பல்லாண்டு பல்லாண்டு பல்லாயிரத்தாண்டு
பலகோடி நூறாயிரம்
மல்லாண்ட திண்தோள் மணிவண்ணா உன்
செவ்வடி செவ்வி திருக்காப்பு
पल्लाण्डु पल्लाण्डु पल्लायिरत्ताण्डु
पलगोडि नूऱायिरम्
मल्लाण्ड तिण्डोळ् मणिवण्णा उऩ्
सॆव्वडि सॆव्वि तिरुक्काप्पु
pallāṇḍu pallāṇḍu pallāyirattāṇḍu
palagōḍi nūṟāyiram
mallāṇḍa tiṇḍōḷ maṇivaṇṇā uṉ
sevvaḍi sevvi tirukkāppu
Meaning
May you live many years, many years, many thousands of years, many crores of hundreds of thousands of years! O you of sapphire hue, whose strong shoulders overcame the wrestlers, may the beauty of your red feet be ever guarded.
About this bhajan
The Sri Vaishnava account says Vishnuchitta, the temple gardener of Srivilliputtur, went to the Pandya king’s court at Madurai and proved by the Vedas that Narayana is the highest. The king seated him on an elephant and took him round the city, and Bhagwan appeared in the sky on Garuda to see his devotee honoured. Vishnuchitta, afraid that the world’s eye might fall on such beauty, forgot to ask for anything and began to bless Bhagwan instead: may you live for ever. For this motherly love he is called Periyalvar, the great Alvar. His twelve verses stand first in the Divya Prabandham.
Nalayira Divya Prabandham, Tiruppallandu 1 (prabandham no. 1), Project Madurai e-text pm0005_01