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bhakti

Aazhvaars and dasaavathaaram

 

Varadhan enquired:

 

hi,

I have a question about alwars and the dasaaavataarams .

Most of the paasurams that I am familiar with are not about(or do not mention)

any

particular avataaram. However , many of Aandaal's paasurams are about krishna

..Periyaazhvaar , in his periyaazhvaar thirumozhi has a lot of paasurams about

krishna (eg : poochoottal and kaappidal ). I know of a few paasurams in which

raamavataaram is there. What about others? Nothing comes to mind immediately. I

---------------------------

 

 

Among the 10 prominent avathaarams the most often mentioned

are Rama, Krishna, Vamana, and Nrisimha avathaarams.

Here are three from thiruppallaaNdu:

 

raamaa: ilangai paazhaaLaaga padaiporuthaan

krishna: iNdaikkulaththai edutththuk kaLaindha irudeekEsan

nrusimha: andhiyam pOthil ariyuruvaagi ariyaiyai azhiththavan

 

 

 

 

There are many beautiful refernces to Vaamana avathaaram. Here

are two from thiruppaavai:

 

Ongi ulagaLandha uththaman (thiruppaavai)

anRiv vulagamaLandhaay (thiruppaavai)

 

 

ANdaaL mentions Balaraaman in thiruppaavai with,

 

sempoR kazhaladi selvaa baladhEvaa

umbiyum neeyum uRangElOr empaavaay.

 

 

 

 

Thirumangai aazhvaar's siRiya thirumadal is a treat

to the ears and heart with:

 

aaraal ivvaiyam aLappuNdathu - vaamana

aaraal ilangai podipodiyaanadhu - raamaa

aaraal kanmaari kaaththathu - KaNNan

aazhineer aaraal kadaindhidappattathu - varaaha

ponpeyarOn aagaththai kooraarththa

vaLLugiraal keeNdu - nrusimha

 

 

Look at periya thirumozhi 11.4.1 - 11.4.10 of thirumangai

aazhvaar for:

 

... varu meenai maalai maRavaathu iRancen manamE (maccha)

... adal aamaiyaana thirumaal namakOr araNE (koorma)

... aathi Enamaagi araNaaya moorththi

adhu nammai aaLum arasE (varaaha)

... ariyaagi anRu ... (nrusimha)

... kuRaLaagi meymmai uNara ... adhu

nammai aaLum arasE (vaamana)

... mazhuvaaLil venRa thiralOn ...

nammai aaLvar perithE (parasuraaamar)

... sem sarangaL sela uyththa nangaL

thirumaal namakku Or araNE (sri raamar)

... iNai marudhu iRRu veezha nadai kaRRa

theRRal vinai paRRaRukkum vithiyE (KaNNan)

 

 

That leaves Kalki. I could not find one for Kalki

quickly. I shall look for one. If someone else

finds one for Kalki please post.

 

 

-- pd