0087.Abhirami Andhadhi Slogan 85 Poem by rajagopal. h..

To get rid of Negative/Evil Deeds

Tamil Transliteration

Paarkkum dhisai thorum paasaangusamumpanich chiraivandu
Aarkkum pudhumalar aindhdhum karumbhum enn allal ellam
Theerkkum thiripurai yaall thirumaeniyum sitridaiyum
Vaark kumkum mulaiyum mulaimael muthu maalaiyumae

Translation

All pervading in directions I seek are
Thy armouries rope, anlius,
Flower missiles five thronged
By the hidden wasps, sweet sugar cane,
Thiripurai! Thy beauty that drives out
all my evils, tiny hips, breasts masked by
The blouse soaked with the vermilion paste and
The necklace of pearls that oscillate over the mounts!

Simple Meaning

Abhirami! Wherever I turn I see the following:
Your armouries of rope, anlius, flower missiles, sugar cane, the beauty of Thiripurai (Abhirami) that drives out all my evils, small hips, breasts hidden by blouse soaked in kumkum paste, and the necklace of pearl that oscillate over the mounts

Commentary

Vermilion (Kumkum) is a powder used for social and religious markings in Hinduism. It is either made from turmeric or saffron. The turmeric is dried and powdered with a bit of slaked lime, which turns the rich yellow powder into red color.
The kumkum is an auspicious symbol. When a girl or a married woman visits a house, it is a sign of respect (in case of an elderly lady) or blessings (in case of a young girl) to offer kumkum to them when they leave.
Men, women, girls, and boys apply a dot on their forehead of red turmuric powder, also when visiting a temple or during a pooja. In most of India, everyday, married women apply red kumkum in front of their parting on their forehead as a symbol of marriage. This is called vermilion, or in Hindi, sindoor.
Coming to the point of jacket soaked in kumkum: Kumkum is also widely used for worshiping the Hindu goddesses; kumkum is offered either at the feet if the goddess is in the standing posture wherein the devotee can reach the deity’s feet only;
Here since the blouse covering the breasts are soaked in kumkum, Abhirami is in the sitting posture and Abhirami Bhattar is offering Kumkum in his standing posture

It’s a wonderful sight of a commanding deity like Abhirami who is a beauty queen with a great body structure, tender hips, big breasts with the blouse tying to hide them and the necklace oscillating over them, displaying weapons of protection, sitting comfortably and a devotee offering kumkum.

It’s a form of expressing the love.

Bhattar claims that this beauty will ward off all his evils

To understand this lets see something about beauty

Researchers have found that good looking students get higher grades from their teachers than students with an ordinary appearance. Furthermore, attractive patients receive more personalized care from their doctors. Studies have even shown that handsome criminals receive lighter sentences than less attractive convicts. How much money a person earns may also be influenced by physical beauty. One study found that people low in physical attractiveness earn 5 to 10 percent less than ordinary looking people, who in turn earn 3 to 8 percent less than those who are considered good looking. Discrimination against others based on their appearance is known as lookism.

The characterization of a person as “beautiful”, whether on an individual basis or by community consensus, is often based on some combination of inner beauty, which includes psychological factors such as personality, intelligence, grace, charm and elegance, and outer beauty, which includes physical factors, such as health, youthfulness, symmetry, averageness, and complexion.

A strong indicator of physical beauty is 'averageness', or 'koinophilia'. When images of human faces are averaged together to form a composite image, they become progressively closer to the 'ideal' image and are perceived as more attractive. This was first noticed in 1883, when Francis Galton, cousin of Charles Darwin, overlaid photographic composite images of the faces of vegetarians and criminals to see if there was a typical facial appearance for each. When doing this, he noticed that the composite images were more attractive compared to any of the individual images. Researchers have replicated the result under more controlled conditions and found that the computer generated, mathematical average of a series of faces is rated more favorably than individual faces.Evolutionarily it makes logical sense that sexual creatures should be attracted to mates who possess predominantly common or average features
Another feature of beautiful women that has been explored by researchers is a waist-to-hip ratio of approximately 0.70 for women. The concept of waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) was developed by psychologist Devendra Singh of the University of Texas at Austin. Physiologists have shown that this ratio accurately indicates most women's fertility.

The earliest Western theory of beauty can be found in the works of early Greek philosophers from the pre-Socratic period, such as Pythagoras. The Pythagorean school saw a strong connection between mathematics and beauty. In particular, they noted that objects proportioned according to the golden ratio seemed more attractive. Ancient Greek architecture is based on this view of symmetry and proportion. Modern research also suggests that people whose facial features are symmetric and proportioned according to the golden ratio are considered more attractive than those whose faces are not.
Inner beauty is a concept used to describe the positive aspects of something that is not physically observable.

While most species use physical traits and pheromones to attract mates, some humans claim to rely on the inner beauty of their choices. Qualities including kindness, sensitivity, tenderness or compassion, creativity and intelligence have been said to be desirable since antiquity. However new research comparing what humans claim to find attractive to their actual mating habits underlines the superficiality of 'inner beauty, ' underlining the fact that the human animal relies on physical traits and pheromones just like every other animal to find a mate. That said, whether 'inner beauty' does or does not measurably affect humans' mating habits, some traits classified as 'inner beauty' do give an evolutionary survival advantage to either the individual or mating couple or group or all three

So there is no surprise or shock when Bhattar describes Abhirami’s beauty every now and then

15 11 2008