Thiruppavai Jeeyer in Thiruppavai

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Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanamPictures courtesy: www.pbase.com/svami

PB Annangarachariar swamys anubhavams on

Thiruppavai(Thiruppavai Jeeyer in Thiruppavai)Translated in English by Smt. Sumithra Varadarajan


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Our srivaishnava sampradayam is called as EmperumAnAr darshanam not becauseEmperumAnAr invented this sampradayam but our vaishnava matham is a paramavaidhika matham that was brought to light by EmperumAnAr. Andals vAzhithirunAmam says, perumbhoodur mAmunikku pinnAnAl vAzhiyE. How did andalbeing an azhvar become the younger sister of EmperumAnAr who took birth so manyyears later? Our acharyas immediately reply that since swamy udaiyavar madeandals words come true by submitting 100 vessels of butter and akaravadisal asper andals paasuram maliruncholai nambikku nAn noor thadA niraintha vennaivAi nErdhu parAvi vaiththEn nooru thadA niraintha akkAravadisal sonnEn andalherself accepted him to be her brother and called swamy with pleasure as namkOil annano! So even more than the other Azhvars, EmperumAnAr had a special

attraction towards andal and her prabhandams.

When we start reciting the thaniyan for Periya thirumozhi we say, engal gadhiyErAmAnusa muniyE sangai keduththu Anda thava rAsa pongu pugazh mangaiyar kOnEndra marai Ayiram anaiththum thangu manam nee enakku thA and while recitingthaniyans for thiruvAimozhi we say, A-indha perunkeerthi rAmanusamunithanvAintha malarpAdham vanangugindren AindhaperunseerAr sadagopan senthamizhvEdham tharikkum pErAdha ullam pera. This shows the involvement and deepknowledge of emperumAnar in the above two prabhandhams. But we dont findanything about emperumAnar in the thaniyan for thiruppavai. Even while writingsribhasyam emperumAnar is supposed to have taken guidance from azhvarserachchorkal (nectarine words). Here we have to know the difference betweenlearning and anubhavam.

ThiruvAimozhi is the essence of sAma vedam and Periya thirumozhi is a vedaangam. No doubt that EmperumAnAr was well versed in all the vedas and vedaangas but is just learning enough? What about putting it into practice? Andthat anubhavam swamy got only from thiruppAvai and hence swamy is praised byour acharyas as THIRUPPAVAI JEEYER. Among the many thirunamams of swamythis is one of the special thirunamams.

Each day when swamy started to unja vruththi, it was his practice to recite thethiruppavai and go from one door to the other. Once he stood in front of Periya

nambigal thirumAligai (some say it as thirukkoshtiyur nambi thirumaligai) andnambis daughter andal (or devaki piratti) opened the door with akshadhai and atthat very instant udaiyavar fell to the feet of andal. Perplexed by swamys


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sudden action andal ran inside and told nambi about swamys action. Nambigalimmediately came outside and asked udaiyavar, vundu madhagalitrananubhavamO? (Where you enjoying andals vundu madhagalitran paasuram?). Inthis paasuram andal says, seerAr valaiolippa vandhu thiravAi Andal begs nappinaipiratti to come and open the door amidst the sound of the divine bangles in herhands.

Thanugandha thirumeni-Sriperumbudur


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While swamy was reciting this line, andal opened the door and hence swamyconsidered nambis daughter to be nappinai piratti and hence prostrated her.What a deep anubhavam? And that is why swamy is praised as thiruppAvai Jeeyer.

For further anubhavam, our acharyas show places in thiruppavai which points toEmperumAnAr.

In the very first paasuram in thiruppAvai mArgazhi thingal soodikkoduththanAchiyar sri andal praises emperumAnar as, kadir madhiyam pOl mugaththAn.Swamys face glowed like the sun when he did sribhasya kalashepam andestablished the significance of our srivaishnava sampradhayam whereas while

swamy did bhagavat vishaya kalashepam on thiruvAimozhi swamys thirumugamwas like a cool full moon.

In the second paasuram kOdhai nAchaiyar shows how perumbhoodhur mAmuni isnone other than the divine serpent, adishesha on which the lord reclines. The lordSriman nArayanan lays as an impeccable divinity, as the start and end foreverthing, the Adimoolam on top of ananthan, the divine serpent. Ananthan who isthe divine bed to emperuman, is blessed with a rekha called svasthikam andhas 12000 heads, in this kaliyuga has taken birth as Sri rAmAnuja insriperumbhoodhur on chittrai thiruvAdhirai. Swamy went all over the place andspread the fame of emperuman and paved way for bhakthas to reach the holy feetof emperuman. So nAchiyar says, pArkadalul payyath thuyindra paraman adi pAdihaving EmperumAnAr in her minds.

In the third paasuram, Ongi vulagalandha Sri andal talks about the charitablenature of EmperumAnAr. She regards swamy rAmAnujar as a cow full of charitablelove, which sheds the milk without anyone milking it. Swamy doesnt allow hisshisyas to just glance through any divine meanings instead he fills their mindwith deep knowledge and makes them great jnanis. That is what anju kudi korusandhadhi Andal says, kudam niraikkum vallal perum pasu. The big cowEmperumAnAr fills the minds and hearts of his disciples with deep knowledge andanubhavams.


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Thamarvugandha thirumEni-Melkote

In the fourth paasuram, Azhi mazhai kanna! andal refers to swamy as her elderbrother. In tretha yugam adisesha became the younger brother of Sri rama,as lakshmana. In the dvapara yugam he became the elder brother of Sri Krishna,balarama. The same adisesha in kaliyugam is going to become the elder brotherof nAchiyar, Sri Andal in order to establish the srivaishnava sampradayam andgive the great Sribhashyam. So Andal proudly calls her brother as Azhimazhaikku annA!

In the fifth paasuram, mAyanai mannu vadamadurai maiyindhanai Andal proudlydeclares the efficiency of swamy ethirajar to win over the mayAvAdhis. LikeKrishna who won over all his enemies through his mayai, emperumAnar won over all

the mayAvAdhis and established our sampradayam. So andal refers to swamy asmAyanai. In yethiraja vimsathi, mAmunikal praises EmperumAnAr asmAyavAdhi bhujanga bhanga garuda: trividhya choodAmani:


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Vellai sAttupadi-Thiruvallikeni

In the sixth paasuram, pullum silambhinakAn Pullaraiyan koil refers tosrirangam in bharatha kandam where the biggest garudan gives darshan. The great

acharya who is going to adorn the acharya peedam in srirangam, Sri rAmAnujar whohas a beautiful neck similar to the beauty of the white conch (vellai vilisanghu) and a striking voice is going to spread the srivaishnava matham all over


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the world. This is what andal means while she says, pullaraiyan kOil vellaivilisanghin pEraravam (The sound of the white calling conch belonging tosrirangam).

tAnAna thirumEni-Srirangam

In the seventh paasuram, keesu keesendru Andal says kalandhu pEsinapEcharavam referring to the debating talent of EmperumAnAr both in Sanskrit andtamil. EmperumAnAr showed his vedantic knowledge to all the kudarka vAdhis and


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astonished them and more over explained to them how all these meanings wereflooded inside the Azhvars arulicheyalgal. This is what andal says as kalandhupEsina pEchu. This shows emperumAnArs ubhaya vedantha knowledge. Eventoday that is why srivaishnavas well versed in Sanskrit and tamil vedas are called asubhaya vedanthins.

In the eighth paasuram, keezhvAnam vellendru Sri kOdhai nAchiyar refers to thesaddest incident in the history of kanchi devAdhirajan. Some araiyar fromsrirangam will go in front of devadhirAjan and will sing and enact beautifullysome azhvar paasurams. Deva perumal who has a craze for azhvar paasuram willget immersed in the divine anubhavam and will accept to give anything other thanhim and his consorts. Immediately the araiyar will ask for EmperumAnAr and the

big tragedy will occur in the history of devaperumal. That is what andal says,devAdhidevanai sendru nAm sEviththAl AvAendru Araindhu aruluvAn.

In the nineth paasuram, thoomani mAdaththu Andal calls EmperumAnAr to comeand save all the baddha jeevatmas from this samsAric world by bringing to light thedivine arthas which has been passed on from one acharya to other in a very safemanner and not being allowed for everyone. EmperumAnAr will learn the same fromthirukkoshtiyur nambi after many hardships and make it known to all so thateveryone can reach the divine abode of emperuman, though he will be punished fordisobeying the orders of his acharya. That is what andal says, manikkadhavamthAl thiravAi (open the doors to the divine abode).


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Udaiyavar-Thiruvallikeni

In the tenth paasuram, nOttru cuvargam Sri andal adorns the divine qualitiesof EmperumAnAr. EmperumanAr will spread to the world the great divine qualitiesof sriman narayanan and establish the vishistAdvaita philosophy through hissribhashyam and win over all other philosophies and show the right path to the

world. So andal praises Sri ethirajar to be arunkalamE (a vessel of grace).


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KoorathAzhvan-EmperumAnAr-MudaliyAndan

In the eleventh paasuram, kattru karavai Sri andal talks about the mastergenius who is going to spread bhakthi in the hearts of the people. ElaiyAzhvarwill be regarded as panchAcharya padhAsritha. He will learn the vedas,vedantha, ethihasa, puranas, divya prabhandam and other strotra padams from 5

great acharyas and will spread bhakthi throughout the world. In the meantime,ethirAjar will win over anyone who comes in his way and make them loose theircharm and fame (chettrAr thiralazhiya). Sri kOdhai nAchiyar praises that


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elaiyAzhvar as kattru karavai kanagal pala karandhu chettrAr thiralazhiyasendru seruch cheiyum kuttramondrillAdha kOvalar.

In the twelfth paasuram, kanaiththilam kattrerumai nAchiyar talks aboutethirajar the narchelvan (good fortune) to his disciples. There never existsany idol worship for any religious heads in any other religion. But in all ourtemples we have the idol of Sri rAmAnuja. Sri rAmAnuja is seen in the archaroopam as thamarugandha thirumeni (thirunArAyana puram), thAnugandhathirumEni (sriperumbudoor), thAnAna thirumEni (Srirangam). Even after thecompletion of the vibhava avatharam, swamy still remains in his archa roopam toshower his grace on one and all. Predicting the kind nature of swamy andal praiseshim as narchelvan.

In the thirteenth paasuram, pullinvAi keendAnai Andal talks proudly about thegenius who is going to pick pearls from deep inside the ocean. Ethirajar willimmerse himself in the deep ocean of vedantha, ithihasa puranas and divyaprabhandam and bring to light all the indepth rahasya arthas and give to theworld the essence of the same. Predicting the same, pattarbiran kOdhai in greatecstasy says, kulla kulira kudaindhu neerAdi

In the fourteenth paasuram, vungal puzhakkadai Andal talks about what sort ofan acharya ethirajar is going to be. As the days pass, due to the effect ofkali people will start going towards materialistic pleasures and live anunworthy life. At that time the birth of sri rAmAnujar will bring a dramaticchange in the world. The nastika vAdhis will loose their charm, the petals ofthe flower which flourished under the name of nAstikam will wither (AmbalkoobinakAn). Like making Azhvars words kaliyum kedum kandu konmin truethe faces of the Asthika vAdhis will enlighten (senkazhuneer vAi negizhindhu)due to the avatharam of ethirajar.


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Sribhasyakarar-Thiruvallikeni

In the fifteenth paasuram, ellE elankiliyE Andal calls EmperumAnAr as elankili(young parrot) as he repeats the words of his poorvAcharyas and follows theirdivine path. EmperumAnArs way of sticking to poorvAcharya vyakhyanams and at

the same time giving detailed and easy interpretations of the same isextraordinary. That is why andal admires and says ellE (what a wonder!)


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In the sixteenth paasuram, nAyaganAi nindra Sri kOdhai nAchiyar regardsEmperumAnAr as the king of leaders. Sri rAmAnujar will show the path to mokshaand he himself will act as the guide for the route. About 12,000 Srivaishnavas,thousands of ammaiyars (female disciples), 700 jeeyers will follow EmperumAnArand will always remain in his shadow and hence Andal clearly says, nAyaganAinindra He is going to be the head of all acharyas.

Sri Ramanujar-Sriperumbudur

In the seventeenth paasuram, ambaramE thanneerE andal shows howEmperumAnAr is going to be everything for his disciples. Swamy will be like food


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and life for all his disciples. Andal calls EmperumAnAr as ambaramE! thanneerE!Sore! indicating that he is going to be all three purusharthas for adiyars (dharma,artha, kama) since Srivaishnavas never worry about their food, water or shelterswamy will be thirumanthram, dvayam and charama slokam for Srivaishnavas.Further indicating that adisesha who took avatharam as balarama is again goingto take another avatharam as ramanuja andal does mangalAsAsanam assemporkazhaladi selvA baladEvA!.

In the eighteenth paasuram, vundhu madhakalittran andal talks about thestrength of EmperumAnAr. Sri rAmAnuja will gain all his strength from theknowledge attained from his panchAcharya and will win over all the pAshandhisand mAyAvadhis and remain with fame. That is why andal praises as vundhu

madhakalittran OdAdha thOlvaliyan

In the nineteenth paasuram, kuththu vilakkeriya andal tells about the brightlamp of knowledge and bhakthi that is going to glow to enlighten the lives ofall the disciples. EmperumAnAr will have the four vedas as his cots 4 legs andthe vedantha will be his cozy bed. In the room the light which will glow willbe his works namely, vedantha saram, vedantha deepam, Sribhashyam, geethabhashyam, gadhyatrayam. That is what andal says, kuththu vilakkeriya kOttukAlkattil mEl meththendra panja sayanaththil lies Sri ramanuja.

In the twentieth paasuram, muppaththu moovar Sri andal praises how SrirAmAnujar will remain like a fire to all his enemies. EmperumAnAr will appearlike a fire of knowledge in front of all those who have come to argue with himand will burn all their ignorance and will make them realize the heat of fear.Those who come opposing ramanuja will be burnt in the fire of defeat. That iswhat Sri andal says, settrArkku veppam kodukkum vimalA!


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Ethirajar-Thiruvallikeni

In the twenty-first paasuram, Ettra kalangal Sri Andal, talks about thegreatness of the acharya who is going to be a refuge to all jeevatmas.Ethirajar will even change the wrong attitude of his acharya, yadhava prakasawho wrongly misinterpreted the verses in vedas. Yadhava will later become theshisya of ethirajar. Yagna moorthi, who once opposed rAmAnuja will latersurrender to his divine feet and will be named as arulAlapperumAl emperumAnAr.In this way, rAmAnujar will win over all those who opposed him and later they

will surrender to his divine feet and become his sath sishyas. This Sri andalcelebrates as, mAttrAr vunakku vali tholaindhun vAsarkan AttrAdhu vunadipaniyumApOlE.


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In the twenty-second paasuram, angan mA nyAlaththu Sri kOdha piratti enjoysthe calm nature of ethirajar. Ethirajar will be a master in both Sribhashyatattvams and in bhagavat vishaya kalashepams. But while teaching the same tohis disciples he will not just show off his talents but with great mercy on theignorant disciples, the acharya will make the meanings clear and make it stay inthe minds of the disciple for ever. After explaining the points in a slow paceswamy will glance at the disciples inorder to make sure that the point is clearin the minds of the disciple which Sri andal celebrates as senkan chiruchirithEenmEl vizhiyAvO!

Maranadi panindha deva!-Thiruvallikeni


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In the twenty-third paasuram, mAri malai muzhanjil Andal regards emperumANAras the great lion ruling over the crown of Srivaishnavism. Ramanujar willremain as the sleeping lion when he stayed in thirunArayanapuram, regarded asthe jnana mandapam by srivaishnavas. He will remain as the awakened energeticlion when he stayed in bhoga (Srirangam) and pushpa (thiruppathi) mandapams andthen he will remain with great charm along with the 74 simhAsanAdhipathis whichandal praises as seeriya singam.

In the twenty-fourth paasuram, andru evvulagallanthAn Sri andal talks aboutthe bhashyakArar who is going to measure whole of India with his foot. Inspiteof no means of transport and lot of hindrances on the way ethirajar will go to

all the divya desams from Kashmir to kanyakumari (including vadari, salagramametc.,) on his foot and spread the great philosophy of vishistAdvaitam to one andall. Andal does mangalasasanam to those divine feet well in advance asvulagamalthAi adi pOttri

In the twenty-fifth paasuram, oruththi maganAi pirandhu andal tells about theethirajar who is going to get lost for a night and will be saved by the divinecouples, like attaining a new janma. Yadhava getting angry towards rAmAnujar,talking against his interpretations will try to kill him during the gangayathra. Coming to know about the plan from his cousin, govindan ethirajar willescape through the forest where he will loose his way. A hunter and his wife(devaperumal and perundEvi thAyar in disguise) will show him the way. WhilerAmAnujar goes to fetch water for the couple who are in thirst the couple willdisappear. Coming to senses, ethirajar will realize that the place where he wasstanding, was kanchi and also that the couples where none other than the divinecouples and from that day will start to do theertha kainkaryam to devAdhirAjanand perundevi thayar. Andal predicts this incident and says, Oriravil ..oliththu valara

In the twenty-sixth paasuram, mAlE! ManivannA! puduvaiyarkOn kOdhai talksabout the great muni who holds the tridandam in his hand. Andal praises thebright face of the great teacher, Sri rAmAnuja filled with knowledge as thekOla vilakku. She calls the tridandam as the winning torch (jaya kodi).

Thereby andal does mangalasasanam to ethirajar as, kOla vilakkE! KodiyE


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Thiruppavai Jeeyer-Thiruvallikeni

In the twenty-seventh paasuram, koodArai vellum seer andal predicts thegreatness of EmperumAnAr who will win over all those who were on the other sideopposing him. Not only will the lord Krishna win over anyone who opposed himand make them his bhakthas, his greatest devotee rAmAnujar will also have thesame capacity to make everyone his adiyars.

In the twenty-eighth paasuram, karavaigal pin sendru andal admires therelationship, which is going to be built between emperuman and EmperumAnAr.

Periazhvar her father, thiruvaragan, her manavalan (husband), and all the divyadesa emperumans who dissolved her in love mesmerizing her with their beauty(thirumAliruncholai azhagar, thiruvenkatamudayAn) are going to consider udayavar


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as their close relative and she herself is going to enjoy calling udayavar asher brother. This thoughts in andals mind is reflected behind her words,vunthannOdu vuravEl namakku engu vozhikka vozhiyAdhu

Vishnuloka mani mantapa mArga dhAyee-Thiruvallikeni

In the twenty-nineth paasuram, chittranchiru kale andal shows the desire ofempermAnAr (adisesha avatara) in doing divine service to the lord. InrAmAvatharam adisesha did service to ramapiran as lakshmana. In the Krishna

avathara, adisesha became the elder brother balarama and now in this kali yugahe will take avathara as rAmAnuja to serve all the archa emperumans and henceandal says, vunakkE nAmAt seivOn reflecting the mind of adisesha.


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Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanamPi t t b / i

In the thirtieth paasuram, vanga kadal kadaindha andal says, engum thiruvarulpetru enburuvar. This thiruvarul is going to be granted by EmperumAnAr as hewill be the Vishnu lOka mani mandapa mArgadhAyee (the one who will show theroute to srivaikundam). People who are interested in attaining paramapadam asper azhvars words vaikundam puguvadu mannavar vidhiyE may ask, Who is theemperuman who will grant moksha emperuman+yAr? The answer is simple,EmperumAnAr. Thereby sri andal all through her 30 paasurams in thiruppavai haskept in mind the future avatharam of EmperumAnAr and reflects the prediction inher words.

EmperumAn-Ar?

Andal thiruvadigalE sharanamEmperumAnAr thiruvadigalE sharanam

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