Tiruppavai — Pasuram 1

Sri Andal

Now has arrived the month of Margasirsa. The days are auspicious and the nights are filled with moonlight. You, the beautiful young women, enjoying all the comforts of the prosperous village Vrepalle and wearing strange and attractive ornaments! Listen, all those who wish to participate in the morning bath, join us and move ahead. Krsna is the son of Nandagopa, who in his solicitude for his son, ever keeps alert, with his sharp Velayudha always poised, to punish severely those who intend harm to him. Krsna is the beloved lion-cub of Yasoda who contemplates him with ‘her large beaming eyes; Krsna with his body shining with the colour of a dark cloud, with his eyes bright as red lotus-petals, with his divine face radiating the mingled beams of the bright sun and the mellow moon — this Krsna is no other than Narayana Himself. He is ready to give, only to us (people who never seek anything from any but him) what we badly need, namely, the instrument “parai” which is required for the fulfilment of this ritual. Therefore, join us in all your numbers in this ceremonial rite and make the world of onlookers happy.

Source:

Tiruppavai by Sree Andal, A Rendering Into English by Sri C. Sitaramamurti, M.A. of Commentary in Telegu by Sriman S. Appalacharyulu, M.A.