Kamba Ramayanam Hanuman Verses
அஞ்சிலே ஒன்று பெற்றான் அஞ்சிலே ஒன்றைத் தாவி அஞ்சிலே ஒன்று ஆறாக ஆரியற் காக ஏகிAlso known as Anjile Ondru Petran
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What the Kamba Ramayanam Hanuman Verses is
Anjile Ondru Petran, the Tamil verse that describes Hanuman through the five elements without once saying his name, opens this set of Kamba Ramayanam Hanuman verses: four viruttams of four lines each. Verse 1 is an invocation (kaappu) printed before the epic, in the front matter that parayana editions place ahead of the Bala Kandam. It is not part of the running text of the Kamba Ramayanam, and although popular tradition gives it to Kambar, its authorship is disputed. Verses 2 to 4 are Kambar's own, from his Ramavataram, and follow the story in order. Verse 2 is Kishkindha Kandam, Anuma Padalam, verse 18, where Rama first hears Hanuman speak. Verse 3 is Sundara Kandam, Kadal Thavu Padalam, verse 16, the leap toward Lanka. Verse 4 is Sundara Kandam, Thiruvadi Thozhutha Padalam, Hanuman's report on his return, numbered 25 in one count of that padalam and 58 in another. No edition fixes the four as a group; they are the Hanuman verses most often quoted beside the invocation.
A riddle of five, then three scenes
Kambar composed the Ramavataram in the 12th century under the patronage of Sadayappa Vallal of Thiruvennainallur, whose name he set into the poem once in every thousand verses, and tradition holds that he first recited it in a mandapam of the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam. The invocation that reciters say before reading the epic is built as a riddle on anju, five. Hanuman was born of one element, the wind, leapt over a second, the sea, went by a third, the sky, found the lady born of the fourth, the earth, and left the fifth, fire, in Lanka. The three epic verses then follow him through the story. In the Anuma Padalam, Sugriva sees two armed strangers on the hill, takes them for Vali's men and runs to hide, and Hanuman goes down to meet them in the guise of a young student. Rama hears him and tells Lakshmana that such speech could come only from one who holds every art and the whole of the Vedas. In the Kadal Thavu Padalam, Kambar stretches the take-off from the Mahendra mountain into a sequence of the body's movements, tail, legs, chest, shoulders, neck, arms, before the hero vanishes upward. In the Thiruvadi Thozhutha Padalam, the anxious Rama is waiting, and Hanuman's first word is kandanen, I have seen.
The opening lines, in Tamil and English
- அஞ்சிலே
- añcilē — of the five
- ஒன்று
- oṉṟu — one (the wind)
- பெற்றான்
- peṟṟāṉ — he was born of
- அஞ்சிலே
- añcilē — of the five
- ஒன்றைத்
- oṉṟait — one (the sea)
- தாவி
- tāvi — leaping across
- அஞ்சிலே
- añcilē — of the five
- ஒன்று
- oṉṟu — one (the sky)
- ஆறாக
- āṟāka — as his path
- ஆரியற்
- āriyaṟ — the noble one (Rama)
- காக
- kāka — for the sake of
- ஏகி
- ēki — going
- அஞ்சிலே
- añcilē — of the five
- ஒன்று
- oṉṟu — one (the earth)
- பெற்ற
- peṟṟa — born of
- அணங்கைக்
- aṇaṅkaik — the lady
- கண்டு
- kaṇṭu — seeing
- அயலார்
- ayalār — of the strangers (the enemy)
- ஊரில்
- ūril — in the city
- அஞ்சிலே
- añcilē — of the five
- ஒன்றை
- oṉṟai — one (fire)
- வைத்தான்
- vaittāṉ — he set
- அவன்
- avaṉ — he
- எம்மை
- emmai — us
- அளித்துக்
- aḷittuk — graciously
- காப்பான்
- kāppāṉ — will protect
Kamba Ramayanam Hanuman Verses lyrics in full
Four Tamil verses of four lines each: the invocation, then three verses of the epic in the order of the story.
