First pAsuram. Praising time, cow-herd girls and emperumAn, who is both the means and the end result, ANdAL resolves that she will observe mArgazhi nOnbu (a fasting or religious penance observed in the thamizh month of mArgazhi) so that she could have krishNAnubhavam (enjoying krishNa).
mArgazhith thingaL madhi niRaindha nannALAl
nIrAdap pOdhuvIr pOdhuminO nErizhaiyIr
sIr malgum AyppAdich chelvach chiRumIrgAL
kUrvEl kodum thozhilan nandhagOpan kumaran
Er Arndha kaNNi yasOdhai iLam singam
kAr mEnich chengaN kadhir madhiyam pOl mugaththAn
nArAyaNanE namakkE paRai tharuvAn
pArOr pugazhap padindhu ElOr embAvAy
Oh young girls in thiruvAyppAdi (SrI gOkulam) who have the wealth of krishNa kainkaryam (service to krishNa)! Oh those who are wearing great ornaments! It is an auspicious day on this full moon day of mArgazhi. kaNNan is the obedient son of nandhagOpar, who has a sharp spear which will destroy creatures which could harm kaNNan; kaNNan is the lion cub of yaSOdhAppirAtti who has beautiful eyes. kaNNan has a divine form which has the complexion of dark cloud, has reddish eyes and has a face like sun and moon. He is nArayaNa, emperumAn, and will give us all, his servitors, kainkaryam (service to him). Come together.
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