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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?

 

In the following three paasurams, Sri Andal awakens the Azhvars who took 
avatharam after her. A doubt may arise. How did andal awaken the Azhvars who 
were born in the future? Sri PBA swamy answers the doubt by quoting the 
following srisookthi of aalavandaar ?vidhayascha vaidhikAstvadeeya gambeera 
manOnu sArinA:? and bhAshyam of Bhavabhoothi ?rusheenAm punarAthyAnAm 
vAsamarthOnudhAvathi?.

 

The next paasuram, ?pullinvAi keendAnai? indicates towards thondaradipodi 
azhvar who stands next in the queue of Azhvars. ?pOdhu ari kanninAi? refers to 
thondaradipodigal whose eyes were always focused on plucking the flowers. 
Thondaradipodi Azhvar?s main kainkaryam was pushpa kainkaryam (adorning the 
lord with tulasi and flowers). He himself says in his paasurams, ?tulabhath 
thondAya tholseer thondaradipodi? and ?thodaiyoththa thulabhamum koodaiyum 
polindhu thOndriyathOl thondaradipodi?.

 

Pavai! This reference also suits this azhvar well. A wife highly dedicatedto 
her husband is called as pAvai. Thondaradipodi Azhvar was so dedicatedto 
arangan that he never sang or visited anyother divyadesam. He even refused to 
think about another divya desa perumal and hence remained like a chase women 
married to ranganatha.

 

NannAnAl Andal starts her prabhandam praising the Tamil month of 
margazhi(?mArghazhiththingal madhiniraidha nannAnAl?). Thondaradipodi Azhvar 
was born in month of marghazhi, which is considered as the best month by andal.

 

Kallam thavirindhu: Thondaradipodi azhvar talks about his ?kallam? (falsehood) 
in many of his paasurams.?soodhanAi kalvanAgi?, ?kallamE kAdal seidhu?, 
?kallaththE nAnum thondAi?. Even in his story this azhvar has been charged for 
stealing a golden vessel and then was proved faultless. Only then azhvar joined 
the ghosti of bhagavatas. Since this azhvar also like periazhvar spent most of 
his time in the garden the reference ?pullum silambhina kAn? indicating the 
same has been given in this paasuram.

 

Kullakulira: This azhvar forgot even bathing and doing the daily rituals for 
sometime in his story. This has been indicated in the following lines. Then 
starting with the words ?pullinvAi keedAnai? praises about rama krishnAvataras 
have been given. Since this azhvar ends his thirumAlai prabhandam with 
?valavezhum thavala mAda maduraimA nagaranthannul kavalamAl yAnai kondrai 
kannanai arangamAlai? and in thirupalliezhuchi says ?mAmunivElviyai kAththu 
avapiradhamAtiya vaduthiral ayOdhiyam arasE arangaththammA!? thereby talking 
about rama krishnAvataras. ?PillaigalellArum? indicates towards all the earlier 
Azhvars.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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