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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Thiruppalliyezucchi Vyakhyana Saram
===================================

Collected from the vyakhyanams of Nanjeeyar and 
Periyavaccan Pillai

First Pasuram
=============

A simple Tamil version of this translation is 
available at 
http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/tpezhu/tpezhu01.pdf


Pasuram:
========
kadhiravan guNathisaic sigaram vandhaNaindhAn
ganaviruL aganRadhu kAlaiyampozuthAy
madhuvirinthozugina mAmalar ellAm
vAnavar arasargaL vandhu vandhINdi
edhirthisai niRaindhanar ivarodum puguntha
irunkaLiRRIttamum pidiyodu murasum
adhirthalil alaikadal pOnRuLathengum
arangaththammA paLLi ezuntharuLAyE


Meaning:
========
O Lord! who is resting in Srirangam. Th Sun has reached the
top of the mountain in the east (it has dawned). The heavy
darkness has been lifted and the beautiful morning has
dawned. The beautiful flowers have blossomed and their
honey is overflowing. The Devas and kings have gathered in
the direction of your eyes opening and are jostling each
other. The male and female elephants that came with them
as well as the big drums, are making a noise that resembles
the noise of the mighty ocean, and it is spreading every-
where. You should open your divine eyes and wake up.


Vyakhyana Saram:
================
The Sun has come like a lamp and dispelled the darkness,
justifying his nature. Should You not enquire after him?
Poygai Azhvar too saw the Sun as a lamp ("veyya kadhirOn
viLakkAga"). If the Sun who is the lamp to the world 
dawns, shouldn't You who is the lamp to us also dawn?
The Sun can only remove the external darkness; only You
can remove the darkness in our minds. Therefore, You must
wake up.

The Sun has reached the top of the eastern mountain; the
darkness has been removed; the flowers meant to be used
in worship have blossomed; those who worship you have
gathered with their mounts and their instruments; You
should open Your divine eyes and grace everyone. Those
devas that worship you have rapidly gathered to obtain
your divine grace ("yasyAvatararUpANi namasayanti 
divaukasa:"). Please wake up.


kadhiravan guNathisaic sigaram vandhaNaindhAn:
==============================================
The Sun who is capable of removing the darkness in this
world with his thousand rays of light has reached the
top of the mountain in the east. He has come there with
all his rays like those who bring the morning light to 
wake You up. Aren't those like the Sun who carry lamps
when Your devotees pass through the archirAdhi path
("kadhiravaravar kainnirai kAttinar", "nAraNan thamaraik
kaNdugandhu"), in order to save their positions? The Sun
has come in great hurry to the eastern mountain to catch
the glance of Your divine eyes as You wake up ("bhIShodEti
sUrya:"). The Srirangam temple is next to the eastern
mountain. Your divine feet too are in the same direction.
Thus the Sun is present at Your divine feet ("mikka 
sensudarp parithi") while the crown that matches as 
thousand Suns is present on Your divine head ("kadhir
Ayiramiravi eriththAloththa nINmudi") - how could You
sleep between the two? The Sun has come to see the great
beauty of Srirangam, its temple which is like a lamp
lit on top of a mountain, its beautiful gardens and the
great beauty of You sleeping. 

ganaviruL aganRadhu:
====================
The deep darkness of the night has left to match the 
arrival of the bright Sun. Darkness was ruling similar to
enemies of the state doing their work despite the rule of
the king ("iruL vIRRirunthathu pAr muzhudhum"). Just as
those enemies withdraw when the king arrives with his 
armies, so too the darkness withdraws at the arrival of
the Sun.

kAlaiyampozhuthAy:
==================
The beautiful dawn which is meant for worship, has happened.

madhuvirinthozugina mAmalarellAm:
=================================
Due to the dawn of the Sun, the flowers meant to be used
in worship have blossomed and are overflowing with honey 

kAlaiyampozhuthAy madhu ... :
=============================
After the darkness was dispelled and the time for worship 
arrived ("brAhme muhUrtte sotthAya", "siRRam siRu kAlE"),
the petals of the lotus flowers blossomed as the Sun's
rays touched them. This is similar to the blossoming of 
the faces of the relatives in those days in a town when
they hear the news of the return of their traveling
relatives. As the flowers blossomed, honey was dripping
between their petals. mAmalar refers to big flowers.
ellAm refers to the fact that all flower types are
included. The honey was gathered like a flood.

vAnavar ... :
=============
The devas and the kings who had the pride that they were
the ones to be prayed to, have lost their false pride 
and are now gathering near You and jostling each other 
to make sure that their desires are fulfilled. They have
now gathered to worship You and being in a great hurry
to do so, have filled all directions. The phrase "edhir
thisai" can be taken either as the southern direction or
considering it as "edhir edhir" it can be taken as 
meaning all directions.

edhir thisai niRaindhanar:
==========================
They gathered in the southeern direction which is where
His divine eyes would look as they open.

ivarodum pugundha ... :
=======================
The noise made by their mounts (male and female elephants)
and their drums sounds like a mighty ocean and fills all
directions. The femal elephants came with the male
elephants because they have come to Srirangam where
pirAtti never leaves Her Lord. The noise of the drums 
sounds like the music played to wake up the Lord - similar
to singing some song to wake up children.

adhirthalil :
=============
Similar to the ocean that is diturbed as the Moon comes up,
the drums make a mighty noise ("kumuRumOsai vizhavoli").
Should You who are a ocean ("perumpuRak kadal") not wake
up? You who are the Lord of both worlds should wake up
and accept our service, says Azhvar.

arangaththammA ... :
====================
You who are the Lord of both worlds should wake up for the
sake of myself who has no other refuge and accept my service,
says Azhvar.



Thondaradippodi Azhvar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
Nanjeeyar Periyavaccan Pillai Thiruvadigale Sharanam


Thiruppalliyezucchi Vyakhyana Saram:
http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/tpezhu/index.html




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