Thiruvaimozi-1.8

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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.

 

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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.