōdum tuyil eḻā oṭṭāykkāṇ
You never allow your beloved to be disturbed, at any time.
This is not blame.
It is recognition of closeness.
Then comes the most direct line of the pāśuram:
எத்தனையெலும் பிரிவற்கில்லாயால்
தத்துவம் அன்று தகவு
Ettanaiyelum pirivatrkillāyāl
tattuvam anru takavu
If even a moment of separation is impossible,
then withholding grace cannot be right.
This is the heart of Pāśuram 19.
The companions are not asking for separation.
They are not asking for disturbance.
They are asking for space — space for grace to move outward.
That is why the pāśuram ends quietly:
ஏலோர் எம்பாவாய்
Ēlōr empāvāy
Come — for our Pāvai vow.
Pāśuram 19 teaches that there comes a point in devotion when effort must stop.
When louder calls are no longer right.
When what is needed is not insistence, but permission.
Krishna is not compelled.
He is not disturbed.
He is allowed to respond.
From here onward, the journey turns inward.
The knocking has ended.
The waiting has reached its depth.
What follows will no longer b
e about entry,
but about what Krishna chooses to give.
Andal Thiruvadigalai Sharanam
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