Azhvargal thiruppalliezhuchi in Andal's thiruppAvai-2

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri vara vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

“poigaiyAr bhoodhaththAr pEyAr pugazh mazhisai

iyan arul mAran sEralarkOn-tuiyapatta

nAdhan anbartAl thooli narpAnan nankaliyan

edhivar thOtrath thadaivAm engu”

 

In the next paasuram, “keesu keesendru” Sri Andal awakens Sri

kulasekara azhvar. In this andal refers to kulasekara azhvar with

three phrases, “pEy pennE! Nayaka pen pillAi! DEsamudaiyAi!”

Kulasekara Azhvar in his perumal thirumozhi, “meiyil vAzhkkaiyai”

padhigam calls himself to be a pEyan. Later in his other padhigams,

viz., “Er malar poonguzhal, Alaineel karumbhu, mannupugazh

kOsalaithan” this azhvar talks considering himself to be a girl.

Since kulasekarar declares himself to be “kollikAvalan koodalnAyakan”

andal calls him nAyaka pen pillAi. The gem in the center of a garland

is referred to as “nAyaka kal”.

In the acharya guruparamparai garland EmperumAnAr is considered to be

the nadunAyakam (one in the middle). Swamy desikan says this in his

ethirAja sapthadhi as “ethirAjEna nibhaththa nAyaka sri: mahathee

gurupankthi hArayasti:” Similarly among the Azhvars kulasekarar

stands in the middle. On one side of the garland stands the first

five, viz., poigaiyAr, bhoodhathAr, pEyAr, mazhisai pirAn and mAran

and on the other side, pattanAthan, kOdhai, thondaradipodi,

panperumal and kaliyan. Hence it is apt to call kulasekarar in the

middle as nAyaka pen pillAi.

 

(DesamudaiyAi) In bhagavat geetha Sri Krishna says, “sowryam thEjO

thruthir dhAkshyam-kshAthram karma svabhAvajam” where tEjas has been

told to be a characteristic of kshatriyas. Thereby calling

kulasekara perumal as desamudiyai! does suit him. Further according

to the acharya hrudhaya sutra, “dEvathvamum niththaiyAnavanukku

olivarum janigal pOlE brahmajanmamum ezhukkenbArkku pandai nAlil

piravi vunnAttudEsirE” and Periya thiruvandhAdhi (79) paasuram, which

has been the root cause for the above sutra, “ mannAttil ArAgi

evvizhivittrAnAlum, Azhiangai pErAyarkku AlAm pirappu-vunnAttu

dEsandrE” tEjas actually refers to that birth which supports bhagavat

seshatvam. Kulasekara azhvar in his

“voonEru selvaththu” padhigam clearly shows his deep wish to take a

birth to do kainkaryam to emperuman in any form. Hence there is no

mistake in calling him “dEsamudaiyAi!”

 

In this paasuram, andal uses the word “Anai sAththan”. This is

actually a word in malayalam which refers to a bird (Anasaththam).

Since this azhvar took birth in kerala probably this word is used in

this paasuram. “kAsum pirappum” reminds the jewellery incident in

the life of kulasekara azhvar. “Arankeda parananbar kollAr endru

avargalukkE vArankeda kudappAmbil kaiittavan” says a thaniyan on

kulasekara azhvar. The line “vAsanarun kuzhalAychiyar maththinAl

Osai paduththa thayiraravam” brings to our memory the following lines

in perumal thirumozhi, “kendai onkan madavAloruththi keezhaiyagaththu

thayir kadaiyakkandu vandamar poonkuzhal thAzhindhulAva

thaN thayir nee kadainthitta vannam”

 

(nArAyanan moorthi kesavanai pAdavum) kesavan refers to the incident

in krishnavadharam where lord Krishna killed the asura, kEsi who came

in the form of a horse. Kulasekara azhvar first of all talks only

about this incident in his prabhandam as “mAvinai vAipilandhukandha

mAlai”. And azhvar completes his prabhandam saying, “nalanthigazh

nArananadi keezh naNNuvArE”.

 

(kEttE kidaththiyO) This azhvar has always enjoyed hearing Sri

rAmAyanam from bhagavatas and not stopping with listening he got

deeply immersed in the same and has even started off with his army to

help rAmA fight the asuras.

 

With the above points it is clear that in this paasuram andal awakens

kulasekara azhvar. In the next posting we will enjoy how Sri kOdhA

nAchiyar awakens vagulabhooshana bhAskaran, prapanajana koodasthar

mAran satAkOpan Sri nammAzhvar.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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