Tiruppavai - 1 Paasuram (with meanings)

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Maargazhi thingaL madhi niRaindha nannaaLaal
neeraada pOdhuveer pOdhuminO nErizhaiyeer
seer malgum aayppaadi chelva chiRumeergaaL
koorvEl kodundhozhilan nandhagOpan kumaran
Eraarndha kaNNi yasOdhai iLam singam
kaar mEni cengaN kadhir madhiyam pOl mugaththaan
naaraayaNanE namakkE paRai tharuvaan
paarOr pugazha padindhElOr empaavaay

http://sriandalsthiruppavai.blogspot.com/
Margazhi month signifies the end of dhaksinayanam (the sun changing its course). For all the devas, it signifies the beginning of a day. Hence Aandal, bearing the cold weather that is characteristic of the month, woke up early and tried to wake other fellow female friends and observed a vow to attain the Lord very much like the Gopis had done. This is what has come to known as Marghazhi nombu (or the vow taken in the month of Dec-Jan to realise God).This vow is not regulated by the vedas or shastras and since it has been casaded down by our ancestors we are continuining to observe it even today.

Each of the thiry days, Aandal sang in praise of the Lord which is collectively known today as "Tiruppavai". It has been said that Aandal had sang these verses in praise of the Lord as early as her fifth birthday.

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[TanjongTiram]

@kkumudha , you are welcome to differ, but plz provide any reference to Andal attending any "gurukulam" to "learn. Where in her compositions has she mentioned about her "contemplation" and "learning". These assumptions are your own speculation. You are showing the brahmins are a privileged class. There no disctinction of caste in Sri vaisnavism (unlike smartas) some Alvars were non brahmins and their works were eqaully philosophical.

[kkumudha]

@tanjongtiram - with due respects I must differ. It is unlikely that a lady of the cowherd clan would have had the opportunity to develop the level of language of andal, snatching time from her yadava duties. I am trying to consider her achievement, without resorting to divine explanation.

My stance was of her likely sociological situation, as a member of the privileged Brahmin people whose duty it was to learn.

[TanjongTiram]

@kkumudha , theres nothing for Andal "learn" or "contemplate" . She an incarnation of Bhumi Devi, her life style on Bholoka was based on the cowherd clan. Nothing to with your so called" Brahminical ways" of rigid ritualism

[kkumudha]

@TanjongTiram - True. Andal may not have been brahmin. But her upbringing most likely was - considering she was raised by periyazhwar. The Brahminical way of life frees one to contemplate and learn - Andal was fortunate to be raised as one. Rather we are fortunate that she was.

[TanjongTiram]

Andal wasnt brahmin, she was raised/adopted child of Peria alvar who happened to b brahmin. Btw Sri Vaisnavism transcends caste distinction . Have you heard of Tiru panna alvar ?

[ZodiacSystem]

Jai Shri Krishna

Thanks for sending me this video.

[sainath459]

The Tiruppavai is a collection of thirty stanzas (paasuram) in Tamil written by a Brahmin girl, Andal, in praise of the God Tirumal or Vishnu. It is part of Divya Prabandha, a work of the twelve Alvars, and is important in Tamil literature.

Thanks for uploading such a beautiful videos.