SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavara munayE nama:
There are three thaniyans for periyAzhwAr thirumozhi, one in samskrutham and two in thamizh.
thaniyan 1
This thaniyan, in samskrutham, was mercifully composed by SrIman nAthamunigaL.
gurumukham anadhIthya prAha vEdhAn aSEshAn
narapathi parikluptham Sulkam AdhAthu kAma: l
SvaSuram amaravandhyam ranganAthasya sAkshAth
dhvijakula thilakam tham vishNuchiththam namAmi ll
Word-by-Word Meaning
narapathi parikluptham – arranged by vallabhadhEvan, the king
Sulkam – the poRkizhi [treasure kept inside a silk cloth]
AdhAthu kAma: – having the thought to win
gurumukham anadhIthya – not having learnt through an AchAryan (teacher)
aSEshAn vEdhAn – all the vEdhams (which are required to establish supremacy of emperumAn)
prAha – one who extolled (with emperumAn’s krupA, mercy)
amara vandhyam – apt to be worshipped by celestial entities
ranganAthasya sAkshAth SvaSuram – as the father-in-law of SrI ranganAthar himself
dhvijakula thilakam – one who is the most distinguished among brAhmaNas
tham vishNuchiththam – that vishNuchiththar [periyAzhwAr]
namAmi – I bow down to
Simple Translation
pANdiya king vallabhadhEvan had arranged a poRkizhi as the wager to win a debate on establishing the supreme entity. With the intention of winning it, periyAzhwAr, who had not learnt from an AchAryan, extolled from vEdhams, without leaving anything, about the supremacy of emperumAn. He is apt to be worshipped by celestial entities too. He is the father-in-law of SrI ranganAthar himself. I bow down to that vishNuchiththar [periyAzhwAr].
thaniyan 2
This thaniyan, as well as the next thaniyan, in thamizh, have been mercifully composed by pANdiya bhattar.
minnAr thadamadhiL sUzh villibuththUr enRorugAl
sonnAr kazhaRkamalam sUdinOm – muNNAL
kizhiyaRuththAn enRu uraiththOm kIzhmaiyinil sErum
vazhi aRuththOm nenjamE vandhu
Word-by-Word Meaning
min Ar– “full of splendour
thada – huge
madhiL sUzh – with divine fortified walls
sUzh – surrounded by
villibuththUr enRu – saying SrIvillipuththUr”
oru kAl sonnAr – those who said this once
kazhal kamalam – their divine feet, which are like lotus
sUdinOm – we donned on our heads
mun nAL – “During that time when purushArtham [ultimate objective, which is carrying out
servitude to emperumAn] was not known (establishing the supremacy of SrIman nArAyaNan)
kizhi – the treasure kept inside a silk cloth
aRuththAn enRu – he mercifully claimed”
uraiththOm – we said
nenjamE – Oh, heart!
vandhu – as a favourable entity, you come
kIzhmaiyinil – in narakam (hell) which is a bottomless pit
sErum – to approach
vazhi – path
aRuththOm – we eliminated
Simple Translation
We donned on our heads, the divine, lotus-like feet of those who said once “SrIvillipuththUr is surrounded by splendorous fortified walls”. We also said “In an earlier time, when purushArtham was not known, periyAzhwAr had established the supremacy of Sriman nArayaNan and claimed the treasure [given by the pANdiya king] by quoting from vEdhams”. Oh, heart! As a result of doing and saying these, we eliminated our path of going to the bottomless pit, called as narakam (hell).
thaniyan 3
pANdiyan koNdAdap pattar pirAn vandhAn enRu
INdiya sangam eduththUdha – vENdiya
vEdhangaL Odhi viraindhu kizhiyaRUththAn
pAdhangaL yAmudaiya paRRu
Word-by-Word Meaning
pANdiyan – vallabha dhEvan, the pANdiya king
koNdAda – to celebrate
battar pirAn – “periyAzhwAr, who has carried out benefits for brAhmaNas
vandhAn enRu – has mercifully come” saying this
INdiya – with many
sangam – conches
eduththu – taking in the hand
Udha – (many persons) to blow
vENdiya – necessary [to establish the supremacy of SrIman nArAyaNan]
vEdhangaL – with vEdhavAkyams (text from vEdhams, the most authentic source on sanAthana dharmam, the eternal philosophy)
Odhi – recited
viraindhu – without any delay (at once)
kizhi – treasure kept as prize money for knowledge
aRuththAn – periyAzhwAr, who mercifully won that
pAdhangaL – his divine feet
yAmudaiya – for us
paRRu – refuge
Simple Translation
periyAzhwAr quoted extensively from vEdhams to establish the supremacy of SrIman nArAyaNan and won the treasure kept as the prize money for knowledge. pANdiya king Vallabha dhEvan celebrated this event. Many people blew conches on their hands, saying “bhattar pirAn, who is the benefactor for brAhmaNas has come”. His divine feet are our refuge.
We will next consider the avathArikai (introduction) for this prabandham.
adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan
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