Sri Pey Azhwar
Place: Mylapore in Chennai Year: Siddarthi Month: Aipasi Star: Sadayam Paksham: Sukla Paksham Tithi: Navami Amsam (incarnation of): Nandakam (divine Sword of the Supreme Lord) Compilation: Mundram Thiruvandadi Also known as: MahathAhvayar, Mayilaapuraadhipar
Thaniyan
(Invocatory verse of glorification to an Acharya which is usually composed by a disciple)
dhrushtvA hrushtam thadhA vishNum ramayA mayilAdhipam kUpE rakthOthpalE jAtham mahathAhvayam AsrayE
I surrender unto Peyazhwar who is the leader of Mylapore and was born out of a red lilly flower in a well and who attained great bliss by having the divine vision of Sriman Narayanan with Sri Mahalakshmi.
Azhwar’s history
Mudhal (first) azhwars consist of three azhwars all together.
Pey Azhwar is amongst the mudal azhwars. He appeared in a temple tank in a red Lilly flower.
He was so filled with bhakti towards Lord, he was moving around as a person who was possessed. Hence was called as Payen (means a possessed person)
