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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 next paasuram, ?ellE elankiliyE? Sri Andal awakens the youngest of the 
Azhvars (kadi kutti) Thirumangai azhvar. This azhvar gave a beautiful padhigam 
(series of 10 paasurams) ?mAnamarum mennOkki? which happensto be a dialogue 
between two aichis). To remind those wonderful paasuram of thirumangai azhvar 
andal has made the paasuram to awaken him to also be in the same format as a 
dialogue between andal and thirumangai azhvar.

 

In many of his paasurams thirumangai azhvar calls him to be parrot. ?kili pOla 
mizhattri nadandhu?, ?men kili pOla miga mizhattrim en pEdhaiyE? etc. Thereby 
andal calls him as ?kiliyE!? Otherwise it is a habitof a parrot to repeat 
whatever we say. Kaliyan took avataram to repeat the words of nammazhvar 
(?mAran paniththa thamizh maraikku Arangam koora avadhariththa?) so even due to 
this he can be called as a parrot. Since heis the youngest among the Azhvars he 
is referred to as ?élan kiliyE?(oh! young parrot).  

 

The second line is the answer from thirumangai azhvar.

 

Then andal says, ?vallai vun katturaigal pandE vun vAyaridhum? Oh! azhveer I am 
familiar with your strength in talking, because you are the azhvarwho has the 
guts to sing, ?vAsivalleer endhalooreerE! VAzhindhE pOm neerE?. PandE! 
Indicates knowing what is going to happen even before azhvar took avathAram. 

 

Listening to this kaliyan says,?valleergal neengalE? You were the one who sang 
? kollum payanonrillAdha kongai thannaik kizhangOdum, allippariththittavan 
mArbil erindhu ennazhalai theervanE? Is your words tough or mine?

 

Immediately kaliyan was reminded of his own paasurams where he showed the 
atmost humility towards bhagavatas (?naNNAdhavAlavunar? ?kansOra ven kurudhi?, 
bhagavata sheshatvam) and hence uttered, ?nAnEdhAn Ayiduga?

 

Then andal says, ?vunakkenna vErudaiyai? reminded of thirumangai azhvar?s two 
great thirumadals.

 

Kaliyan then enquires; ?ellArum pOndhArO? has all the other Azhvars taken 
avatharam before me?

 

Val Anai kondrAnai mAyanai: kaliyan was one of the Azhvars who sang wonderfully 
on the incident of emperuman killing an elephant. He has sung the same in many 
places. ?Avarivai seikaRivAr anjanamAmalai pOlE? ?kavala yAnai kombosiththa 
kannanennum? ?vezhamum pAganum veezha? etc.

 

MAttrArai mAttrazhikka vallAnai mAyanai pAda: Emperuman has the special 
capacity to overcome the pride of those who act against him. In the govardhana 
giri vriththAntham (story) he in a very tactful way cut down indra?s pride 
without hurting him in any manner. Kaliyan was deeply involved in theabove 
divine quality of emperuman. That is why he ends his Periya thirumozhi with 
?kundrameduththu Anirai kAththavan thannai? and while completing his last 
prabhandam thirunedundAndakam he says, ?kundreduththa thOlinAnai?.

 

In this way it has been shown that andal has awakened her foster fathers the 
other Azhvars in her paasurams one by one. Dealing this subject in more detail 
will be interesting but will run pages after pages. So we will stopwith this.

 

With this posting the series on thiruppalliezhuchi of Azhvars in andal?s 
thiruppavai has come to an end.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 



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