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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 doorfor 
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? andwanted 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 issupposed to be the best 
sleeper.? Kootraththin vAi veezhdha ? the onewho 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 givena 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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