Azhvargal thiruppalliezhuchi in Andal's thiruppAvai-6

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe rAmAnujaya Namaha

 

Sri vara vara munayE Namaha

 

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

“poigaiyAr bhoodhaththAr pEyAr pugazh mazhisai

 

iyan arul mAran sEralarkOn-tuiyapatta

 

nAdhan anbartAl thooli narpAnan nankaliyan

 

edhivar thOtrath thadaivAm engu”

 

 

 

Next to pEyAzhvar in this paasuram “kattru karavai” Sri goda nAchiyar awakens

bhoodhaththAzhvar. The phrase “kuttramondrilla kOvalar tham porkodiyE” suits

bhoodhaththAzhvar very well. The word “kO” has a number of meanings. Out of

the various meanings here it indicates srisookthi (works) as in the word

“kOdha”. Kovalar thus indicates to the Azhvars who are capable of making many

prabhandhams. The adjective “kuttramondrillAdha” suits only the mudal Azhvars

(first Azhvars), the best, since they do not even have the fault of being born

from the fetus of a mother like the other Azhvars (they were ayonijargal who

took avathar in a flower).

 

 

 

PorkodiyE- In his own paasuram bhoodhaththAzhvar calls him to be a creeper, “kOl

thEdiyOdum kozhundhadhE pOndradhE mAl thEdiyOdum manam”. The creeper,

bhoodhaththAzhvar goes in the search of the tree, emperuman to climb over and

sustain life.

 

 

 

Kattru karavai ganangal pala karandhu- this indicates all the 3 mudal Azhvars.

The rest of the Azhvars gave big paasurams whereas the mudal Azhvars gave short

paasurams in venpA note (a type of poetry in tamil). The first thiruvandhAdhi

(work of poigaiyazhvar) is regarded as karavai ganam (group of milking cow), The

second thiruvandhAdhi of bhoodhaththAzhvar is regarded as karavai ganangal and

peyAzhvar’s third thiruvandhAdhi further changes the term to karavai ganangal

pala. In this way by order there has been a change in the singular, dual and

plural.

 

 

 

SettrAr thiralazhiya sendru seruch cheiyum-we have to move from one place to

another and win over the bhagavat virodhis (enemies to bhagavan and bhagavat

vishayam) declares this very azhvar in his paasuram, “endesiyum pErtha karam

nAngudaiyAn pErOdhi pEdhaikAl! TheerthakararAmin thirindhu”

 

 

 

Puttraravalgul-This refers to the beauty of the hip. Hip in svapadEsa

(poorvacharya interpretations) explanations refers to the strength of bhakthi.

Among the three jnanam, bhakthi and virakthi, Bhakthi holds the center position

and hence the beauty of the hip refers to beauty of bhakthi. This azhvar ends

his prabhandham as, “endralavandral yAnudaiya anbu”. BhoodhaththAr started his

prabhandam with anbu (love) and ended with the same, which clearly shows his

bhakthi nishtai (deep love for emperuman).

 

 

 

Punamayilai-this is one other good reference to this azhvar. Peacocks live in

gardens (pozhil). This azhvar was born in thirukkadalmallai. Kaliyan

(thirumangai azhvar) who did mangalasasanams to this divya desam,

thirukkadalmalli at many places calls it to as “kadipozhil soozh kadal malli”

(kadal malli, a place surrounded with beautiful gardens). Peacocks are very

found of clouds. Clouds are formed due to the water absorbed from the sea. So

peacocks live very happily near the seashore. This azhvar also stood in the

seashore at mahabalipuram.

 

 

 

SuttraththOzhimAr –poigaiyar and pEyar were relatives to bhoodhathAzhvar and the

other Azhvars were friends.

 

 

 

Mugil vannan pErpAda- only this azhvar sings first about mugilvannan,

“vulAKeZhum muttrum vizhungum mugil vannam-Ethum ennenju”. It is natural for a

peacock to praise only the emperuman with the colour of the clouds isn’t it!

 

 

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

 

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

 

Sumithra Varadarajan