Re[2]: Thirumala / Thiruvarangam

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Srimathe Narayanaya Namaha

 

 

On 8/5/98 1:31 PM

Sri Mohan wrote

 

Sri Vijayaraghavan and I were discussing a popularly held belief that seems

to resemble the controversy between devrAjan and atthigiri perumAl in

kAnchipUram. According to this belief, since the azhwArs and many of the

achAryans felt themselves unworthy to climb the sacred hills, they sang

their pAsurams and performed prapatti to this Deity. Consequently, it is

this temple which is the actual divya dEsham. I was wondering whether the

more erudite could confirm the validity of this belief, and also the story

behind the other Deities in the main sannidhi.

 

Whether the belief is true or not, though, I must admit to having a certain

affinity for this quiet pristine temple and beautiful Lord who resides

there.

 

adiyEn,

 

Mohan

 

Well to my knowledge it is not. This can be confirmed from the

following paasurams.

 

1) In Naanmugan Thiruvandhadhi, (Verses 44 to 48) Thirumazhisai AzhwAr

says "... pozil vEngada malaikE.." (verse 44) and "..taNNaruvi

^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^

vEngaDamE.." (verse 45). The aruvi form of the water is attributed

only to the hills or mountains hence it is the PerumAL in Thirumalai

which the AzhwArs sang. This is continued in verse 47 ".. panmaNi

neerOdu poruduruLum kAnamum vAnaramum, vEdumudai vEngadam.". Here he

describes Thirumalai as the one which has forests, and goods rivulets

and the monkeys (because of which this perumAL was referred to as

Kurangan by Thondaradippodi AzhwAr).

 

In verse 48 he says

" vEngadamE viNNOr thozhuvaduvum, meimayAl

vEngadamE meivinai nOi theerpadhuvum - vEngadamE

thAnavaraiveezha thannAzhip padai thottu

vAnavarai kappAn malai"

^^^^^

This also confirms that Thirumalai is the actual Divya DEsam.

 

2) NammAzhwAr in his ThiruvAimozhi MoondrAm patthu "Ozhivil

kAlamellAm" says in verse 3 "..theNNiraich chunai neer

^^^^^^

thiruvEngadathu..". Once again "Sunai" is the name for a small water

fall which of course could be only in hills or mountains.

 

Again in verse 7 the AzhwAr says " .. namandrezhum thiruvEngadam

nan~gatku, saman koL veedu tharum thadan~kunramE"

^^^^^^^

which consolidates the claim.

 

Once again in verse 8 the AzhwAr says

" kundramEnthi kuLir mazhai kAthavan

andru ~nalam aLandha pirAn, paran

sendru sEr thiruvEngada mAmalai,

^^^^^^^

ondrumE thoza nam vinai OyumE ". Here he refers to his abode as

"mAmalai", the best of all the hills and mountains.

 

All these consolidates that the AzhwAr has sung only about the PerumAL

in Thirumalai.

 

All the paasurams that I have cited above are one that I have learnt

to recite. However there could be other paasurams which all other

great scholars in our group can cite to consolidate this claim

 

Also I have cited these paasurams to my limited knowledge, if any of

my citations are wrong please do correct me and forgive me.

 

vAsaka dOsham kshandavyaha

 

Sri AlarmElmangA samEtha Sri SrinivAsa parabrahmanE namaha.

 

adiyEn RAmAnuja dAsan

 

Thirumalai Vinjamoor Venkatesh