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அஞ்சிலே ஒன்று பெற்றான் அஞ்சிலே ஒன்றைத் தாவி
அஞ்சிலே ஒன்று ஆறாக ஆரியற் காக ஏகி
அஞ்சிலே ஒன்று பெற்ற அணங்கைக் கண்டு அயலார் ஊரில்
அஞ்சிலே ஒன்றை வைத்தான் அவன் எம்மை அளித்துக் காப்பான்
añcilē oṉṟu peṟṟāṉ añcilē oṉṟait tāvi
añcilē oṉṟu āṟāka āriyaṟ kāka ēki
añcilē oṉṟu peṟṟa aṇaṅkaik kaṇṭu ayalār ūril
añcilē oṉṟai vaittāṉ avaṉ emmai aḷittuk kāppāṉ
Born of one of the five elements, the wind, he leapt across another of the five, the sea. Taking a third, the sky, as his path for the sake of the noble Rama, he found the lady born of the fourth, the earth, and in the enemy city of Lanka he set the fifth, fire. The verse says that he, in his kindness, will protect us.
இல்லாத உலகத்து எங்கும் ஈங்கு இவன் இசைகள் கூரக்
கல்லாத கலையும் வேதக் கடலுமே என்னும் காட்சி
சொல்லாலே தோன்றிற்று அன்றே யார்கொல் இச்சொல்லின் செல்வன்
வில் ஆர் தோள் இளைய வீர விரிஞ்சனோ விடைவலானோ
illāta ulakattu eṅkum īṅku ivaṉ icaikaḷ kūrak
kallāta kalaiyum vētak kaṭalumē eṉṉum kāṭci
collālē tōṉṟiṟṟu aṉṟē yārkol iccolliṉ celvaṉ
vil ār tōḷ iḷaiya vīra viriñcaṉō viṭaivalāṉō
Rama, hearing Hanuman speak for the first time, says to Lakshmana: from his words alone it is clear that there is no art he has not learnt and that he holds the whole ocean of the Vedas, so that his fame will spread through every world. Young hero whose shoulders carry the bow, who is this master of words? Is he Brahma, or Shiva who rides the bull?
வால் விசைத்து எடுத்து வன் தாள் மடக்கி மார்பு ஒடுக்கி மானத்
தோள் விசைத் துணைகள் பொங்கக் கழுத்தினைச் சுருக்கித் தூண்டும்
கால் விசைத் தடக்கை நீட்டி கண்புலம் கதுவா வண்ணம்
மேல் விசைத்து எழுந்தான் உச்சி விரிஞ்சன் நாடு உரிஞ்ச வீரன்
vāl vicaittu eṭuttu vaṉ tāḷ maṭakki mārpu oṭukki māṉat
tōḷ vicait tuṇaikaḷ poṅkak kaḻuttiṉaic curukkit tūṇṭum
kāl vicait taṭakkai nīṭṭi kaṇpulam katuvā vaṇṇam
mēl vicaittu eḻuntāṉ ucci viriñcaṉ nāṭu uriñca vīraṉ
Swinging up his tail, bending his strong legs and drawing in his chest, his two mighty shoulders swelling, he pulled in his neck, stretched out his great arms with the force of the wind, and the hero shot upward too fast for any eye to follow, his head brushing the world of Brahma.
கண்டனென் கற்பினுக்கு அணியைக் கண்களால்
தெண் திரை அலை கடல் இலங்கைத் தென் நகர்
அண்டர் நாயக இனித் துறத்தி ஐயமும்
பண்டு உள துயரும் என்று அனுமன் பன்னுவான்
kaṇṭaṉeṉ kaṟpiṉukku aṇiyaik kaṇkaḷāl
teṇ tirai alai kaṭal ilaṅkait teṉ nakar
aṇṭar nāyaka iṉit tuṟatti aiyamum
paṇṭu uḷa tuyarum eṉṟu aṉumaṉ paṉṉuvāṉ
Hanuman, back from Lanka, tells Rama: I have seen with my own eyes the jewel of chastity, in the southern city of Lanka on the sea of clear rolling waves. Lord of the gods, now let go of your doubt and your long sorrow. So he spoke, and went on to tell the rest.
The syllable people get wrong
In añcilē (அஞ்சிலே), the word that opens every line of the invocation, ஞ்ச is a palatal nasal followed by c, which Tamil voices after a nasal, so it is said an-JI-lay, never an-CHI-lay; the final ē is long.
When the Kamba Ramayanam Hanuman Verses is chanted
Weekday. Tuesday
Festival. Hanuman Jayanti
Questions
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