Sri.U.Ve.Elayavilli Bhuvarahachariyar Swami
Introduction
Sri ANDAL is the quintessence incarnation of Sri BHUMI DEVI the Divine Consort of SRIMAN NARAYANA, who took birth on this earth to liberate suffering human beings from worldly bondage. She sang thirty sweet songs containing the cardinal principles of Sri Vaishnava Dharma during the month of MARGAZHI.
Sri.U.Ve.Elayavilli Bhuvarahachariyar Swami
It may appear in the beginning that Andal is intending to perform a particular religious vow to marry the Lord and thereby obtain His everlasting company, and that she is inviting all her girl friends to join her. It is only towards the end of TIRUPPAVAI that we learn that she did not actually go to any pond or river or perform a religious rite; SHE IS ACTUALLY PRAYING TO BE GRANTED THE SERVICE OF THE LORD FOR ALL ETERNITY. It is the soul's inner craving to redeem itself and to reach His Divine nearness in order to serve him ("Attaani cchevagam" as her father PERIYAZHWAR calls it) which forms the real purport of this poem.
Listen to the Thiruppavai Upanyasam by Sri.U.Ve.Velukkudi Krishnan Swami in the Upanyasam section.