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Dear BhakthAs :

Today we will study the Eleventh  Pasuram of ThiruppallANDu :

alvazhakkonRumillA ANikOttiyUrk-kOn abhimAnathungan
  selvanaip-pOl ThirumAlE ! nAnumunakku pazhavadiyEn
nalvahayAl NamO NaarAyaNAvenRu nAmam pala paravi
  palvahayAlum PavitthiranE , Unnai PallANDu kooRuvanE

Meaning according to Dr.V.K.S.N.Raghavan
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Oh ThirumAlE ( Lord of Goddess Lakshmi ) ! I am , ever , indeed
Your devotee and servant like Selva Nampi ( who is said to be
the court  pandit of Pandyan king VallabhadEvan) , who is bereft of
even any trace of wickedness, who is the leader of ( the residents of)
ThirukkOttiyUr and who stands in high esteem because of his great
love for God and God-Men . Oh the Pure One in all grades (i-e., bereft of
blemishes to the last core ) ! let me sing in praise of You , PallANDu
(May You live long ) after chanting Your multitudes of names and
singing in loud voice and great esteem " NamO NaarAyaNAya "
(Oh Lord ! I pay my obesiance to You ).

1. Sri Upanishad BhAshyakArar's Commentary
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Iswaryam seekers have now joined AzhwAr and the delighted
PeriyAzhwAr sings PallANDu to the Lord with them through this
eleventh paasuram ( IswaryAbhi : sahithO MangalAnyAsasthE) .

Selva Nampi is  the nirvAhakar ( Leader/abhimAna Tungan)  of ThirukkOttiyUr
( Sundara GhOshtIpuram ) , the jewel among the dhivya dEsams of Southern
region( Naayaka MaNi) ; He  is totally devoid of any gunA dhOshams
(blemishless). " aham , Mama ithyAthi roopa dhur-vyavahAra lEsanApi rahitha:
" ( He is free even from traces of dhOshams like ahankAram and MamakAram ).

Selva Nampi has no sambhandham ( links) to dEvathAntharam
( no desire for Gods other than Sriman NaarAyaNan). He is without
taste for prayOjanams other than Moksham and Bhagavath Kaimkaryam.

Selva Nampi  has no ruchi (desire) for Material wealth (Iswaryam)
or Kaivalyam ( aathmAvalOkanam). He is lofty with Sri VaishNava SrI
because of his travel along the auspicious way marked for
Sri VaisdhNavAs by PoorvAchAryAs . As a result , he is beyond
the influence of AhankAra-MamakArams. "SrI VaishNavathva
abhimAnEna SarvOthkrushta: " . Therefore he is "Selvan " (Sampath-
PoorNan ) . He has a lofty status because of his abhimAnam as
a SrI VaishNavar .

Oh Prabhu  Sriman NaarAyaNaa ! Sriya: PathE ! adiyEn is also
Your dhAsan like Selva Nampi . adiyEn is an old DhAsan to You
in every way ( Sriya: PathE ! Sampath PoorNaa!  Selva Nampiriva
ahamapi Tava praacheena dhAsa : ) .

adiyEn has adopted DhAsya Vruthti ( mode of life as Your DhAsan)
as my kula Dhanam (Family's Iswaryam )  and Moola dhanam
(Founding Capital) .Oh Lord ! You are Suddha Svaroopi by every
measure ( ParipoorNa Suddhan ) . adiyEn meditates on the deep meanings of
Your Moola Manthram without the first and last aksharam ( NamO NaarAyaNAya)
and observe Prapatthi with its six angams (aspects) . " Sameechana vidhayA
( nall vahayAl )  aadhyanthAkshara virahENa , sarvAdhikAra BhUtha Moola
mantram anusandhAya paripoorNa prapatthim anushtAya  (NamO NaarAyaNA
yenRu) , tathasccha bhOgyathayA bahUni Bhagavan-nAmAni cha sankeerthya
( Naamam pala paravi) , sarvAbhi: prakArai: Paavana ( pall vahayAlum
PavitthiranE ) pallANDu KooruvanE  ".

Oh Lakshmi Pathy ! having dhAsya vrutthi to You as my Kula dhanam
and Moola dhanam , adiyEn reflects on the meanings of "NamO NaarAyaNa"
and perform poorNa prapatthi to You . After that ( Tathasccha) ,
adiyEn recites Your numerous auspicious names as Parama bhOgyam
( Recite Your most relishable naamAs as supreme enjoyment ).
In a way sililar to Selva Nampi  , adiyEn hails You with long life (
PallANDu) and perform MangaLASAsanam for You with Your Dvi ,
aayudhams , Jewelery and Sakala ParivAram .

2. Sri Periya ParakAla Muni's commentaries
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In this Paasuram , AzhwAr describes the scene , where IswaryArthees
like ANDakkulatthAr performing MangaLAsAasanam to the Lord like
Selva Nampi of ThirukkOshtiyUr without seeking any prayOjanam
other than Moksham from and Nithya Kaimkaryam to the Lord .

The glories of Selva Nampi standing in as the model for all
Sri VaishNavAs are: (1) freedom from PrayOjanAnthara Ruchi ,
(2) freedom from AathmAdheena BhOgam , (3) Freedom from
aparAdha Ruchi , (4) freedom from sathpadha Vanchanai and
(6) Freedom from Saasthra DhigkAram . The above are called
the trespasses of the Lord's commands ( Aj~nAdhilankanam) .

