Thiruppalliyezuchchi Vyakhyana Saram

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mEttiLa mEdhigaL thaLai vidum AyargaL
	vEyngkuzhal Osaiyum vidai maNik kuralum
Ittiya isai thisai parandhana vayaluL
	irindhana surumbinam ilangkaiyar kulaththai
vAttiya vari silai vAnavar ERE!
	mAmuni vELviyaik kAththu avapiradham
Attiya aduthiRal ayOdhdhi em arasE!
	arangkaththammA! paLLi ezhundharuLAyE

Meaning:

vEyngkuzhal Osaiyum 		- The sound from the flutes
AyargaL 			- of the yadavas 
thaLai vidum 			- who are releasing
mEdu iLa mEdhigaL 		- the tall young buffaloes 
Ittiya isai 			- along with
kuralum 			- the sound of
maNi 				- the bells (tied to the necks)
vidai 				- of young bulls,
thisai parandhana 		- have spread in all directions.
surumbu inam 			- The swarms of bees
valuL 				- in the fields
irindhana 			- make a loud noise as they fly.
vAnavar ERE 			- O! Lord of the devas,
vari silai 			- who has the beautiful bow (known as Sarngam)
vAttiya 			- that destroyed
ilangkaiyar kulaththai 		- the rakshasas of Lanka.
ayodhdhi em arasE 		- Our Lord who rules Ayodhya
adu thiRal 			- with the great strength
kAththu 			- that protected
avapiradham Attiya 		- and completed (with the avabhruta snAna)
vELviyai 			- the sacrificial ceremony
mAmuni 				- of the sage Vishvamitra.
arangkaththammA 		- O! Lord of Srirangam,
paLLi ezhundharuLAy 		- wake up and grace us.

Vyakhyana Saram:
Just as You were born as Sri Rama and protected Your devotees by destroying their enemies, so too should You wake up and destroy our enemies that prevent us from serving You, says Azhvar.

The cowherds, who are releasing the young calves for grazing not in the small grazing land ("erumai siRu vIdu") but in the large grazing lands, are playing their flutes. The bells in the necks of the bulls are making noise as they run behind the cows. The bees that were drinking the honey in the flowers are flying out with a big noise. These sounds are mixing together and are spreading everywhere. You, who were born as Sri Rama and destroyed all the enemies of Your devotees so that they could experience You, should wake up, remove the obstacles that prevent us from experiencing You and give us Your grace, says Azhvar.

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