NammAzhwAr's Thiruvaimozhi : Decad 10: First Ten: Part 2

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>The author of AchArya Hrudhaya sookthi says:

>"maarga bhandhu chaithyam mOhanatthE maduvidum ".

>This KshEthram is Mohana KshEthram because

>of the residence of the One , who took

>MohanAvathAram to disburse nectar (amrutham )

>to the DevAs . Recognizing the Lord KaaLamEghan

>as " TanjamAhiya Tanthai ThAyodu thAnumaai ",

>AzhwAr recognizes Him as the secure Maarga Bhandhu.

>The amrutham that AzhwAr received was the nectar

>of singing the glories of the Lord's name as

>pointed out by the garuda PurANa slOkam quoted by

>Acharya Hrudhaya grantha karthA :

>

>gacchathAm dhUram adhvAnam trushNA mUrchitha chEthasAm

>paadhEyam PundarIkAksha nAma sankIrthanAmrutham

>

>(Meaning ): For those , who are about to commence their

>long journey , there would be worries about hunger ,

>thirst during that journey .For this journey , the Journey

>of the soul to Sri Vaikuntam , the nectarine anubhavam

>of singing the glories of the names of the Lord

>will remove all the worries about hunger and thirst .

>

>Therefore Azhwar comes straight out and states that

>he has no other support , means and succour (gathi )

>than KaaLamEghap PerumAL: " KaaLamEghatthayanRi

>maRRoniRalam gathiyE ".The Lord takes us to His nithya VibhUthi

>with Himself serving as the protective guide . He is

>indeed the right KaalamEgham ( dark , nourishing

>rainy cloud), drenching us with life-giving amrutham .

>

>He is the Kattu saatham for us during this journey .

>Azhwar recognizes this Lord of ThirumOhUr , who

>is amrutham as " amuthamaLittha Dayarathan peRRa Kovalan"

>according to AchArya Hrudhaya grantha karthA .

>He is the Mohini avathAran presenting us with nectar ;

>He is the cool emerald pond ( maragatha maNit tadam),

>SriRamachandran , the son of Dasarathan(Daasarathy) ;

>He is the KudamAduk Kootthan , Kovalan, the KrishNAvathAran .

>Hence, AzhwAr decalres : ThirumOhUr aatthan , Taamarai

>adiyanRi maRRilam aRaNE ( I do not have any other

>refuge except His lotus feet for my protection ).

>AzhwAr invites us all to come and worship this Lord

>to get rid of our sorrows ( idar keda adi paravuthum

>ThondIr VammInE ).

>

>Azhwar asks us to arrive at ThirumOhUr temple

>and asks us to perform perambulations, sing

>and dance with overwhelming Bhakthi ( koilai

>valam seythu ingAduthum kootthE ).He assures us

>that such bhakthipUrva prathakshiNams will destroy

>immediately all of our samsAric ills ( ThirumOhUr

>suRRi valam seyya nam thyuar kedum kadithE ).

>He points out that by doing so , we have secured safe

>protection in His storm free harbor ( nallaraNN naam

>adainthanamE ).

>

>In the beautiful tenth paasuram, Azhwar says :

>" We have now sought and received His assured protection

>at His divya desam , which is also sought by the wise

>devAs , when they are in danger from the torments of

>the asurAs. At those times , Our KaaLamEghap PerumAL

>takes a suitable wished-for-form (kaama rUpam kondu

>yezhundhaLippAn ) like NarasimhA , VaamanA or Mohini

>and protects the devAs. This is that divya desam ,

>where He performs such a miracle as aasritha rakshaNam .

>All my people (namarkAL) shall recite His thousand names ,

>meditate on their auspicious meanings , eulogize Him ".

