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DIVYA PRABANDHAM

THIRUPPALLIYELLUCHHI

Translated By Vandana Voruganti

Laudatory Verse on the Author best, is none other than the Supreme Lord Himself.
Thondaradippodi, by Thiruma:lai A:nda:n He who bears a divine name that means the dust
“Thame:va mathva parava:sude:vam on devotees feet, has wonderfully prepared a

range:sayam ra:javadarhani:yam | beautiful garland of songs to awaken that Lord, like
Pra:bho:dhaki:m yo:krutha su:kthima:la:m one would awaken a king. I am singing in praise
bhaktha:nghrire:num bhagavantha mi:de: ||” of such a great a:lwa:r who is known to enjoy
paying servitude to devotees and whose name is

Word to word meaning: Thondaridippodi.
i:de = I am praising, in all three ways with my ---
mind, words and actions - Laudatory Verse on the Author
bhaktha+anghri+re:num= the a:lwa:r who believes Thondaradippodi, by Thiruvarangapperuma:l

that he is equivalent to the dust on devotees feet; araiyar
bhagavantham = (the a:lwa:r who) possesses great “Mandangudi enbar ma:maraiyo:r manniyasi:r,
qualities worth worshipping; Thondaridippodi thonnagaram, vandu
yaha = the one who Thinarthavaiyal then arangattha:ma:nai, palli

mathva: = while thinking of Yunarthum pira:n idittha u:r ||” 1
ra:javath = the king like,
arhani:yam = revered Word to word meaning:
range:sayam = Lord lying in Sri: Rangam; ma = great

parava:sude:vam e:va = (to be) none other than the maraiyo:r = scholars in ve:das (Marai = ve:dam)
Lord himself (parava:sude:va) enbar = say that
tham = as proclaimed in ve:das - si:r = wealth
akrutha = prepared manniya = stays stable

su:kthima:la:m = a garland of songs mandangudi = in this Mandangudi (a temple worth
pra:bho:dhaki:m = to awaken the Lord in the worshipping)
morning. nagaram = that is a town
Translation thol = which is ancient

The God lying on the holy A:di Se:sha (king of vayal = having fields
snakes) in Sri: Rangam is being worshipped by king thinartha = with buzzing sounds of
of kings (including Sri: Rama). Hence, an a:lwa:r vandu = honey bees
named Thondaridippodi has decided that this God, u:r = that is the town

possessing the complete set of ALL qualities at their pira:n = (where) the most benevolent

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