Pasurams 2478–2577 of 4000
Thiruviruththam is Nammazhvar's opening work: one hundred pasurams in the classical akam (love poetry) tradition, where the soul is the heroine, the Lord the beloved, and clouds, birds, and the night itself become messengers.
Its first verse — a plea to be freed from "false bodies birth after birth" — is read as the essence of everything Nammazhvar sang afterward.
Opening pasuram · 2478
பொய்ந் நின்ற ஞானமும் * பொல்லா ஒழுக்கும் அழுக்கு உடம்பும் *
இந் நின்ற நீர்மை * இனி யாம் உறாமை **
உயிர் அளிப்பான் எந் நின்ற யோனியுமாய்ப் பிறந்தாய் * இமையோர் தலைவா! *
மெய்ந் நின்று கேட்டருளாய் * அடியேன் செய்யும் விண்ணப்பமே1
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How to memorise Thiruviruththam
Thiruviruththam runs from pasuram 2478 to 2577 — 100 pasurams in all. The app builds a daily plan around whatever pace you choose, so the pasurams arrive in small, repeatable portions rather than all at once.
The personal plan organises the Tamil pasurams into manageable daily portions, adds recall practice and brings earlier portions back through spaced reviews. Pasurams you already know can be marked as known, and a final exam and certificate are available once a whole prabandham is complete.
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