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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?

 

Next paasuram, ?kanaiththilam kattrerumai? awakens poigaiyAzhvar, the next 
predecessor. Generally in sampradayam, sridevi is regarded as the younger 
sister and moo devi is regarded as the elder sister. Here andal refersto azhvar 
as ?thangAi!? ?chettai than madiyagaththu? says thirumaalai paasuram. Here 
elder sister is referred to as chettai (jhesta is the term in Sanskrit). Sri 
Mahalakshmi took avataram in a lotus flower. VazhithirunAmam of poigaiyAzhvar 
says as follows: ?vanasa malarkaruvadhanil vandhamaindhAn vAzhiyE? (one who 
took avatara in a lotus flower) indicating the birth of poigaiyAzhvar also in a 
lotus flower. Due to this similarity it is apt for poigaiyAr to be called 
?thangAi!? Andal?s phrase ?ninaiththillam sErAkkum? also suits this azhvar 
since he is the azhvar who sang ?pazhudhE pala pagalum pOyinavendru anji 
azhudhEn? (I am crying in fear of loosing all my precious time in a useless 
manner). So with his tears this Azhvars wets his house and makes it messy.
Being born in a lotus flower, the house of azhvar (poigai) itself is always 
marshy.

 

Kanaiththu: It is a general practice for anyone to clear his/her throat before 
starting to talk something. There is no one who talked before poigaiazhvar. 
Being the first among the mudal Azhvars, poigaiazhvar first clearedhis throat, 
which is indicated by andal in the term kanaiththu.

 

Elam kattrerumai: erumai means mahishee (consort). By lakshitha lakshanAkramam 
(a grammar in sanskrit) this indicates ?deva dEva divya mahishee?This azhvar is 
equated to the divine consort Periya piratti to Periya perumal. ?kandru? here 
indicates that poigaiyAr has other Azhvars younger to him to follow him. 

 

Kandrukkirangi: He gave his divine paasurams due to the grace (krupai) he had 
on all of us.

 

Ninaiththu mulaivazhiyE nindru pAl sOra: On thinking about the divine qualities 
of emperuman azhvar lost his control and paasurams came flooding out of his 
mouth like milk flowing from a cow on seeing its calf.

 

Paniththalai veezhanin vAsar kadai pattri: Since this azhvar was born in alake 
(poigai) it is natural for anyone?s head visiting his place to be filled with 
dew (snow) drops.

 

SinathtinAl?.: This is the praise to emperumAn?s rAmAvathara. This azhvar has 
sung a beautiful paasuram about Sri rAmA which has slipped even the divine 
knowledgeable eyes of the maharishis. ?poomEya mAdhavaththOn thAl panindha 
vAlarakkan neNmudiyai pAdhamaththAl enninAn paNbhu? says azhvar. Andal says 
?manadhukkiniyAnai? as a parallel term to azhvar?s words ?nAmE arikirppOm 
nannenjE!?

 

EniththAn ezhundhirAi: After singing ?pazhudhE pala pagalum pOyina? with great 
sorrow (arthi) is it right for you to still keep sleeping? Enquires Sri godha 
piratti. Here it is apt to bring to memory the sutra in mumukshupadi of Sri 
pillai lokacharya that reads as follows: ?pazhudhE pala pagalum pOyinavendru 
erandha nAlaikku koopidukiravanukku vuranga viragillai?(it is not suitable for 
one who has cried for loosing all his precious timeto still keep sleeping)

 

Anaiththil aththArum arindhu: This brings to our memory the words of 
poigaiazhvar, ?ariyumulagellAm yAnEyum allEn?

 

With this paasuram andal awakens all the Azhvars elder to her. Keeping thecount 
of Azhvars to be 12 in number, andal and madurakavigal are also included in the 
ghosti of Azhvars. Thereby this paasuram can also be considered to awaken 
madurakavigal and andal. Here narchelvan thangAi! Can be readas narchelvan than 
kaiyE! (Hand to the good person). Here narchelvan is none other than 
nammazhvar. Nammazhvar gave the divine paasurams of thiruvaimozhi, which was 
recorded by madhurakavigal who acted as the hand of nammazhvar, and hence here 
narchelvan thangAi can be considered to refer to madurakavigal also.

 

Again if we consider narchelvan to be EmperumAnAr then his sister is none other 
than andal herself and hence here narchelvan thangAi! Can indicate towards 
andal also (?kOdhattra jnAnaththiruppAvai pAdiya pAvai thangai?, ?perumbhoodur 
mAmunikku pinnAnAl vAzhiyE?). All these are only anubhavams to enjoy the divine 
paasurams and hence questioning if andal can awakenherself becomes senseless.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 



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