Sri Vaikundam - Final Destination Part 5 - "Periya Perumaal meyp pathankaLE naduvOm"

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Everything that is attributed to this Lord of Arangan are Big or Large or

"PERIYA"thu.

 

This is the "periya" kOil.

 

This is the perumaal worshipped by perumaal Sri Raamar and so he is known as

"periya" perumaal.

 

This is a very big temple in size, and so it is "periya" kOil.

 

The garudan here is very huge and is konwn as "periya" thiruvadi.

 

The jeer who is here is known as "periya jeer".

 

The most popular and well known and the one who has provided the "maximum

vyaakyaanam" and the one who is known as the incarnation of thiruk kaNNapurap

perumaal and the one who lived here and served the Lord with his mentor

nampillai is also known as "Periya" vaachchaan pillai.

 

The other acharyaar who also served HIM as his nambi is known as "periya"

nambi.

 

The thaayaar is knonwn as "periya" piraatti.

 

The thaLigai that is offerred to Arangan is known as "Periya" avasaram.

 

The band that plays here is known as "periya" mElam.

 

The sweets that are made and offered to Arangan are known as "Periya" thirup

paNiayaaram.

 

Having brought up aaNdaal and having got her wedded to Arangan the aazhwaar who

is the father in law of this Lord is known as "periya" aazhwaar.

 

The two great rivers of Thamizh country are kaveri and koLLidam, and are knonw

as "periya" nathigaL.

 

Of all the mangala saasanams, this temple has the maximum in terms of both the

number ofd aazwaars and number of paasurams ie 11 aazhwaars, in 247 paasurams.

and so is known as periya mangaLaa saasana mudaiyaan.

 

Since he is the Lord even prior to thrEthaa yugam as he was sought by

itchuvaaku from Brahma as a boon, HE is the only one who was researched and

prayed for very very long since then and hence such aayvu or seeking is known

as "periya aayvu".

 

Such perumaal is residing with us in booLogam is "periya" vishayam.

 

In Sri Ranga raaja sthuvam, Sri Battar, praised hi thiru naamam as

"ranga parththurabi lOsana sarchchaam

saahasaavalishoo lEkayamaanam

pushpahaasa ithi naama thuhaanam

sowkumaarya mathi vaaNG masam na".

 

Since it is such a rare periya kshEthram, for a change, I would like to quote

from the puNNiyaathmaas of the other faiths also namely, thiru iLangOvadikaL in

silap pathi kaaram.

 

neela mEkam nedum poRkunRaththup

paal virinthu akalaathu padinthathu pOla

aayiram viriththeazhu thlaiyudai arunthiRaR

paayR paLLip palar thozhu thEththa

viri thiraik kaaviri viyan perunthuruththi

thiruva maarban kidantha vaNNam

 

The kauvri river that has wide waves and very large flow of water, envelops

the one who has the chest where thirumagaL relishes living, and the one who is

blue in his niram or complexion, the one who is having a sleeping bed which is

the special 1000 headed snake adisEshan, and that such kaatchi or scene is

having a paaNmai or thiram similar to a blue colored cloud, that hover over

a golden mountain.

 

The Lord of Arangan has such a "periya" karuNai ithayam that he yielded thiru

iLangovadikaL such that thiru IlangovadikaL also to praised HIM.

 

 

Periya perumaaL meyp pathangaLe saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan