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Song : Vaiyatthu Vaazhveergal
Raga : Gowli (Carnatic)
Singer : Madhu Iyer
A beautiful pasuram describing the austerities that devotees must perform in order to maintain a vow and serve the Lord. This song was composed in chaste Tamil over 1200 years ago by the only female Vaishnavite saint Kodhai Alwar, or Aandal as she is popularly known. The pasuram is a part of the Thiruppavai, a set of thirty songs sung in Margazhi (mid-December to mid-January).
Meaning of the pasuram
O! People of this world
Be pleased to hear of those penances,
That we daily do for the worship of Pavai
We will sing of those holy feet
Of He who sleeps in the ocean of milk
We will not partake of tasty ghee
We will avoid the health-giving milk
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tamil songs