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anRu ivvugakam aLandhAy! adi pORRi
	senRangkuth thennilangkai seRRAy! thiRal pORRi
ponRach sagadam udhaiththAy! pugazh pORRi
	kanRu kuNilA eRindhAy! kazhal pORRi
kunRu kudaiyAy eduththAy! guNam pORRi
	venRu pagai kedukkum nin kaiyil vEl pORRi
enRenRu un sEvagamE Eththip paRai koLvAn
	inRu yAm vandhOm irangkElOr empAvAy

Pasuram: Anru Ivvulagam Anubhavam: Govardhana

In this pasuram, the phrase "kunRu kudaiyA eduththAy! guNam pORRi!" is to be taken as key. Andal is performing mangalshasanam to the event of Sri Krishna lifting the Govardhana mountain.

The pasuram of Periyazhvar "kodiyERu senthAmaraik kaiviralgaL kOlamum azhindhila vAdiRRila, vadivERu thiruvugir nondhumila maNivaNNan malaiyumOr sampiradham" (Periyazhvar Thirumozhi 3-5-10) should be studied here.

When Sri Krishna stopped the Yadavas from performing a puja to Indra, He used the Veda vakhyam "yO vai svAm dEvatAmadhiyajatE pra svAyai dEvatAyai shyavatE na parAm prApnOti pApIyAn bhavati" (Yajur Veda Second Kanda Fifth Prashna). Swami Desikan has written this as a shloka in his Yadavadhbudya. That too should be studied.

Thus, the lifting of the Govardhana mountain is experienced in this pasuram.

Andal Thiruvadigale Sharanam
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

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