PeriyAzhwAr's ThiruppallaNDU Paasurams: Part XIV ( The Twelfth Paasuram )

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Today we will study the Twelfth & Final Pasuram of ThiruppallANDu :

 

PallANDenRu Pavitthiranaip-ParamEttiyai Saarngamennum

villANDAnaRannai VilliputthUr Vittuchittham virumpiya soll

nallANDenRu navinRuraippAr NamO NaarAyaNAyavenRu

PallANDum ParamAthmanai SoozhnthEtthuvAr PallANDE

 

Meaning according to Dr.V.K.S.N.Raghavan

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Phala Sruthi (Fruits ) of singing this decad , PallANDu is presented here.

 

This hymn of PallANDu is composed by VishNuchittaa( Or PeriyAzhwAr)

of SrivilliputthUr . He has sung in praise of the Lord , Pavitthiran

( the most sacred God) and ParamEshti ( the Supreme Being and

the Over-Lord , dwelling in Parama Padham or Sri Vaikuntam ) .

VishNuchitthA praises Him , " May You be prosperous Forever ".

Those who recite this hymn , considering that their coming across

this hymn , is indeed a good and auspicious year (hour) and also

chanting "Namo NaarAyaNAya ", They will gain entry into Moksha and

sing in praise of the Supreme Being " PallANDu " there living within His

close quarters and surrounding Him .

 

1. Sri Upanishad BhAshyakArar's Commentary

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Sri RangarAmAnuja Muni describes the AzhwAr's MangaLASAsanam

this way : " Paavana-tamam ParamEshtinam Saarnga naama dhanur-

dharam , Swaaminam , SrInavyadhanva puravAsinA SrI VishNuchitthEna

ithyAdhi roopENa saanurAgam krutham kaimakrya roopam yEnam

MangaLAsAsana Prabhandham asmAkam sameecheenOyam vathsara ithi ".

 

AnusandhAnA: anushtithOpaayascchEth prapatthim anushtAya ,

anushithOpaayaasccha bhOgyathayA yaavath sarIreea paatham

dhvayam anusandhatha: dEhapAthAnanatharam cha ParamAthmAnam

paravruthyAvastithaa: SarvAn kaalAn (PallANDu ) gaaTAm anusandheeran ,

Jithantha ithivath , "yEthath SaamagAyannAstE " ithi hi SrUyathE " .

 

Here AzhwAr describes the effect of such MangaLAsAsanam and

the fruits thereof . The Lord who is being hailed with long life is by

nature

Parisuddhan and eternal ; He is established in His divine abode and handles

effectively the powerful bow known as Saarngam. This PallANDu

prabhandham was composed by PeriyAzhwAr of Pandyan Kingdom's

city , SrI VilliputthUr with prEmai and originated in the form of

Service to Him ( Bhagavath Kaimkarya Roopam ) . Those who recite

this PallANDu state that it is their BhAgyam . Those reciting

PallANDu prabhandham will be blessed if they have not completed

their Prapatthi anushtAnam with soubhAgyams on this earth .

Those reciters , who have observed Prapatthi will have special

phalans . They will spend their days here with parama BhOgya

chinthai and at the end of their life on earth will join the eternally

liberated souls in Sri Vaikuntam as MukthAs and will sing PallANDu

to the Lord at Parama Padham and perform MangaLAsAsanam like

" Jitham tE " and " yEthath SaamagAyannAstE " as stated by

the Upanishads .

 

2. Sri Periya ParakAla Muni's commentaries

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In this paasuram , AzhwAr lets us know of the Phalans

of learning the meanings of ThiruppallANDu from

a Sadaachaaryan and teaching it to others .

 

He points out that one has to sing PallANDu to the Lord

with PrEmai , Bhakthi and concern ( Parivu). Sriman NaarAyaNan

is introduced to us in this context as (1) Pavithran (2) Bhava Vidhvamsakan

(3) ParamEshti (4) Padha PrApaakan and (5) VirOdhi Nivarthakan .

Pavithran denotes His Supreme sacrdness . Bhava Vidhvamsakan

stands for His power to destroy SamsAric ills . ParamEshti reminds us

of His status as SrI Vaikunta NAthan . Padha Praapakan tells us

that He is the goal and as the One who grants us Moksham

to get us the boon of eternal kaimakryam at His Parama Padham .

 

3. Thirukkudanthai Desikan's Commentaries

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After describing the modes of Jn~Anis , KaivalyArthees

and IswaryArthees joining AzhwAr's ghOshti to sing

PallANDu , AzhwAr describes the PrabhAvam (Glories )

of singing ThiruppallANDu to the Lord for the benefit of

Bhagvath anAsraya SamsAris ( Those struggling in

the ocean of SamsAram and do not think of the Lord as

their Protector) . AzhwAr reminds them that the Lord is

Svatha: Parisuddhan ( Intrinsically Pure & sacred ) and

as the Ubhaya VibhUthi Naathan with permanent residence

in Sri Vaikuntam . AzhwAr advises them to seek the Lord

since He is BhOgya BhOgOpakaraNa BhOga SthAna

Samruddhan ( He is the abode of all enjoyable vasthus

and Tatthvams , the upAyams to those BhOgams and

the abode to enjoy them ).

 

AzhwAr is VishNu Chittar , who has the Lord always on

his chittham (mind) . This PallANDu to the Lord was created

by the AzhwAr for the upliftment of the word ( Loka UjjeevanArTam).

 

" NallANDenRu NavinRuraippAr" : The day of reciting PallANDu

is NallANDu ( Subha dinam , Subha Varsham ). Naviluvathu

is to chant without interruption after conquering ahamkAram

and MamakArams . PallANDu stands for multiples of years

( as long as Kaala Tathvam exists). To gain the Phalan of

enjoying the Lord at the Parama Padham , where there is

no interplay of Kaala Tathvam , one has to recite the PallANDU

on this earth , where there is demarcation by time.

 

4. Thirukkudanthai Sri RanganAtha Swamy's commentary

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Out of his compassion as an AchAryan , AzhwAr reminds

the SamsAris that they are also MangaLAsAsana arhars

( qualified to perform MangaLAsAsanam to the Lord) .

Lord is Pavithran ( Parama Suddhan) and the touch of

an asuddha object by Suddha satthva vasthu will remove

the asuddham and create paavanathvam (Sva sambhandhatthAlE

asuddharum Suddhar aavAr). That is the power of the Parama

Paavaana BhagavAn .

 

Thus ends the 12th Paasuram , which describes the phalans

from the performance of MangaLAsAsanam for the Lord .

AzhwAr reminds the SamsAris that the Lord has the power to tranform

even a nithya SamsAri and make him qualified to join His Nithya Soori

GhOshti. He reminds the ChEthanams that they have the yogyathai

to perform MangaLAsAsanam and encourages them to engage in

such MangaLAsAsanam and reap the fruits of such activity .

 

ThirupallANDu VyAkhyAanam sampoorNam

 

PeriyAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

ThUppul KulatthadiyArkaL adiyAr poRRp-padham pORRi

Dhaasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

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