Thiruppavai 8-keezvaanam

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pasuram-8

 

keezvAnam veLLenru erumaicchiruveedu

meivAn parandhanakAnn mikkuLLa piLLaigaLum

pOvAn pOginrArai pOgAmal kAtthunnai

koovuvAn vandhu ninrOm kOdhu kalmudaiya

pAvAi ezundhirai pAdipparai konda

mAvAi pilandhAnai mallarai mAttiya

dEvAdhidEvanai chenru nAm sEvitthAl

AvAvenrArAindhu aruLElO rempAvai.

 

The eastern sky has become bright and the buffaloes are going to graze and the girls in the Ayarpadi started going to perform the vratha and we have stopped them in order to wake you up.Awake , you , who is of pure form that destroys all sins.Let us sing the glory of Him who killed the demon Kesi and the wrestlers. He is the Lord of the devas who when approached and prayed, will shower His grace on us after judging our fitness.

 

Andal is waking up another girl by citing the signs of daybreak.

 

Keez vAnam veLLenru, erumai siru veedu- The eastern sky is lighting up before dawn. The buffaloes are sent for grazing the dew covered grass in the early morning, as it makes them yield more milk whereas the cows are allowed to graze later as they cannot digest the wet grass.

 

pOvAnpOginrArai pOgAmal kAtthunnai- The rest of the girls have already started for the nonbu and Andal says that she has stopped them to wait for this girl.

 

kOdhukalmudaiyapAvai- this girl is pure by which she is capable of breaking,udaiya, the sins kOdhukalam. she is called pAvai because she is pretty like an idol.

 

mAvAi piLandhAn - one who killed the demon Kesi who came in the form of horse to kill Krishna.

 

mallarai mAttiya - one who destroyed the wrestlers of the court of Kamsa.

 

dhevAdhidhEvanai- He is the Lord of the celestials.The commentators find reference here to the expression 'ayarvarum amarargaL adhipathi,' the Lord of the immortals, in the first pAsuram of the thiruvaimozi of nammAzvAr, who is implied by this pASuram.

 

For the individual soul it is night till the awareness of the Lord dawns, only when, the day breaks. The knowledge dawns through the instruction of the Acharyas like Ramanuja and Desika who are described by the epithets 'mAvAi piLandhAn,' as they break the influence of the senses whcih are compared to the horse that runs hither and thither drawn by the sense objects, and mallarai mAttiya,because they win over the arguments of the opponents to establish thier views firmly.They are the dhEvas who have performed the above said feats and the Lord is the dhEvAdhidhEva.

 

AvAvenru ArAindhu arulElO -,If we go and sing His glory He will shower His grace on us after ascertaining our worth.

 

This pasuram is considered as a reference to nammAzvAr for the following reasons.

 

He refers himself as pAvai in thiruvaimozi.

The word ezundhirai, get up, may apply to him as he alone is seated among the AzvArs in idol form. .

He rose as the sun in kaliyuga to dispel the darkness of ignorance and his light was visible to Madhurakavi AzVar in kAsi which attracted him to the place where NammAZvAr was and he became the disciple of NammAZvAr..KeezvAnam veLLenru denotes the light of the AzvAr.