thiru voi mozhi nURRandhAdhi 8

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thiru voi mozhi nURRandhAdhi

 

ArAmudhAzhwAr Adharitha pERugaLai thArAmaiyAlE

thalarndhu miga, thErAdha Asaiyudan ARRAmai pEasi alamandhAn

mAsaRu sEr mARan emmAn. " 48

 

 

1. The first word of the pAsuram starts with the\ word 'ArAamudhu " which is

also the first term of the " ArA amudhEa " padhigam of thiru voi mozhi 5-8.

 

2. The aformenetioned " ArAvamudhEa " padhigam explains the experience of AzhwAr

in the sense of expecting to see Him and mix with Him and not getting this

desire so fulfilled, he breaks into emotional outbursts like crying, falling at

His feet, dancing and so on " azhuvan, thozhuvan, AdikkANban... " thiru voi mozhi

5-8 thus spelling out His unfulfilled desire and in the tenth pAsuram stating

with despair " unakkAt pattum, adiyEan innam uzhalvEnO! " Even after becoming

subservient to YOu, I am still lingering here.

 

 

3. Both the padhigam and this pAsuram finish with the term mAn -namely emmAn in

this pAsuram and " mAnEai " in the thiru voi mozhip padhigam which is the first

letter of the next padhigam " manEi nOkku nallEr " .

 

4. " mAsaRu sEr mARan " is the praise and respect to the AzhwAr

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan