second ten ninth thirumozhi

Summary

Krishna plays intolerable mischief in His boyhood.
He enters others' houses in the neighborhood and
steals butter, sweets and savories and goes about
cheating cowgirls. Neighbors complain about Krishna
to Yasoda. Yasoda struggles to cope with the
increasing complaints and at the same time
wonders at Krishna's extraordinary deeds.

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(1)
veNNai vizhungi veRung kalathai veRpidai ittu aThan
Osai kEtkum kaNNabirAn katRa kalvi
thannaik kAkkakillOm unmaganaik kAvAi puNNiR
puLip peyThAl okkum thImai purai puraiyAl ivai
seiyyavalla aNNaR kaNNAn Or maganaip peRRA
asOThai nangAyun maganaik koovAy

Purport

Gulps butter, loves ramming empty pots & the crashing sound!
we can't stand anymore; stop Him from mastering this art!
Like rubbing tamarind on the wound; His terrible acts abound;
that matches His naughty brother; Yasoda! call back your tot!

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(2)
varuga varuga varuga inge vAmana nambI varuga ingE
kariya kuzhal seyya vAy mugathu em kAguththa nambI
varuga ingE ariyan ivan enakku indru nangAy!
anjanavaNNA asalagaththAr paribavam pEsath
tharikkakillEn pAviyenukku ingE pOTharAyE

Purport

Hey girl, I'll take care of my boy, you can go now, Yasoda says:
Vamana! Rama! with lovely dark hair and sweet red lips!
O dark one! come fast, nice faced! banish my sins with no delays!
how can they abuse You, unlucky I am, I can't come to grips

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(3)
thiruvudaip piLLaithAn thIyavARu thekkam ondrum ilan
thEsu udaiyAn uruga vaitha kudathodu veNNai uRinji
udaithittu pOnThu nindrAn arugu irunThAr thammai aniyAyam
seyvaThuthAn vazhakkO asOThAy! varuga yendru unmagan
thannaik koovAi vAzha ottAn maThusooThananE

Purport

Rich, though, Your Son not ashamed of mischief but prides!
He scooped all the butter, yells a woman! smashed the pots!
stood innocent ! why justify this injustice that He presides!
Call back Your Son, lest our lives would be in knots!

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(4)
kondal vaNNa! ingE pOTharAyE kOyiR piLLAy!
ingE pOTharAyE then thirai soozh thiruppErk
kidanTha thirunAraNA! ingE
pOTharAyE undu vanThEn ammam yendru
solli Odi agam puga
AychchithAnum kandu yeThirE sendru yeduththuk
koLLak kaNNapirAn
kaRRa kalvi thAnE.

Purport

Treasure of Srirangam! Dense cloud hued!
pristine Thiruper, where You recline!
Sriman Narayana ! rushing in, You say You had food!
Yasoda who picks Him up, wonders in vain!

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(5)
pAlaik kaRanThu aduppu yeRa vaithup palvaLaiyAL
yenmagaLiruppa mElaiagaththE neruppu vEndich chendru
iRaip pozhuThu angE pEsi nindrEn sALakirAmam udaiya
nambi sAithup parugittup pOnThu nindrAn Alaikku
karumbin mozhi anaiya yasoThai nangAy!
unmaganai koovAy.

Purport

O sweet Yasoda! with milk pot on kiln, stood my girl guarding;
Up I went to fetch firewood but spent a while chatting;
Alas! Lord of Saligram, Your Boy from nowhere, came lurking!
the spotless one consumed all milk! take back Him without ranting!

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(6)
pOThar kaNdAy ingE pOThar kaNdAy pOTharEn yennAThE pOThar
kaNdAy yEThEnum solli asalagathAr yEThEnum pEsa nAn
kEtkamAttEn kOThukalam udaikkuttanEyO!
kundru yeduthAy! kudam Adu kooThA! veThap poruLE!
yen vEnkadavA! vithaganE ! ingE pOTharAyE

Purport

when called, You don't show up, Yasoda laments;
O Lovable! no more abuses at You I can take
You lifted a mountain, hurled pots; Vedas thou represents!
Lord of Thiruvenkadam! master of all arts, come for my sake!

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(7)
sennel arisi siRu paruppuch seiTha akkAram naRu ney pAlAl
pannirandu thiruvONam attEn pandum ippiLLai parisu aRivan
innamugappan nAn yendru solli yellAm vizhungivittup pOnThu
nindrAn unmagan thannai asOThai nangAy
koovik koLLAy ivaiyum silavE.

Purport

savories with rice, ghee, grain and cane sugar;
made for His twelve Tiruvonam star birthdays together
O Yasoda! He ate them all and looks for more & bigger!
these are few of your Son's many pranks, take Him away from here!

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(8)
kEsavanE ! ingE pOTharAyE killEn yennAThu
ingE pOTharAyE nEsamilAThAr agaththu
irunThu nI viLaiyAdAThE
pOTharAyE thUsanam sollum thozhuththai
mARum thondarum nindra
idaththil nindru thAy solluk koLvaThu
thanmam kaNdAy ThamOTharA!
ingE pOTharAyE.

Purport

Refuse not O Kesava! come near by my side!
play not in the homes of your foes;
stand not with those who scoff at You, come aside!
Heed mother's word that's dharma and come now close.

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(9)
kannal ilattuvaththOdu seedai kAreLLin
undai kalaththil ittu yen agam yendru
nAn vaiththup pOnThEn
ivanpukku avaRRaip peruththip pOnThAn
pinnum agampukku uRiyai nOkkip piRangu oLi
veNNaiyum sOthikkindrAn unmagan thannai
aSoThainangAy! koovikkoLLAy ivaiyum silavE.

Purport

Sweet balls and savories I made and kept;
He barged in and ate them all without a trail;
He came back to check if some butter is still not swept!
These are His tricks! call Him back without fail !

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(10)
solli larasip paduThi nangAy soozhaludaiyan
un piLLai thAnE
illam pugunThu yen magaLaik koovik kaiyil
vaLaiyaik kazhaRRik kondu kollaiyil
nindrum koNarnThu viRRa
angoruththikku av vaLaikoduththu nallana
nAvaR pazhangaL kondu
nAnallEnendru sirikkindrAnE.

Purport

Hey Yasoda! You get enraged when we arraign Him for misdeeds
Stepping into my home, He takes off my girl's bracelet;
runs to the backyard, swaps it for blackberries and feeds;
He then swears 'nothing I did',such stories He relate.

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(11)
vandugaLith thiraikkum pozhil soozh
varupunal kAvirith
thenna rangan paNdavan seiTha kirIdai
yellAm pattar pirAn vittuchiththan
pAdal koNdivai pAdik kunikka vallAr
gOvinThan than
adiyArgaLAgi yeNThisaikkum viLakkAgi niRpAr
iNaiyadi yenthalai mElanavE

Purport

Groves with beetles humming & cauvery waters surround;
is the place where meditative lord of Srirangam resides
Azhwar sings His glories and pastime stories abound;
Those who recite these end up serving Govinda who provides!

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