Azhvargal thiruppalliezhuchi in Andal's thiruppAvai-5

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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, “nOttru suvargam” Sri Andal awakens the next

elder azhvar to thirumazhisaipiran, pEyAzhvar. The yogis, the mudal

Azhvars, poigai, bhoodham and pey kept on moving from one place to

another without meeting each other till the day when emperuman

decided to enjoy their satsangam in the corridor (edaikazhi) in

thirukkovaloor. Thiruvarangathamudhanar in his nootrandhAdhi says

about pEyAzhvar as follows: “manniya pErirul mAndapin kOvalul

mAmalarAl thannOdu mAyanai kandamai kAttum thamizh thalaivan”.

 

Poigai azhvar and bhoodhaththAzhvar lit two lamps and in that light

the third among them, pEyAzhvar saw emperuman and sang, “ThirukkandEn

ponmEni kandEn”. This meaning has been shown in the very first line

of andal’s paasuram.

 

NOttru: The other two Azhvars lighted two lamps and did the required

upAyAnushtAnam. Suvargam is nothing but anandAnubhavam (relishing

happiness) Piratti in Sri Ramayana says, “yestvayA saha sa svargO

nirayOya stvayAvinA”.

 

VAsal thiravAdhAr: In thirukkovaloor, poigaiazhvar entered first and

closed the door. Then bhoodhaththAzhvar came and hence poigayar

opened the door for bhoodhaththAzhvar. When pEyAzhvar came

bhoodhaththAr opened the door for him. But since no one came after

pEyazhvar andal here calls him as vAsal thiravAdhar. This is a very

apt phrase for pEyAzhvar.

 

NAttraththuzhAi mudi nArAyanan: PeyAzhvar is very fond of the

thiruththuzhAi, which emperuman adorns and hence he sings about the

thiruththuzhai in many places. In the second paasuram, in his

moondram thiruvandhAdhi he says, “ponthOi varai mArbil poonthuzhai”

and in the ending paasuram,”thaNthuzhAithAr vAzhvarai mArban”. In

between also in many paasurams azhvar talks about narayanan and the

thiruththuzhai he adorns. In the ninth paasuram (nAmam pala solli),

azhvar talks about narayanan, thiruththuzhai and kannan

simultaneously.

 

PandorunAl…..: Andal awakens azhvar equating him to kumbakarnan.

Andal says, “You were the person who sang, “kAnkAn ena virumbum

kangal” and wanted to have darshan of emperuman always not stopping

even for a second, then how come you are sleeping so long winning

over even kumbakarna who is supposed to be the best sleeper.”

Kootraththin vAi veezhdha – the one who reached the southern

direction, kumbakaranan or the one who has the kumbam as the reason

for birth, i.e., agaththiyar who was born from a kumbam (a type of

holy vessel) lost to your Tamil scholarship. That is why amudhanar

also praises pEyAzhvar as thamizh thalaivan.

 

In this paasuram andal talks about Sri rAmapiran in the middle to

indicate pEyAzhvar doing the same in the middle of his thiruvandhAdhi

(“avanE-elangApura meriththAneidhu” and “eidhadhuvum then elangai kOn

veezha”)

 

In the previous paasuram andal while awakening thirumazhisaipiran says

“ananthalO” whereas here she says “AttraanandhaludaiyAi!” This is

because this azhvar is an acharya to thirumazhisaipiran and hence has

been given a special adjective. Ananthal does not refer to the

ordinary sleep but here it refers to the height of paramaikAnthikam,

which has been greatly celebrated in the sastras as “vurOvinyastha

hastAsthE nidhrAyanthE sunirbharA:”

 

ArunkalamE: This azhvar is the luckiest vessel who has received the

grace of emperuman fully at the very start of his paasuram. Other

Azhvars have strived to get emperuman’s darshan and has finally

received the same but this azhvar in the very start sings,

“thirukkandEN pon mEni kandEn”

 

ThEttramAi vandhu thira: “Your name itself is pEyAr (a mad person).

So Oh! azhvar get to your self and come and open the door leaving

your madness” awakens andal.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan