Lord Krishna

śrī tiruppāvai (30 Pasurams of Andal)

(Sri Andal Tiruppavai in English (IAST))

Andal

Also known as shri andal tiruppavai · shree andal tiruppavai · andal tiruppavai

Andal's thirty songs for the month of Margazhi, in Tamil and set out here in Devanagari, prefaced by Parashara Bhattar's Sanskrit verse on her and by a taniyan that names her as the one who wore the flower garland first and gave it after. The frame is a vow taken by the cowherd girls of Ayarpadi: rise before dawn through the whole month, bathe, and go together to wake the son of Nandagopa and ask him for the parai drum. The second song sets the rules — no ghee, no milk, no kohl, no flowers in the hair, no ill speech, and alms given as far as the hand can reach. A long central run wakes the other girls one by one, then the gatekeeper, then the household, then Krishna. The twenty-ninth gives up the drum and asks for what it wanted all along: for seven times seven births let us be yours and serve you alone, and take our other desires away.

|| śrī tiruppāvai ||
|| dhyāna ślokam ||
nīl̤ā tuṃga stanagiritaṭī suptamudbodhya kṛṣṇaṃ
pārārthyaṃ svaṃ śrutiśataśiraḥ siddhamadhyāpayaṃtī |
svocchiṣṭāyāṃ sraji nigal̤itaṃ yā balātkṛtya bhuṃkte
godā tasyai nama idamidaṃ bhūya evāstu bhūyaḥ ||
anna vayal puduvai yāṇḍāl̤ araṃgarku
pannu tiruppāvai ppal padiyam, inniśaiyāl
pāḍikkòḍuttāl̤ narpāmālai,
pūmālai śūḍikkòḍuttāl̤ai ccollu,
śūḍikkoḍutta śuḍarkoḍiye tolpāvai,
pāḍiyarul̤avalla palval̤aiyāy, nāḍi nī
veṃgaḍavarkennai vidi yenra immāṭram,
nān kaḍavā vaṇṇame nalku |
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|| tiruppāvai (30 pāśurama) ||

mārgal̤i’t tiṃgal̤ madinirainda nannāl̤āl ,
nīrāḍa ppoduvīr podumino neril̤ai’yīr ,
śīr malgumāypāḍi śelvaccirumīrgāl̤ ,
kūr vel koḍundol̤i’lan nandagopan kumaran ,
erārnda kaṇṇi yaśodai yil̤aṃ śiṅgaṃ ,
kārmeni cceṃgaṇ kadir matiyambol mugattān,
nārāyaṇane namakke parai taruvān ,
pāror pugal̤a’ ppaḍindelorembāvāy || 1 ||
vaiyattu vāl̤’vīrgāl̤ nāmuṃ naṃ pāvaikku,
śeyyuṃ kiriśaigal̤ kel̤īro, pārkaḍalul̤
paiya ttayinra parama naḍipāḍi,
neyyuṇṇoṃ pāluṇṇoṃ nāṭkāle nīrāḍi,
maiyiṭṭel̤u’toṃ malariṭṭu nāṃ muḍiyom,
śeyyādana śeyyoṃ tīkkural̤ai cenrodom,
aiyamuṃ piccaiyumāndanaiyuṃ kaikāṭṭi,
uyyumāreṇṇi ugandelorembāvāy || 2 ||
oṃgi yulagal̤anda uttaman per pāḍi,
nāṃgal̤ naṃ pāvaikkuccāṭri nīrāḍināl,
tīṃginri nāḍellāṃ tiṃgal̤ mummāri peydu,
oṃgu peruṃ śennelūḍu kayalugal̤a,
pūṃguval̤aippodil pporivaṇḍu kaṇpaḍuppa,
teṃgāde pukkirundu śīrta mulaipaṭri vāṃga,
kkuḍaṃ niraikkuṃ val̤l̤al peruṃ paśukkal̤,
nīṃgāda śelvaṃ niraindelorembāvāy || 3 ||
āl̤i’mal̤ai’ kkaṇṇā onru nī kaikaravel,
āl̤i’yul̤ pukku mugandu koḍārteri,
ūl̤i’ mudalvanuruvambol mey karuttu,
pāl̤i’yandol̤uḍai pparbanāban kaiyil,
āl̤i’pol minni valamburipol ninratirndu,
tāl̤ā’de śārṅgamudaitta śaramal̤ai’ pol,
vāl̤a’ vulakinil peydiḍāy, nāṃgal̤uṃ
mārkal̤i’ nīrāḍa magil̤’ndelorembāvāy || 4 ||
māyanai mannu vaḍamadurai maindanai,
tūya perunīr yamunai tturaivanai,
āyar kulattinil tonruṃ aṇi vil̤akkai,
tāyai kkuḍal vil̤akkaṃ śeyda dāmodaranai,
tūyomāy vandu nāṃ tūmalar tūvittol̤u’du,
vāyināl pāḍi manattināl śindikka,
poya pil̤ai’yuṃ pugudaruvā ninranavum,
tīyinil tūśāguṃ śeppelorembāvāy || 5 ||
pul̤l̤uṃ śilambina kāṇ pul̤l̤araiyan koyilil,
vel̤l̤ai vil̤iśaṅgin peraravaṃ keṭṭilaiyo ?
pil̤l̤āy el̤u’ndirāy pey mulai naṃjuṃḍu,
kal̤l̤accagaḍaṃ kalakkal̤i’ya kkālocci,
vel̤l̤attaravil tuyilamarnda vittinai,
ul̤l̤attukkoṃḍu munivargal̤uṃ yogigal̤um,
mel̤l̤avel̤u’ndu ariyenra peraravam,
ul̤l̤aṃ pugundu kul̤irndelorembāvāy || 6 ||
kīśu kīśenreṃguṃ ānaiccāttan,
kalandu peśina peccaravaṃ keṭṭilaiyo pey ppeṇṇe,
kāśuṃ pirappuṃ kalakalappa kaipertu,
vāśa naruṃkul̤a’lāyicciyar, mattināl
ośai ppaḍutta ttayiraravaṃ keṭṭilaiyo,
nāyaga ppeṇpil̤l̤āy nārāyaṇan mūrti,
keśavanai ppāḍavuṃ nī keṭṭe kiḍattiyo,
deśamuḍaiyāy tiravelorembāvāy || 7 ||
kīl̤’vānaṃ vel̤l̤enru erumai śiruvīḍu,
meyvān parandana kāṇ mikkul̤l̤a pil̤l̤aigal̤um,
povān poginrārai ppogāmal kāttu,
unnaikkūvuvān vandu ninrom, kodugalamuḍaiya
pāvāy el̤u’ndirāy pāḍipparai koṃḍu,
māvāy pil̤andānai mallarai māṭṭiya,
devādidevanai śenru nāṃ śevittāl,
āvāvenrārāyndarul̤elorembāvāy || 8 ||
tūmaṇimāḍattu ccuṭruṃ vil̤akkeriya,
tūpaṃ kamal̤a’ ttuyilaṇai mel kaṇal̤arum,
māmān magal̤e maṇikkadavaṃ tāl̤ tiravāy,
māmīr aval̤ai el̤uppīro, un magal̤ tān
ūmaiyo ? anri cceviḍo, anandalo ?,
ema pperunduyil mandirappaṭṭāl̤o ?,
māmāyan mādavan vaikundan enrenru,
