(1)
pallaaNdupallaaNdu pallaayiraththaaNdu
palakOdinooRaayiram
mallaaNdathiN thOLmaNivaNNaa!
un sEvadi sevvi thirukkaappu.
Purport
In this pAsuram, periAzhwAr seeks protection forthe Lord Sri Krishna, who has conquered
many asuras and evil people in His avatars and
who Himself is the protector of the Universe.
AzhwAr has a great deal of fear, that the Lord,
who is like a blue colored pearl, should not
in any way be harmed whenever He chooses sojourn
on earth for whatever reasons. Although, AzhwAr
knows very well that He who is mighty shouldered
and unconquerable, needs absolutely no protection,
yet he prefers to wish the Lord and His red colored
lotus like feet 'well' for thousands of years to come.
What else could be the reason for this apparently
illogical reasoning by the AzhwAr except his
intense love and bakthi for Him.
(2)
adiyOmOdumninnOdum pirivinRi aayirampallaaNdu
vadivaayninvalamaarbinil vaazhkinRamangaiyumpallaaNdu
vadivaarsOthivalaththuRaiyum sudaraazhiyumpallaaNdu
padaipOr pukkumuzhangum appaanchasanniyamumpallaaNdE
Purport
In this pAsuram, AzhwAr cites the irrevocable bondbetween him and the Lord. Fearing that no hindrance
should come in the way of such a bonding, he invokes
protection for the sacred bond itself. It is AzhwAr's
way of telling us that we should also maintain a close
relationship with the Lord and not consider Him to be
a distant ruler. O Lord, seated beautifully on the
right side of your majestic chest, Mahalakshmi is
ever keen on blessing her devotees and taking them
near to the Lord. Without first taking refuge in her,
how can we imagine approaching the supreme Lord.
The benevolent lady should live for thousands of years.
Positioned eternally on the right hand of the Lord
as a chakrAyudA (a highly potent wheel shaped weapon)
who is protecting the devotees at all times, let that
Sudarsana AzhwAr live thousands of years. BaghavAn has
the great conch in His left hand. He, as Krishna, blew
this at the start of the Kurukshetra war. The
pAnchajanyA not only sounded the death-knell for
the opponents but assured victory for the pAndavAs.
Let that pAnchajanyA live for thousands of years.
(3)
vaazhaatpattuninReeruLLeerEl vandhumaNNummaNamumkoNmin
koozhaatpattuninReer kaLai engaLkuzhuvinilpukuthalottOm
EzhaatkaalumpazhippilOmnaangaL iraakkatharvaazh ilangai
paazhaaLaakappadaiporuthaanukkup pallaaNdukooRuthamE.
Purport
Very concerned about the ultimate welfare of the people,AzhwAr invites everyone to worship Sriman nArAyaNA, who
is the source of all and who only can grant the final
liberation to every soul. AzhwAr eliminates from his
group all those who goes after other devatas asking
for insignificant and small things such as food, material
benefits etc. He prefers to entertain those who seeks
knowledge of the highest. To make sure what he is talking
about, AzhwAr categorically says that for years his lineage
has been doing devotional service only to Lord rAmA who
destroyed lankA, which was once infested with demons.
Thus AzhwAr sings pallAndu, obviously, to Sri rAmA
in this pAsuram while at the same time
showing us the path to salvation.
(4)
yEdunilaththil iduvathanmunnamvandhu engaLkuzhaampukundhu
koodumanamudaiyeer kaL varampozhivandhu ollaikkooduminO
naadumnakaramumnan kaRiya namOnaaraayaNaayavenRu
paadumanamudaippaththaruLLeer! vandhupallaaNdukooRuminE.
Purport
This pAsuram is very important in that it gives us theoption to choose between small spiritual gains or the
greatest experience of Moksha through direct service
to Sriman nArAyaNA in His divine presence. AzhwAr is
so compassionate to humanity that he wants the best for
all of us. He says in this pAsuram, in no uncertain terms,
that those desirous of experience of AtmA will surely get
it by landing in Kailvalyam. But such souls will be immersed
only in experiencing the AtmA and cannot get out of it.
This experience is not a complete one since each soul
belongs to BaghavAn and we cannot claim a right over it.
