ThiruviNNagarappan Thirumanjanak Kattiyam : Part 1

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

During the occasion of the SamarpaNam of

ThiruvAbharaNam for ThiruviNNagarappan at

Oppiliappan Koil on October 11 , a thought

crossed my mind as I enjoyed the Thirumanjana

mahOthsavam for the Moolavar .

 

The thought was this : Sri Ranganathan has

the most beautiful Thirumanjanak Kattiyam

from his purOhithar , ParAsara Bhattar .

Sri VeerarAghavan has his lovely Kattiyam

for Thirumanjanam thanks to the loving devotion

of His paramparai Trustees ,the revered Azhagiya

Singhars . Our PerumAL at ThiruviNNagar has no

Kattiyam todate to accompany His beautiful

NeerAttam . Although it may be impertinent on

my part to engage in creating a Thriumanjanak Kattiyam

in the context of the contributions of the great giants

of our sampradhAyam , I thought it will be acceptable

to Him as the prattling from an affectionate child of His .

Therefore I have emboldened myself to engage in this

Kaimkaryam for my Kula Dhaivam .

 

There is another pressing reason for hastening

with this Kaimkaryam .Our annual Thirumanjana

Kaimkaryam on the VidaayERRi dinam at the end

of the ThirukkalyANa Uthsavam in Iyppasi falls on

Novemebr 11 , next Wednesday . My father has

written in the Koil records that his descendants

should perform this Kaimkaryam forever . It is our

Bhaagyam to do so . This Kattiyam writing Kaimkaryam fits

into this overall context .May Sri Bhumi Devi

SamEtha Sri Oppilaippan accept this kaimkaryam

from this seelamillA siRiyOn and give me the insight

and energy to engage in this Kaimkaryam .With

the paraphrased prayer of Swami Desikan etched

in Sri Abheethi Sthva slOkam , I pray to

Sri Bhu Vallabhan to accept this bold effort begun

without reflection on my totally inadequate

qualifications to engage in such a stupendous task.

I pray to Him to accept this foolish offering

of a mandha Mathi as His Archanam and AarAdhanam

out of His own natural compassion for the mistakes

made by His loving children .Swami Desiakan's

prayer in this context is as follows :

 

atharkitha hitha ahitha krama visEsham aarabhyathE

tadh api uchitham archanam parigruhANa ( mannAtha )

 

Here Swami says at the outset of his sthuthi on

Sri RanganaathA that he has not sorted out

in a logical fashion the benefits and ill effects

of the effort that he has started as a person of

"average intellect" limited by thriguNAs . He appeals

however to Sri RanganathA to accept even this

imperfect effort as His AarAdhanam out of His

svaabhAvika DayA guNam .

 

Following the path shown by our AchAryAs ,

this Kattiyam for Sri OppilAappan will

be interspersed with the MangalAsAsanams

of AchAryAs and AzhwArs .May they all

bless this Kaimkaryam !

 

( To Be Continued )

 

Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan