Sri VaradarAjan "s MangalAsAsanam

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Satish Bukkapattnam :

 

You raise an important question on the AzhwArs

mangaLAsAsanam of AtthiyUrAn in divya prabhandham .

This issue has baffled a lot of devotees of Sri Varadhan .

 

First of all there are 7 paasurams , where the Lord of

Atthigiri at Kaanchipuram ( Kacchi ) has been saluted by

three AzhwArs {Thirumangai (4) , BhUtham (2) and pEy (1)} .

 

The references are as follows :

 

Thirumangai :

 

1 . periya Thirumozhi : 6.10.4 -- KallAr mathiL soozh

kacchi nagaruL --- yellA ulahum vaNanga virundhavammAn

nAmam sollil namO nArAyaNamE ( ThirunarayUr series )

 

2. ThirukkurmthAndakam : paasuram 19 ;

 

---kacchi pEr mallai yenru mandinnAr ,

uyyalallAl maRRaiyArkkuyyalAmE

 

3 & 4 :. ThirunedumthAndakam : 9 & 15 pasurams

 

3 : vangatthAl maamaNi vanthundhu munneer

mallayAi MATHIL KACCHIURAAI -----

 

4. kallurntha nedumathiL soozh KacchimEya --

 

5 & 6 : Second ThiruvandhAthi : 95& 96-- BhUthatthAr

 

5 . --- ulahEtthum aazhiyAn atthiyUrAn

 

6. atthiyUrAn puLLai oorvAn -----

 

7 . Third ThiruvandhAthi : Paasuram 26 of pEy AzhwAr

 

sirandhaven sinthayum , senkaNNaravum

niraindha seer neeL KacchiuLLum , - urainthathuvum--

 

Mudal AzhwAr's paasurams have great depth of meanings .

 

Swami Desikan understood the references to the five forms

of the Lord of Kaanchi ( Kacchi) and elaborated on that

doctrine in many of his Sanskrit , Tamil and MaNipravALam

works . He performed SaraNAgathi to the Lord of Kaanchi

thru nyAsa Dasakam and Adaikkala patthu verses .

 

I will send by separate mail the recent postings on

Adaikkalap patthu ( two parts ) , which cover the

deep salutations of Swami Desikan

a la the seven verses of the 3 AzhwArs cited above .

Those postings will appear in the SaraNAgathi

Journal 1.8 issue today .

 

Thirukkacchi Nambhi , AlavandhAr , RaamAnujA ,

AppuLLAr , KuREsA , Vaatsya VaradAchAr ,

Sudarsana Soori , MaNavALa Maamuni and other

AchAryAs have more than made up for the lack of

numbers of AzhwAr Paasurams thru their affiliation

with PerumAL Koil ( Kanchi ) and their sthuthis .

The broader doctrines related to Sri VaradarAjA are

embedded in ThiruvAimozhi , whenever NammAzhwAr

salutes antharyAmi Brahman , Vyuha mUrthys

and VibhavAthArams and Para VaasudEva svarUpam

following the tradition of Mudal AzhwArs .

 

One of the explanations given for the paucity of paasurams

on VaradarAjan is associated with Guhai Narasimhan of

Kaanchi , whom we worship first before worshipping

the Lord on Atthigiri . This is because of His status as

the Adhimurthy of this sthalam and BrahmA sought

His permission to build the yaj~na vEdhi on

the hillock revered today as Hasthigiri or Atthigiri .

The Lord appeared under PuNyakOti VimAnam

from that Yaj~na Vedhi .

 

Many feel however that all the AzhwAr's

mangaLAsAsanam is to Sri Guhai Narasimha Bhagavan

of Kacchi . The situation is similar to the Varaha PerumAL

residing at His temple on the banks of Swami PushkaraNee at

Thirumalai , where He has precedence over Sri Thirumalaiappan

alias Timmappan alias VenkatAchalapathi alias

SEsghAdri Sekhara Vibhu alias ThiruvEnkatamudayAn .

We worship Him first before going inside the sanctum

of yEzhumalaiappan .

 

V.Sadagopan