The important point to note here is that AzhwAr emphasizes
the need to denounce the desire for kaivalyam and surrender
only to the feet of nArAyaNa for attaining the highest good.
He also impels us to spread the great words 'namO nArAyaNAya'
in all nooks and corners of the Earth for
the benefit of entire humanity.
(5)
aNdakkulaththukkathipathiyaaki asurariraakkatharai
iNdaikkulaththai eduththukkaLaindha irudeekEsan_thanakku
thoNdakkulaththiluLLeer! vandhadithozhuthu aayiranaamamsolli
paNdaikkulaththaiththavirndhu pallaaNdupallaayiraththaaNdenminE.
Purport
In this pAsuram, AzhwAr categorically states thatthe Supreme Lord "HrushIkEsan" is administering the
entire Universe. The Lord takes avatArs to eliminate
the asurAs and rAkshasAs and brings about peace
in the worlds. The vedas and Upanishads proclaim
Him to be the greatest and He alone can grant the
highest salvation called Moksham. This being the case,
AzhwAr wonders why people are habitually seeking only
material wealth from Him, when He can grant us the
highest good. He further says that uttering the
glorious thousand names of the Lord and singing
pallAndu to His feet are the only means
to be adopted by us for our salvation.
(6)
endhaithandhaithandhaithandhaithammooththappan Ezhpadikaalthodangi
vandhuvazhivazhi aatcheykinROm thiruvONaththiruvizhavil
andhiyampOthilariyuruvaaki ariyaiyazhiththavanai
pandhanaitheerappallaaNdu pallaayiraththaaNdenRupaaduthamE.
Purport
AzhwAr very proudly states that he, his father andhis preceding seven generations have all been engaged
in the service to the Lord, nArAyaNA. Suddenly he
shifts to the scene of Narasimha avatAr. He says
Narasimha was born during the beautiful evening twilight
period in thiruvoNam star. He sings pallAndu to
Narasimha to pacify Him from the insatiable anger
he had after killing Hiranyakashipu. We all know that the
Lord took this avatAr to protect His great baktha
PrahallAdha. It is perhaps AzhwAr's intention to
remind us that by becoming His baktha, even we
too will get His unfailing protection.
(7)
theeyiRpolikinRasenchudaraazhi thikazhthiruchchakkaraththin
kOyiRpoRiyaalE oRRuNduninRu kudikudi aatseykinROm
maayapporupadaivaaNanai aayirandhOLumpozhikuruthi
paaya suzhaRRiya aazhivallaanukkup pallaaNdukooRuthumE.
Purport
In Srivaishanava sampradayam, it is essential to embosson the upper sides of the hands, the Chakra and Conch
symbols (just below shoulder on the sides of right and
left hand respectively). This is symbolic of the Lord
who always holds chakraayudam in his right hand and conch
in his left hand. This procedure known as 'pancha
samskaaram' is performed on the individual by his/her
Acharyan. This gives an individual eligibility to
perform kainkaryam (devotional service ) to the Lord
in a more authentic way. In this pAsuram, AzhwAr
states that he and his predecessors have been performing
devotional service to the Lord from time immemorial after
having these symbols embossed on them. This is perhaps
an indication for all of us to follow suit. He then
heaps praise on Sudarsana AzhwAr by describing Him as
shining with red hued brilliant luster and who once at
the instance of the Lord, cut off the thousand shoulders
of bhanAsura (known for using deceptive/magic tactics
in his fights) and killed him creating a river of blood
in the process. AzhwAr sings pallAndu
to SudarsanAzhwAr and Emberumaan( Sriman nArAyanA)
(8)
neyyidainallathOr sORum niyathamum aththaaNich chEvakamum
kaiyadai kkaayum kazhuththukku ppooNodu kaathukkuk kuNdalamum
meyyidanallathOr saandhamum thandhu ennai veLLuyiraakkavalla
paiyudainaakappakaik kodiyaanukku ppallaaNdu kooRuvanE.
Purport
In an earlier pAsuram, AzhwAr criticizes those who seeksfrom BaghavAn only wealth and not care about serving Him.
