Andal 01. Good Against Evil Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

Having created this Universe
To establish order and peace
The Lord took avatars several
To save the good against evil.

Lord Narayanan had played ten
Roles (Dasavathars) , one by one,
For the benefit of every creation
That existed in this earth then.

Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha,
Vamana, Parasurama, Rama, Balarama,
Krishna and Kalki, thus the Lord
Took ten roles to save this world.

Besides His ten appearances
He sent several messengers
To lead the ignorant people
In the path most spiritual.

Among those messengers
Were the chain of Alwars,
As role models for others
To follow their footsteps.

Alwar means one who loves
Deep in his heart God always.
Vishnuchitta was ‘Periyalwar, '
That meant the great Alwar.

He was the one, who sang,
'God should live long,
To save mankind forever, '
So, he was called ‘Periyalwar.'

'Ho Lord of Lords, May your feet,
Like red lotus shining bright,
With your strongest shoulders,
Illumine ever this world of yours.'

Always he sang this prayer,
That for others it did appear
When God Himself is so eternal
That his prayer sounded unusual.