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srI:
srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha

Tiruppavai - Pasuram 2 : nAmA 7 (pARkadluL paiya thuyinRa paraman)

vaiyaththu vAzhveergAL! naamum nampaavaikku *

ceyyum kirisaigaL kELeerO * pARkadaluL

paiyath thuyinRa paraman adi paadi *

neyyuNNOm pAluNNOm nAtkAlE neerAdi *

maiyittu ezhudhOm malarittu naam mudiyOm *

ceyyAdhana ceyyOm theekkuRaLai cenROdhOm *

aiyamum piccaiyum aandhanaiyum kai kaatti *

uyyumaaReNNi ugandhElOr empAvAy

In the second pasuram, AndAL glorifies only one nAmA : 7. "pARkadluL paiya 
thuyinRa paraman" to praise his "Bhogyatvam".

AndAl after having sung the para vasudevan residing in Vaikuntam, praises the 
second form "vyUham - ksheerabthi nAthan", who is reclining in the milky ocean. 
AndAl says praising the nAmA "pARkadluL paiya thuyinRa paraman adi pAdi 
neyyuNOm, pAluuNOm" confers all bhogyams on us, if we sing this nAmA. Hence, we 
don't need to consume consume ghee, milk etc. This nAmA confers all bhogyams.

Swami Nammazhwar confers "unnum sorum, parugum neerum, thinnum vettilayum, 
ellam Kannan". For azhwar, praising the gunam, leelas and nAmA itself is 
bhogyam. 

Lord Krishna laments in Bhagavad Gita "vasudEva sarvam iti, sa mahAtma 
durlabaha" - Arjuna, today I cannot find a great soul, who considers vAsudEva 
as everything. Nammazhwar was born a few days after Lord Krishna left to his 
eternal abode. Our poorvAchAryas used to mention this as "paviyEn pallilE pattu 
teripadEn". If Lord Krishna would have waited for some more time, he would have 
found that soul swamy nammazhwAr.

Swami Periazhwar sings in his tirumozhi - "unnA nAL pasiyAvathu onRillai, 
OvAthE namO nArAyanA enRu nanna nAL, anRu enakku pattini nALE". If I don't take 
food for a day, I am not hungry. If I don't utter a day, the nAmA of nArAyanA, 
that day only I am hungry.

The next nAmAs 8 & 9 in pasuram 3 - "Ongi ulagaLanthavan" and "uthaman" to be 
seen at same time to understand his "vAtsalyam".

namO nArAyaNA

G. Sundarrajan


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