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Bagirath R K • February 11, 1997 


Dear members of the Prapatthi group,

I would like to share with you an article written by my father's uncle,
Sri D. Ramaswamy Iyengar. He has formed a stanza by taking the first 
word of each of the verses of TiruppAvai and has given an interpretation
to it. I wanted to send this during the month of Margazhi itself, but I 
could do so only now. I had been home this weekend and I had the good fortune 
of bringing it with me this time. I have tried my best at transliteration, but 
I may have made some mistakes. Let me hasten to add that all mistakes
in the trasliteration etc, are entirely due to my ignorance.

Bagirath

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			    Shri :

       	   ShrimatE nigamAntha mahA desikAya namah 
 		AndAL thiruvadigalE saraNam


    		ThiruppAvai pAsura adivaravu mAlai
    		----------------------------------


1. mArgazhi vaiyathu Ongi

2. Azhi mAyanai puLLum kIsuKIsendRu 

3. kIzhvAnam veLLenRu thUmaNi nORRu (swargam pugum)

4. kaRRu-k kaRavai-k kaNangaL kanaithu

5. puLLin vAi kIndAn ungaL puzhakadai-th-thOttaththu 

6. ellE

7. nAyakanAi ambaram undhu kuthu muppathumUvaramararkku ERRa 
  angaNmAjnAlatharasar mAriyandRu

8. oruthi mAlE

9. kUdAraikkaravaigaL pin senRu siRRansiRu kAlE vanga-k-kadal kadainthu
   (inbuRuvar empavAi)


			    Shri :

 		ThiruppAvai pAsura adivaravu mAlai vivaraNam
		--------------------------------------------

1. mArgazhi - mArgazhi mAthamAnathu

2. vaiyathu - ulagaththil 

3. Ongi - miga uyarnthathu 

          (intha mAthaththil)

4. Azhi - chakkaram Enthiya 

5. mAyanai - Ascharya sEshtithangaLai udaya emberumAnai

6. puLLum - pakshigaLum kUda

7. kIsuKIsendRu - thangaLathu kIsu kIsu sabthathAl (azhaikkum)

8. kIzhvAnam veLLenRu - kIzhlOkamAgiya intha bhUlogathil kUda iruL nIngi,
  (jnAna) oLiyAl veLukka

9. thUmaNi - parisuthamAna maNi, kausthubham (athAvathu jIvatma)

10. nORRu - pAvai nOnbai nORRu varum

11. kaRRu-k kaRavai-k kaNangaL - kanRukaLai udaya pasukkUttangaL (sishyargaLai
    udaya AcharyargaL)

12. kanaithu - (AndALudaiyavum, thippAvaiyudayavum perumaigaLai) 
    urakkappEsuvArgaL

13. puLLin vAi kIndAn - (bagAsuran ennum asuranAgiya) kokkai vAyaikkizhithu-p
    pOtta krishna paramAtmAvum

14. ungaL puzhakadai-th-thOttaththu - (avarai virumbugira) ungaLudaya vIttin
    pinpuRam vanthu kAthukkondirukkiRAr.

15. ellE - ithu enna Ascharyam !!


   ( ipperumaigaLukkellAm kAraNam ennavendRu ArAya )

16. nAyakanAi - (ellOrkum ellAvaRRiRkum) athipathiyAi

17. ambaram - AgAsaththai (andRu thiruvikramAvathArathil)

18. undhu - mElE mElE thaLLi

19. kuthu - piRagu athai Uduruviya

20. muppathumUvaramararkku - muppathu mukkOdi thEvathaigaLukku

21. ERRa - thaguthiyAi 

22. angaNmAjnAlatharasar - azhgiya vishAlamAna ippUmandalathukku arasarAi
    viLangum emberumAnudaiya

23. mAri - aruL perukku

24. andRu - alla

      ( maRRethuthAn kAraNamennil )

25. oruthi - oppaRRavLAna AndAL oruvaLuNdE, avaLudaiya

26. mAlE - AsaiyE (karaikadantha bhagavath premaiyE)

      ( appadippatta intha mAthathil )

27. kUdArai - ithu kARum nam kaikku agappadAmal, nammudan sErAtha
    avvemperumAnai

28. karavaigaL pin senRu - pasukkUtangaLukku-p pinnAl pOikkaNdu pidithu

29. siRRansiRu kAlE - miguntha athikAlaiyil 

30. vanga-k-kadal kadainthu -  alai kadal pOl viLangum apparanthAmanai 
    nerukki (sammarththithu) anubhavikka 

   ( nAmellorum achchengaN thirumugathu selvaththirumAlAl engum thiruvaruL
     peRRu inbuRuvOm )

                AndAL thiruvadigalE saraNam



vijaya varusham,				AndALadivan,
mArgazhi (Ongi).				D. Ramaswamy.