srI:
srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha
Tiruppavai - Pasuram 1 : nAmA 2
maargazhith thingaL madhi
niRaindha nannaaLaal*
neeraadap pOdhuveer pOdhuminO nErizhaiyeer*
seer malgum aayppaadic celvac ciRumeergaaL*
koorvER kodunthozhilan nandhagOpan kumaran*
Eraarndha kaNNi yasOdhai iLam singam*
kaar mEnic sengaN kadhir madhiyam pOl
mugaththaan*
naaraayaNanE namakkE paRai tharuvaan*
paarOr pugazhap padindhElOr
embaavaay.
In the first pasuram, AndAL glorifies the
following nAmAs : 1. nandhagOpan kumaran, 2. yasOdhai iLam singam,
3. kAr mEnian, 4. sengkannan, 5. kadhir madiy am pol mugathan, 6.
nArAyanan
The second nAmA is "yasOdhai iLam singam".
In this nAmA, AndAL describes Lord's soundharyam. In our sampradAyam,
there are 3 simhams. Narasimham, Raghava simham and Yadhava simham.
Narasimham incarnated due to the prayers of Prahladan. Narasimhan was so
ferocious that even thAyar became so nervous after Hiranyakasipu's vadham. Swami
Parasara Bhattar in his Guna Ratna Kosam (Sahasranama Bashyam) describes the
nAmA "Sriman" as beautiful and divine which comes after the nAmA
"NArasimhavabuhu". Raghava simham is always surrounded by great saints and
hence difficult to approach. But, Yadukula simham as AndAl describes in
future pasuram "Mari malai muzhainjil .... " Kannan as "poovai poo vanna".
Though, he is a Yadhava simham, he can be handled as easily as "flower" and he
is as soft as flower.
Where she finds his beauty is "Eraarndha
KaNNi". Yashodai's eye brows are so straight and sharp, that every moment
she sees his beauty, her eye brows gets so sharp and straight. When
she sees "vaiyyam Ezhum kandaL pillai vayulE" and cow heards say "aayar puttiran
allan, arum deivam" "tiruvOnattan ulagalum enbargalE", she exclaims through her
eye brows, which itself attest Lord's beauty.
Most of us, would have attracted first to the
Lord, due to his beauty. Nevertheless, azhwars have done so.
Thondaradi podi azhwar claims "than pal adharam
peruga vaitha azhaganur"
Kulasekara perumal cliams "karumaNiyai,
kOmalathai kandu kondu en kaN iNaigal endrugalO kaLikkum naLO"
Periazhwar has sung his Triumozhi only to praise
the beauty of Lord
Tirrupanazhwar claims "en amudinai kaNda kaNgaL
martondrinai kaNAvE"
In this pasuram the next nAmA is : kArmeniyan
(HIS karuNyam) to bless us (to be continued)
namO nArAyanA
G. Sundarrajan
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