>

>Swami Desiakn in his DramidOpanishadh Taathparya RathnAvaLi

>sums up the ten slOkams beautifully in his inimitable style:

>

>dhaithyAnAm naasakthvAth taruNa-

> tuLasikAlankruthE vikramithvAth

>sarpAdhIsE sayathvAthniravdhika

>mahasthvAccha salAsyabhAvAth I

>

>lOkaanAm srashtrubhAvAth Dasaratha-

>tanubhUsathsarasvAth bhalithvAth

>rUpAth kaamAnurUpAth gatanapaDou

>Sadhgathithvam BhabhAshE II

 

The essence of the ten paasurams of the first patthu of

the Tenth decad have been summarized by Swami Desikan

and there is a namskaraNam in DramiDOpanishad

naama sahasram for each of the ten paasurams of TVM 10.1:

 

Please add PraNavam in front of each of these naamams:

1.-- DhaithyAnAm nAsakAya nama :

Reference here is to 10.1.1 paasuram ,

where Azhwar salutes the Lord as " Asurarai Taharkkum

ThOLum naankudai--"

 

2.--TaruNatuLasyalankruthAya nama: ( TVM 10.1.2)

Reference : " yeen taNNthuzhAyin alangal an.kaNNI"

portion of the paasuram , which recognizes Him as the One

wearign tender , young TuLasI garland on His kirItam

 

3. --VikramiNE nama: (TVM 10.1.3)

Reference : devarhaLodu naada --venRu

immUvalahu aLitthu uzhalvAn ".When the devas

seek His refuge in times of distress , He goes out

there and wins th ewar for them and blesses them

with the three worlds and then returns to ThirumOhUr .

 

4. --SarpaadhIsa SaayinE nama:

Rference : Sesha Sayee aspect( " padarkoLL

paampaNai paLLik KoLvAn ' from TVM 10.1.4)

 

5. --niradhika mahasE nama:

( Reference : 10.1.5/ "namm sudaroLi

oru tani mudhalvan= our limitless

paramjyOthi at ThirumOhUr)

 

6.--sallAsyAya nama:

( reference : kUtthan KOvalan"

in TVM 10.1.6= the one who performs

the laasyaa dance balancing the pots

at the four cornered junction of the Road )

 

7. --lokasrashtrE nama:

( reference : suRRum neer padaitthu

--devarOdu ulahu seyvAn of TVM 10.1.7)

One who created this universe is saluted

here .

 

8. --Dasaratha tanuja sathsarasE nama:

( Reference :" Dayarathan peRRa maragatha maNi

tadatthinayE " of TVM 10.1.8) ; the green cool

pond , the son of dasarathA , who removes our

samsaric heat .

 

9. --BalinE nama: ( Ref: TVM 10.1.9)

"asurarai yenrum thuNikkum vallarattan "

The reference is to Trivikrama/Vaamana

avathAram of ThirumOhUr AatthAn .

 

10.--raagaanurUparUpAya nama:

(Reference is to TVM; 10.1.10

paasura passage , "kaama rupamkondu

yezhunthu aLippAn ). The Lord of ThirumOhUr

will take Ishta Kaamya rUpam and present

Himself as Narasimhaa, Vaamana , Trivikrama,

KrishNA , RaamA .

 

In summary , in this TVM 10.1 paasurmas ,

Azhwar is in the mood of a newly married

girl ready to travel with her husband

to His home .Azhwar engages as it were

to say goodbye to his relatives from

his piRantha veedu ( the archA murthys )

and seeks their blessings .

 

First , he takes leave of Sri KaaLamEgha

PerumAL of ThirumOhUr . In the first paasuram

of this set , he salutes the oudhAryam(genrrosity)

of the Lord as the KaaLamEgham ( dark, water-laden cloud

of the rainy season ); in the second paasuram ,

the salutation is to the naamms of the one wearing

TuLasI garlands; in the third the reference is

to His anugrahams to BrahmAs and dEvAs .

 

In the fourth paasuram , acknowledegement

of His presence for us at this divya dEsam ;

in the fifth , His blessing of the three

worlds from His seat at ThirumOhUr , in the sixth ,

His affection for the residents of ThirumOhUr ,

who are equivallent in glory to the nithya sUris

(celestial eternally free souls ).

 

In the seventh paasuram, His engagement in Samashti

srushti of the worlds ; in the eighth paasuram ,

His anugraham to the people in His vibhava

avathAram as Chakravarthi Thirumahan ;

In the ninth paasuram , the focus is on

His Veeram and Soundharyam ; in the tenth

paasuram , reference is to His taking

many rUpams from His archaa state at

ThirumOhUr and blessing him .

 

Thus concludes the first patthu of the tenth

decad of AzhwAr's ThiruvAimozhi as he rushes

to get ready for his ascent to parama Padham .

 

Subhamasthu,

AxzhwAr , AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam .

Oppiliappan Koil VaradachAri Sadagopan