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Dear bhagavathas,
Sri.Madhavakannan of Singapore is doing a great kaimkaryam of translating the divya prabandham in a simple English providing the basic meaning of the pasurams.His write ups are concise yet filled with great anubavams. His translations are strictly as per our sampradayam and adiyen has benefitted a lot from his wonderful translations.So far he has completed Thiruvaymozhi and Peria Thirumozhi and few thiruvandhadhis. adiyen is sure that he will continue to enlighten us with the balance prabandhams in the coming days.
Sri.Madhavakannan used to present meanings for every ten pasurams in one posting. Most of you aware that all such postings are being archeived in Sri.Mani's Srivaishnavam page and also in bhakti list egroups site. But since the postings are scattered spanning over a period of two years it may be bit difficult to browse and read them. adiyen is attempting to compile them for the benefit of bhagavathas who can read the entire Peria thirumozhi in say 11 documents.Hope this will be of use to you.
Now over to Sri.Madhavakannan and adiyen won't interfere with him and Thirumangai azhvar,hereafter.
Dasan venkat
Sri:
Dearest Sisters and Brothers, Happy makara sankaranthi! Happy Pongal!
I pray to Divya Damapthis for Their blessings and AchAryAs and ThirumangaiAzhwAr for Their anugraham for my yet another rash, brazen attempt to enter into tranlsation kaimkaryam. Please forgive me for my errors and mistakes. Anything good in it, I am not to be "blamed"; All Emperumaan's grace and AzhwAr's and AchAryan anugraham. All mistakes, blunders are mine; Please pat (slap) my back for that.
ThirumangaiAzhwAr's Periya Thirumozhi is what we are going to enjoy next. All of you know well about this Great AzhwAr, and he needs no introduction. However, for novices like me, just a quick account of his biography:
In his early days, as a king, our Lord Narayana was far from AzhwAr's
thoughts. His spiritual journey started with a commitment he made
to his sweetheart Kumudhavalli in exchange for her hand in marriage.
While most women may have asked for her suitor's everlasting love, or a
diamond ring, or a golden bangle, all our gentle lady Kumudhavalli sought
from AzhwAr was that he must wear the marks of Sri Vaishnava and serve
food (amudhu) for 1,000 Vaishnavaas everyday for a period of one
year. This service, initiated as a price for carnal pleasure,
turned into a labour of divine love towards the devotees of our Lord Narayana.
Years rolled by. AzhwAr spent all his wealth in the service of Vaishnavas.
With his coffers empty, AzhwAr could not continue the service. He
could not bear the thought of having to turn away the Vasihnavas who by
then were accustomed to blessing his abode with their presence.
The feeling of despair turned to anger at the sight of the greedy idle rich strolling around with all their gaudy and ostentatious jewels and showing contempt for the simple and devout Vasihnavas. This was enough to drive our Great AzhwAr to actions. But it was not just fame that was in store for our AzhwAr.
Our Lord Sriya: Pathih Sriman Narayana decided to intervene and turn AzhwAr away from the ways of the sword. He and His consort, our divine mother Sri, appeared before him as a newly wed couple bedecked with priceless ornaments. AzhwAr, who hid himself at ThirumaNankollai, stopped the couple and forcibly relieved them of all the jewellery.
But, there was one piece on our Lord's toe that wouldn't come off however
much AzhwAr tried. In frustration AzhwAr
put his head on the lotus feet of our Lord (!) with the intention of
biting the ring off. He asked the Lord as to what is the magic manthra
for removing? (The Lord must have mis understood that AzhwAr enquires regarding
samsaara bond!) and that sort of SaraNagathy did work! at that moment AzhwAr
was drawn in by the beauty of the lotus feet and realized
the true nature of the couple standing in front of him. The Lord
then instructed the esoteric meaning of the "magic manthra" i.e
"Thirumandhiram" or Ashtaaksharam for the Most Blessed AzhwAr, to get
initiated by the Lord Himself, with Their "thadutthaaTkoLLal".
Thus AzhwAr learnt of the efficacy of the divine name "Narayana" from our Lord Narayana Himself!
He immediately burst out to sing the poem "Periya Thirumozhi" (Great divine poem) consisting of 1,084 verses. The first ten of these verses are dedicated to the name "Narayana." These first 10 emotional verses give aid and comfort to people.
AzhwAr comes down hard on himself with intense self criticism for the
violence he had caused,though for a good cause, for having sought fleeting
worldly pleasures, for having squandered his days on mundane pursuits.
He ends each of
these ten verses with a celebration of the divine name Narayana, for
after finding this sweet name, AzhwAr declares, he was free from all the
sins and assured of the everlasting bliss at the lotus feet of our sweet
Lord Narayana (Biography passage -stole- from Sri Dileepan's
post in Dec 95- in bhakti list - Thanks, Dileepan!)
His compositions were :
1. Periya thirumozhi
2. Periya thirumadal
3. SiRiya thirumadal
4. Thiru nedunthANdakam (TNT)
5. Thiru KurunthANdakam(TKT)
6.Thiru vezhuk kurrirukkai.
His pAsurams are marvellous; excellent and have unsurpassed beauty in them. ParAsara Bhattar made use of his TNT to win over his counter part, an advaitin scholar in his arguments and later the advaitin became his disciple 'nam jeeyar'.
Sri RanganAtha himself heard and was greatly pleased with that argument re-enacted from Bhattar quoting from TNT (Please read excellent posts of Sri V. SadagOpan on TNT and TKT duringFeb 96 from Bhakti Archives - a real feast to each one of you).
Thirumangai AzhwAr (a KING, a person who had all kingly royal comforts) walked all the way and VISITED almost all temples. He is simply GREAT, my dearest brothers and sisters. He is JUST S U P E R B AzhwAr. His wordings are his outpourings straight from his heart.
It is told and declared by Tamil Poets of all kinds that His paasurams contain ezhutthu (writing), sol,(words) poruL, (meanings), yaappu (Grammar), aNi (figure of sppech?) etc.. His songs are so great and so nice to recite! It is simple and quite lucid too for reciters and those who know even little Tamil, can understand the lovely emotional outbursts of AzhwAr and his bhakti.
His paasurams depict mainly the archaavathaarams of Divya dEsams, and when He enjoys Them with the descrition of Divya Desams, they simply immerse us in unbounded limitless bliss and pErAnandham.
Thai AzhwAr, when Kumudavalli had asked him to become a Srivaishnava, got his pancha samskaaram done by ThirunaRaiyoor Nambhi. He got his Thiru ManthrOpadEsam from Sri SowrirAja PerumAL; AzhwAr praises These Lords individually with 100 pAsurams! Nambhi naamam sollil NamO NaaraayaNamE".
This AzhwAr had Great regards for NammAzhwAr. He appealed and requested Sri Ranganathan for lsitening to Thiruvaaymozhi from Kaarthigai sukla Ekadasi and now all Sri vaishnava Divya Desams celebrate this uthasavam of reciting Thiruvaaymozhi.
The essence of Periya Thirumozhi is: The worldly life is sorrowful;
It can be cured only by the grace of Sriman Narayanan; Hence, get saved
by paying obeisance to Him at His Divya Desams (106 Thiruppathis on this
Earth). AzhwAr visited almost about 80 Thiruppathis, all on foot; He sang
1253 passurams, next only to NammAzhwAr; (but NammAzhwAr never went
to any Divya Desams; The Lords came to Him!)… Thirumangai AzhwAr padi
padi paraparappaay Thirndhaar…He declares: If one surrenders to Sriman
Narayanan, "enRum vinaiyaagina saaragilaavE"… (Never will sins accrue to
your account!)..
This prabhandham should be read, re-read, re-re read and enjoyed! So
nice are they… Last Kaarthigai Kritthigai nakshathram (during AzhwAr Thirunakshathram)
as instructed by our KaNNan Swami, I could recite Periya Thirumozhi for
ten days preceding his Thirunakshathram and completed on his birthday.
It was a great feeling of having read his lovely Periya Thirumozhi. Dearest
Sisters and Brothers, my attempting to write these translation is: 1. Those
who do not know Tamil, can get to know the meanings, and enjoy. 2. Those
who wish to know the meanings (though we all know Tamil, it is still difficult
to understand the
meanings) and 3. Being a self-centred person, I myself would like to
enjoy them, by reading the pAsurams and writing these translations.
May I request for all your aseervaathams and wishes for such a rash attempt? (Fools rush in where angels fear to tread).
Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
"thunjum bOdhu azhaimin.. thuyar varil ninaimin… thuyarileer sollinum nanRaam… (While you sleep, call… or when you feel depressed and sorrowful… call… or no worries.. no problems.. stilll it is so sweet to utter…. Call "Narayana Narayana" says "Thirumangai AzhwAr)
ThirumangaiAzhwAr describes the Sowlabhyam of the Lord by His showing
Himself at Divya dEsams easily accessible
to the everyone, thereby He gets enjoyment too.
1. Varaaha mUrthy, who saved the Mother earth - BhUmi PiraaTTi-
by bringing her back from the deep floods, by
lifting the earth on His bent horn, - the Lord who had reclined and
had His Yoga nithrA on the dark vast, cool
Ocean - resides in His full Blissful form, on His own free will, at
Thiruvaheendrapuram. (in Tamil Thiruvayindrapuram),
where the bees suck the sweet honey from lovely beautiful flowers,
singing and dancing. This Divya dEsam is full of such fertile
gardens and fragrant flowers.
2. The One who has the brightest strongest ChakrA in His Hand,
who has always Periya PiraaTTi MahAlakshmi residing in His
Chest, who is the meaning and essence of what all four Vedas
proclaim- Such Greatest Lord Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan
resides here Thiruvayindrapuram. At this place, one can hear the bees
humming and see the bees entering into the beautiful
lotus flowers.
3. The Sarva sakthan- Emperumaan- who had eaten all 7 worlds had
His Yoga NithrA on a little Banyan leaf- Such Most wonderful Lord- Sarva
vyApakan- the One who shows Himself to His devotees in full, - Deiva nAyakan
resides permanently
at Thiruvayindrapuram. To match His soft tender ThirumEni,there are
kurukkatthi, sheNbhagam, mullai flowers in this sthalam
and one can enjoy the breeze gently shaking these creepers, the sound
of Lotus flowers dancing to the breeze movement. Such a natural beauty
is this sthalam.
4. "I am Your enemy" angrily uttering this, HiraNyakasipu fought
against the Lord who simply and effortlessly
tore the strong chest of HiraNyakasipu with His sharp nail and blessed
his son Prahalada - Such Greatest Lord
resides at Thiruvayindrapuram. This sthalam is the most beautiful fertile
land flooded with sugar cane juices and
lovely ponds of cool waters.
5. In the yaagam performed by MahAbhali, He simply walked in as
a small brahmin boy, and begged for three measures of earth.
Then, later He killed the seven oxen for winning the hand of Nappinnai
PiraaTTi. Such Most Powerful Lord resides at
Thiruvayindrapuram, where the monkeys jump from the vEngai, kOngu,
and sheNbhagam tree branches and eat the honey
dripping jack fruits at this sthalam.
6. Due to the cruel words of Mantharai, the hunch backed woman,
He, along with His PiraaTTi, proceeded to the
forest. Such Dark hued Most Beautiful Lord of Divine ThirumEni, resides
at Thiruvayindrapuram, which is surrounded by most fertile gardens, tall
mountains, and huge ramparts, where the moon lands up and relaxes for a
while.
7. For the sake of thin lightning like waist lined, creeper like,
most feminine Periya PiraaTTi, He effortlessly pulverized
the ten heads of rAvaNan of lankA, which is situated on the top of
suvEla mountain. Such Greatest Lord Rama resides at
Thiruvayindrapuram, where the hamsams (swans) along with their mates
swim happily in the beautiful cool ponds, and where
the paddy fields gently fan these swans.
8. The One who, for the sake of the most fragrant dark haired
SitA PiraaTTi, broke the bow, who effortlessly with His small
hand, lifted the huge Govardhana giri for protecting the cattle from
the torrential heavy down pour, resides permanently at
this Thiruvayindrapuram Divya dEsam, which is full of beautiful cool
rivers that on its way, bring the ivory tuskers of the strong
elephants, and the tall "agil" trees from the mountains.
9. The Lord my nAthan- who stood victoriously helping Arjunan
and driving his chariot in the KurukshEthra battle, against the
DuryOdhanaadhis having spear in their hands, - such SarvEshwaran resides
at Thiruvayindrapuram, where beautiful rivers flow;
where the betel nut trees spread fragrance form their leaves.
10. The One who is the ONLY One among three, (Brahma, VishNu,
Sivan) and who is the antharyaami in Brahma and Sivan;
who brought the worlds back from His stomach after eating them and
protecting them during PraLayam (cosmic cycle end)- the Lord - My Emperumaan
resides showing himself so Beautifully and most gracfeully, by quenching
the thaapams (desire to see Him) of even Devas and asurAs at Thiruvayindrapuram.
About this JyOthi of Thiruvayindrapuram, these ten pAasurams of Kaliyan
have been composed. Sins and Paapams /Karmic diseases will not chase those
who read these ten pAsurams.
(About Thiruvaheendrapuram Divya dEsam, Please visit Sri Vaishnava Home page by Sri Mani, to get to know more info. The lovely statement that captivated me on the Thiruvaheendra Puram Divya Dampathi’s photo:"nin vadivazhaghu maRavaadhaar piRavaadhaarE" (Those who do not forget His Divine Beautiful ThirumEni, will NEVER be BORN))
1. Oh People, who are qualified to rule the Paramapadham, where
Nithyars live! Don’t perform penance with terrible sufferings, drying and
thinning down the flesh, without eating anything, consuming only water
and air and torturing the five sense organs, and you also get tortured
thereby. The peacocks dance spreading their colourful beautiful feathers,
bees humming
just above the charming water surface in the ponds, the flags of tall
buildingsgently twist due to the breeze, = Such a beautiful scenery exists
at Thillai Chithrakkodam! Reach there.
2. Oh folks, who wish to have Emperumaan (the One who hugs PiraaTTi and has Her in His Chest) in your heart! Don’t trouble yourself performing severe penance standing in the middle of fire for ages, eating only dried fruits and raw vegetables, consuming only air and water! Due to the presence of agnihOthris – Sri Vaishnavas- the Vedic scholars fire (agni) at Thillai Chithrakkodam keeps growing /glowing everyday! Reach that holy place!
3. Oh Bhagawaths, who are interested and yearning to reach those two Lotus Feet of Emperumaan, (who had appeared as Varaaha moorthy, the unparalleled- the one living in the forest, with terrific ferocity, brought back, the most fertile Earth from the troubled waters.. )! Reach the Divine place Thillai hithrakoodam,where the Pallava king along with his entire parivaar (army), surrendered to the Lord and paid his obeisance, where it is full of tall ramparts and buildings built up of golden stones and emerald gems)
4. Oh Guys who think of getting rid of the samsaaric ills and the neverending birth cycles!Those who utter the Divine name of the Most wonderful Lord who had effortlessly measured the whole Universe by coming in a small Brahmin Boy Vaamanan and taking the huge form in the yaagham conucted by Bhali (when Indran had lost his kingodm to Bhali)! On the dark big, vast Ocean, the win split tongued snake AdhsEshan- AnathAzhwAn is the Bed for this Lord Emperumaan Sriya: Pathih Sriman Narayanan, who is always with Periya PiraaTTi at ThillaiChithra Koodam. Reach that place!
5. (After Varaaha, Vaamana avathaaram, AzhwAr goes on to enjoy Parasurama avtaar!). For the destruction of Kshathriyas and saving the earth surrounded by oceans, He took the axe and took ParasurAma avataar and emerged victoriously! That ParasumrAma muni, if you wish to have Him as your own and for your redemption, please proceed to Thillai Chithra Koodam, the most beautiful, and the most fertile place( where Periya PiraaTTi stays in his Chest and BhUmi PiraaTTi seated on His left, and the lady of fame (Keerthi) is found everywhere!)
6. Those who wish and desire to live, yearning for having the Lord in
your heart at all times and always think of Him- who, by
just simply sending an arrow, which is as lustrous and bright
like a flame tip, towards the Ocean, tamed the sea built a bridge
of rocks across Sea, the most adorable Lord- the Personification of
Dark Beauty-the One who adorns Himself with the Most
brightest Beautiful Ornaments! Small girls at Thillai Chithrakoodam,
by hearing their fathers (Srivaishnavas) reciting Vedas, also start uttering
those Vedic hymns and their pet parrots too listening to these girls’ recitations,
start singing those hymns! What a
place! Reach that place!
7. Oh Dear! Those who long to have in your heart for ever the Lord-Emperumaan-
Sriya: Pathi, who is always with Periya PiraaTTi- (the One who was given
birth by the Ocean of swirls and swift currents)- who joined the
most fragrant flower adorned
Nappinaai PiraaTTi! Reach this Beautiful sthalam of Thillai Chithrakoodam
where the river waters bring with them the broken ivory tusks of dead elephants
(on the way) and the logs of sandal tree branches.
8. Oh Those,having always the thoughts of attaining only the Lotus Feet of Emperumaan the Lord Sriya: Pathi- who once took the whole Universe in His stomach and brought it out after the Cosmic cycle end, thereby saving and protecting the same- who took care of the cattle- the Lord of Aayars (cowherd men) –who effortlessly lifted the huge Govardhana mountain for saving the cattle from the torrential rains executed by Indran- who without even thinking of the tremendous risk involved in attacking the Kesi asuran, simply tore the mouth and the body of Kesi! Reach the most holiest place of Thillai Chithra koodam, where the Sarveshwaran- the most beautiful Divine form the most Brightest lustrous Lord- is worshipped by thousands (three?) of Brahmins daily by their very nature (swaroopam).
9. Oh Bhagwathas, who wish to reside permanently at Paramapadham, (the
most inaccessible place even for souls like Brahma, et al), and to get
rid of all accrued enormous karmas (paapams), that are accumulated over
the ages and the carnal desires that stay at heart, which keep growing
always, with desires of sensual pleasures from beautiful women (of darting,
dark, blue cool eyes), and getting angered when not successful to get such
“sensual” pleasures! Reach the beautiful Holy Thillai Chithra koodam, where
the most fragrant blue flowers bloom everywhere and the lovely fishes
jump in the fields with joy!
10. This ten is about the most Divine- most beautiful ruddy lined Lotus
eyed Lord who resides at Thillai Chithrakoodam, which
is surrounded by fertile lovely gardens. This has been composed with
a view to getting more and more intense Anandham and bliss
of enjoying Him. ThirumangaiAzhwAr, Kaliyan, whose very nature is to
be merciful to others on this earth, like the dark clouds, composed this
ten. Those who read them, WILL LIVE FOREVER SERVING THE LOTUS FEET OF THE
LORD WHO HAD MEASURED THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS.
1. Emperumaan- who went crawling as a child between
the two marudha trees making them fall, so charmingly- who killed
the two wrestlers ChaaNooran and Mushtikan- who killed the horse ,
kesi, which came as if it learns to dance and walk towards KaNNan (with
a plot to kill Him)- who saved the cowherd folk and the cattle from the
heavy downpour sent by indran- who simply allures and captivates all, with
His such most wonderful deeds- is here staying permanently at Thillai Chithra
koodam. It is full of lovely gardens with lots of most fragrant flowers.
2. This Most wonderful Child- what a way He drank
the breast milk – poisonous milk of the demon Poothanai! “This Lord-
is the Divine Consort of BhUmi PiraaTTi and is the Master of Periya
PiraaTTi (born from the Lotus Flower)” saying this
and praisng and offering flowers, the beautiful cowherd women come
flocking to this Lord, and He is here at Chithra kooda sthalam.
3. All those ladies scold and say names about Him
“This Lord (lad) has stolen the Butter and eaten”- He stood with quivering
lips and large eyes with fear and full of waters – What a Sowlabhyam!
All over eight directions, people enjoyed His standing with such a Sowlabhyam-
such Greatest Child KaNNan went crawling between the two huge marudha trees-
This Lord is praised by Brahma and other Devas uttering thousands of His
Divine names and singing about His masculinity – Such Greatest Most wonderful
Lord is here at Chithra koodam .
4. When KaNNan, went entering into the pond
where the huge venomous snake KaaLiyan lived, the large eyed beautiful
girls of aayar kulam wondered and apprehended as to what would happen to
the darling Child of theirs, “KaNNA! POgathEdaa! Vaa!
Come back!”. He, while they were watching with fear, entered into the
pond, tamed the snake by jumping on its many heads and
started dancing on each of its head. When the snake hissed angrily
with of its head, He stepped on that. What a KaaLinga narthanam!
Such most loveliest Lord is here at Chithra koodam. (Sri Krishna Premi
had said once in his upanyasam “Kutti KaNNan- when he jumped on the heads
of KaaLingan and started dancing, the head having tasted the Lotus Feet
of the Lord, boasted to the other heads- All heads have started competing
with each other and one by one popped up. The Lord stepped on each one
of them!)
5. paruvak karumugil otthu muttudai maakadalotthu/
aruvith thiraL thigazhginRa aayiram ponmalai otthu/
uruvak karungkuzhal aaycchi
thiRatthina maalvidai seRRu/
theruvil thiLaitthu varuvaan chitthira koodatthuLLaanE
(Please read the Tamil pAsuram! Sweet words for His Beauty!) He appears-
like the rainy season, dark clouds,- like the dark
Blue ocean full of pearls, - like thousands of Golden mountains seen
together- Such Most Beautiful Lord- killed the seven huge
dark oxen for getting Nappinai PiraaTTi- Such Most wonderful Lord –
the One who played on the sands and in the streets with
Other cowherd boys- is now here at Chithra koodam.
6. When He, as Rama, aimed the arrow, the lankA was destroyed completely.
The Lord appears on the huge mountain like Divine
Garuda when the Vedic scholars praise Him saying “He lifted the huge
Govardhana giri to protect the cattle when it rained heavily on them. Such
Lord came so gloriously, is here at Chithrakoodam.
7. Who can perform such valorous greatest deeds? The One so Huge like
a~njana mountain, the ferocious Kuvalayaapeetam
elephant was made to fall on the ground by our Emperumaan who walked
victoriously in the streets. His walk so gracefully
makes those long large eyed beautiful girls pay their obeisance to
Him with folded hands. This Lord who alleviates the thaapams
of Devas who come here to pay their obeisance, is at Chithra koodam
8. The Lord appeared then and there from the pillar when HiraNyan angrily
yelled at Prahalada, and immediately finished him
(hiraNyan) off by tearing his chest with His sharp nails. That time,
He appeared with His huge massive shoulders glowing so
lustrous, His two eyes emanate fire balls, (due to anger on hiraNyan)
His form huge, His long sharp corner teeth glowing, His large wide Mouth,
- Thus he appeared as Lord Narasimhan. Such Greatest Most wonderful Lord-
Periya Periya perumAL- is here at Chithra Koodam.
9. (An excellent Tamizh again!)
karumugil pOlvadhOr mEni kaiyana vaazhiyum sangum/
peruviRal vaanavar soozha yEzhu ulagum thozhudhu yEttha/
orumagaL aayar madandhai orutthi nilamagaL, maRRaith/
thirumagaLOdum varuvaan chitthira koodatthuL LaanE
enna azhaghu ko~nju Thamizh! Karumugil pOlvadhOr mEni- the ThirumEni
(Divine Body) like the dark clouds (whenever
I see the dark clouds, it reminds me of the dark hued Lord Sriya:Pathi.
Especially, when there’s lightning and thunder, AndAL’s “Azhi pOl minni
valampuri pOl ninRadhirndhu-) He has the Conch and ChakrA in his hands.
He shines so gracefully, being worshipped and praised by Devas and in all
seven worlds. He, who comes along with the unparalleled Nappinnai PiraaTTi,
the limitless BhUmi PiraaTTi and the most Compassionate Divine Periya PiraaTTi
MahAlakshmi, resides at Chithra Koodam
10. This Lord of Thillai Chithrakoodam is the Chief of Nithyars. About Him, ThirumangaiAzhwAr, who is the king of Thirumangai, sang these ten pAsurams. He has the sharp spear in his hand that can pierce through the body of enemies. Those who read these ten, understanding these meanings, will be completely cured of their sins.
AzhwAr declares in this ten (3.4) that if one goes to SeeraamaviNNagaram
Divya dEsam, and holds onto the
Lord there, all fruits will come to him.
This SreeraamaviNNagaram is present day Seergaazhi.There is a railway
station and it is just ½ km from the
station.
Moolavar: Thrivikraman, UlagaLandha Thiruvuruvam
Uthsavar: Thrivikrama Narayanan
Thaayaar: Moolavar: Lokanayaki;
Thaayaar: Uthsavar: Mattavizh kuzhali (What a sweet name!)
VishEsham:
PerumAL lifts His leg for measuring the Universe. In this sthalam only,
ThirumangaiAzhwAr won in an argument with ThirugnAnasambhandhar (one of
63 naayanmaars), and received the victorious spear from him.He also sang
“kadiyuNda neduvaaLai” poem; The Virudhu (title) “Naalu kavi perumAL” was
conferred on AzhwAr.
When Brahma was proud of his long age, Romasamuni said “Your age and
my rOmam (hair) is equal” and humbled
Brahma in this sthalam.
Prathayaksham to AshtakONa maharishi. (why that name?)
Having enjoyed the greatness of the sthalam, let us now enjoy AzhwAr’s pAsurams.
1. (This pAsuram refers to one two three.. till seven very beautifully
by AzhwAr). By taking an unparalleled Vaamana
avtaar, He measured the whole Universe in His two steps, when he begged
for three measures of earth from Mahabali,
and held him captive in PaathALa lOkam- Those who wish to hug the Lotus
feet of such Greatest His! Please reach the
sthlam SeeRaama viNNagaram, where there are always festivities in the
streets with the greatest (equal to the greatness of
Emperumaan) four Vedas, five yaaghams, and six Veda a~nghams, (like
vyAkaraNam, etc..), seven swarams… and hold
onto Him! Such greatest place is SeeraamaviNNagaram
2. In order to humble Brahma and reduce his pride of having long age, the Lord executed His will through Romasa Rishi, the one well versed with Vedas and saasthrAs, AchAra seelar. The Lord also removed the sorrow of Sivan, who goes begging with the skull bone. He is my Swami. Those who wish to join the Lotus Feet of my Emperumaan! Please proceed to SeeraamaviNNagara, where one sees everywhere, the honey flooded Lotus flowers in beautiful ponds, the huge bulls run with tremendous strengths, and the pearls are mistaken by the big Kurugu birds that they are their eggs. Such a beautiful fertile land is this Divya Desam. (our four yugas is equal to one day of Brahma; He lives for his 100 years- When that happens, i.e. his 100 years get over, one hair from Romasa rishi’s body falls- it is told) Such greatest place is SeeraamaviNNagaram
3. The peerless, limitless greatest huge Varaaha moorthy saved the Earth
by bringing it back on His horn from the deep troubled
waters during MahA PraLayam, and the unbounded, most wonderful Lord
who cut the shoulders of VaaNan, with His ChakrAyudham- Those who
wish to hold onto His Feet! Please proceed to Seeraama viNNagaram, where
the beautiful girls,
(when entering into the fertile fields for removing other plants (“kaLai”),
)mistake the “kuvaLai” flowers in the fields for their
eyes and the “Kumudham” flowers as their mouths come out without actually
doing so.. Such greatest place is SeeraamaviNNagaram
4. For the sake of soft cotton like tender footed Nappinnai PiraaTTi, Emperumaan valorously fought with seven bulls and killed them; This Lord, using His sharp nails, simply tore the strong chest of HiraNyan- Those who wish to hug the lotus feet of such greatest Lord! Please proceed to SeeraamaviNNagaram, the beauty of which is when the twilight sets in and the darkness engulfs everywhere, the pearls glitter lustrously and sheds light; the Corals emit the brightest rays like that of the Sun… Such greatest place is SeeraamaviNNagaram
5. This Emperumaan offered the enemy kings and their entire kulam as
an offering to His ancestors during His ParaurAma
avtaar- This Lord simply tore the mouth of Kesi asurA horse and finished
him; Those who are desirous of prostrating at the
Lotus Feet of such Greatest Emperumaan! Please proceed to Seeraama
viNNagaram, which is surrounded by most beautiful
fields, where young girls work whose mouths show the red lily flowers,
whose large sparkling eyes show the “kuvaLai” flowers
and whose faces show us the lotus flowers. Such greatest place is SeeraamaviNNagaram
6. Lord Rama- who finished the life of angry red eyed, strong Vaali; who killed Viraadhan, (who was always victorious, strong and had long hands with strong weapons, who had cruel looking demonic eyes). Those who long to join the Lotus feet of Rama! Please proceed to SeeraamaviNNagaram, where the women sit on the top story of huge tall buildings; whose narrow waist resemble that of “udukkai” (in English….?) that makes inviting sound friendly; whose beautiful bright faces make the moon cry with shame for having lost to them with regard to the beauty… Such greatest place is SeeraamaviNNagaram
7. The strongest rAvaNan’s ten heads were simply thrown to the dust like the bushes cut and thrown on the ground, due to the most valorous Rama’s Hand that had the bow; Those who wish to be saved by joining His Lotus Feet! Proceed to SeeraamaviNNagarm, where one can see everywhere the pearls, and conches on the streets, that were brought in by the floods and entering onto the fields, storm water canals and thus into the streets…Such greatest place is SeeraamaviNNagaram.
8. With the long shoulders like bamboos, the large darting eyes like
that of a beautiful deer, the words so sweet like the milk, SathyabhAmA
PiraaTTi, the one who has honey flooded dark long tresses- and for the
sake of Her, Emperumaan KaNNan brought the Paarijaatha tree from the gardens
of Devas. Those who wish to join the lotus feet of such greatest Lord KaNNan!
All that you need to do is to proceed to SeeraamaviNNagaram, - wheredue
to squirrels jumping from tree to tree, the betel nuts fall down on the
ground. Due to the fertility, the jack fruits become so big and hang down
on the ground with their heavy weight. When they hit against each other,
the fruits break and the juices (honey) drip from them… (adadaaa! What
a Poet!)
Such greatest place is SeeraamaviNNagaram.
9. Emperumaan Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan is the One who keeps who
keeps Sivan in the right of His ThirumEni (Divine Body); the One who created
BrahmA from his navel, and let him reside there; One who blissfully enjoys
having Periya PiraaTTi (whose large dark beautiful eyes are like that of
a blood stained sharp spear), residing in His Chest. Those who wish to
join such Greatest Emperumaan’s Lotus feet! Please proceed to SeeraamaviNNagaram,
where the beautiful bees hum and fly from flowers to flowers, join their
mates, and drink honey from flowers.They get tired and relax in those lotus
flowers blooming in the ponds..
They roll down merrily inside the lotus flowers’ petals, and due to
great ecstasy sing happily.. Such greatest place is SeeraamaviNNagaram.
10. This Thirumozhi is about Emperumaan of SeeraamaviNNagaram, where people (of great calibre like that of Brahma) reside. The composer /singer of this ten is the Chief of Thiruvaali; One who showers his grace on those who turn to him; One who tames those who have false pride; Lion towards his enemies; Master of Thirumangai; Yama to opponents; Holds the victorious spear; These ten of his is the quite enjoyable;Those who recite with meanings will live to be praised by one and all in this vast world.
ThirumangaiAzhwAr wished to hug the lotus feet of Emperumaan in
the last ten and since it did not materialise, AzhwAr gets into nAyikA
bhAvam and starts lamenting asking the birds to go as her messengers to
the Lord. She finds after 4 pAsurams, that the Lord is in her front and
starts bursting out to Him narrating her sufferings she had been undergoing
so long.. The words, the rhythm, the tune is all superb again by AzhwAr,
(not to mention the lovely meanings).
1. Oh little small vaNdE! (bee), with dark and white lines on your body; with your never separating yourself from your mates, with your legs stepping on those fully bloomed flowers, with your continuous drinking of the honey from those flowers! Please go and tell of my pitiable state of sufferings for Him, to the Lord of Thiruvaali, where great scholars who without fail, and any blemishes, perform Yaaghams offering lots of ghee to the well lit agni (fire) reside there.
2. Oh six legged vaNdE! (bee), the one
who always sucks the honey from fully bloomed flowers, sitting with
your mate! I do not know the action or thinking of the Lord of Thiruvaali,
which is surrounded by beautiful canals all four sides and
flowers bloomed around the fertile fields. You go immediately and
faster and tell Him the "pasalai" disease that spreads on my
body (due to the separation from Him) and my terrible sufferings
due to viraha thaapam.
3. SarvEshawran the One who is Antharyaami in all Five elements (fire, water, space Air and the Earth) has not given me His thulasi maalai that He wears on His Chest. I can survive only with that garland of thuLasi. Oh small Kurugu" bird! The one who lives in the beautiful Thiruvaali! Go and get to know what He thinks of me in order to make me live.
4. Though He does not think of me Himself, on His own, I have been languishing with love for Him, with terrible sufferings. Is He causing me excruciating pains to make me thin down with such torments? Oh the sweet soft spoken, striped bee! Go and tell my illness and sufferings to KaNNapiraan, the Chief of Thiruvaali and let Him know of my diseases..
5. (read this pAsuram! What words!
What a rhythm! How many
times "aaLaa" is so nicely used..)
"vaaLaaya
kaN panippa menmulaigaL ponnarumbha/
naaNaaLum
nin ninainthu naivERku* Oh maNNaLandha/
thaaLaaLaa!
ThaN KUDANTHAI nagaraaLaa!! Varaiyeduttha/
thOLaaLaa!*
enRanakkOr thuNaiaaLanaagaayE./
Oh Lord, the One who has
the Feet that had measured the whole Universe, that day! Oh Lord who reclined
in THIRUKKUDANTHAI! (Don't forget to sign the cheque for the Kaimkaryam).
The Strong shouldered One, which lifted the huge Govardhana mountain! You
shall come to me as my unparalleled ONLY support and rescue me, the one
who suffers with (love sick) pasalai disease spreading on those tender
breasts, and tears incessantly rolling down from the eyes, thinking
of You
only at all times day in and day out.
6. The Lord- He is my Swami; The One,
who has lovely strongest Divine Chest which is flooded with honey due to
the bees that drink the honey from thuLasi maalai and roams around;
- who broke the tusk of Kuvalayaapeetam elephant that stood in front
of Him to fight with Him and kill Him, when He was entering Kamsan's palace;
who has Garuda as His Vaahanam;
Such greatest Lord is my Swami. He is dark Divine Bodied KaNNapiraan,
The Cowherd boy; The One who resides always permanently at Thiruvaali,
where the chariots run on the wide streets; Will He steal my golden bangles
also that simply fall off from this suffering girl's wrists? (He has already
stolen my heart? He should come to me now to steal my bangles too!)
7. On ThiruvananthAzhwAn, the Lord reclines
like a huge mountain on the wavy, ThiruppaRkadal (Milk Ocean); He is the
One who is so wonderful to appear as a small Boy to beg from mahabhali
and then took huge form to measure the
Universe and all three worlds, (in order to get back from Bhali). Oh
Such most wonderful Lord! Oh Mater! The One who stays at Thiruvaali,
where there is full of trees and gardens! You have snatched away
the sleep from my eyes.. Now., do I have to lose my bangles too?
8. Oh the Lord who resides at Thirukkudanthai!
the One who dances with the pot! Will I, the sleepless eyed one, keep suffering
thinking about You only for ever and ever? By looking at the beautiful
young moon, (where rabbit dances- AzhWar
may be referring the form of rabbit that is seen on the Moon
from the earth, if I am not wrong) my mind gets more exhausted and languishing,
losing my bangles, oh The Lord of Thiruvaali! When I am suffering
like that (having lost my bangles, my sleep),
can you torment me more by letting me lose my beautiful fair
complexion too (my body gets more pale due to languishing)
9. (AzhwAr's lovely play of words with so many "aaLaa" again!Read this pAsuram! Enjoy!
"nilaiyaaLaa! nin vaNanga vENdaayE yaagilum,en/
mulaiyaaLa orunaaLun agalatthaalaaLaayE/
silaiyaaLaa! marameydha thiRalaaLaa! Thirumeyya/
malaiyaaLaa, neeyaaLa vaLaiyaaLa maattOmE/
(WoW! adadaaa! enna ahzghu konjum thamizh....) Words simply rush to AzhwAr and sit comfortably in its place..
Oh Lord! the One who has the Bow in Your Hand! The One who aimed the arrow through seven trees! The One who shows Himself at Thirumeyyam mountain! Even though You had not desired to let me hold on to You without expecting any other fruits, all that I desire for is: You should rule me and take me at least one day, and hug me with Your broad Divine Chest to let my tender breasts be ruled by You. You should take me for Yourself. Then, I need not have to bother about my bangles and sleep. (means: After He takes us, we need not bother about any sufferings/loss ; i.e. There will be none.)
10. The Lord- SarvEshwaran, (who has the Divine
ChakrA, the brightest one like Ghee laden fire, in His Hand,) who resides
at Thiruvaali, where black lovely kuvaLai flowers bloom everywhere, is
sung in this ten pAsurams by AzhwAr who has the sharp spear in his hand.
Those who recite these Tamil songs (sung by Kaliyan who has seen the Lord)
and know the meanings fully
will never ever get any sin approaching them at all.
1. Can I call Him a thief, a robber for having taken my innocent daughter
along with Him? I don't know. The Dark hued Youthful
Lord, called this narrow waisted, young beautiful girl and walked away
with her holding her hand that wears silver bangles. This girl, leaving
me alone here, goes off with Him, and this duo walking away from me, (looking
at each other with such an intense love for each other)- will they reach
Thiruvaali, the fertile Divya dEsam (or will they get lost, beacuse they
are not looking at the path..)
2. Oh my neighbour girl! This Youth did lots of mischeifs that day in Ayarpaadi. Now, this Lad, in order to taste those red bimbha fruit like lips of my youthful beautiful girl, has entered into the house, and started befriending her; This girl, falling inlove with Him, starts following Him. The fish like those beuatiful eyes glittering and shining so bright, and talking to Him sweetly like the parrots, will They reach Thiruvaali? or not?
3. "These two are walking together"- this statement itself is so scary to me and this Young lad had cut the nose of the asura lady (Soorpanakai) with anger; Such strongest One is Rama. But now I am scared. My girl, the one who has tender, soft cotton like feet, who has long bamboo like shoulders, is walking off with Him; She, without even being aware of the consequences, has gone with Him. Will They reach Thiruvaali at all?
4. This Youth's previous births - Khathriyan? I don't know. He os Young. He can blow the Conch which itself can scare and chase the enemies. Oh folks! Those who said that He went as a messenger to the kings, do you all know by any chance what is His birth? My darling daughter walks off with the Lord and Master of ThirumagaL -MahAlakshmi, as her only support and partner. Will They reach Thiruvaali, which is full of beautiful ponds of Lotus flowers, where bees drink honey and dance happily?
5. My girl, who has lovely shoulders, does not even think of her mother,(i.e
me). She has considered Madhavan - the Most wonderful Lord- the Most beautiful
and Most virtuous Lord as the only refuge and support for her and thinks
that she is for Him only. She has thus left me alone here and has gracefully
walked off like a beautiful swan towards Him. This creeper like
beautiful darling of girl ofmine, and He- will They reach Thiruvaali
at all?
6. She has no conceren at all for us like "mother, father etc..". She does not even care that I am left alone here lamenting for my girl. She only longs for the bliss of hugging the beuatiful strong shoulders of His. that hugged Nappinnai PiraaTTi. This girl is walking away from me and joins Him, the One who resides at Srirangam, the One who is the best support for Devas. Will They reach Thiruvaali?
7. She has absolutely no care about us, as father and mother. She is desirous of only those most strongest arms of that master of Nappinnai Piraatti. This girl whose narrow waist conquers even the lightning and creeper, is walking away from me and joins the charming Most beautiful companion, Will They reach Thiruvaali, which is full of swans and lovely gardens?
8. This girl, leaving all those soft tender games like siRumuRam, pacchaikkiLi, pandhu, oonjal, and also that small bird that talks in a shrill voice from its cage, has walked away and I am not able see that beauitful darling daughter of mine, who wears brightest shining golden ornaments fully. She has walked behind that One who has eveyone (except Him) paying obeisance to Him, who has no birth or death. Will They reach Thiruvaali at all?
9. My girl, the darling daughter of mine, has got lovely dark, flower like eyes. Thinking of her beauty and her nature, she can be even compared to the most fragrant, Most beautiful Periya PiraaTTi, Mahalakshmi, the one born of red Lotus flower. She has got a lovely gait like that of a beautiful swan. She has got bamboo like shaoulders. Since she was born from me- this "sinner" (mahaapapi), she has no feminine shyness (lajjai),and has fallen in love with Emperumaan and gone to Him. I don't know if They will ever reach the most fertile, most beautiful Thiruvaali?
10. This girl, having no other accompaniment, leaving the mother alone
lamenting, has gone and joined Emperumaan (who has fallen in love with
her more than her love form Him). This ten pAsurams sung by Kaliyan the
one who has sharp spear in his hands, are on "whether They will ever reach
the most fertile Thiruvaali at all?". those who read (or recite) them with
whole heart,will be protected by the Lord, the Chief of Paramapadham- (Paramapadhanathan).
Thirunnangoor Vaikuntha viNNagaram: (5 km from Seergaazhi)
Moolavar: Vaikuntha nAthan; ThaamaaraikkaNudaiya Piraan (facing east)
Thaayaar: Vaikunthavalli thayaar.
1. The One- who ferociously tore the chest of HiraNyan and killed him, (who had angered on his son Prahalada); the Most Youthful Lord-who had (helped and) churned the Milky Ocean and distributed the nectar (amirtham) to Devas; the huge dark cloud coloured Lord- He stays most happily, at this place to enable His devotees enjoy His Beauty and be blessed with great Anandham. This place is Vaikuntha ViNNagaram, where charming fishes jump with joy playfully, in the beautiful ponds located inside the beautiful gardens filled with most fragrant jasmine, seNbhagam, and serundhi flowers… Oh my dear mind! You go there and pay your obeisance to Him! (Please read these ten PAsurams in Tamil with rhyming tune! What a Poet! :valankoNdu kayalOdi viLaiyaadu naangoor vaikuntha viNNagaram vaNanghu mada nenjE!”- the play of words, the narration, the scenery.. Superb… )
2. All directions shivered with the fear, the Devas got paranoid, -
the Lord Narasingan appeared with thunderous noise, approached hiraNyan
and dug His sharp nails on his broad large strong chest. That Swami, everyday
stays most happily and willing at this sthalam of Vaikuntha ViNNagaram,
where the most scholarly brahmins knowing the divinely beautiful Vedas,
Seven Swaras, etc.. who are of most virtuous qualities, stay in great
numbers. This Thirunaangoor Vaikuntha ViNNagaram- Oh my mind! Reach there
and pay obeisance!
3. All worlds, the whole lot of oceans, - everything- He swallowed and retained in His stomach during PraLayam (Cosmic cycle); He removed the sorrow and sin of Sivan, who wandered everywhere, with a skull (of BrahmA) stuck to his hand, seeking redemption; He is the Primordial Chief; First One - Mudhalvan; (Aam mudhalvan ivan” says NammAzhwAr); This Lord,happily stays here at this sthalam, of Thirunaangoor Vaikuntha ViNNagaram, where one sees everywhere the paddy fields, the tall coconut trees, banana trees, the betel leaf creepers, are all densely grown and the bees sing merrily, peacocks dance happily. Oh mind! Go there and pay obeisance!
4. The well dressed, beautiful young girl- SoorpaNakai- appeared at Panchavadi, (where Rama, Lakshmanar and Sita were staying). Her ears and nose were simply cut off when she tried (to wag her tail) some stunts; she ran away yelling and crying to lankA. Such Greatest Lord, is here residing at Vaikuntha viNNagaram, where the soolam placed on top of the tall buildings (for beauty), tear open the underneath portion of clouds due to which the peals drop from the clouds and land on these buildings (wow! What an imagination by AzhwAr!). Oh mind ! Go to such a beautiful sthalam and pay obeisance!
5. For the lightning, slender waist like SitA Piraatti, the unparalleled Most strongest Rama bent His bow and aimed the arrows to let The twenty hands and ten heads of rAvaNA to fall on the ground- Such Most strongest Lord is here residing happily at Thirunaangoor Vaikuntha viNNagaram, where red paddy, senkamalam (Red lotus), the fishes are all found along with other flowers in beautiful ponds, and where brahmins are found in large numbers. Oh mind! Please proceed to this sthalam and pay obeisance!
6. (AzhwAr now enjoys KrishnAvtaar!). Poothanai appeared as beautiful
young woman, and this infant Kutti KaNNan, made her fall dead after sucking
her poisonous breast milk along with her life itself.. Not just that. He
also made the tall huge marudha trees, fall flat and also destroyed the
sakatAsuran (the wheel asurA); This Greatest Lord is staying at this sthalam
most willingly, where brahmins (who are blessed with good most virtuous
qualities of forgiving, helping those who seek help from them, due to their
studying most truthful, most plain Vedas and their segments.. stay
here. Oh mind! Go there and pay obeisance!
7. This Emperumaan- effortlessly swung the asurA (who had come as A young calf in order to kill Kutti KaNNan), against the “viLaam pazham tree” and killed him (it). Laos, He stole and ate the curd and the butter that the young cowherd women had collected in pots; In addition to this butter and curd, He also had eaten the whole universe too(during praLayam); This most Youthful Lord is staying here permanently at this sthalam, where kamugu trees, coconut trees, betel leaf creepers, red paddy fields, sugarcane fields are all densely grown and is a fertile place. Go there and pay obeisance, my mind!
8. The One who destroyed angry narakaasuran,- the one who gave a Portion of His ThirumEni ( Divine Body), for Sivan to stay- the One who has the most strongest ChakrA in His Hands; the One who has PiraaTTi in His ThirumEni; The Chief of Nithyasooris; - He stays most happily and willingly at this sthalam, where ever bloomed lotus flowers se~nkazhuneer flowers flood honey from them due to which the farmers (in order to stop the flooding honey and destroying their fields), build some protection measures( again.. AzhwAr’s imagination amazes me.. ). Such greatest wealthiest place is Thirunaangoor Vaikuntha viNNagaram.. Oh mind! Reach this place and pay obeisance!
9. He (KaNNan) is the One who reclines and has YoganithrA on ThiruppaaRkadal (Milk Ocean). Devas and Sages come in large Numbers and pray to Him saying “Oh Our Chief! Lord! Please show mercy on us”. This Greatest Lord, happily stays here at this sthalam, where lovely fishes jump with joy in between the paddy fields, and where large tall beautiful buildings hit against the underneath portion of moon’s belly and make them wear off.. Such a beautiful sthalam is Thirunaangoor Vaikuntha viNNagaram. Oh mind! Please go and pay obeisance!
10. This Thirumozhi is about the Lord of Thirunaangoor Vaikuntha ViNNagaram.
The Lord who resides here has
In His resplendent hands, the most strongest ChakrA and Sanghu; This
sthalam is praised by everyone on this earth.. This ten
PAsurams (on the Lord and the sthalam) is composed by the chief of
Thirumangai- the one who swings his sharp spear
to cut the body of his enemies; the yama of his enemies, named Kaliyan.
Those who recite these ten will be blessed to have (in addition to this
earth), even Parama padham under their control.
1. Emperumaan, along with Periya PiraaTTi and BhUmi PiraaTTi (on His
both sides), resides here. He showers
His grace on His devotees, and lets their sins run away from them.
Here, people from all seven worlds pay their obeisance and so do
Nithyasooris.. This sthalam of Thirunaangoor arimEya viNNagaram is one
of the places where Brahmins live. .It is very beautiful with cool, fertile
fields and ponds, where the trees have grown so tall to hide and cover
even the sky. . oh mind! you do a favour for me. Go here and pay obeisance
to Him at this sthalam!
2. This Perumaan holds the strongest ChakrA so gracefully and so charmingly,
that had destroyed NarakAsuran. When Devas
offered their salutations and pleaded Him for their help, He used the
Manthara mountain for churning the ocean to get Nectar (amudham) and distributed
to Devas. He is the Most precious - most valuable "MaNi" (Jewel); He is
my Araa amudhan (insatiable nectar). Such Greatest Emperumaan, stays here
most willingly at this Thirunaangoor arimEya viNNagaram, where beautiful
(tEjasvis), rich (with jnAnam) brahmins, who learn everyday Vedas, seven
swaras, and get further enrichment and live like the BrahmA. Oh mind! Hold
onto this Emperumaan of arimEya viNNagaram and offer your salutations.
3. Devas, the residents of seven lokas, the seven oceans, were all swallowed
by Him; Such Greatest Lord is He. This Lord, (due to His Greatest Sowlabhyam),
appeared among cowherd folks, and blessed them with great excitement, breaking
the sharp tusks of Kuavayaapeetam elephant and holding the locks of Kamsan
to destroy Him. Where doe He live? Thirunaangoor arimEya
viNNagaram, where sharp spear like, darting eyed beauitful girls drink
the honey that drips from the jack fruits which show
the white pearls and yellowish golden inner portions. oh mind!pay your
obeisance to this Emperumaan!
4. The Most Strongest, unparalleled Lord- the One who had appeared as Narasinghan for saving Prahalada, held the strong hiraNyan, and tore his chest with His sharp bent, nails and blessed Prahalada. Such Most Merciful Lord is here at Thirunaangoor ArimEya viNNagaram, where Jasmine, senkazhuneer, beautiful Serunthi, sheNbhagam flowers bloom in lovely gardens, inside which the sugar canes are boiled, the smoke arsising out of which spreads everywhere; oh my dear mind! go reach this place and pay obeisance to Him!
5. Enchanting the hearts of everyone who saw the little brahmin boy
(Vaamanan) who appeared in the yaagha salai of mahAbhali.
He took a small innocent boyish form and begged bhali for three measures
of earth. He TOOK the H... U.... G....E... form
("kaaNmeengaL ulagattheerE enRu kaNmugappE nimirndha.") as Thrivikraman
and measured (within a fraction of seconds?)
the seven worlds, the seas, the Universe, everything.. Such Most Greatest
Lord is here at this sthalam of arimEya viNNagaram,
where, next to the dense gardens, the reverberating divine mangaLa
vaadhyams, the humming of bees after drinking honey from most fragrant
flowers, the recitation of rare Vedic hymns, the rhythmic sound from anklets
of women folks, the oceanic waves that raise so high to reach the edge
of the Universe even- such beautiful place is Thirunaangoor arimEya viNNagaram.
Oh mind! Hold onto the Emperumaan of this Divya dEsam and offer your salutations!
6. In order to bring back the spear like sharp long, dark, darting beautiful
eyed, the most fragrant flower bedecked haired SitA
PiraaTTi, Chakravarthi Thirumagan, Sri Rama most gloriously fought
with the king of lankA, rAvaNan and bent His strong
bow to let rAvaNA's ten heads and twenty hands fall down.. This Greatest
Lord is the chief of Nithyasooris; He is unparalleled,
unmatched Lord. He, willingly stays at this sthalam of Thirunaangoor
arimEya viNNagaram, where the beautiful young women folks (with long sharp
sword like eyes), when harvesting cut the paddy fields, along with
the lotus flowers plants, and during the process, they collect the pearls
(rice grains) that drop off from such fields (what a poetic beauty!) Oh
my mind! Pay obeisance to Emperumaan of this sthalam!
7. (in the next three pAsurams, AzhwArs enjoy KaNNan!)
The cunning, cruel Kamsan sent dhEnukan (asuran came as a calf), Poothanai
(the raakshasi), who were all effortlessly
finsihed off by Kutti KaNNan, the Lord who gave Manmathan (cupid);
the Lord, who is of dark hued Divine Body. This most
Greatest Lord, is residing here at Thirunaangoor arimEya viNNagaram,
where the waves when reaching the banks, gather
pearls at the respective banks; where brahmins, (who have the mind
that is most suited for Bhagavath Vishayam, by uttering the
manthras on Emperumaan with their mind and tongue, learning four Vedas,
five Yaaghams, and six parts (a~ngas of Vedas), and all other saasthra)
reside. oh mind! reach this greatest place and pay obeisance to Emperumaan!
8. This Young lad, Emperumaan KaNNan, is the One who threw and
hit the dhEnukaasuran (who had appeared as a calf to kill Kutti KaNNan)
against the viLaampazha tree, and killed him (in turn used the asurA
to let the fruits fall from the tree so that His cowherd friends can enjoy
eating them.. ("kanRinai vaalOlai katti kanigaL uthira yeRindhu..") This
Lord KaNNan, took the beautiful Cowherd boy from, in order to let
everyone enjoy His Divine Beautiful Divya mangaLa ThirumEni which
of dark hued cloud like colour; This Lord is the One who lifted effortlessly
the massive huge mountain of Govardhanam for protecting the cattle and
calves from the heavy downpour, the One who danced with the pot. He out
of His own, willingly, stays at this sthalam of Thirunaangoor arimEya viNNagaram,
where there are tall buildings / ramparts (on the top of which there
are flags hoisted), towers (gOpurams), Yaaghasalais, etc.. and where brahmins
gather in hroups and recite due to which there are always
great (divine) sound, the humming of bees that drink the honey from
flowers inside the dense gardens, - such Greatest sthalsm is this. Oh mind!
Hold on to Emperumaan of this sthalam and offer your salutaions!
9. The Lord, Kutti KaNNan, who had drunk the life of Poothanai (who
had come to get Him); who had eaten curd, butter (by stealing); who had
destroyed Kamsan; who had eaten the whole world (during PraLayam and later
showed in His "kutti" mouththe Universe to YasOdha); - this Lord stays
as His Best place to reside in this sthalam of Thirunaangoor arimEya viNNagaram,
where the Vedic brahmins pay their "anjali" and pray to Him " Hari! Only
Your Lotus Feet alone are our refuge!
We surrender to Your Lotus Feet!", where the sandal, golden particles
are collected at the banks of Cauveri due to waves hugging the shores;
where fields have grown very tall touching even the clouds, and are full
of pearls in them- such most Beautiful place is this sthalam- oh mind!
Hold on to Him in this sthalam and pay obeisance!
10. The Lord who had fought and killed the seven big strong bulls for
the sake of Nappinnai PiraaTTi, and hugged the shoulders of
Her, is staying at this Divya Desam of Thirunaangoor arimEya viNNagaram.
Thsoe who come here are the likes of Brahma and
Sivan et al. This Thirumozhi (of ten pAsurams) on this Lord of this
Divya Desam wascomposed by Kaliyan of Thirumangai,
having the long sharp spear in his hand. Those who read (or recite)
this ten will be the greatest of great men this world, reach
Sri Vaikutam and be praised there too by everyone there! (mukthars,
nithyars and Divya Damapthi)
Narayana! Narayana! Narayana!
ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan
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