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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri vara vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

            ?poigaiyAr bhoodhaththAr pEyAr pugazh mazhisai

             iyan arul mAran sEralarkOn-tuiyapatta

             nAdhan anbartAl thooli narpAnan nankaliyan

             edhivar thOtrath thadaivAm engu?

 

In the next paasuram, ?nOttru suvargam? Sri Andal awakens the next elder azhvar to thirumazhisaipiran, pEyAzhvar.  The yogis, the mudal Azhvars, poigai, bhoodham and pey kept on moving from one place to another without meeting each other till the day when emperuman decided to enjoy their satsangam in the corridor (edaikazhi) in thirukkovaloor.  Thiruvarangathamudhanar in his nootrandhAdhi says about pEyAzhvar as follows: ?manniya pErirul mAndapin kOvalul mAmalarAl thannOdu mAyanai kandamai kAttum thamizh thalaivan?.

 

Poigai azhvar and bhoodhaththAzhvar lit two lamps and in that light the third among them, pEyAzhvar saw emperuman and sang, ?ThirukkandEn ponmEni kandEn?.  This meaning has been shown in the very first line of andal?s paasuram.

 

NOttru: The other two Azhvars lighted two lamps and did the required upAyAnushtAnam.  Suvargam is nothing but anandAnubhavam (relishing happiness) Piratti in Sri Ramayana says, ?yestvayA saha sa svargO nirayOya stvayAvinA?.

 

VAsal thiravAdhAr:  In thirukkovaloor, poigaiazhvar entered first and closed the door.  Then bhoodhaththAzhvar came and hence poigayar opened the door for bhoodhaththAzhvar.  When pEyAzhvar came bhoodhaththAr opened the door for him.  But since no one came after pEyazhvar andal here calls him as vAsal thiravAdhar.  This is a very apt phrase for pEyAzhvar.

 

NAttraththuzhAi mudi nArAyanan: PeyAzhvar is very fond of the thiruththuzhAi, which emperuman adorns and hence he sings about the thiruththuzhai in many places.  In the second paasuram, in his moondram thiruvandhAdhi he says, ?ponthOi varai mArbil poonthuzhai? and in the ending paasuram,?thaNthuzhAithAr vAzhvarai mArban?.  In between also in many paasurams azhvar talks about narayanan and the thiruththuzhai he adorns.   In the ninth paasuram (nAmam pala solli), azhvar talks about narayanan, thiruththuzhai and kannan simultaneously.

 

PandorunAl?..:  Andal awakens azhvar equating him to kumbakarnan.  Andal says, ?You were the person who sang, ?kAnkAn ena virumbum kangal? and wanted to have darshan of emperuman always not stopping even for a second, then how come you are sleeping so long winning over even kumbakarna who is supposed to be the best sleeper.?  Kootraththin vAi veezhdha ? the one who reached the southern direction, kumbakaranan or the one who has the kumbam as the reason for birth, i.e., agaththiyar who was born from a kumbam (a type of holy vessel) lost to your Tamil scholarship.  That is why amudhanar also praises pEyAzhvar as thamizh thalaivan.

 

In this paasuram andal talks about Sri rAmapiran in the middle to indicate pEyAzhvar doing the same in the middle of his thiruvandhAdhi (?avanE-elangApura meriththAneidhu? and ?eidhadhuvum then elangai kOn veezha?)

 

In the previous paasuram andal while awakening thirumazhisaipiran says ?ananthalO? whereas here she says ?AttraanandhaludaiyAi!? This is because this azhvar is an acharya to thirumazhisaipiran and hence has been given a special adjective.  Ananthal does not refer to the ordinary sleep but here it refers to the height of paramaikAnthikam, which has been greatly celebrated in the sastras as ?vurOvinyastha hastAsthE nidhrAyanthE sunirbharA:?

 

ArunkalamE:  This azhvar is the luckiest vessel who has received the grace of emperuman fully at the very start of his paasuram.  Other Azhvars have strived to get emperuman?s darshan and has finally received the same but this azhvar in the very start sings, ?thirukkandEN pon mEni kandEn?

 

ThEttramAi vandhu thira:  ?Your name itself is pEyAr (a mad person).  So Oh! azhvar get to your self and come and open the door leaving your madness? awakens andal.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 


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