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srI:
\nsrImathE satakOpAya nama:
\nsrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:
\nsrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n

thiruvezhukURRirukkai (pronounced as thiruvezhukUtrirukkai) is one of the prabandhams<\/a> sung by thirumangai AzhwAr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

thirumangai AzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0sang periya thirumozhi first; he ended with the prayer to emperumAn<\/a> to help get rid of the dhEha sambandham (relationship of AthmA<\/a> with the body). In his second prabandham thirukkuRunthANdakam, since emperumAn<\/a> did not show himself to AzhwAr as He wanted AzhwAr to have more hunger for His visit, AzhwAr was not able to bear the delay, and like how an extremely thirsty person would drink and immerse himself into the water, and pour water on himself, AzhwAr sang about emperumAn<\/a> by talking, and prostrating, and thinking about Him, and tried to sustain himself.<\/p>\n

When one drinks some bit of water, he would feel like drinking more and more. AzhwAr also felt much more thirst for emperumAn<\/a>, and so in his third prabandham of thiruvezhukURRirukkai<\/strong>, he surrendered to thirukkudandhai<\/a> ArAvamudhan with great longing for Him. So this is a saraNAgathi prabandham. (nammAzhwAr<\/a> also performed saraNagathi to thirukkudandhai<\/a> ArAvamudhan \u2013 thiruvAimozhi<\/a> 5-8)<\/p>\n

About the name of the prabandham<\/strong>: ezhu \u2013 7, kURu \u2013 parts, irukkai \u2013 being\/having. Or, it is in 7\u2019s \u2013 that may be based on poetry based on time, place, counts, is referred to as \u2018chiththirak kavithai<\/em>\u2019 \u2013 we can draw thiruvezhukURRirukkai, in the form of a chariot. The chariot starts with a small width and becomes wider and wider. In the same way, thiruvezhukURRirukkai uses numbers 123 in one line of the pAsuram, then uses 12321 in the next line, then 123454321,\u00a0 12345654321, 1234567654321, and again 1234567654321.<\/p>\n

\"thiruvezhukURRirukkai\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This form of poem is called ratha bandham.<\/p>\n

Following diagram of the prabandham provides a visual treat – thiruvezhukURRirukkai_English_drawing<\/a><\/p>\n

thiruvezhukURRirukkai is recited at the start of thEr (chariot) uthsavam in many dhivya dhEsams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This translation is not meant to be done word by word; it is attempted to provide salient points of the vyAkyAnams. Please contact us if there are any corrections required. As always, your reading and providing valuable comments are welcome.<\/p>\n

vyAkyAnam is provided by the vyAkyAna chakravarthy (emperor of commentaries), that is, periyavAchchAn piLLai<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Detailed description provided by puthUr swami has helped understand more meanings of the vyAkyAnam and it was necessary for doing any level of translation here.<\/p>\n