AzhvAr Arulamudham

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

 TIRUPPAVAI TANIYANS tiruppAvai taniyans *Shri parAsara Bhattar taniyan* நீளாதுங்க ஸ்தநகிரி தடீஸுப்த முத்போத்ய க்ருஷ்ணம் பாரார்த்யம் ஸ்வம் ஸ்ருதி ஸதஸிரஸ்ஸித்த மத்யாபயந்தீ ஸ்வோச்சிஷ்டாயாம் ஸ்ரஜி நிகளிதம் யா பலாத்க்ருத்ய புங்க்தே கோதாதஸ்யை நம இதமிதம் பூய ஏவாஸ்துபூய neeLaa tunga sthana giri thaTI supta mudhbOdhya krishnam paaraarthyam sthvam sruti sada siras siddham adhyaa bhayanthee| svOchchishaTaayaam sraji nigaLitam yaabalaathkruthya bhungtE gOdaa thasyay nama idamidham bhooya Evaastu bhooya: || May I offer my obeisance again and again to Goddess ANDAL called GOdhA who awakened Lord KrishNA resting with NEELA alias Nappinnai PirATTi,  the embodimentt of gyAna and vairAgya. GOdA explained to Lord KrishNa her dependence on the Parabrahman as established in VedAs and Upanishads; and how she attained Him after binding Him with flower-wreaths that were already worn by her.  *Shri uyyakkoNDAr's taniyan*. அன்ன வயற்புதுவை ஆண்டாள் அரங்கற்குப்   பன்னு திருப்பாவைப் பல்பதியம்- இன்னிசையால்  பாட

  PERIYAZHWAR TIRUMOZHI - 5.4  Pasurams … 463 TO 473 senni Ongu This falls as the concluding decade of  Periyazhwar Tirumozhi. Talking about ThirumAlirumchOlai hill, azhvAr is reminded of TiruvEnkatam. As a mark of accepting AzhvAr’s surrender (prapatti), Lord of Tirumala wishes to show Himself to AzhvAr and he in turn is overjoyed about emperumAn’s acceptance to reside in his heart. 463:##  senniyOngu* thaN thiruvEnkatam udaiyaay!* ulahu-  thannai vaazha n^inRa n^ambee!* dhaamOdharaa! sadhiraa!*  ennaiyum en udaimaiyaiyum* un sakkarap poRiyoRRik koNdu*  ninnaruLE purindhirundhEn* ini en thirukkuRippE? (2) 1. 463. Oh! Lord of the magnificent cool hills of TiruvEnkatam (tiruvENkatamudayA)! In order to uplift and protect all the chetanAs, You are graciously standing tall    revealing Your divine feet and exhibiting all kalyANa gunAs! Oh! DAmodara!, Oh! Lord who has the generous quality of being negligent towards Your devotees mistakes!  I have tattooed Your divine emblems of shankam and