Thiruppaavai - song 4 & 5

Today is Vaikunta Ekadasi . Let Sri Perumaal and Aandaal bless all of us !
Song 4  -
Aazhi mazhaikkannaa ondru nee kaikaravEl
AazhiyuL pukku mugandhu kodarthEri
Oozhi mudhalvan uruvam pOl meikaruththup
Paazhiyan thOLudaip parpanaaban kaiyil
AazhipOl minni valampuripOl nindru adhirndhu
thaazhaadhE Saarangam udhaiththa sara mazhaipOl
Vaazha ulaginil peidhidaai naangaLum
Maargazhi neeraada magizhnthElOr embaavai .

Meaning

Please obey our wishes,
Oh rain God who comes from the sea,
Enter the sea, please, and bring water to your fill,
And with zest and sound take it up,
And like the God of the deluge become black,
And shine like the holy wheel in the hands,
Of The God Padmanabha who has powerful biceps,
And make booming pleasing sounds,
Like the right spiraled conch,
And rain with out stop like the arrow storm,
From Saranga the bow of Vishnu and descend on us,
To make this world happy,
And to help us take bath in month of Margahzhi,

Song 5  -

Maayanai maNNu vadamadurai mainthanaith
Thooyaperuneer yamunaith thuRaivanai
Aayar kulaththinil thOndrum ANiviLakkaith
Thaayaik kudal viLakkam seitha damOtharanaith
ThooyOmaai vandhu naam thoomalar thoovith thozhudhu
Vaayinaal paadi manaththinaal sindhikkap
POya pizhaiyum pugutharuvaan nindranavum
Theeyil thoosaagum seppElO rembaavaai.

Meaning 

To Him the enchanter of all,
To Him the son of Mathura in the north,
To Him who played and frolicked,
In the shores of holy Yamuna,
To Him who is the ornamental lamp,
Of the family of cow herds,
And to the Damodhara who made,
His mothers womb holy,
We came after a holy bath,
And offered pure flowers at his feet,
And sang with our mouth,
And brought the thoughts of him in our mind,
And we were sure,
That all our mistakes of the past,
And all that we will do in future,
Will vanish as ashes in fire,

The Story of a Foolish Crow

Once in a small village, there was a crow with her family . They lived in a nest on a Mango Tree.

Everyday the crow hunted for  berries , insects, etc. 
One day after eating food , she was very thirsty. 

She flew in search of water.
She flew to a pond where there was enough water for her drink. But, there were ducks ,frogs and fish in that pond and they did not allow the crow to drink water.

Then, she flew in search of water again and found a well. 
 


There was very less water in the well.
So, she remembered her crow friend who put pebbles inside the water jug to 
make the water  level come up. 


She thought of trying the same trick and started putting lots of pebbles into the well, 
but the water never came up . The foolish crow didn't know that how many ever pebbles you put inside the well, the water won't come up.


Parental Tip :


Parents, explain why the water level in the well won't come up , and, why the water in the jug came up in the old classic story "Thirsty Crow".


Experiment for kids ....


 1. Pick some pebbles or small stones , give your kid a jug with very little water. 
 2. Ask your kid to put the stones in the jug and check if the water level came up.
 3. Then give a bigger pot and repeat the same experiment.