nāmaṃ palavuṃ navinrelorembāvāy || 9 ||
noṭru ccuvarkkaṃ puguginra ammanāy,
māṭramuṃ tārāro vāśal tiravādār,
nāṭra ttul̤ā’y muḍi nārāyaṇan, nammāl
poṭra pparai taruṃ puṇṇiyanāl,
paṇḍorunāl̤ kūṭrattin vāy vīl̤’nda kuṃbakaraṇanum,
toṭrumunakke perunduyil tān tandāno ?,
āṭra vanandaluḍaiyāy aruṃgalame,
teṭramāy vandu tiravelorembāvāy || 10 ||
kaṭrukkaravai kkaṇaṃgal̤ palakarandu,
śeṭrār tiralal̤i’ya ccenru śerucceyyum,
kuṭramonrillāda kovalar taṃ porkoḍiye,
puṭraravalgul punamayile podarāy,
śuṭrattu tol̤i’mārellāruṃ vandu, nin
muṭraṃ pugundu mugil vaṇṇan per pāḍa,
śiṭrāde peśāde śelva ppeṃḍāṭṭi,
nī eṭrukkuraṃguṃ porul̤elorembāvāy || 11 ||
kanaittil̤aṃ kaṭrerumai kanrukkiraṃgi,
ninaittu mulai val̤i’ye ninru pāl śora,
nanaittillaṃ śerākkuṃ narcelvan taṃgāy,
panittalai vīl̤a’ nin vāśar kaḍai paṭri,
śinattināl tennilaṃgai kkomānai cceṭra,
manattukkiniyānai ppāḍavuṃ nī vāy tiravāy,
inittānel̤u’ndirāy īdenna perurakkam,
anaittillattāru marindelorembāvāy || 12 ||
pul̤l̤in vāy kīṇḍānai ppollā varakkanai
kkil̤l̤i kkal̤aindānai kkīrtimai pāḍippoy,
pil̤l̤aigal̤ellāruṃ pāvaikkal̤aṃbukkār,
vel̤l̤i yel̤u’ndu viyāl̤a’muraṃgiṭru,
pul̤l̤uṃ śilambina kāṇ! podarikkaṇṇināy,
kul̤l̤akkul̤ira kkuḍaindu nīrāḍāde,
pal̤l̤ikkiḍattiyo pāvāy! nī nannāl̤āl,
kal̤l̤aṃ tavirndu kalandelorembāvāy || 13 ||
uṃgal̤ pul̤ai’kkaḍai ttoṭṭattu vāviyul̤,
śeṃgal̤u’ nīr vāy negil̤’ndu ambal vāy kūmbina kāṇ,
śeṃgal poḍi kkūrai veṇbal tavattavar,
taṃgal̤ tirukkoyil śaṃgiḍuvān poginrār,
eṃgal̤ai munnaṃ el̤u’ppuvān vāy peśum,
naṃgāy el̤u’ndirāy nāṇādāy nāvuḍaiyāy,
śaṃgoḍu śakkaramenduṃ taḍakkaiyan,
paṃgayakkaṇṇānai ppāḍelorembāvāy || 14 ||
elle! il̤aṃkil̤iye innamuraṃgudiyo,
śillenral̤ai’yenmin naṃgaimīr podaruginren,
vallai un kaṭṭuraigal̤ paṃḍe yun vāyaridum,
vallīrgal̤ nīṃgal̤e nānedānāyiḍuga,
ollai nī podāy unakkenna veruḍaiyai,
ellāruṃ pondāro? pondār pondeṇṇikkol̤,
vallānai konrānai māṭrārai māṭral̤i’kka
vallānai, māyānai pāḍelorembāvāy || 15 ||
nāyaganāy ninra nandagopanuḍaiya
koyil kāppāne, koḍittonruṃ toraṇa
vāyil kāppāne, maṇikkadavaṃ tāl̤ tiravāy,
āyar śirumiyaromukku, araiparai
māyan maṇivaṇṇan nennale vāy nerndān,
tūyomāy vandoṃ tuyilel̤a’ppāḍuvān,
vāyāl munnamunnaṃ māṭrāde ammā, nī
neya nilaikkadavaṃ nīkkelorembāvāy || 16 ||
