Thiruppalliyezuchchi Vyakhyana Saram

Previous Pasuram 10

kadimalark kamalangkaL malarndhana ivaiyO?
	kadhiravan kanaikadal muLaiththanan ivanO?
thudi idaiyAr suri kuzhal pizhindhudhaRith
	thugil uduththERinar sUzh punal arangkA!
thodai oththa thuLavamum kUdaiyum polindhu
	thOnRiya thOL thoNdaradippodi ennum
adiyanai aLiyan enRaruLi un adiyArkku
	AtpaduththAy! paLLi ezhundharuLAyE!

Meaning:

arangkA 			- O! Lord who rests at Srirangam
punal sUzh 			- that is surrounded by the divine Kaveri water.
kadi 				- The fragrant
kamalam malargaL 		- lotus flowers
malarndhana 			- have blossomed.
kadhiravan 			- The Sun
muLaiththanan 			- has dawned
kanai kadal 			- in the noisy ocean.
thudi idaiyAr 			- The narrow waisted women have
pizhindhu udhaRi 		- twisted and shook (the water off)
suri kuzhal 			- their curly head hair,
thugil uduththu 		- worn their clothes
ERinar 				- and have climbed on to the shore.
adiyanai 			- Accept this servant
thodai oththa 			- with the properly made
thuLavamum 			- Thulasi garland and
kUdaiyum 			- flower basket
polindhu thOnRiya 		- present
thOL 				- on his shoulders,
thoNdaradippodi ennum 		- and the name "Thondaradippodi",
aLiyan enRu aruLi 		- (in Your divine heart) as an appropriate vessel for Your grace
AL paduththAy 			- and make (him) as belonging
un adiyArkku 			- to Your devotees.
paLLi ezhundharuLAy 		- (For that,) please wake up.

Vyakhyana Saram:
Throughout this prabandham, from the beginning, Azhvar spoke of devas and rishis. They approach Him for certain things and return after obtaining them. In this last pasuram, Azhvar says that, unlike them, his only goal is the blossoming of His face as He wakes up. Therefore, he says that He should wake up for Azhvar's sake, and concludes the prabandham.

A good prabandham would show a connection from the beginning to the end. For example, Nammazhvar started Thiruviruththam with "adiyEn seyyum viNNappam" and concluded with "mARan viNNappam seydha"; Andal began Thiruppavai with "namakkE paRai tharuvAn" and finished with "angkap paRai koNdavARRai"; Alavandar started Stotra Ratnam with "nAthAya munayE" and finished with "pitAmaham nAthamunim vilokya". Similarly, Thondaradippodi Azhvar started this prabandham by talking about the Sun rising and lotus flowers blossoming and finishes with the same.

However, there is an additional greatness to this prabandham. Each pasuram of this prabandham says that the day has further dawned than in the previous pasuram. Matching to that, the first and last pasurams speak of the Sun dawning and the lotus flowers blooming - but, there is a difference between the two pasurams. In the first pasuram, Azhvar said that the Sun has approached the eastern mountain. Upon hearing the news that children who had gone out of the country are returning, the faces of those who are related to them would blossom. Similarly, seeing the Sun rise a little, the lotus which is related to the Sun began to blossom a little and the nectar began to flow through the gap. In the last pasuram, Azhvar says that the Sun has fully risen in the sky and the lotus flowers have also fully blossomed, showing that the day has now completely dawned.

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