thiru voi mozhi nURRandhAdhi 7

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thiru voi mozhi nURRandhAdhi

 

 

 

" nORRa nOnbhAdhiyilEan vundhannai vittARRagillEAn,

pERRukkupAyam vundhan pERaruLEA sAthuginREAn,

ingen nilai ennum ezhil mAran sol vallAr,

angamararku ArA amudhu " 47

 

1.This thiru voi mozhip nURRandhAdhip pAsuram is representative of the

vAnamAmalaip padhigam " nORRa nOnbu ilEan " thiru voi mozhi 5-7. Both start with

the terms 'nOnbu "

 

2. In the thiru voi mozhip padhigam this is the first dhivya dhEsam where AzhwAr

surrenders unto the Lord folowed by thirukkudandhai. AzhwAr expresses the fact

that He does not possess the rewards of penance nor the strenght of

knowledge-nORRa nOnbu ilEan, nun aRivu ilEan. The way of reaching the Lord is

His divine feet. This is expressed by AzhwAr in the tenth pAsuram - " ARu enakku,

nin pAdhamEa charaN Agath thandu vozhindhAi " - Your divine feet is the means of

reaching you, which you have given to me. The primary focus here is on the Lord

Himself being the means and the end.

 

In this thiru voi mozhi nURRandhAdhip pAsuram the second line -

' pERRukkupAyam vundhan pERaruLE' refers to the fact that His grace is the

means of attaining Him.

 

3. The thiru voi mozhi 5-7-11th pAsuram ends with the word " vudan vaigal pAda

vallAr vAnOrku ArA amudhu "

which is the final word of this pAsuram also and also the beginning of the next

pAsuram and thiru voi mozhi 5-8- " ArA amudhEa " padhigam.

 

4. ezhil mARan sol vallAr- is the reverence to AzhwAr's words.

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan