AzhvAr Arulamudham

 *PERIAZHVAR THIRUMOZHI Pasuram 54 - 63.  AMBULI PARUVAM Azhwar enjoys in the Role of YashOda, calling the moon to play with KAnnan as He Has started crawling. 54. than mugaththuch sutti * thUngkath thUngkath thavaznthupOy * pon mukak kiNkiNi Arppap * puzuthi aLaikinRAn ** en makan gOvinthan * kUththinai iLamAmathI * nin mukam kaNNuLavAkil * nI ingkE nOkkip pO 54.Oh youthfull moon! If at all you have eyes,Come and see my son Govindhan playing with sand dust. As he sweetly crawls, His forehead Chutti keeps swaying , the GoldenKinkini of His anklets rings loudly while playing with the sand dust. (1) 55.en siRuk kuttan * enakkOr innamuthu empirAn * than siRuk kaikaLAl * kAttik kAtti azaikkinRAn ** anjchana vaNNanOdu * AdalAda uRuthiyEl * manjchil maRaiyAthE * mAmathI makiznthOdi vA 55.)My Kutti KaNNan, Who is my unparalleled sweet nectar, calls you with His small hands, pointing to you again and again. If you really want to play with this dark coloured Lord do not hide behind the clouds,

 PERIAHWAR THIRUMOZHI PASURAM 44 - 53 YASHODA’S LULLABY FOR KRISHNA  PeriAzhwar after enjoying little KaNNan’s thirumeni , sings a lullaby ( tALAttu) imagining himself to be YashOdA and reminding us of His Leelais. 44. mANikkam katti * vayiram idaikatti * ANipponnAl seytha * vaNNach siRuth thottil ** pENi unakkup * piraman vidu thanthAn* mANik kuRaLanE thAlElO * vaiyam aLanthAnE thAlElO 44.Oh! KaNNa, Lord Brahma has given with utmost care this beautiful Golden cradle bedecked with Emerald and Diamonds. To you who came as a Brahmachaari Vamana! , and measured the world as “Thiruvikrama”, ThALELO, ThALELO. (1) 45.udaiyAr kanamaNiyOdu * oN mAthuLampU * idaiviravik kOththa * ezil thezkinOdu ** vidaiyERu kApAli * Isan vidu thanthAn * udaiyAy azEl AzEl thAlElO* ulakam aLanthAnE thAlElO 45.Kabali, Lord Shiva, who rides the bull , offered you a “Peethambaram”,(இடைச்சுரிகை) woven with Gold and a waist band made of Pomegranate flowers tied together. Oh! Lord who has all the world as your propert

 PERIAZHWAR THIRUMOZHI * PASURAM 23 - 33 *BEAUTY OF KANNAN FROM FEET TO HEAD PAdAdi Kesa Varnanai In these ten verses, Azhwar  enjoys KaNNan from the tip of the Toe to the Head. What YasOdhA had said to cowherd women those days, here Azhwar, taking a role of a lady calls all the beautiful ladies and describes her enjoyment of Kutti KaNNan. 23. sIthakkadaluL * amuthanna thEvaki * kOthaik kuzalAL  * asOthaikkup pOththantha ** pEthaik kuzavi * pidiththuch suvaiththuNNum * pAthak kamalangkaL kANIrE * pavaLavAyIr vanthu kANIrE 23.Devaki, who is sweet as a Nectar from the ocean (Amudham), gave the child to the long flower braided YashOdA. Come and see that innocent child(pedhai Kuzhandai) holding His little Lotus Feet and enjoying sucking it. (1) 24. muththum maNiyum * vayiramum nanponnum * thaththip pathiththuth * thalaippeythARpOl **  engkum paththu viralum * maNivaNNan pAthankgkaL * oththithirunthavA kANIrE * oNNuthalIr vanthu kANIrE 24.Oh! ladies, Come and see the divine beauty of His Cu

