ParimaLa Ranganaathan "Oodal"um, parakaalan kalikanRiyin "naadal"um, pin "saadal"um

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Thanks to Dr. Sadgopan for his detailed posting on TNK. In my post yesterday

on

aazhwwar's arulicheyal and perumal's avathaarach cheyal, it was attempted to

express the indepth desire of the Lord for fulfilling adiyaar's appeal. In an

effort to follow up, and offer the other side, I am trying to present the

follwing with my limited knowledge.

 

There are citations where the Lord acted the other way ie .. delayed or

pretended as if HE wouldnot pay attention to aazhwaar. Some explantions were

given that the Lord wanted the aazhwaar to deliver more and more paasurams and

hence didnot responsd until such time when HE thought that adequate paadal or

"paasurams" are deliverd for that sthalam. The sthalam or dEsam here in

discussion is thiru inthaloor, popularly known as maayavarm and also known as

pancha Rangam and athima rangam. Maayavarm has a Railway station and is on the

way to Kumabakonam from Madras. When thirumangai reached here the kOil was

closed or "nadai saarththap pattathu". Thirumangai wanted the Lord to open the

temple and offer him darshan and hence started delivering his pathigam on the

perumal as the dorrs remained closed. The Lord wanted to get "more paadals"

from the aazhwaar and pretended not to respond. It is stated that thirumangai

aazhwaar and Perumal were in a state of "oodal" (pOlik kObam or pretend to be

angry) during this episode.

 

naadal:

 

Azhwaar never gave up on Lord's Oodal and pursuaded further and said

"something

that YOU will never tolerate might have happened now". The Lord asked the

aazwaar" what is this new thread ?" And the aazwaar replied "Oh Lord the

current situation in the world is such that one always look for a replacement

if something possessed is lost or gone for ever. But I am not like that . The

more and more YOU try not to appear in front of me , The more and more Iam

eager to see YOU and my bakthi grows exponentially on YOU. and YOU see YOU are

not offering darshan to such a bakthaa".

 

naanGal yaar theriyumaa "maRanthum puRanthozhaa maanthar"

 

and

 

He further asked HIM " oh Lord you "promised" that YOU will offer the same

darshan that YOU offer to "nitya sooris" in vaikundam, also here in boo Logam

in

thiru inthaLoor. can YOU still postpone ?

 

Aazhwaar sings that I am your ardent servant and the entire universe knows

that. This position of yours being silent and not offering your darshan to me

is not a "one to one" problem between YOU and me. The implication will be

such that if the world comes to know of this that YOU refused to offer darshan

to thirumangai your ardent servant, then they will abuse and redicule you. I

should

not be the reason for such a pazhi or "Esal" or abuse to come on you form the

world. Atleast for avoiding this "Eesal" or abuse, you will offer your darshan

to me.

 

aasaivazhuvaathu Eththum emakku ingu izhuk kaauththu

adiyaarkatku ..

 

Oodal:

 

The Lord said to him that, "oh reaaly? you may not worry about it. It is my

problem if they talk about me and I will take care of it. You better do your

business and do your job for what ever you have come here for.".

 

saadal:

 

Aazwaar pursuades perumal to an extent untill he had to momentarily give up

with little contentment in him in his pursual and said "vaazhnthE pOm neerE" or

"ah very well, you get on with what you are" indicating his desire to giveup.

At

this time it was beleived that parimala Ranaganaathar appeared to the aazhwaar

and blessed HIM. The following is the song that describes this episode.

 

aasai vazhuvaa thEththu

memakkiNG kizhuk kaayththu - adiyOrkku

thEsamaRiya umakkE

yaaLaayth thirikinROmukku

kaasinoLiyil thigazhum

vaNNam kaatteer emperumaan

vaasi valleer intha

Looreer "vaazhnthe pOm neerE"

 

 

Sri Parimala Ranga Naayaki Sri Parimala Ranga Nathan thriuvadikaLe saraNam

 

Sampath Rengarajan