Azhvargal thiruppalliezhuchi in Andal's thiruppAvai-6

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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”

 

Next to pEyAzhvar in this paasuram “kattru karavai” Sri goda nAchiyar

awakens bhoodhaththAzhvar. The phrase “kuttramondrilla kOvalar tham

porkodiyE” suits bhoodhaththAzhvar very well. The word “kO” has a

number of meanings. Out of the various meanings here it indicates

srisookthi (works) as in the word “kOdha”. Kovalar thus indicates to

the Azhvars who are capable of making many prabhandhams. The

adjective “kuttramondrillAdha” suits only the mudal Azhvars (first

Azhvars), the best, since they do not even have the fault of being

born from the fetus of a mother like the other Azhvars (they were

ayonijargal who took avathar in a

flower).

 

PorkodiyE- In his own paasuram bhoodhaththAzhvar calls him to be a

creeper, “kOl thEdiyOdum kozhundhadhE pOndradhE mAl thEdiyOdum

manam”. The creeper, bhoodhaththAzhvar goes in the search of the

tree, emperuman to climb over and sustain life.

 

Kattru karavai ganangal pala karandhu- this indicates all the 3 mudal

Azhvars. The rest of the Azhvars gave big paasurams whereas the

mudal Azhvars gave short paasurams in venpA note (a type of poetry in

tamil). The first thiruvandhAdhi (work of poigaiyazhvar) is regarded

as karavai ganam (group of milking cow), The second thiruvandhAdhi of

bhoodhaththAzhvar is regarded as karavai ganangal and peyAzhvar’s

third thiruvandhAdhi further changes the term to karavai ganangal

pala. In this way by order there has been a change in the singular,

dual and plural.

 

SettrAr thiralazhiya sendru seruch cheiyum-we have to move from one

place to another and win over the bhagavat virodhis (enemies to

bhagavan and bhagavat vishayam) declares this very azhvar in his

paasuram, “endesiyum pErtha karam nAngudaiyAn pErOdhi pEdhaikAl!

TheerthakararAmin thirindhu”

 

Puttraravalgul-This refers to the beauty of the hip. Hip in svapadEsa

(poorvacharya interpretations) explanations refers to the strength of

bhakthi. Among the three jnanam, bhakthi and virakthi, Bhakthi holds

the center position and hence the beauty of the hip refers to beauty

of bhakthi. This azhvar ends his prabhandham as, “endralavandral

yAnudaiya anbu”. BhoodhaththAr started his prabhandam with anbu

(love) and ended with the same, which clearly shows his bhakthi

nishtai (deep love for emperuman).

 

Punamayilai-this is one other good reference to this azhvar. Peacocks

live in gardens (pozhil). This azhvar was born in thirukkadalmallai.

Kaliyan (thirumangai azhvar) who did mangalasasanams to this divya

desam, thirukkadalmalli at many places calls it to as “kadipozhil

soozh kadal malli” (kadal malli, a place surrounded with beautiful

gardens). Peacocks are very found of clouds. Clouds are formed due

to the water absorbed from the sea. So peacocks live very happily

near the seashore. This azhvar also stood in the seashore at

mahabalipuram.

 

SuttraththOzhimAr –poigaiyar and pEyar were relatives to

bhoodhathAzhvar and the other Azhvars were friends.

 

Mugil vannan pErpAda- only this azhvar sings first about mugilvannan,

“vulAKeZhum muttrum vizhungum mugil vannam-Ethum ennenju”. It is

natural for a peacock to praise only the emperuman with the colour of

the clouds isn’t it!

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan