ThoNDarAdippodi AzhwAr’s ThirupaLLiyezhuchchi

Annotated Commentary in English By: Oppiliappan Koil SrI VaradAchAri SaThakopan sadagopan. org hnyn2 14 11 Thaniyan 2 Thaniyan 1 Page asrm9 41 38 36 34 31 29 26 23 18 1 43 Nigamanam Paasuram 9 Paasuram 8 Paasuram 7 Paasuram 6 Paasuram 5 Paasuram 4 Paasuram 3 Paasuram 2 Paasuram 1 Introduction C ONTENTS

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the Lord of SriRangam, whom He considered as the whomHeconsideredasthe the LordofSriRangam, PraNavArTa PrakAsakan PraNavArTa 11 Sri Vaikuntam. The Ranga Mandhiram (Garbha RangaMandhiram The Sri Vaikuntam. river VirajA, which marks the boundary of Sri ofSri VirajA,whichmarkstheboundary river ppodi AzhwAr, who possesses the auspicious ppodi AzhwAr,whopossessestheauspicious ikuntam. In this dhivya Prabhandham, AzhwAr Prabhandham, dhivya In this ikuntam. TheLordofSrirangam(SrIRangasaayee) an as the king of the universe and offered his andoffered asthekingofuniverse an is oneandthesameasParaVaasudEvanof is the Parama Padham that can be seen with with canbeseen that Parama Padham is the Sri RanganAtha with the seven prAkArams. sevenprAkArams. withthe SriRanganAtha nam has a form similar to PraNavam and it nam hasaformsimilartoPraNavam ) is ParavAsudEvan Himself ) is ParavAsudEvanHimself ). TheriverCauvery at

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BY T HIRUVARANGA iruppaLLiyezucchi Paasurams: iruppaLLiyezucchi Paasurams: ja-mukulOdhbhAsamaanE vimAnE vimAnE ja-mukulOdhbhAsamaanE ha-charaNam RangarAjambhajEham ha-charaNam P ra: pArsva-vinyastha-hastham ra: pArsva-vinyastha-hastham 12 aalaa Kaimkaryam ofTh ERUM the sights and sounds in and around Srirangam inandaroundSrirangam the andsounds sights SveekAra Puthrar of Lord RanganAtha before before RanganAtha Lord of Puthrar SveekAra the fourth SuRRu known as the Thirumangai knownastheThirumangai the fourthSuRRu nd theflowergarlands andrecitehis A beautiful pose with His left hand on the left withHislefthandonthe beautiful pose rd RanganAtha from His Yoga Nidhrai. Yoga Nidhrai. rd RanganAthafromHis the sacred river, ThoNdardippodi Kaveri river, thesacred N A RAYAR

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14 ( 1 ) ( 2 which is the time prescribed for Your abhiga time prescribedfor Your which isthe beau Oh RanganAtha!Itis“kalaimpozhuthu”, onward journey. on his him to empower is and ofUdayagiri postontop to his hurried wake up Therefore,Please internal darkness. The Sun,Yourservant,canonlybanishexternal of thenight(“ thedarkness has chasedaway mountain's top(aNa (vanthu) andisembracingthat Su Giri. The is theUdhaya direction the Eastern Kathirs/ra of multitudes Kadiravan isonewith of theocean.Th waves ontheshores from alldirections.ThatkOlAhalamreminds mi thosesoundsget bleatingsand their through (Vaahanams), theassemblyofmaleandfe where Yourfirstglancesaregoingtofall. ot each with arejostling Kings bigflowerstoblosso timepropelsthe morning the of densedarkness direction. The the Eastern Soor Srirangam! at NidhrA Yoga in Swamy engaged and cite AzhwAr referstothesignsofdawn C up fromThinesleep. billows noiseofthe the resembling directions noises in all loud drums are making the and them, comewith thathave male andfemale, arestanding arrivedand have kings and them. gods flowers big unfolds, morning As thebeautiful mountain to come upontheEastern The Sunhas (M YezhantharuLAyE PaLLi ArangatthammA! adhirtalil alaikadalpOnRuLathengum murasum pidiyodu irumkaLiRRittamum puhuntha ivarodum yetir tisainiRainthanar Vaanavar arasarhaL vanthuvantheeNDi maamalar yellAm madhu virinthozhuhina pozhuthAi kalaim ahanrathu kanai iruL sikharam vanthaNainthAn Kadiravan GuNatisai OMMENTS EANING

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TO D R her and are standing in thick rows in the southern direction, southern direction, rows inthe thick in arestanding her and .K.C.V erefore, My Lord, You should awaken. erefore, MyLord,You Therefore, My Lord, You must awaken. must awaken. Therefore, MyLord,You ARAD 15 mana aarAdhanam.Therefore, You shouldawaken d the reasons for the Lord to awaken. Oh Sarva d thereasonsforLordtoawaken.OhSarva A Veyya KathiRon ViLakkAha”). Oh RanganAtha! ViLakkAha”).OhRanganAtha! KathiRon Veyya and bless the bhaddha chEtanams. Sooryan has has Sooryan chEtanams. the bhaddha bless and m and drip honey all around. The DevAs and the all around. TheDevAsandthe m anddriphoney halting there to catch Your Dayaa-laden glancesDayaa-laden Your halting theretocatch With the kings and the DevAs, their mounts andtheDevAs,theirmounts thekings With of the ocean. Therefore Oh RanganAthA! Wake Oh of theocean.Therefore one of the mighty ghOsham oftheunceasing one ofthemightyghOsham CH ys (Sahasra BhAnu/ one of thousand rays). In rays). one ofthousand ys (SahasraBhAnu/ tiful hour of the dawn (Brahma MuhUrtham), dawn(BrahmaMuhUrtham), tiful hourofthe darkness but You alone can banish forever the You alonecanbanishforever darknessbut have blossomed and honey is dripping from isdripping blossomedandhoney have n has travelled and arrived at the Udhaya Giri Giri Udhaya atthe and arrived n hastravelled p. The night's darkness has completely gone. completelygone. p. Thenight'sdarknesshas ngled with the sounds of BhEri Vaadhyams of BhEriVaadhyams the sounds ngled with amale elephants, noises aregeneratingloud A night is leaving. The onset of the beautiful beautiful onset ofthe isleaving.The night crowding on the opposite sides: elephants, elephants, ontheoppositesides: crowding yan has arrived at the top of Udhaya Giri in in Giri Udhaya atthetopof yan hasarrived RI inthAn). He is like the gigantic lamp that giganticlampthat the He islike inthAn). ):

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sadagopan. org sadagopan. org yezhuntharuLAyE PaLLi ArangatthammA! aanayinarumthyurkeduttha azhunguiya vidatthunukkanungi veLLeyiRuravadan pEzhvaay pilampurai mudalaiyin vizhungiya chiRahutari nanainthairum inpani annam malaraNaipaLLikoLL yezhunthana ithuvO maarutham guNadisai koorndhathu Mullayin kozhumalar-aNaivik- kozhungudi ளாேய ). அரங்கத்தம்மா பள்ளிெயந்த அங்கிய ஆைனயினந்யர்ெகத்த ெவள்ெளயி றவதன் விடத்தக் கங்கி, ேபழ்வாய் விங்கிய தைலயின்பிலம்ைர ஈன்பனி நைனந்ததமிஞ்சிறகுதறி, எந்தன மலரைணப்பள்ளிெகாள்ளன்னம் கூர்ந்த குணதிைசமாதமிேவா, ரணவிக் ெகாமல ல்ைலயின் ெகாங்ெகா T slOkams: in two thisscene captures SuprabhAtham RanganAtha Sri asKusumAnjali. garbha graham thatmostenjoyabl from theeasttransports delicate Its the windandsending waving with asSri Mullai pushpamisknown Maagadhee Kusm S us”. Please wakeupandbless caughtwithin of itsbeing because distress was in have wings. Oh,theLordofSrirangam,You wide their offthedewdropsfrom shaking flowers, oflotus from theirbed swans havegottenup of thefl fragrance the sweet it bringing with “Oh LordRanganAtha!(now)thegentlemorn T RI HE HE R S TRANSLATION ANGAN ECOND A P THA AASURAM S

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saapams. the Muni statesacquiredby fromtheir andreleasedbothofthem Chakram attheCrocodile directed the crocodile.OurLord Chakram todestroythe sent His and pond tothelotus Garudan of ontheback in abighurry and appeal,Herushed me andprotectme.Wh May thatappearbefore After allthese,whateveris left(aadhi mool beingis it awoman,manorneuter;ThisSupreme or asuran dEvan is neither That Parabrahmam (M jayathAdhasEsha: noshEdhasEshO karmanasannachAsan nAyam guNa najnathu: pumAn na sthreeShaNDo marthya-thiryank Sa vainadevAsura Tathtvam: enshrines Brahma Gajendhranbeganto Immediately, disappeared. when herealizedthatnooneexcepttheLord strength; physical his himself with defend that hecould stillfelt Gajendhran NaarAyaNan. Sriman for toperformaarAdhanam andbegan tookthelotusflowers Gajenndhran the mightyjawsandteethof leg offfrom his byshaking shore back tothe get andlattertryingto intothewater down of elephants king the intentonpulling Gajendhran. Therewasafightforthousandyearsbetweenthecrocodile cr birth as will bereleasedfromhis that he him Sagewhocursed Gandharvanwastoldbythe his family. where Gajendhrancametoplaywith acrocodile hadbecome Meanwhile, agandharvan Thrikoota Malai. will king withtheboonthatBhagavathSmaraNam Sage sathkAram. adhithi offering lapse ofnot was engagedinBhagav recognized thattheking go AgasthyA Sage A PandyAkingwhodisregarded itin Bhattadhiri covers NaarAyaNa Sri 8th skandham. inthe GajEndhran for Moksham the descibes Srimath BhAgavatham G pond. tothelotus to takeHim Garudan, jumped onHisVaahanam, aknot.Hejust ornindHisKeasaminto on HispaadhukAs thetimetoput not evenhave did and Heranhelter-skelter offwithChakrAyudham. cutitshead and jaws ofthecrocodile bhakt bond,whereHis ofthelotus scene to the AJ EANING E NDHRA ): M OKSHAM

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21 am orUcchishtaBrahmamintheVedicparlance), could save him, his ahankAram andMamakAram savehim,hisahankAram could the crocodile. With his poorva janma jn~Anam, crocodile. Withhispoorvajanmajn~Anam, the Agasthya controlled hisangerandblessedthe Agasthyacontrolled ocodile, when he grabbed the leg of the devotee, devotee, he grabbedthelegof when ocodile, placd His sacred hand on His Bhakthan and HisBhakthan handon Hissacred placd en Sri Vaikunta Naathan heard this sthOthram heard this Naathan Vaikunta Sri en ath smaraNam andthatwas thereasonforhis ath smaraNam eulogize the Lord eulogize as theaadhimoolam, which ha wassuffering from themighty poisonous neither guNam or karmaa orsatthasatth. orkarmaa neitherguNam human or animal or bird or insect; neither is neither or insect; orbird or animal human t cursed tobecomeanelephant.TheSage t cursed and stayed in the lotus pond of VaruNaa, VaruNaa, of pond thelotus stayed in and rescue himfromhislifeasanelephantat

sadagopan. org sadagopan. org “rasa varjam rasOpyasya Param dhrushtvA nivartathE” “rasa varjamrasOpyasyaParamdhrushtvA blessed withBhagavathdarsanam: oneis arise,when matters fromworldly detatchment that thetrue Gita in BhagavAn says BhandhanAm” vimukthOajn~Ana Bhagavath--sparsAth “GajEndhrO nescience: fromthesamsAric touchreleasedGajEndhran that theLord's It issaid form. crocodile lost his Gandharvan the and Saaroopyam of thebliss with shine made GajendhrA weapon (sankalpam) The Lord's chakrEna ThvamnakravaryamvyadhAree: dhruthvaa tammhastha-padhmEna HasthIndhram GajEndhran. suffering ofthe in front mighty forceofHisimmeasurablecompassion The keywordhereis“ purasthAth prEkshithOabhU: ThArkshyArooDa: vEgath Thvam bhUrikAruNya SarvAthmA T HE

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ARE : Sriranga Patthana PathE Tava SuprabhAtham gathOsthy malinam bhUpathyrasou Nakshathra nakshathra-dheepthaya imA malineebhavanthy kiraNAvibhAnthy taraNE: SarvAsu Dhikshu T a on Yourglorious (tikiri=chakrAyudham) discus-weapon andbright themighty holding RanganAtha fragrance. OhLord the gardensaftercleavingthroughbranches has gone off. here wasallaround darkness which nowbecomepale.Andthe has Moon andthebright diminished like lustreofthestarshas TheSun's lustrous rays “Oh ofSrirangam! Lord T yezhuntharuLAyE! PaLLi ArangatthammA! tadakkai tarutikiriyam adaloLi thihazh vaikaRai ithuvO koornthathu mArutham madalidik-keeRi va paayirul ahanRathupaimpozhirk-kamuhin ivanO padaroLi pasutthananpanimathi surungi minnoLi tArakai tunniya soozhdisaiyellAm SudaroLi paranthana ளாேய ). அரங்கத்தம்மா பள்ளிெயந்த தடக்ைக திகிாியந் திகழ்த அடெலாளி ைவகைற கூர்ந்தமாதமிேவா, மடைடக் கீறிவண்பாைளகள்நாற பாயி ளகன்றைபம்ெபாழில்ககின், படெராளி பசுத்தனன்பனிமதியிவேனா ன்னிய தாரைகமின்ெனாளிசுங்கி, ெயல்லாம் சுடெராளி பரந்தனசூழ்திைச T HE HE HE S T TRANSLATION ANSKRIT HIRD P AASURAM

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sadagopan. org sadagopan. org auspicious one for You! forYou! one auspicious Oh dimmed. the Moonhas of lustre. Thebrightness nowinalldirectio The raysofSunhavespread (M EANING ): “thikiriyam thadakkai” “thikiriyam 24 ns. The bright stars in the sky have lost their Thebrightstarsintheskyhavelosttheir ns. Lord of Srirangam! May this dawn bean May thisdawn Srirangam! of Lord MuRRam). the Lordtoawakenandbless all oftheassemble forthesa Chakramstands Chakram inHishand. isdesc morning atSrirangam morning ishi The advancementofthedawninto TavaSuprabhAtham VibhO Sekhara SeshAdhri anila:sahadhivyagandhai: aavAthy mandham paalikAnAm sumanOhara pookadhrumAdhi Ishath prapullasaraseeruhanaarikEla sheathswaftingthruSrirangam(7thSlOkam): blossoms fromtheir open ofslightly delightful, mixedfragrance third paasruampassageandhasdrawna word bythe inspired hasbeen ANNAn Bayankaram PrathivAdhi SuprabhAtham, VenkatEsa In Sri ribed by AzhwAr to awaken Sri RanganAthA with PrayOga ribed byAzhwArtoawakenSriRanganAthAwithPrayOga 25 ed lotus flowers, coconut and areca nut tree coconutandarecanuttree ed lotusflowers, portrait of the morningbreezeladen portrait ofthe with the d devoteesintheLord'scourtyard(Aranganin nted here. The sights and scents of that cool nted here.Thesightsandscentsofthatcool nkalpa sakthi of the Lord and AzhwAr begs andAzhwAr oftheLord nkalpa sakthi

sadagopan. org sadagopan. org yezuntharuLAye! PaLLi ArangatthammA! aattiya vadutiRalAyOddhi-yemmarasE! avabhiratham maamnuivELviyaik-kaatthu, vaatiya varisilaivanavarERE kulatthai ilankayar irinthanasurumbinam vayaluL paranthana disai yeettiyavisai vidai-maNik-kuralum vEynkuzhal-Osayaum AayarkaL taLaividum mEttiLamEthikaL ளாேய ). அரங்கத்தம்மா பள்ளிெயந்த மரேச. ஆட்ய அதிறல்அேயாத்திெயம் பிரதம் காத்,அவ மானி ேவள்விையக் வாட்ய வாிசிைலவானவேரேற. இந்தின சும்பினம்இலங்ைகயர்குலத்ைத, ஈட்ய இைசதிைசபரந்தனவயள் , குரம் விைடமணிக் ேலாைசம் ேவய்ங்குழ ேமட்ள ேமதிகள்தைளவிமாயர்கள் T grass, where as cows do not. Hence Buffaloes grass, whereascowsdo not.Hence from cowherds emanating fromtheirpensforearlygrazingby buffaloes the ThiruppAvaiscen Here oneisremindedof S spreadinalldirections.Theho have of sounds) of thebellsti noises them,thejingling had united who cowherds of those songs theflute moving, and tenderbuffaloes ofthehuge The sounds T truth! and oflight theenemies of destroying purpose forthe fromthere AyOdhyA andruled rulerof the crowned anointedas bow, whowas OhwielderoftheKodhaNDam RaakshasAhordes! anddestroyer oftheLankA's ViswAmithrA of of theYaagam Protector Oh oftheCelestials! Master SriranganAthA! hives. Oh IGN HE HE F

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P AASURAM 26 Please wake up from Thy sleep and bless us. and blessus. wake upfromThysleep Please the cowherds and the haunting flute music of the ofthe flutemusic thehaunting and the cowherds e, where ANDAL referred to the release of the e, whereANDALreferredtotherelease ofthe are let out twice, once in the earlymorning oncein letouttwice, are ney-imbibing bees have ed to the necks of those cattle, these (mixture those cattle,these(mixture of ed tothenecks ( (

BY 4 D R . K.C.V mEl pull (dew laden top blades of ladentop mEl pull(dew ARAD A all moved out of their all movedout CH A RI S WAMY : to asherushes AzhwAr ThoNDaradippodi pa Thisisalso cows totheirgrazingareas. the ofdirecting thecowherdsforpurpose from Flute originating of sound bulls andthe sou with the mingled gets Thissound ghOsham. avabrutha snAnam afterward tocelebrateth avabrutha snAnamafterward andperforming YaagaSamrakshaNam occasion ofViswAmithra the during boy Young and recalls Uthsavarfirst ofthe AzhwAr thinks up. tie Him used to madebytheropethatYasOdhA with threewelts (KaNNan) KrishNan DaamOdhara uthsavarisconsideredasLord At Srirangam, T fields. “ paddy therice andcross duties dailymorning their theygoabout as Naama Sankeerthanam search journeysin long on their and started of awakened swarms hearsthe Next, AzhwAr V parandhana kuralum ittiyavisai-thisai around theneckofbullsandspreadinalldirections( fiel grazing their towards them ( posts Earlier, the Aaya movement. track theirlocationand andgrow Cows justaboutsprouting, their horns herdedbythecowher ofcattle In thatassembly paranthana” ittiyavisai-thisai vEynkuzhal-OsayumvidaimaNik-kuralum thaL “mEttila-mEdhigaL T kaaNN” mEyvAn paranthana grounds(siRuveedu=gardens) their grazing These cowherds(havingBuffaloes,Cowsandsh isup. andagainlater,whentheSun (SiRithu viduthal) fully whitewithadvancedSun'srays. is redcolor.It itsspectacular happens with “Keezh Vaanam”:atthisearlymorninghours, AYALU RIBUTE HO ND ThaLai vidumAayargaL Surambinam L I ARADIPPODI

TO RINTHANA A Y O DDHIKKU ” means the horde of bees. “ means thehordeofbees. ” ' S S

ANUBHAVAM URUMBINAM ai vidum AayargaL, ai vidumAayargaL, A : 8th ThiruppAvai Paasuram 8th ThiruppAvai RASU ). After releasing them, the Aayars used thier flute to guide ). Afterreleasingthem,theAayarsusedthierflutetoguide ds and that sound of flute mingled with the sound ofbells the sound mingledwith offlute sound that ds and

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27 wards the innards of the Lord's temple. of theLord's wards theinnards CATTLE followed by the day break, when the sky becomes day break,whentheskybecomes bythe followed of honey for their community. They performHari community. of honeyfortheir Raamachandran and the Moolavar is saluted as Moolavar is andthe Raamachandran bees rushing by. Thebusybeeshaveawakened bees rushing (“KeezhvAnam veLLenRu YerumaisiRuveedu veLLenRu (“KeezhvAnam ds (AayarkaL), therewereyoungbuffaloeswith ds rt of the dawn scene at Srirangam seen by by Srirangam seen the dawnsceneat of rt the sky begins to whiten. Then AruNOdhyam the skybeginstowhiten. e successfulconclusion n up bulls with bells tied around their necksto n upbullswithbellstiedaroundtheir the heroic deeds of (uthsavar) Raama as a theheroicdeedsof(uthsavar) Raamaasa nd of the bells from the neck of the moving fromtheneckofmoving the bells nd of eep astheirwealth)guide thebuffaloesto

MOVEMENT rs had freed them all from their ties to the tothe ties rs hadfreedthemallfromtheir Irinthana ). vEnkuzhal-Osayum vidai maNik- vidai vEnkuzhal-Osayum ” means the making of a big abig of making ” meansthe

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sadagopan. org sadagopan. org SuprabhAdham SuprabhAdham Patthana pathETava Sriranga vENuravA: dhvananthi dhrutha gopAla hastha vrushabhAdhayOapi gaNDA ninAdha madhurA: nijakaNDa-bhAddha- thruNacharA: SrIdhEnava: Swamy thisway: IyengAr Govinda slOkam ofKidAmbi RanganAtha SuprabhAdha in the Samskrutha Sri maNikkuralum Oasaiyum vidai vEynkuzhl vidum aayarkaL “ Paasuram: fourth section ofthe and blessall.The to awaken AyOdhyA) andappealstoHim arasE deeds as“ ofvalorous of Srirangam Lord AzhwAr addresesdirectlythe DEvAs andIndhrA. of the Lord He scorchedtheKulamofRaavaNanwithpo as “ atLank thinksabouttheYuddham Next AzhwAr snAnam. avabrutha and thenperforming stage completion tothesuccessful Yaagam ViswAmithrA's aadu-tiral meansone the who bravery has SiddhAsramam ( an auspiciousdawntoYou! Lord ofRangam!Maythis be Oh being played. are GopAs in thehandsof The flute necksaregrazing. tied totheir bells by thesweetsoundof marked bulls The cowsandthe (M mEttiLa mEthikaL taLaimEttiLa mEthikaL EANING Ilangayar kulatthai vaattiya varisilaivAnavarErE Ilangayar kulatthaivaattiya “ (My Emperor of “ (MyEmperor ): AyOddhi yemm ” found itsecho ” found Maamuni vELviaik-kAtthu avapiratha Maamuni vELviaik-kAtthu 28 A by Lord Ramachandra and salutes the Lord A byLordRamachandraandsalutesthe and ParAkramam tobringtheMaamuni and wer ofHis bowandarrowsinHisroleasthe wer “thaLai viDum AyargaL” AyargaL” “thaLai viDum ”. m aadu-thiRalAyOdhdiyemmarasE ). ). (2) “

(1) T WakeupfromThysleepandblessus! worshipsThee! () Thy holyfeet.Therefore,myMaster,OhLo flow manifold made of garlands with beautiful waves oftheseaarecomi come. Thesoundsofthe has Themorning haspassedaway. Thenight woken up. have garden theflower in The birds T PaLLIyezhuntharuLAyE EmperumAn! IlankayarkkOn vazhipAduseykOil aathalilAmmA! amararkaL puhunthanar adiyiNaipaNivAn alankalanthodayal koNDu kalampakampunaintha mizhaRRiya vaNDu guNa disaik-kanaikadalaravam kalanthathu pulari puhunthathu pOyiRRUk-kangul vaay poompozhilkaLin putkkaLum Pulambina ளாேய ). பள்ளிெயந்த எம்ெபமான் இலங்ைகயர் ேகான்வழிபாெசய்ேகாயில் அமரர்கள் குந்தனராதலம்மா டயிைணபணிவான் அலங்கலந் ெதாைடயல்ெகாண் களிவண் மிழற்றியகலம்பகம்ைனந்த, கலந்த குணதிைசகைனகடலரவம் ேபாயிற்க் கங்குல்குந்தலாி, லம்பின ட்கம்ம்ெபாழில்களின்வாய் T HIS HE HE announces thedaybreak). announces Paasuram7 ThiruppAvai day. OhLord!Pleasewakeup). dawn ofanew areannouncingthe and generatingnoises.They and theyhavewokenup PuLLum silambina kaaNN PuLLum silambina F Keesu keesuyenRuyengum aanaicchAtth P TRANSLATION IFTH AASURAM P AASURAM

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PASSAGES ers humming with honey bees, to offer themat offer bees, to with honey ers humming rd ofthetemple,where rulerofLankA (Birds areable todiscern theonsetofday

