Thousand Names of Lord Narayana
Namam Aiyram Pathigam Nachiar Thirumozhi
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In this pathigam Andal talks about the efforts of hers and her friends in building a sand castle in Panguni Month to Please Kama Devan and Leela of Lord Krishna playing spoiling sport trying to break those castles with his hands and legs. Andal Pleads to Lord Krishna take into consideration the amount of effort they had put in to build those sand castles and request him not to spoil them. In order to plese Lord Krishna , Andal remembers the important Names of Lord Narayana and Leelas during some of the major avatars.
The following are extracts from Nachiar Thirumozhi (514-523), Namama Ayiram Pathigam
Andal says " Oh Lord Narayan. You are the one bearing thousand names. You are the born as Lord Rama in human form hiding His divinity. You are the one playing the spoilt sport of damaging the sand castles built by Andal and her friends. You are the one who slept in the form of beautiful child on banyan leaf. You are the oldest murthi. You are the Hari who sleeps on deep milky ocean. You are the one who saved the elephant Gajendra from crocodile. You are the one who takes rest on milky ocean with beautiful waves. You are the Pundaikaksha. You the Cunning Madhava and Kesava. You built a bridge across the sea. You are the one that conquered Ravana's Lanka. You are the one having a color of the waters of the ocean. You built the Sethu Bridge. You holding the fiery Wheel (Chakrayudham). You measured the entire worlds with one feet. You measured the upper worlds extending up to Paramapadam with another feet. "
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