Selva Nampi noted for his exemplary dEha Yaathrai ( life as
an embodied soul on this earth) is free from all of the above
blemishes and led a life as an aadharsa purushan ( NirvAhakar,
abhimAna tungar) at ThirukkOttiyUr , the srEshta dhivya dEsam  among
the southern uhantharuLiya NilangaL . His title as AbhimAnatungan
arises from his leadership in : (1) Veda Maarga Pravartana , darsana
pravartana abhimAnam , (2) Sakala uthsava pravartana abhimAnam
at the Lord's dhivya desams  and (3) Ubhaya VedAntha Pravartana
abhimAnam .These are three boons that made Selva Nampi shine
as Selvan/abhimAnatungan . AzhwAr now reminds the Lord that
he is also an ancient dhAsan of the Lord like Selva Nampi .

Until now ( with the eleven Paasurams , AzhwAr invited the three vargams/
categories  of people - - Jn~Anis , Kaivalyam seekers  and Iswaryam
seekers- - to join his group ) to sing PallANDu to the Lord .They joined and
began to sing PallANDu together . This Paasuram is the nigamana pAsuram
(Summing up paasuram ) for the dhivya Prabhandham of Thiru PallANDu .

AzhwAr addresses the Lord here as " Pall VahayAlum PavitthiranE " .
AzhwAr salutes the Lord who relates to many different kinds of
Jeevans (  Jn~Anis , KaivalyArthees and IswaryArthees ) , corrects
them and sets them up to seek aathma rakshA baram  from Him .
He makes them recite His thousand names (Thiruvadi thozhuthu ,
aayiram naamam sollap-paNNi ) , and transforms them instantly into the
supreme state of Muktha Jeevans  ( Unnil nenju vayyAthE , paavamE
seythu , paavihaL aanavarkkum udanE Moksham anugrahittha
Pavithran : " jadithyEva Moksha PrApthyanuguNa Pavithrathva
dhAyakanE". YellOrayum pala vahayAlum thirutthum
Paavanathvam udayavanE ! PavitthirenE yenkirAr AzhwAr .
PallANDu PallANDu Unn Sevvadi Sevvi yenRu VaazhthuhirAr .

Oh Lord , who appeared before all of us and made Yourself visible
before  the eyes of all human beings here with Your dhivya soundharyam ,
soukumAryam and LaavaNyam ! This land is an abode for sins due to
the erring habits ( Trespasses against Your commands ) of its residents .
Even in such an impure land , You , who is beyond the reach of Parama yOgis
,
You have presented Yourself with Your DEvis , parijanams ( Nithya sooris )
paricchadhams ( aayudhams and bhUshaNams) . Fearing any harm
that might come to You and out of overflowing concern and love ,
adiyEn and adiyEn's ghOshti sing PallANDu to You now !

3. Thirukkudanthai Desikan's Commentaries
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"Vazhakku allAthathu alvazhakku " ( The path  which is not prescribed
by the Lord's SaasthrAs ) is alvazhakku .

These alvazhakkus are  (1) dEhAthma abimAnam ( confusion that aathmA
and deham are one and attaching oneself to the body and its pleasures
instead of recognizing the differences between perishable body and
the eternal jeevan )  (2) SvathanrAthama Brahmam : the confusion that
the Jeevan is independent and the controller of its own destiny instead of
the Lord , (3) dEvathAnthara ruchi ( seeking gods other than Sriman
NaarAyaNan as the Moksham giver ) and (4) prayOjanAnthara ruchi ( seeking
insignificant golas of life instead of Moksham such as perishable Iswaryam
and unsatisfactory Kaivalyam ) .

Once one emulates a BhagavathOtthamar like Selva Nampi ,
one has clear knowledge about our dhAsya svaroopam to the Lord
and then we have to engage in Karthavyam ( that needs to be done as
follow up ). One of them is the recitation of Moola Manthram : " NamO
NaarAyaNAyEthi manthra ; SarvArTa saadhaka: ) . The other karthavyam
is the recitation of the thousand naamAs of the Lord . The observance of
these Karthavyams along with the performance of Prapatthi removes
all asuddhis and amangaLams and qualifies us to sing PallANDu to
the Lord ( MangaLAsAsanam for the Sarva Seshi , SarvEswaran ).

4. Thirukkudanthai Sri RanganAtha Swamy's commentary
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AbhimAna Tungan , Selvan : The VaishNava abimAnam through
the statement " DhAsOham " is the resort to us.That makes one
filled with VaishNava Sri . This Iswaryam is Svaroopa PrApthi
( attainable to us through a clear knowledge of our Svaroopam
as the nithya DhAsan to the Supreme Master, Sriman NaarAyaNan ).

PazhavadiyEn: Just as Seshithvam ( Being the Supreme Master of all )
is anaadhi aachAram ( ancient trait ) for You , being Your servant /dhAsan
is anAdhi aachAram for adiyEn . My awakenig resulted from the upadEsam
of Moola Manthram ( Sakala veda TaathparyamAna Manthra Rahasyam ).
My activiy thereafte is " adhi thozhuthu aayiram nAmam solluthal " . adiyEn
engages ceaselessly  in the contemplation of Your Svaroopa , Roopa,
GuNa Vaibhavams.

Thus ends the 11th Paasuram , which celebrates the performance of
MangaLAsAsanam for the Lord by the former IsvaryArthees  , who had
joined AzhwAr's ghOshti as ananya prayOjanars . All the three groups
are now united in singing PallANDu to the Lord .

PeriyAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
ThUppul KulatthadiyArkaL adiyAr poRRp-padham pORRi
Dhaasan ,  Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:



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