Thursday 18 December 2025 (3rd verse ) (Section I – 3 of 5)
Ongi ulagalandha utthaman per padi
Singing the praise of the good Lord who rose and measured the worlds
Naangall nam pavaikku sattri neeradinal
When we do the holy bath and begin our intense prayers
Theengindri nadellam thingal mummari peydhu
It will rain all through the season, but without losses
Ongu perun sennnell oodu kayalugala
and the fishes happily prance amidst the irrigated paddy crops
Poonkuvalai p podir pori vandu kannpaduppa
and the bee rests gently in the petals of the flowers
Thangathe pukkirindhu seertha mulai pattri
the overflowing udders of the cows so full
Vaanga kudam niraikkum vallall perum pasukkal
the benevolent cows that fill pots with prosperity
Neengadha selvam niraindhelor empavai
Everlasting riches fill our lives, my girls
Referrring to the Lord as the One who rose to the Viswaroopa form and measured the three worlds with three giant strides during the Vamana Avatar , in this third stanza, Andal describes the good that will follow when during this prayer, we all sing the praise of the names of the Lord during the Margazhi Nonbu. All throughout the nation, without any disaster(floods), we will have adequate rains during all the months, the crops will flourish making the fields of tall well grown paddy lively with the fish jumping around, honey bees gently sleeping in the beautiful flowers, the big cows, like great philanthropists will fill the pots with milk from their abundant udders and in all prosperity and plenty will fill the lives of the devotees who are performing this prayers. Andal cited the measures of prosperity in these terms in the days that she lived. Will these measures mean prosperity now ? We may be preoccupied with other measures like the GDP and the Sensex but with the focus on the environment as the single largest concern for humanity, Andal’s metrics appear truly farsighted. And the everlasting wealth that she is alluding to as we will discover later is really the Grace of the Lord.