Mudhal Thiruvandhadhi - Thaniyan, 001-002

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Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: poygaiyAzhvAr aruLich seydha mudhal thiruvandhAdhi thaniyan (mudhaliyANdAn aruLich seydhadhu) kaidhai sEr pUmpozhil sUzh kachchi nagar vandhudhiththapoygaip pirAn kavinjar pOrERu - vaiyaththuadiyavargaL vAzha arunthamizh nURRandhAdhipadiviLangkach seydhAn parindhu Meaning: kavinjar pOr ERu - The bull (very special) amongst poetspoygaip pirAn - known as Poygai Azhvarvandhu udhiththa - was bornkachchi nagar - in Kanchipuram,pUmpozhil sUzh - which is surrounded by beautiful gardenskaidhai sEr - that have many Thazhai flowers.viLangkach seydhAn - He made bright (created)parindhu - with affectionpadi - on this Eartharum thamizh nURRandhAdhi - the rare Tamil 100 Andhadhi versesadiyavargaL - so that the Srivaishnavasvaiyaththu -

in this worldvAzha - may live. -- Pasuram 1: vaiyam thagaLiyA vArkadalE neyyAgaveyya kadhirOn viLakkAga - seyyasudar AzhiyAn adikkE sUttinEn sol mAlaiidarAzhi nIngkugavE enRu Meaning: vaiyam - Using the EarththagaLiyA - as a vessel,vAr kadalE - the surrounding oceanneyyAga - as the ghee, andveyya kadhirOn - the Sun with hot raysviLakkAga - as the light,sUttinEn - I renderedsol mAlai - the garland made of words,idar Azhi nInguga enRu - saying 'remove the ocean of obstacles', adikkE - at the divine feet of seyya sudar AzhiyAn - Him who has the Chakra with the bright red light. -- Pasuram 2: enRu kadal kadaindhadhu? evvulagam nIrERRadhu?onRum adhanai uNarEn nAn - anRu adhuadaiththu udaiththuk kaN

paduththa Azhi idhu nIpadaiththu idandhu uNdu umizhndha pAr Meaning: enRu - When did Youkadal kadaindhadhu - churn the milky ocean;evvulagam - For which worldnIr ERRadhu - did You receive the water;onRum adhanai unarEn nAn - I don't know even a little bit about these.adhu - That ocean is theAzhi - ocean, kaN paduththa - where You are always resting,anRu - on which during Sri Rama's timeadaiththu - You built a dam andudaiththu - then broke it (after killing Ravana).idhu - This worldpAr - is the Earth, thatnI padaiththu - You created,idandhu - lifted (as Sri Varaha)uNdu - swallowed (during praLaya), andumizhndha - brought forth. Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan http://www.acharya.org/meaning/divyapr/ayiram3/MudhalThiruvandhadhi/index.html

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