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Dear BhakthAs :

Today we will study the Ninth  Pasuram of ThiruppallANDu :

udutthuk- -kaLaintha Ninn peethakavAdai
   udutthuk- -kalatthathuNDu
thoduttha thuzhAi malar soodikkaLainthana
  soodumittthoNDarhaLOm
viduttha thisaik- -karumam thirutthit- -
   thiruvONat- -thiruvizhavil
paduttha painnAhaNaip- -paLLikoNDAnukku
   pallANDu kooruthumE

Meaning according to Dr.V.K.S.N.Raghavan
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(God's grace to all the devotees , in general , is prented
in this paasuram). We , the thoNDars ( Your servants),
wear the yellow silk-garment worn and cast off by You .
Oh Lord ! We eat the remnants of food found in  vessels
offered unto You (after nivEdhanam) and we decorate
(our heads ) with TuLasi leaves and flower wreaths ,
worn and cast off by You . We are at Your service
and we are Mumukshus ( desiring to do service to You
in Parama Padham ). During the great SravaNa festival
( ThiruvONa Thiruvizhavu) , we abide by Your orders
to perform the digh karmaas (KarmAs commanded by You
in different directions) . Oh Lord , in praise of You ,
who has reclined on AdhisEsha (Serpent Couch) , we perform
MangaLASAsanam ( sing PallANDu) . AdhisEshA serves You
both as vidhAnam ( roof of Your couch , with his hoods )
and the wide couch to recline on .

1. Sri Upanishad BhAshyakArar's Commentary
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In the "Yenthai tanthai " (6th PallANDu Paasuram),
Azhwar celebrated the union with Mumukshu
ParamaikAnthis (Bhagavath Parars). In this 9th paasuram ,
AzhwAr sings PallANDu with them .

Oh Lord reclining on the hooded serpent AdhisEshan !
We are Your sEshans and as such delight in wearing
the robes used and discarded by You . Similarly , we
delight in partaking the nivEdhanam offered to You .
We adorn the SrI TuLsi garlands offered earlier for
Your bhOgam(enjoyment)  .

As Your Sesha BhUthars and ananya prayOjanars , we perform
kaimkaryams commanded by Your SaasthrAs ( Karthavyam)
and even then we are not fully satisfied and to compensate
for the insufficency of Kaimkaryams to You , we engage in
singing PallANDu for Your dhivya Soundharyam as You rest
beautifully on AdhisEshan .

2. Sri Periya ParakAla Muni's commentaries
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Jn~Anis are Bhagavath Bhandhus . In the third paasuram
( VaazhAtpattu ) , AzhwAr invited the Jn~Anis to join his group
to sing PallANDu. In the 6th Paasuram ( Yenthai Tanthai ) ,
the Jn~Anis responded positively to the AzhwAr's invitation
and joined the group. In this ninth Paasuram , AzhwAr joins with
the Jn~Anis and sings the PallANDu to their Lord .

BHagavAn saw this group approaching and  reclined on
AdhisEshan quickly to hear with comfort their MangaLAsAsanam.
The ghOshti relished the darsanam of the Lord resting on His dear
bed of AdhisEshan and addressed their PallANDu as : " Paduttha
PainnAhaNai  PaLLikoNDAnukku PallANDu kooruthume ".

2.1: Udutthu KaLaintha Ninn peethakavAdai : The PeethAmparam
adorning Your waist will be removed at the time of manthrAsanArOhaNam
during the AarAdhanam . Our prayers are for that PeethAmparam to fall
on our head so that we can wear it as a sign of auspiciousness and
Svaroopa Phala laabhArTam ( the gain from Svaroopa Jn~Anam ).
Similarly . we as Sesha bhUthAs of Yours long to wear with affection
the Sacred ThuLasi garland worn earlier by You .We long for the PrasAdham
from Your AarAdhanam for our bhOjanam . " Pushpa bhakshya bhOjyams
sEshabhUthanukku bhujikka prAptham " ( The garlands, nivedhanam
and the clothing assoicated with the Lord are highly coveted by
the Daasans (SeshabhUthars)  of the Lord and they are entitled to them ).

2.2: "Viduttha tisai karumam tirutthi" : Tisai means direction . HanumAn
followed the command of His Master , Raamachandran to look for SitA PirAtti
in the Southern direction . Just as that , AzhwAr says that we as ThoNDars ,
are ready to go in whatever direction you command to perform the
Kaikmkaryams
that would please  your heart .

 3. Thirukkudanthai Desikan's Commentaries
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" Udutthu KaLaintha Ninn peethakavAdai udutthu kalatthathuNDu "
The PeethAmbharam is adorned by the Lord is blended with Turmeric
powder and sandal Paste and it is removed at the time of change in
Aasanam offering during the AarAdhanam. Peethakavaadai refers to
Thiruparivattam (dres piece worn on the head ) , an amsam of
PeethAmparam adorend around the waist .

" Kalatthathu uNDu " : Whatever is left after Bhagavath nivEdhanam is
the prescribed food for Seshans of the Lord , who introduce themselves as
"  Thvadheeya bhukthOnjitha  sEsha BhOjinaa: " ( Your servants ,  who
partake the food offered to You and left over thereafter ). Such DhAsAs
who eat only Bhagavath PrasAdhan cross Your (VishNU) Maayaa
( Ucchishta BhOjinO DhAsAstava  MaayAm Taranthy tE ). AzhwAr says that
dhAsAs of the Lord adorn with relish the Thiru Parivattam used by
the Lord , Bhuktha sishta annam ( leftovers from the Lord's nivEdhanam)
and  the flower garlands used by the Lord as a mark of their DhAsyathvam
for the Sarva Seshi , their Lord .

4. Thirukkudanthai Sri RanganAtha Swamy's commentary
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" Avan kazhitthanavai koNDu dEha Yaatthirai ". The ParamaikAnthis
conduct their life activities by adorning the clothes used by
their L.ord , decorate themselves with the flower garlands
presented earier to their  Lord (Seshi) and sustain themselves
by consuming the leftovers from Bhagavath NaivEdhyams.
This gives them svaroopa siddhi as the seshans of the Lord .
This is intrinsic behavior on their part as the servants of
the Lord .

ThiruvON dina MangaLAsAsanam : Although the Jn~Ani/ParamaikAnthi
carry out the directions of the Lord in every way , they still are not
satisfied with the amount of Kaimakryam that they have done and
perform MangaLAsAsana kaimkaryam for Him on His birth day driven by
the fear that some harm may come to Him on His special day .

" Paduttha PainnAhaNai PaLLikoNDAnukku PallANDu " : AzhwAr
and his ghOshti take in the divine beauty of the Lord reclining on
AdhisEshan ( a blue gem resting on the white mountain of Adhi Seshan)
and are afraid of dhrushti dhOsham and perform MangaLAsAsanam
to Him to ward off any harm that may come his way .

The ghOshti delights in performing the anuj~nA Kaimkaryam
of MangaLAsAsanam along with the Aj~nA Kaimakryam .

Thus ends the 7th Paasuram , which celebrates the Vaibhavam of
Jn~Anis 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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