Manivannā (colored like blue sapphire), may You live long (be eternal) for several years (human years * உன் சேவடி செவ்வி திருக்காப்பு (1) 1. ## pallāNdu pallāNdu pallāyiraththāNdu * palakOdi n^ooRāyiram — many (countless) years (denotes year count in human), pallANdu — many (countless) years (denotes year The reason is that years denote one’s age/life-time. • pallANdu (long live), jitham (let there be victory live) are all synonyms. • pallANdu – AzhwAr is again saying owing to AzhwAr’s swarUpam (not stopping

adiyOmOdum n^innOdum * pirivinRi āyirampallāNdu * vadivāy n^invala mārbinil * vāzhkinRa maNGgaiyum pallāNdu * vadivār sOthi valaththuRaiyum * sudarāzhiyum pallāNdu * padaipOr pukku muzhaNGgum * appāNYjasanniyamum pallāNdE. (2) 2. — long live – should always exist, padai — that serves as weapon, pOr pukku muzhangum — in battle by “pallANdu” in the previous pAsuram explains “nama:”.

Let us say, “Live Long, Live Long ! (Pallāndu! Pallāndu!”) ātseykinROm * māyap porupadai vāNanai * āyiran thOLum pozhikuruthi- pāya * suzhaRRiya āzhi vallānukkup * pallāNdu flood, suzhaRRiya — circling, Azhi — sudharasana chakram, vallAnukku — the capable one who holds it, pallANdu • pallANdu kURuthumE – There were not anyone who would sing pallANdu for bhagavAn‘s eternal servitor

Join together and sing His praise 'Live Long (Pallāndu!)' * vandhu pallāNdu kooRuminE. 4. giving up kaivalyam, ollai — soon/immediately, kUduminO — come and join our ghOsti, nAdum — people living in country-side, nagaramum — people living in cities, nangaRiya — for both to be cognizance of your thirumanthram, pAdu manam udaip paththar uLLIr vanthu — if you have the bhakthi to sing thirumanthram, pallAnNdu

Periyāzhvar with his abundant love thought that Perumāl needs “Pallāndu” and composed pasurams on the lord that describe how the lord will live for ever. (15) 3907 chOrātha kāthal peru~njuzippāl, * thollai mālaiyonRum- pārāthavanai * pallāNdenRu kāppitum protection), someone would do mangaLAsAsanam (wishing them well),, avanai — applying that to Him,, pallANdu enRu — saying pallANdu, pallANdu, and increasing His duration/life,, kAppidum — saying un sevvadi sevvi

(pallANdu pallANdu);, angu — in the place where rAvaNan lived, senRu — (you) went (எழுந்தருளி), cheRRAi so tired – you stood there for such a long time – we sing pallANdu to that great guNam. Father too sang, ‘vadivAr sOdhi valaththu uRaiyum sudar Azhiyum pallANdu‘, that is, pallANdu to perumAn enRu enRu : Repeatedly; After saying ‘pallANdu’, these people want to say ‘pallANdu‘ again (thirupallANdu ; to support you we sing pallANdu; looking at your beautiful and majestic walk we sing pallANdu for that

I shall sing your praise and say Live Long, Live Long (Pallāndu! Pallāndu!”) meyyida n^allathOr sāndhamum thandhu * ennai veLLuyirākka valla * paiyudai n^ākap pakaikkodiyānukkup * pallāNdu serpent, pagai — garuda who is the enemy of (serpent), kodiyAnukku — one who has it (garuda) in his flag, pallANdu wealth seekers are defined namely arththArththi (one who seeks out new wealth) and Arththan (one who longs

him saying, “Namo Nārāyanaya” they will be with the highest lord, praising him always and saying, “Pallāndu Pallāndu!” viShNu chiththan virumbiya sol * nallāNdenRu n^avinRuraippār * namO n^ārāyaNāyavenRu * pallāNdum paramāthmanai * suuzhndhirundhu Eththuvar pallāNdE. (2) 12. ANdum — countless time (in future), pallANdu Eththuvar — will sing thirupallANdu None சாரங்கபாணியைப்

We pray that you live long, (“Pallāndu, Pallāndu!”) * unnaip pallāNdu kooRuthumE. 10. thalai — on the head, pAynthavanE — sarvEsvaran (you) who mercifully landed on it, unnai — for you, pallANdu thirumathurai uL – that too not in ayOdhyA which is the safest place, but in mathurA where kamsa, the enemy lives • unnaip pallANdu kURuthumE – For such emperumAn (yourself), we cannot sustain ourselves by anything