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sadagopan. org sadagopan. org (A) ThoNDaradippodi says:“ C (C) “ (B) “ (D) “ (F) (F) of the links AzhwAr reminds (E) the ThoNDardippodi citesall OMMENTS and the dawn has arrived with its bright offering. offering. withitsbright and thedawnhasarrived MuhU isextendedBrahma time ofMOksham thetimebetweenti AchArya Sambhandham, Jn~Anam thru new dayhasdawned.Foraprapannan,whoacquiredthedawnof the Lord). anuk SamAsrayaNa of theBhagavath indication commentselsewherethat PiLLLai PiLLaiAzhwAn were sleepingintheirnestsattheflower Lord HayagrIvan (“ Moorthy AadhAra VidhyA oneofSarva sound reminds neighing allaround.The spreading SthOthram compares the Lord being theeaster Lord being the SthOthram compares and bless us. and blessus. dawn is wake upnowthatit Please LankA, VibhishaNan! of by theLord worshipped of theTemple Oh Lord PaLLiyezhuntharuLAyE EmperumAnE! koilvazhipAdu sey paasage: “ Paasuram withthethis in toVibhIshaNan Srirangam up. therefore, You should wake have seenalltheseevidences, Now thatyou AzhwAr says: PaLLi YezhauntharuLAyE “ to theLord: says breakand of day signs feet. havea dEvAs garland. Thegarland-bearing garlands, wherethehoneybeesar constructed amararhaLpuhunthanar paNivAn guNa disai Kanaikadal aravamkalanthathu guNa disai pulari pOyiRRu kangulpuhunthathu KaLi vaNDu mizhaRRiya kalambakampunai KaLi vaNDumizhaRRiya

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THIS IlangayarkOn aathalil AmmA P Praachi sandhya kaachithantharnisAyaa sandhya Praachi AASURAM Pulambina PuttkaLum poompozhilhaLin vaay poompozhilhaLin PuttkaLum Pulambina ”. ”. P ASSAGES ”: Thecelestialshavearrivedcarryingthefreshly ”- - - The darkness of the night has gone and a bright gone andabright has night of the ”- -Thedarkness 30 gardens have woken up andarechatteringaway. have woken gardens

”: the neighing sounds of the eastern ocean is ocean sounds oftheeastern neighing ”: the ssembled to worship Your matchless sacred matchlesssacred Your toworship ssembled “Vibheeshana worships Thee” Thee” worships “Vibheeshana n dawn for the dark night of ajn~Anam). ajn~Anam). n dawnforthedarknightof rtham. Now darkness (ajn~Anam) is gone is gone (ajn~Anam) rtham. Nowdarkness oola kaalam (Time favorable for being with kaalam(Timefavorablefor oola me ofperformanceSaraNAgathytothe e still hovering over the flowers of the flowersofthe e stillhoveringoverthe ntha, alangalam thodayal koNDadiNai ntha, alangalamthodayalkoNDadiNai the cacophony of the birds at dawn are thecacophonyofbirdsatdawnare ” referenceinSriHayagriva ” Thebirdsthat Sri Ranga Pattana PathE! Tava SuprabhAtham Tava SuprabhAtham Pattana PathE! Sri Ranga TavadarsanArTam vibhudhA: vyApthAs-samastha bhuvidEvamArgE munigaNA: VidhyAdharA MaruthascchasarvE IndhrAdhayas-suragaNA: S blessallofus. slumberand up fromYour ha andchariotsalso theirhorses and dancing; theyha MaruthsandtheeightVasus; peacock; the whoruleover the theirbulls, riding AdhithyAswiththeir glances; herearethetwelve togetth agreatmountain, shrine resembling godshaveassembledtowardsthegatesofYourholy thefollowing Srirangam! Oh Lordof T paLLiyezhantharuLAyE ArangatthammA! munnivarO? kOil aruvaraiyanaiya ninn veLLam puhuntheeNDiya kumaradhaNdam paadalumtERum puraviyODaadalum marutharumvasukkaLumvanthuvantheeNDi maruviya mayilana arumuhanivanO? iRayavarpathinoruvidayarumivarO? ivarO? tErOdum nedum Iraviyar maNi ). ெயந்தளாேய பள்ளி அரங்கத்தம்மா நின் ேகாயில்ன்னிவேரா? அவைரயைனய குமரதண் டம்குந்தீண்யெவள்ளம், ேதம் டாடம் பாடம் ரவிேயா மதம் வசுக்கம்வந்வந்தீண், னிவேனா? னக மயின மவிய இைறயவர் பதிெனாவிைடயமிவேரா? மணிெநந் ேதெராமிவேரா? இரவியர் T RI HE HE R S TRANSLATION ANGAN IXTH P A AASURAM THA S

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