 PERIAZHWAR THIRUMOZHI 1 - 2 *PASURAM 13-22* THE BIRTH OF KANNAN  After having the Darshan of The Lord and his consorts, Periazhwar enjoys “The Birth of Krishna” before he starts rearing HIM considering himself as YasOdha PiraaTTi. 13.vaNNa maadaNGgaL soozh *thirukkOttiyoor*  kaNNan kEsavan* nambi piRanthinil*  eNNey suNNam* ethirethir thoovidak*  kaNNan muRRam* kalandhu aLaraayiRRE. (2) 1. 13)KaNNan KEsavan is born in Thirukoshtiyur just as in ThiruAyarpaadi (Gokulam). All the residents are over joyous that they spray fragrant oil and turmeric at each other making the place so slushy. (1) 14: Oduvaar vizhuvaar* ukandhaalippaar*  naaduvaar n^ampiraan* eNGkuththaan enbaar*  paaduvaar kaLum* palpaRai kottan^inRu*  aaduvaar kaLum * aayiRRu aayppaadiyE. 2. 14)Having heard the news of His birth , the whole Ayarpaadi runs hither thither excited , shouting in joy , falling and getting up and screaming “Where is He?” amidst the thunderous musical org

 PERIAZHVAR THIRUMOZHI. PALLANDU. Pasurams- 1 - 12 During his triumph procession through the streets of Madurai city, emperumAn showed himself along with PiraaTTi to  periyAzhwAr. On seeing bhagavAn in the most beautiful form  revealing  his auspicious qualities such as saundharyam (beauty), etc., AzhvAr was concerned and out of great fear started  thinking that, “in this world which is controlled by kAlam (time), what bad might happen to him?, and what evil eyes people might cast on Him”. So he performed mangaLAsAsanam (well-wishing thoughts) to emperumAn‘s divine and beautiful form to stay forever from any evil eyes. Pasuram 1: pallANdu pallANdu pallAyiraththANdu pala kOdi nURAyiram mallANda thiN thOL maNivaNNA! un sEvadi sevvi thirukkAppu # He starts the first pasuram saying “Pallaandu Pallaandu “ praising the Lord who has conquered the enemies with His strong arms. May you be praised for ever and ever and ever and for many crores of years to come as we stand beneath your Divine fee

 Taniyans on PeriyAzhwAr: 1st thaniyan- composed by Sri NAthamuni: guru mukam anadhIthya prAha vEdhAn- asEshaan nara pathi pari kluptham sulkam  AdhAthu kAmaha: svasuram amara vandhyam ranganAthasya sAkshAth dhvija kula thilakam tham vishNu chittham namaami The AzhwAr- who is the thilakam of Brahminhood; who is respected and worshipped even by Devas; who is the father-in-law of Sri Rangnathan; who wished to succeed getting the prize bag of gold coins, arranged by king Vallabha devan (narapathi: ) in order to establish the Supremacy of Sriman Narayanan as the PARATHEIVAM in the debate, without any learning, formally from an Acharyan (teacher) – to that AzhwAr, I bow down and prostrate. Next Two are dedicatory verses by PaaNdiya Bhattar: Minnaar thadamathiL soozh villiputthoor enRu orukaal Sonnaar kazhaRkamalam soodinOm –munnaaL kizhiyaRuththaan enRuraiththOm keezhmaiyiniR chErum vazhiyaRuththOm nenjamE! Vandhu. Oh mind! (nenjamE) - you helped me.. Thus, (with such helpful nature of your

 The Guruparampara Taniyan rendered by KOORATHAZHVAN LakshmI nAtha samArambhAm nAtha yAmuna madhyamAm | asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE guruparam parAm || I worship the entire guruparamparaa that starts with Emperumaan, Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan; which has SrI NAthamuni (in between) upto my AchArya (Sri Ramanuja). This Taniyan is composed by Sri KooratthAzhwAn (Sri Ramanujacharya¡¦s most ardent disciple); This Taniyan describes the parampara of our Acharyas which starts from Sriman Narayanan. Sri AzhwAn pays his obeisance to the parampara upto his Acharya. He does not mention the name of his Acharya. He has made it general by way of mentioning, “upto my Acharya¨ -asmadhAchArya paryanthAm .. It fits in so well for every one of us, even now, when we recite this saying, “upto my Acharyan”, I pay my obeisance to the Gurupamarapara.   AzhwAn is known for his intellect and scholarship. List of  Guruparampara upto Ramanuja Sriman Narayanan Sri Mahalakshmi Sri Vishvaksenar Sri NammAzhwAr S