AzhvAr Arulamudham

*PERUMAL TIRUMOZHI 9* *PASURAMS 730—740* *Van tALiNai* (thanayan vanam pugath dhasarathan pulambudhal) In this decade AzhvAr talks about the misfortune of king dasharathA. He thinks that, there can be none like DasarathA, who would have    suffered to this extent, the separation of rAma. DasarathA's grief and regret of sending rAma to the forest is vividly explained here. 730 * vanthALiniNai vaNangki vaLanagaram thozhudhEththa * mannanAvAn ninRAyai * ariyaNai mEl irundhAyai * nedungkAnam padarap pOgu enRAL ** em irAmAvO! * unaip payandha kaikEsi than soRkEttu * nanRAga nAnilaththai ALviththEn * nanmaganE! unnai nAnE (1) 730. Oh! My dear son rAma! Getting to know the excitement of the entire subjects of Ayodhya and the chieftains, who respect you, greet you and honour you by falling at your feet, on making you the next heir to the throne, I got overwhelmed in making all the arrangements for crowning you. Later listening to the words of kaikeyi, I had to dethrone you and send you to

PERUMAL THIRUMOZHI  -8 PASURAMS (719 -729) mannupugazh  After talking about the plight of Devaki in krishNAvatAr, KulasEkara AzhvaAr gets remembered of kousaLya who could enjoy the childhood of RAma, the favourite deity of AzhvAr. He even remembers the ordinance of Lord RanganAtha to vibeeshana, to come and enjoy His walking style in tirukkaNapuram. So combining both the experience AzhvAr composes this lullaby for RAma dedicating it to the Lord of tirukkaNna Puram 719 * mannupugazhk kausalai than * maNivayiRu vAyththavanE! * thennilangkaik kOn mudigaL * sindhuviththAy! sempon sEr ** kanninanmA madhiL pudai sUzh * kaNapuraththen karumaNiyE! * ennudaiya innamudhE! * irAgavanE! thAlElO (2) (1) 719. Oh,rAmA !  The pristine one! Born from the sacred womb of the eternally famed Mother KausalyA, you defeated the ten headed King of Lanka effortlessly. Oh! My dark hued gem ! Closer to my heart, who abodes in tirukkaNNapuram, surrounded by tall ramparts, my sweet nectar, child of Raghu vamsa ,lu