Thiruppavai Ninth Pasuram

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Thiruppavai Ninth Pasuram

thoomaNi maadaththu sutrum viLakkeriya(th)
thoopam kamazha(th) thuyilaNaimEl kaN vaLarum
maamaan magaLE maNi(k) kadhavam thaazh thiRavaay
maameer avaLai ezhuppeerO un magaL thaan
oomaiyO anRi sevidO ananthalO
Ema(p) perunN thuyil mandhira(p) pattaaLO
maamaayan maadhavan vaikundhan enRenRu
naaman palavum navinRElOr enbaavaay

Meaning of Thiruppavai Ninth Pasuram

(The cowherd women folk practising the Srivratham  (Paavai Nonbu) awaken another maiden , who has self  complacency in her earnest devotion to the Lord.  Oh the daughter of our uncle! You are taking rest  and sleeping on the soft bed, while the lamps are lit  all round the dazzling hall(with inlaid gem stones)of your mansion filled with aroma of the incense . Please (get up) and open the lever-lock of the shining doors (with inlaid gems) of your chambers.(As the inside  of the chambers is apparent , these gopis could see within the enclosure  and so call the aunt, the mistreess of the house). Dear Aunt! Could you please awaken your daughter? Is She dumb or deaf or exhausted and tired out? Or has She been cursed with long spell of sleep? (may be, that is the reason for her sleeping without responding to us). To awaken her from this  hypnotic sleep, (let us) recite as remedy, the numerous names of the Lord as “God of the Supreme magical power  (MahAmAyan), the Lord of Goddess MahA Lakshmi  ( Maadhavan) and Vaikuntan (the Lord of Sri Vaikuntam).