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puLLin vAy kINdAnaip pollA arakkanai
	kiLLik kaLaindhAnaik kIrththimai pAdip pOyp
piLLaigaL ellArum pAvaik kaLam pukkAr
	veLLi ezhundhu viyAzham uRangkiRRu
puLLum silambina kAN pOdharik kaNNinAy!
	kuLLak kuLirak kudaindhu nIrAdAdhE
paLLik kidaththiyO? pAvAy! nI nannALAl
	kaLLam thavirndhu kalandhElOr empAvAy

Pasuram: Pullinvay Divyadesam: Thirukkudandhai

In this pasuram, the resting pose is talked through the phrase "paLLik kidaththiyO". This resting pose is enjoyed greatly in the divyadesam of Thirukkudandhai - "ErAr kOlam thigazhak kidandhAy" (Thiruvaymozhi 5-8-1). While there are many divyadesams where the Lord is in a resting pose such as thiruvekkA, thiru evvuL, thiruvarangam, thiruvanbil and thiruppARkadal, when singing about all these divyadesams together, it is Thirukkudandhai that Thirumazhisai Azhvar picks first - "nAgaththaNaik kudandhai" (Nanmugan Thiruvandhadhi 36).

Therefore, it is appropriate to say that it is the divyadesam of Thirukkudandhai that Andal is experiencing in this pasuram.

Andal Thiruvadigale Sharanam
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

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