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Pasuram:

thIyil polginRa senjchudar Azhi thigazh thiruchchakkaraththin
kOyil poRiyAlE oRRuNdu ninRu kudikudiyAt seyginROm
mAyap porupadai vANanai Ayiram thOLum pozhi kurudhi
pAya suzhaRRiya Azhi vallAnukkup pallANdu kURudhumE

Meaning:

oRRuNdu ninRu 			- Marked
poRiyAlE 			- by the spark
Azhi 				- of the round
thigazh 			- and shining
thiruchchakkaraththin kOyil 	- Sri Sudarshana Chakra's place,
polginRa sem sudar 		- which has the glowing red light
thIyil 				- that is greater than fire, the Sun, etc,
kudi kudi 			- for generations and generations
seyginRom 			- we came
AL 				- to perform service.
vallAnukku 			- To the One who can hold (in His divine hand)
Azhi 				- the Sudarshana Chakra
suzhaRRiya 			- that spun (and caused)
pozhi kurudhi pAya 		- the blood to pour out like a flood
Ayiram thOLum 			- from the thousand shoulders
vANanai 			- of Banasura,
mAyap poru padai 		- who has the armies that fight with trickery,
pallANdu kURudhum 		- we sing Thiruppallandu.

Vyakhyana Saram:
In pasuram four, Azhvar called those who seek kaivalya to come join him in performing mangalashasanam. In this pasuram, they speak of their (now changed) nature and come, and he joins with them.

When he called them, Azhvar told them to come after leaving their limitations (of experiencing their own soul) ("varambu ozhi vandhu ollai kUduminO"), to seek only Him ("namO nArAyaNAya") such that true devotees accept them and others disregard them. In that, (for those who sought kaivalya before) giving up the wrong goals and becoming those that seek only Him are their own acts. What do they need to do so that who are disposed to Him accept them and those who are adverse to Him abandon them? For that, they wear the Srivaishnava marks of Sudarshana Chakra (and Panchajanya) on their shoulders and speak of that as they come to join Azhvar.

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