Azhvargal thiruppalliezhuchi in Andal's thiruppAvai-8

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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 following three paasurams, Sri Andal awakens the Azhvars who

took avatharam after her. A doubt may arise. How did andal awaken

the Azhvars who were born in the future? Sri PBA swamy answers the

doubt by quoting the following srisookthi of aalavandaar “vidhayascha

vaidhikAstvadeeya gambeera manOnu sArinA:” and bhAshyam of

Bhavabhoothi “rusheenAm punarAthyAnAm vAsamarthOnudhAvathi”.

 

The next paasuram, “pullinvAi keendAnai” indicates towards

thondaradipodi azhvar who stands next in the queue of Azhvars.

“pOdhu ari kanninAi” refers to thondaradipodigal whose eyes were

always focused on plucking the flowers. Thondaradipodi Azhvar’s main

kainkaryam was pushpa kainkaryam (adorning the lord with tulasi and

flowers). He himself says in his paasurams, “tulabhath thondAya

tholseer thondaradipodi” and “thodaiyoththa thulabhamum koodaiyum

polindhu thOndriyathOl thondaradipodi”.

 

Pavai! This reference also suits this azhvar well. A wife highly

dedicated to her husband is called as pAvai. Thondaradipodi Azhvar

was so dedicated to arangan that he never sang or visited anyother

divyadesam. He even refused to think about another divya desa

perumal and hence remained like a chase women married to ranganatha.

 

NannAnAl Andal starts her prabhandam praising the Tamil month of

margazhi (“mArghazhiththingal madhiniraidha nannAnAl”).

Thondaradipodi Azhvar was born in month of marghazhi, which is

considered as the best month by andal.

 

Kallam thavirindhu: Thondaradipodi azhvar talks about his “kallam”

(falsehood) in many of his paasurams.”soodhanAi kalvanAgi”, “kallamE

kAdal seidhu”, “kallaththE nAnum thondAi”. Even in his story this

azhvar has been charged for stealing a golden vessel and then was

proved faultless. Only then azhvar joined the ghosti of bhagavatas.

Since this azhvar also like periazhvar spent most of his time in the

garden the reference “pullum silambhina kAn” indicating the same has

been given in this paasuram.

 

Kullakulira: This azhvar forgot even bathing and doing the daily

rituals for sometime in his story. This has been indicated in the

following lines. Then starting with the words “pullinvAi keedAnai”

praises about rama krishnAvataras have been given. Since this azhvar

ends his thirumAlai prabhandam with “valavezhum thavala mAda maduraimA

nagaranthannul kavalamAl yAnai kondrai kannanai arangamAlai” and in

thirupalliezhuchi says “mAmuni vElviyai kAththu avapiradhamAtiya

vaduthiral ayOdhiyam arasE arangaththammA!” thereby talking about

rama krishnAvataras. “PillaigalellArum” indicates towards all the

earlier Azhvars.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan