[4]The opening ten verses of the Periya Tirumoli describe how Tirumangai was transformed after the meaning of the Narayana mantra dawned on him, which Sri Vaishnavism tradition acknowledges as the quintessential nature of the Vedas.

The Periya Tirumoli is the magnum opus of Tirumangai Alvar, a composition of devotional verses dwelling on the greatness of several Vaishnava shrines, and the auspicious attributes of God as experienced by a bhakti saint.

"[5] Tirumangai describes Vishnu's Matsya avatara with these verses:[6] There was no higher ground;Leaving not a spot uncovered,the mighty flood swept high,covering the prosperous landsof the immortal ones.

The gods said:we have no other refuge.To be their fortress,He, by his grace,came as a fish.The bowels (of the fish) shook in its haste,the waves and waters of the oceancrashed and rocked,as he bore on his back the mountainsthat scraped the skies.

non-shortening long birth), literature/exemplification of the five [that are] the topics (turaikal) of the good treatise about Tamil, the essence of the Āraṇam [i.e. the Veda), a spark of fire (analin pori) that burns (lit.