ambarame taṇṇīre śore araṃ śeyyum,
emberumān nandagopālā el̤u’ndirāy,
kombanārkkellāṃ kol̤unde kula vil̤akke,
emberumāṭṭi yaśodāy arivurāy,
ambaramūḍaruttu oṃgi ulagal̤anda,
umbar komāne! uraṃgādel̤u’ndirāy,
śeṃ porkal̤a’laḍi ccelvā baladevā,
umbiyuṃ nīyumuraṃgelorembāvāy || 17 ||
undu mada gal̤iṭranoḍāda tol̤valiyan,
nandagopālan marumagal̤e! nappinnāy!,
gandaṃ kamal̤u’ṃ kul̤a’lī kaḍaitiravāy,
vandu eṃguṃ kol̤i’ yal̤ai’ttana kāṇ, mādavi
pandal mel palkāl kuyilinaṃgal̤ kūvina kāṇ,
pandār virali un maittunan per pāḍa,
śendāmarai kkaiyāl śīrār val̤aiyol̤ippa,
vandu tiravāy magil̤’ndelorembāvāy || 18 ||
kuttu vil̤akkeriya kkoṭṭukkāl kaṭṭil mel,
mettenra paṃcaśayanattin meleri,
kottalar pūṃgul̤a’l nappinnai koṃgaimel,
vaittu kkiḍanda malar mār pā vāy tiravāy,
maittaḍaṃ kaṇṇināy nīyun maṇāl̤anai,
ettanai poduṃ tuyilel̤a’voṭṭāy kāṇ,
ettanaiyeluṃ pirivāṭra gillaiyāl,
tattuvamanru tagavelorembāvāy || 19 ||
muppattu mūvaramararku mun śenru,
kappaṃ tavirkuṃ kaliye tuyilel̤ā’y,
śeppamuḍaiyāy tiraluḍaiyāy, śeṭrārku
veppaṃ koḍukkuṃ vimalā tuyilel̤ā’y,
śeppanna menmulai śevvāyi śirumaruṃgul,
nappinnai naṃgāy tiruve tuyilel̤ā’y,
ukkamuṃ taṭṭol̤iyuṃ tandun maṇāl̤anai,
ippode yemmai nīrāṭṭelorembāvāy || 20 ||
eṭra kalaṃgal̤ edirpoṃgi mīdal̤ippa,
māṭrāde pāl śoriyuṃ val̤l̤al peruṃ paśukkal̤,
āṭrappaḍaittān magane arivurāy,
ūṭramuḍaiyāy periyāy, ulaginil
toṭramāy ninra śuḍare tuyilel̤ā’y,
māṭrārunakku valitolaindu un vāśarkaṇ,
āṭrādu vandu unnaḍi paṇiyumāpole,
poṭriyāṃ vandoṃ pugal̤’ndelorembāvāy || 21 ||
aṃgaṇ mā ñālattaraśar, abhimāna
baṃgamāy vandu nin pal̤l̤ikkaṭṭirkīl̤e’,
śaṃgamiruppār pol vandu talaippeydom,
kiṃkiṇi vāycceyda tāmarai ppūppole,
śeṃgaṇ śirucciride yemmel vil̤i’yāvo,
tiṃgal̤umādittiyanu mel̤u’ndārpol,
aṃgaṇiraṇḍuṃkoṇḍu eṃgal̤ mel nokkudiyel,
eṃgal̤ mel śāpamil̤i’ndelorembāvāy || 22 ||
mārimalai mul̤ai’ñjil manni kkiḍanduraṃgum,
śīriya śiṃgamarivuṭru ttīvil̤i’ttu,
veri mayirppoṃga veppāḍuṃ pernduudari,
mūri nimirndu mul̤a’ṃgi ppurappaṭṭu,
podarumā pole nī pūvaippūvaṇṇā, un
koyil ninru iṃgane pondarul̤i, koppuḍaiya
śīriya śiṃgāśanattirundu, yāṃ vanda
kāriyamārāyndarul̤elorembāvāy || 23 ||
anru ivvulagamal̤andāy aḍipoṭri,
śenraṃgut tennilaṃgai śeṭrāy tiral poṭri,
