The Perumal Tirumoli ([பெருமாள் திருமொழி] Error: {{Langx}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 16: ̲) (help)) is a work of TamilHindu literature written by Kulasekhara Alvar, one of the Alvars, the poet-saints of the Sri Vaishnava tradition.[1] This work, which is a part of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham,[2] consists of 105 hymns, that are numbered 647 to 750 in the compendium. It is dedicated to the worship of Vishnu, who is referred to as Perumal.[3]
The Perumal Tirumoli notably contain five decads on the holy town of Srirangam, and five each on Rama[4] and Krishna, the latter considered to be of great poetic merit.[5]
The first pasuram, or hymn, of this work is as follows:[6]
When is the day that my pair of eyes shall rejoice, beholding the dark Sapphire, the delicate One, who sleeps — as clear-watered Ponni rubs [His] feet with the hands [that are her] waves — in the great town of Srirangam, having reached the bed of great whiteness shining with ornaments, called Ananta, the king of serpents, the great effulgence, whose forehead twinkles with gems that glow so that darkness retreats,
[and] over whom spread a thousand hoods with groups of decorative spots?
My Sapphire-hued Lord, My Beloved. A Complete, Annotated Translation of Kulacēkara Āḻvār’s Perumāḷ Tirumoḻi and Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai’s Medieval Maṇipravāḷam Commentary, with an Introduction - Suganya