In this pAsuram, he softens his stand a bit and says that
these necessities of life (like good food, some ornaments
for neck and ears, servants etc) could be sought from
the Lord and obtained. But on obtaining the basic necessities
of life, one should not forget Him or desire for more
material things. Instead, with whatever one got by His Grace,
one should seek from Him the ultimate salvation which would
enable eternal service to Him. AzhwAr portrays in this pAsuram
a scenario in which those who had earlier sought only wealth
from Him are now satisfied with what they got and having
become sAtvic in nature, are ready to serve the Lord.
AzhwAr sings pallAndu to the Lord who has Garuda, a staunch
enemy of king cobra, as the emblem on His flag.
(9)
uduththukkaLaindha ninpeedhakavaadaiyuduththuk kalaththathuNdu
thoduththathuzhaaymalarsoodikkaLaindhana soodumiththoNdar kaLOm
viduththathisaikkarumamthiruththith thiruvONaththiruvizhavil
paduththapainnaakaNaippaLLikoNdaanukkup pallaaNdukooRuthumE.
Purport
Those who had turned at last to the service of Emberuman,did remarkable things such as wearing only the clothes
discarded by the Lord, consuming only the food left over
after what the Lord had eaten, wearing tulasi malas
(garlands) that were earlier worn by the Lord, carrying
out various works as per His orders and finally singing
pallAndu to Him. They sing pallAndu to Him on the auspicious
day of Shravan and for the one who has snake as His bed
(Sesha sayanam in sanskrit). In this pAsuram AzhwAr outlines
the code of living for all Srivaishnavas.
(10)
ennaaL emperumaan unthanakkadiyOmenRezhuththuppatta
annaaLE adiyOngaLadikkudil veedupeRRu uyndhathukaaN
sennaaLthORRith thirumathuraiyuLsilaikuniththu aindhalaiya
painnaakaththalaipaayndhavanE! unnaippallaaNdukooRuthumE.
Purport
As brought out in the previous pAsurams, the seekersof kaivalya realized their folly and took to the feet
of emberumAn. No sooner they did so, all their miseries
of mundane existence left for good and they and their
clan started looking up in their lives. The Lord took
avatar as Sri Krishna in the beautiful holy city of
mathurA in an auspicious nakshatra. He performed
super-human feats during His sojourn on Earth. Out of
them, AzhwAr mentions how once He entered the weapons depot
of kamsA and broke the arrow. Secondly how Sri Krishna
climbed and danced on the five headed evil serpent named
kALian. AzhwAr sings pallAndu to these
wonderful activities of Sri Krishna.
(11)
alvazhakkonRumillaa aNikOttiyar kOn abimaanathungan
selvanaippOlath thirumaalE! naanum_unakkuppazhavadiyEn
nalvakaiyaalnamOnaaraayaNaavenRu naamampalaparavi
palvakaiyaalumpaviththiranE! unnaippallaaNdukooRuvanE.
Purport
Here in this pAsuram, AzhwAr cites the flawlessSelvanambi of Thirukkottiyoor who exemplified as
the perfect servant of the Lord. He was flawless
in the sense that he never misunderstood the
Srivaishnava main principles viz., the AtmA is not
independent and that the AtmA is always subservient
to the Lord. AzhwAr is clearly impressed by the
spiritual conduct of Selvanambi and wants to emulate
his steps. AzhwAr requests emberumAn to treat him also
like a dAsan as He has done so in respect of Selvanambi.
AzhwAr then goes about telling the purity-personified-Lord
that he will say pallAndu to Him by singing His various
Names and reciting namO nArAyaNA.
(12)
pallaaNdenRupaviththiranaipparamEttiyai saarNGkamennum
villaaNdaan thannai villipuththoorvittuchiththanvirumbiyasol
nallaaNdenRunavinRuraippaar namOnaaraayaNaayavenRu
pallaaNdumparamaathmanaich choozhndhirundhEththuvar pallaaNdE.
Purport
periAzhwAr was born in Srivilliputtur and was fondly knownas Vishnuchitthan, because of the special relationship
he had with emberumAn. In this pAsuram, AzhwAr cites the
Lord's mastery over the bow "sArngam". He says that whoever
sings these pallAndu pAsurams with great love towards the
blemishless Lord, who resides in paramapadam, he/she will be
conferred the rights to do kainkaryam by being stationed
close to the supreme Lord Sriman nArAyanA
and sing pallandu to Him always.
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