EdhEnum enREnO kulasEkarar pOlE
Kulasekhara Azhwar (seventh of the twelve Azhwars, was the second known ruler of the Cera Perumal kingdom of Cranganore (c. 800—1124 AD). Modern historians assume that he ruled Kerala between 844 — 883 AD from Makotai, modern Cranganore. He left the throne and his kingdom after seeing Lord Rama and continued his service towards the lord for the rest of his life!
Being an ardent devotee of Lord Rama, he considered the painful experiences of Rama to be his own. He is therefore also known as 'Perumal', meaning 'The Great' – an epithet for god Rama. His devotion was so intense that he worshiped the devotees as forms of Vishnu.
Kulasekhara Azhwar's verses are called Perumal Thirumozhi. In this work, he has sung a padhigam on Thiruvengadamudaiyan - "UnERu selvaththu" - Perumal Thirumozhi 4. In these pasurams, he expresses his desire to be born in any fashion on the divine mountain of Thirumalai. He asks that he be born as a bird, a fish, a tree, a pathway, a river, etc on the mountain. He also prays that he be born as the doorstep to the temple of the Lord - this is why the inner doorstep of Divyadesa temples is called "Kulasekaran Padi". He finally asks that he be born as anything on Thirumalai –
"emperumAn ponmalai mEl
EdhEnum AvEnE".
In this relation, Anandazhvan mentioned the following: "EdhEnum means Azhwar is ready to even lose his true nature of being subservient to the Lord and become the Lord Himself, if it means that he could be on Thirumalai hills."
Bhattar said "EdhEnum means, let Azhwar not know who or what he is, let even the Lord not know who or what he is, let no one know or praise him - just let him be something on Thirumalai, so that he could get to see the Lord, all the time".
Thirukkolur Ammal is asking "Did I wish to be always on Thirumalai like Kulasekhara Azhwar did?"