ponra ccagaḍamudaittāy pugal̤’ poṭri,
kanru kuṇilā verindāy kal̤a’l poṭri,
kunru kuḍaiyāy eḍuttāy guṇaṃ poṭri,
venru pagai keḍukkuṃ ninkaiyil vel poṭri,
enrenrun śevagame yetti pparai kol̤vān,
inru yāṃ vandoṃ irandelorembāvāy || 24 ||
orutti maganāy ppirandu, oriravil
orutti maganāy ol̤ittu val̤ara,
tarikkilānāgittān tīṃgu ninainda,
karuttai ppil̤ai’ppittu kkaṃjan vayiṭril,
neruppenna ninra neḍumāle, unnai
aruttittu vandoṃ parai tarudiyāgil,
tiruttakka śelvamuṃ śevagamuṃ yāṃpāḍi,
varuttamuṃ tīrndu magil̤’ndelorembāvāy || 25 ||
māle ! maṇivaṇṇā ! mārgal̤i’ nīrāḍuvān,
melaiyār śeyvanagal̤ veṃḍuvana keṭṭiyel,
ñālattaiyellāṃ naḍuṃga muralvana,
pālanna vaṇṇattu un pāṃcajanniyame,
polvana śaṃgaṃgal̤ poyppāḍuḍaiyanave,
śālapperuṃ paraiye pallāṃḍiśaippāre,
kola vil̤akke koḍiye vitāname,
ālinilaiyāy arul̤elorembāvāy || 26 ||
kūḍārai velluṃ śīr goviṃdā, un tannai
pāḍi parai koṇḍu yāṃ peru śammānam,
nāḍu pugal̤uṃ pariśināl nanrāga,
śūḍagame tol̤ val̤aiye toḍe śevippūve,
pāḍagame enranaiya palgalanuṃ yāmaṇivom,
āḍai yuḍuppoṃ adan pinne pārśoru,
mūḍa ney peydu mul̤a’ṃgai val̤i’vāra,
kūḍiyirundu kul̤irndelorembāvāy || 27 ||
karavaigal̤ pin śenru kānaṃ śernduṇbom,
arivonru millāda vāykkulattu, untannai
piravi perundanai ppuṇṇiyuṃ yāmuḍaiyom,
kurai onrumillāda goviṃdā, un tannoḍu
uravel namakku iṃgol̤i’kka ol̤i’yādu,
ariyāda pil̤l̤aigal̤oṃ anbināl, un tannai
śiruperal̤ai’ttanavuṃ śīri yarul̤āde,
iraivā! nī tārāy parai yelorembāvāy || 28 ||
śiṭraṃ śiru kāle vaṃdunnai śevittu, un
poṭrāmarai aḍiye poṭruṃ porul̤ kel̤āy,
peṭraṃ meyttuṇṇuṃ kulattil pirandu, nī
kuṭreval eṃgal̤ai kol̤l̤āmal pogādu,
iṭrai parai kol̤vānanru kāṇ goviṃdā,
eṭraikkuṃ el̤’ el̤’ piravikkum, un tannoḍu
uṭrome yāvoṃ unakke nāṃ āṭceyvom,
maṭrai naṃ kāmaṃgal̤ māṭrelorembāvāy || 29 ||
vaṃgakkaḍal kaḍainda mādavanai keśavanai,
tiṃgal̤ tirumugattu cceyil̤ai’yār śenriraiṃji,
aṃgapparai koṃḍavāṭrai, aṇipuduvai
paiṃgamalat taṇteriyal paṭṭar pirān kodai śonna,
śaṃga ttamil̤’ mālai muppaduṃ tappāme,
iṃgu ippariśuraippār īriraṃḍu mālvaraittol̤,
śeṃgan tirumugattu ccelva ttirumālāl,
eṃguṃ tiruvarul̤ peṭru inburuvarembāvāy || 30 ||
|| āṇḍāl̤ tiruvaḍigal̤e śaraṇam ||

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