mAnidam kavi
pAdal?
..pallavan kOne paNindha
paramEsura viNNagaram.
swAmi nam AzhwAr has
proscribed singing in praise of mortals and has prescribed talking high of the
Lord and Him alone.
This being so, is it not
surprising to observe that kaliyan has praised pallavA king who has done service
to the Lord of paramEsura viNNagaram or sri vaikuntha nAdhar kOil at kAnchi.
There are so many kings who
come up and vanish. However, only a few are blessed to be of service to sriman
nArayaNA.
Keeping this in mind,
thirumangai mannan has sung in praise of pallavA king, who has done
service-kainkaryam to this Lord.
That is why, in each and
every pAsuram of the ninth ten of thriumozhi in the second ten, AzhwAr repeats
the term ".. pallavar kOne paNindha, paramEsura
viNNagarm'.
".pAr mannu pallavar kOne
paNindha, paramEsura viNNagarm'2-9-2;
".seruvil muna nAL
parandhavan pallavar kOne paNindha, paramEsura
viNNagarm'2-9-3;
"padaith thiRal pallavar
kOne paNindha, paramEsura viNNagarm'2-9-8;
"pAmbudaip pallavar kOne
paNindha, paramEsura viNNagarm'2-9-5;
".pala padai sAya venRAn
paNindha, paramEsura viNNagarm'.2-9-7
sri periya vAchan piLLai
summarises this in a single sentence:
"inith thAn bhagavath
vishayathil Oradi vara ninRar, thamakku vuthEsyamAgviREa ivar
ninaithiruppadhu'
Further, this is also
in commensurate with the srEvaishNavite principle of talking
high of His devotees.
Is it
not?
..pallavan kOne paNindha
paramEsura viNNagaram adhuvEa
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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