Dear BhakthAs :
Let us cover all the highlights of the Four commentaries
on the First Paasuram of ThiruppallANDu in this posting .
First Paasuram of ThiruppallANDu
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PallANDu PallANDu PallAyiratthANDu
PalakODi NooRAyiram
MallANDa thiNDOL MaNi VaNNA
unn sEvadi sevvi thirukkAppu
(Meaning ): Oh Lord , who has the powerful shoulders
(bhuja Balam) to subjugate the mighty wrestlers in
Kamsan's court ! Oh Lord with the lustre of a brilliant
blue gem ! May there be undiminishing protection for
many crores of years for the divinity (dhivya tamam)
and beauty(soundharyam) of Your lotus-red sacred fee
(sevvadi) !
Upanishad BhAshyakArar's Commentary
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Sriman NaarAyaNA ! Oh Bhujasaalin ! Oh Neela MaNi vaNNA !
Bhavadheeya dhivya charaNAravaindhasya SrImathy-rakshA
asthu . Tath rakshA anEka kODi sahasra vathsarAn sTiram asthu .
avyAthathvamiha rakshayA: SrI: , jithanthE !
PeriYAzhwAr uses PallANDu in the spirit of TaitthirIya
Aanandha Valli , where the Aanandham of Human beings
to ParamAthmA is cited . "SaiyshA Aanandhasya meemsA
bhavathi " ( This is the inquiry of that bliss ). That inquiry
defines the bliss at steps of hunderds as it goes up from
Manushya Aanandham to that of the aanandham of Brahamn.
Similarly , PeriyAzhwAr increases the span of rakshai for
the Lord by the thousands of measures and ends up with
limitless crores .
The dhivya tamathvam of the Sacred feet of the Lors is their
delectable enjoyment (parama BhOgyathvam) . It is an undiminishing
bhOgam . ThirukkAppu: the MangaLam for the Kaappu (Rakshai) is
SrI Sabdham ( Thiru ). That ThirukkAppu has avyAhathathvam
( blemishlessness and everlasting nature) . Protection is wished for
the Nava Youvvana soundharyam (constantly renewing beauty)
of those parama BhOgya Thiruvadi.
There is no verb(Vinaiccholl) included deliberately by PeriyAzhwAr
in his benediction for the Lord's RakshA . The reason is that the RakshA
mangalAsAsanam can be done by all (SarvAdhikAram ) based on
their Phala abhisandhAnam ( desired wish). This verbless hailing
is simialr to the other cases of Svasthi Vaachakams . It can be of
AasIrvAdha roopam or PrarTanA roopam .
Periya ParakAla Muni's Commentary Highlights
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" Unnudaya Thiruvadiyum athan sevvyum anEka samvathsaram
Thiruvudayathum kaapudayuthamaa ahA vENum " yenkirAr. May
Your sacred feet and their soundharyam stay eternally lustrous
(nithya oujvalyam ) and auspicious for many , many years !
Propelled by the fear that undefinable harm may come from
the evil eye of the virOdhis of the Lord in this time limited
bhU lOkam , AzhwAr hailed PallANDu to the Lord .
Thirukkudanthai Desikan's Commentary
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Samvathsam is used as a measure of Life ( SathAyu: Purusha: ,
Veda NooR-purAyam NooRu . AaayushmAn aasIrvAdham ) .
AzhwAr uses that unit of Samvathsaram ( AaNDu, Year) to
multiply and ends up wishing limitless years of undiminished
glory to the sacred feet of the Lord .
PallANDu , Many years of glory to You arises from Maanusha
Varsham( Human year/365 days ) and moves up to Deva varsham
( 320 human years is a day for devAs) ; Deva varsham (360x320
human Years ) is implied with the use of " PallANDu , PallANDu " .
Brahma Varsham is the many multiples of Deva Varsham :
PallAyiratthANDu . several crores of Brahma Varsham and the limitless
time scale beyond is wished for the protection of the undiminished
glories of the Lord with the paasuram passage : " pala kOti NooRAyiram " .
Lord is the Swamy (Master/Seshi ) and is of Uthkarsha Svaroopam .
AzhwAr is the lowly human and servant of the Lord ( Nishkarsha
Svaroopan and Seshan). When a nishkarshan hails an uthkarshan ,
nishkarshan (Seshan) identifies with his svaroopa daasyam and
the Svaroopa Swamithvam of the Lord (Seshi) and identifies himself as
the Lord's beautiful Thiruvadi (Sevvad i ) .
ThirukkAppu : This means perfect , blemishless rakshai for the Sevvadi.
This rakshai is for banishing of any inauspicousness (amangaLams) and
for the introduction of any mangaLams that are misisng . ThirukkAppu
is the foreword for all the Paasurams to come .
SriRanganAtha Swamy VyAkhyAnam
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AsankyAtha ( Countless) Vathsarams ( years) is equivalent to
eternal . Lord is Nithyan and His atrributes denoted by His
sacred feet are Nithya oujwalyam ( eternally resplendent ).
Therefore AzhwAr hails for their Rakshai through the intensity of
his bhakthi that created the fear of any harm coming His way ,
while the Lord appeared before him and the citizens of the kingdom
of Vallabha Devan .
MallANDa tiNN thOLL: When the AzhwAr was afraid, the Lord
displayed His powerful shoulders that defeated the mighty
wrestlers at KamsA's court and reminded the AzhwAr of His
statement to Sugreevan that He can destroy all enemies
(Sarva virOdhi nirasanam) with a little finger of His ( angulyagrENa
thAnn hanyAmi icchan harigaNEswara ). AzhwAr , Why do you still
fear about any harm coming to Me ? Where is the bhaya hEthu ( reason
for fear )? AzhwAr's state was like that of a Mother , who knows
that her son is an unassailable one in the war and still worries
about any harm coming her son's way .
" MallaNDa thiNNthOLL MaNivaNNA ! PallANDu PallANDu ,
PallAyiratthANDu , pala kOti nooRAyiram unn sEvadai
sevvi ThirukkAppu " is the prose order (anvayam) for this
First Paasuram .
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