PeriyAzhwAr's ThiruppallaNDU Paasurams: Part IV( The First Paasuram )

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Let us cover all the highlights of the Four commentaries

on the First Paasuram of ThiruppallANDu in this posting .

 

First Paasuram of ThiruppallANDu

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PallANDu PallANDu PallAyiratthANDu

PalakODi NooRAyiram

MallANDa thiNDOL MaNi VaNNA

unn sEvadi sevvi thirukkAppu

 

(Meaning ): Oh Lord , who has the powerful shoulders

(bhuja Balam) to subjugate the mighty wrestlers in

Kamsan's court ! Oh Lord with the lustre of a brilliant

blue gem ! May there be undiminishing protection for

many crores of years for the divinity (dhivya tamam)

and beauty(soundharyam) of Your lotus-red sacred fee

(sevvadi) !

 

Upanishad BhAshyakArar's Commentary

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Sriman NaarAyaNA ! Oh Bhujasaalin ! Oh Neela MaNi vaNNA !

Bhavadheeya dhivya charaNAravaindhasya SrImathy-rakshA

asthu . Tath rakshA anEka kODi sahasra vathsarAn sTiram asthu .

avyAthathvamiha rakshayA: SrI: , jithanthE !

 

PeriYAzhwAr uses PallANDu in the spirit of TaitthirIya

Aanandha Valli , where the Aanandham of Human beings

to ParamAthmA is cited . "SaiyshA Aanandhasya meemsA

bhavathi " ( This is the inquiry of that bliss ). That inquiry

defines the bliss at steps of hunderds as it goes up from

Manushya Aanandham to that of the aanandham of Brahamn.

Similarly , PeriyAzhwAr increases the span of rakshai for

the Lord by the thousands of measures and ends up with

limitless crores .

 

The dhivya tamathvam of the Sacred feet of the Lors is their

delectable enjoyment (parama BhOgyathvam) . It is an undiminishing

bhOgam . ThirukkAppu: the MangaLam for the Kaappu (Rakshai) is

SrI Sabdham ( Thiru ). That ThirukkAppu has avyAhathathvam

( blemishlessness and everlasting nature) . Protection is wished for

the Nava Youvvana soundharyam (constantly renewing beauty)

of those parama BhOgya Thiruvadi.

 

There is no verb(Vinaiccholl) included deliberately by PeriyAzhwAr

in his benediction for the Lord's RakshA . The reason is that the RakshA

mangalAsAsanam can be done by all (SarvAdhikAram ) based on

their Phala abhisandhAnam ( desired wish). This verbless hailing

is simialr to the other cases of Svasthi Vaachakams . It can be of

AasIrvAdha roopam or PrarTanA roopam .

 

Periya ParakAla Muni's Commentary Highlights

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" Unnudaya Thiruvadiyum athan sevvyum anEka samvathsaram

Thiruvudayathum kaapudayuthamaa ahA vENum " yenkirAr. May

Your sacred feet and their soundharyam stay eternally lustrous

(nithya oujvalyam ) and auspicious for many , many years !

Propelled by the fear that undefinable harm may come from

the evil eye of the virOdhis of the Lord in this time limited

bhU lOkam , AzhwAr hailed PallANDu to the Lord .

 

Thirukkudanthai Desikan's Commentary

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Samvathsam is used as a measure of Life ( SathAyu: Purusha: ,

Veda NooR-purAyam NooRu . AaayushmAn aasIrvAdham ) .

AzhwAr uses that unit of Samvathsaram ( AaNDu, Year) to

multiply and ends up wishing limitless years of undiminished

glory to the sacred feet of the Lord .

 

PallANDu , Many years of glory to You arises from Maanusha

Varsham( Human year/365 days ) and moves up to Deva varsham

( 320 human years is a day for devAs) ; Deva varsham (360x320

human Years ) is implied with the use of " PallANDu , PallANDu " .

Brahma Varsham is the many multiples of Deva Varsham :

PallAyiratthANDu . several crores of Brahma Varsham and the limitless

time scale beyond is wished for the protection of the undiminished

glories of the Lord with the paasuram passage : " pala kOti NooRAyiram " .

Lord is the Swamy (Master/Seshi ) and is of Uthkarsha Svaroopam .

AzhwAr is the lowly human and servant of the Lord ( Nishkarsha

Svaroopan and Seshan). When a nishkarshan hails an uthkarshan ,

nishkarshan (Seshan) identifies with his svaroopa daasyam and

the Svaroopa Swamithvam of the Lord (Seshi) and identifies himself as

the Lord's beautiful Thiruvadi (Sevvad i ) .

 

ThirukkAppu : This means perfect , blemishless rakshai for the Sevvadi.

This rakshai is for banishing of any inauspicousness (amangaLams) and

for the introduction of any mangaLams that are misisng . ThirukkAppu

is the foreword for all the Paasurams to come .

 

SriRanganAtha Swamy VyAkhyAnam

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AsankyAtha ( Countless) Vathsarams ( years) is equivalent to

eternal . Lord is Nithyan and His atrributes denoted by His

sacred feet are Nithya oujwalyam ( eternally resplendent ).

Therefore AzhwAr hails for their Rakshai through the intensity of

his bhakthi that created the fear of any harm coming His way ,

while the Lord appeared before him and the citizens of the kingdom

of Vallabha Devan .

 

MallANDa tiNN thOLL: When the AzhwAr was afraid, the Lord

displayed His powerful shoulders that defeated the mighty

wrestlers at KamsA's court and reminded the AzhwAr of His

statement to Sugreevan that He can destroy all enemies

(Sarva virOdhi nirasanam) with a little finger of His ( angulyagrENa

thAnn hanyAmi icchan harigaNEswara ). AzhwAr , Why do you still

fear about any harm coming to Me ? Where is the bhaya hEthu ( reason

for fear )? AzhwAr's state was like that of a Mother , who knows

that her son is an unassailable one in the war and still worries

about any harm coming her son's way .

 

" MallaNDa thiNNthOLL MaNivaNNA ! PallANDu PallANDu ,

PallAyiratthANDu , pala kOti nooRAyiram unn sEvadai

sevvi ThirukkAppu " is the prose order (anvayam) for this

First Paasuram .

 

PeriyAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

ThUppul KulatthadiyArkaL adiyAr poRRp-padham pORRi

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: