Guest guest Posted June 16, 1994 Report Share Posted June 16, 1994 This Sunday (6/19/94) is Sri periyaazvaar's thiru nakshatthiram. The following is the ninth pasuram, dedicated to periyaazvaar, in Swami Desikan's prabhandasaaram. \bt pEraNintha villiputthoo raani thanniR peruNYsOthi thaniRROnRum perumaa NnEmun seeraNintha paaNdiyanRan NneNYsu thanniR RiyakkaRamaal paratthuvatthai thiRamaac seppi vaaraNamEn mathuraivalam varavE vaanin maalkaruda vagananaayth thOnRa vaaztthu mEraNipal laaNdumuthaR paattu naanooR Rezupatthon RiraNdumenak kuthavu neeyE. \et In the above: \bt villiputthoo raani = villiputthoor aani (aani maatham) peruNYsOthi = suvaathi (suvaathi nakshatthiram) \et This pasuram describes the occassion when periaazvaar won a bag of gold coins in the court of the paandiyan king Srivallapa dEvan. This occassion was marked by periyaazvaar singing the now well known, "pallaaNdu pallaaNdu pallaayiratthaaNdu." Note that a count of the number of pasurams attributed to periyaazvaar is given at the end. This prabhandam contains one pasuram for each aazvaar and one for Sri Ramanuja. Each pasuram gives the count of the number of pasurams attributed to that particular aazvaar. At the end, in two pasurams, the counts are summarized. Obviously, they add up to 4000. It is in this prabhandam that Swami Desikan proudly claims himself to be thamizmaraiyOn! If interested I can post the entire prabhandam (18 verses). Regards, P. Dileepan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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