THIRUPPAVAI - PASURAM 1
THIRUPPAVAI PASURAM 1 Andal assumes herself to be the cowherdess of ‘AyarpAdi’, awakens her peers to follow a certain discipline in view of attaining everlasting happiness and service to the Lord. Eventually selecting the month of “MARGAZHI” and as a monthlong process she sang 30 pAsurams (one for each day) for the “PAVAI NONBU”, called “THIRUPPAVAI”. Each pAsuram ends with the special phrase “ELOr EmpAvAi”, meaning Oh, my dear friends which is the speciality of ThiruppAvai. 474.mArgazhit tingaL, madi niRainDa nannALAl * nIrADap pOduvIr! pOduminO nErizhaiyIr! * sIr malgum AyppADich selvach siRumeergAL! * kUrvEl koDuntozhilan nandagOpan kumaran ** ErArnda kaNNi, yasOdai iLanjchingam * kArmEnich sengaN kadir madiyam pOl mugattAn * nArAyaNanE namakkE paRai taruvAn * pArOr pugazhap paDindElOr empAvAy (1) 1.MARGAZHI THINGAL. The First PAsuram is the introduction, where she invites all her companions for this PAvai NOnbu. As it is the first full moon day of the month of “MARGAZHI”, O