So I called women who can sweetly sing, made them grow sprouts and bless you that you may live for many * thirun^āL thiruvONam inREzhun^āL * mun- paNNOr mozhiyāraik koovimuLaiyattip * pallāNdu kooRuviththEn

thiruvONath thiruvizhavil- andhiyampOthil ariyuruvāhi * ariyai azhiththavanai * pandhanai theerap pallāNdu * pallāyiraththāNdenRu pāduthamE. 6. azhiththavanai — one who destroyed him, panthanai thIra — to eliminate his fatigue (from killing hiraNya), pallANdu • pallANdu – AzhwAr thinks that – on hearing the mangaLAsAsanam from devotees (who are favourable) • pallAyiraththANdu enRu pAduthumE – Not feeling satisfied with saying pallANdu just once, they say

Bow to his feet and say, “Pallāndu! Pallāndu!” vandhadi thozhuthu * āyira n^āmam solli * paNdaik kulaththaith thavirndhu * pallāNdu pallāyiraththāNdu and desire for other purushArththams (goals) than bhagavAn himself, thavirnthu — give up that clan, pallAyiraththANdu • pallANdu pallAyiraththANdu enmin – Now that you too have become ananya prayOjana (not expecting

We hear how many kings who ruled the world and were praised with “Pallāndu” by women with beautiful hair மனைவாழ்க்கை-தன்னை வேண்டேன் * நின் அடைந்தேன் * -திருவிண்ணகர் மேயவனே-5 1462 pāNdhEn vaNdaRaiyumkuzhalār_kaL * pallāndisaippa

I will praise you and say, “Pallāndu Pallāndu” 11 அல்வழக்கொன்றுமில்லா அணிகோட்டியர்கோன் * அபிமானதுங்கன் * unnaip pallāNdu kooRuvanE. (2) 11. நாட்டை அட Self False False False None திருமாலே! nAmam — your many auspicious names, paravi — saying in different improper ways, unnaip pallANdu kURuvan That is , considering the good and bad aspects of the dhivya dhEsams and the lives of srIvaishNavas to • unnaip pallANdu kURuvanE – I am performing mangaLAsAsanam to you who is with auspicious qualities

Ezhātkālum pazhippilOm n^āNGgaL * irākkatharvāzh * ilaNGgai- pāzhāLākap padai poruthānukkup * pallāNdu is filled with demons, pAzhALAga — getting destroyed, padai poruthAnukku — who went to battle field, pallANdu kURuthum — we are singing pallANdu now None இராமனைப் பாடு • AzhwAr first calls for bhagavath prApthi • pallANdu kURuthum – When sIthA pirAtti got separated from perumAL (srI rAma), brahmA and other dhEvathAs

sakkaram - Like periyAzhwAr said in thiruppallANdu 2 "vadivAy nin vala mArbinil vAzhginRa mangaiyum pallANdu " (long live SrI mahAlakshmi who resides in your divine chest) followed by "vadivAr sOdhi valaththuRaiyum sudar Azhiyum pallANdu" (long live the radiant sudharSana chakra which resides in your radiant right

for their togetherness as seen in thiruppallANdu 1 "vadivAy nin vala mArbinil vAzhiginRa mangaiyum pallANdu " (Long live SrI mahAlakshmi who resides in the right side of your beautiful divine chest). AzhwArs think as in thiruppallANdu 1 "vadivAr sOdhi valaththuRaiyum sudarAzhiyum pallANdu" (Long live

live], kaigaL — hands (which were as said in thiruvAimozhi 4.4.1 -viNNaith thozhudhu- (worshipping the •enRE - When some one says "pallANdu", naturally it will be followed by "pallANdu pallANdu". How long will this remain? Even after going there, "doesn't one engage in singing pallANdu for him?" , as said in thiruppallANdu 12 "sUzhndhirundhu Eththuvar pallANdE".

On the auspicious SRavanā day, let us praise Him, who rests on the snake bed and say Pallāndu! viduththa thisaikkarumam thiruththith * thiruvONath thiruvizhavil * paduththa pain^n^ākaNaip paLLikoNdānukkup * pallāNdu kooRuthumE. 9. — (due to that) having raised hoods, nAga aNai — in the bed named thiruvananthAzhwAn (Adhi sEshan), paLLi koNdAnukku — you who is resting on it, thiruvONath thiruvizhavil — on the auspicious sravaNam day, pallANdu

his, adi — divine feet, UzhithORUzhi — during every kalpa (eon), Ovadhu — incessantly, vAzhiya — to live , he replies, vAzhiyavenRu – one should always perform mangaLASAsanam to emperumAn as “pallAndu (long live)”. yAm – We who were thinking for self as said in yajur ashtakam3.5 “AyurASAsthE” (praying for long life live!