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Dear BhakthAs :

Today we will study the Sixth Pasuram of ThiruppallANDu :

Yenthai Tanthai Tanthai Tanthai Tamm-Mootthappan
   yEzhpadik-kaal thodangi
vanthu vazhi vazhi aatcheyhinROm ,
   ThiruvONat-thiruvizhavil
anthiyam pOthil Ari uruvAi
    Ariyai azhitthavanai
panthanai theerap-pallANDu pallAyiratth--
   AaNDu yenRu paaduthumE

Meaning according to Dr.V.K.S.N. Raghavan :
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We have been doing service to the Lord incessantly
all through genealogy of our race, generation after generation,
Viz., from the period of seven progenies , i.e., from my father
to his father , his father and onward to his grandfather. Let us sing
in praise of Him : May You live long for many thousands of years !
Let us sing in adoration of Him to ward off all our limitations ,
Him who assumed a "Lion's form " ( ariuru = simha vRsham)
and destroyed His enemy , HiraNyakasipu , at the time of a pleasant
evening- twilight during the grand ThiruvONam festival. (Though Swathi
is the birth star of Nrusimha , VishNuchitthA ( PeriyAzhwAr ) ascribes
SravaNam as the birth nakshathram for Narasimha Swamy to throw
the ill wishers of the Lord off their track) .

1. Upanishad BhAshyakArar's Commentary
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In the last three paasurams , AzhwAr invited ParamaikAthi
Mumukshus ( Bhagavath parars) , KaivalyArthees and IswaryArthees
to join his ghOshti . Now that Bhagavath Parars have join the ghOshti ,
AzhwAr celebrates their union with his ghOshti . Bhagavath Parars
describe their unique qualifications to join AzhwAr's ghOshti :
" We are Bhagavath Parars. In our kulam , for seven generations ,
we are free of any blemishes .We do not consider anyone worthy
of adoration  except BhagavAn . We strictly adhere to Bhagavath
Saasthrams. We do not swerve from those injunctions of the Lord .
We are following the Daasya vrutthi , which is our svaroopAnuguNam
( Conductance as the Lord's servants befitting our inherent nature/
Svaroopam  as the DaasAs of the Lord )".

During the ThiruvONa nakshathram and during the evening sandhyA
Kaalam , BhagavAn took on the beautiful form of Narasimhan for
protrecting His Bhakthan , PrahlAdhan and destroyed HirNyakasipu .
During the avathArA time , many asurAs in the court of HiraNyakasipu
saw the beautiful form of the Lord . AzhwAr says that his ghOshti is
singing PallANDu for dhrushti parihAram and for the banishment of
any inauspiciousness arising from the KaNN yecchil of the asurAs.
AzhwAr prays that his MangaLAsAsanam ( PallANDu ) last forever.

2. Sri Periya ParakAla Muni's commentary
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Brahma VidhyA Nishtars ( ParamaikAnthis) join the group of
AzhwAr after establishing their sva-yOgyathai ( statement of credentials) .
AzhwAr welcomes them and declares that the seven generations of
these ParamaikAnthis including his own family never committed
the apachAram (wrong doing ) of worshipping gods other than
Sriman NaarAyaNan . AzhwAr points out that for seven generations ,
the families of ParamaikAnthis performed vaidhika KarmAs as sanctioned
by Sruthis and Smruthis ( Nithya , Naimitthika karmAs) and stayed as
the Dhaasa BhUthAs of the Lord.Those good deeds qualified them
to sing PallANDu for their Lord.

"ThiruvONa Thiruvizhavil " : Lord Narasimhan's avathara nakshathram
is Swathy . AzhwAr hides that and declares that Lord Narasimhan's
birth star is SravaNam ( ThiruvONam) , which is really the birth star of
VishNu . AzhwAr deliberately deflects the birth to SravaNa Nakshathram
to distract followers of other faiths , who might harm the Lord , if they
knew that the real birth nakshathram is Swaathy .

3. Thirukkudanthai Desikan's commentaries
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In this paasuram , AzhwAr describes the ananya prayOjanar
( One who does not seek anything except the Lord and Moksham)
and their entry to the Ghoshti ;they describe their svaroopam ( as
Sesha BhUthAs of the Lord) and svaroopAnuroopamana ( befitting
that Aathma Svaroopam ) pravruthi ( entry in the GhOshti of AzhwAr).

The ananya PrayOjanAL say : " We have arrived at the dEsam fit
for Bhagavath Kaimkaryam.Here , we without any crimping
perfrom MangaLAsAsanam to the Lord as dhAsa Kruthyam .
We perform the kaimkaryams to the Lord as dictated by
ShAsthrAs and SishtAchAram ( the way shown by revered delders).

" anthiyam pozhuthil AriuruvAhi ariyai azhitthavanai " : During the Soorya
asthamanam time , DevAs' strength wanes and asurAs' strength
waxes. At that time , the Lord came to the rescue of His devotee
with a form that had a lion's head and human  trunk (Ari uruvAhi) .
With that Narasimha roopam , the Lord destroyed His sahaja
enemy , HiraNyaKasipu  (ariyai azhitthavanai ).

" panthanai theera pallANDu paaduthumE " : AzhwAr sings PallANDu
for removing the amangaLam arising from the Lord touching the dhuhstan ,
HiraNyakasipu . Feeling that performing MangaLAsAsanam once is
not satisfactory , AzhwAr prays for eternal well being of the Lord.

4. Thirukkudanthai Sri RanganAtha Swamy's commentary highlights
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The statement of qualifications of ananya prayOjanar ( Sva-yOgya
kaTanam) is the theme of this paasuram . These ananya prayOjanar
are " maRanthum puRam thozhA mAnthar" ( even in forgetfulness , they
wont perform aaraadhanam for gods other than Sriman NaarAyaNan ).

" Panthanai theera " means PeetA parihAram for coming into contact
with the body of the MahA Paapi , HiraNyakasipu , who had committed
the heinous act of apachAram to a Parama BhAgavathan( PrahlAdhan).
AzhwAr performs MangaLAsAsanam ( PallANDu ) to Lord Narasimhan
to remove the inauspiciousness of Him touching and tearing apart the body of
the BhAgavatha aparAdhi , HiraNYakasipu. PrahlAdhan had the JaayamAna
katAksham of the Lord and was " KaruvilE Thiruvudayavar " . He belonged to
the community of BhagavathAs, who say : " namaithyEva vaadhina: ".
Bhagavath Bhakthi and devathAnthara Vaimukhyam ( indifference towards
any god other than Sriman NaarAyaNan are their lakshaNams (defining
traits ).

Thus ends the 6th Paasuram , which celebrates the Vaibhavam of
ParamaikAnthis performing MangaLAsAsanam to the Lord.

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

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



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