Periya Thirumozhi 1.2- Oh mind! Reach Thiruppirithi (Joshimutt) Divya Desam!

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Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr after bursting out with the glory and greatness of

Thirumanthram and Narayana naamam, enters to enjoy its greatness and

presence in Sri Vaishnava Divya dEsams. He starts to enjoy Thiruppirithi

Divya Desam in Himalayas. (presently called "Joshimutt"- about 154 miles

from badrinath. Vasudeva PerumAL- Paramapurushan – in NinRa thirukkOlam-

standing posture- prathyaksham to Parvathi. PiraaTTi- ParimaLa valli

Naaacchiyaar. There is also a Narasimhar temple built by Adisankarar.-

Since Thirumangai AzhwAr paid obeisance to about 80 temples on foot, and

sang these mangaLaasaasanams on PerumAL, it is adiyEn’s intent to at

least write about these Divya Desams, as and when we recite and read the

respective pAsurams.(and their meanings) - Erudite members of the group,

please correct whenever I make a wrong statement. This ten is excellent

even for its poetic value and the description of beautiful scenic nature

and its charm)

 

1. The rainy clouds that spray little drizzles on the mountains which

make gentle noise; Listening to these noises and looking at the rainy

clouds, beautiful peacocks spread its feathers and dance gracefully; the

ponds surround the lands everywhere; - such a place is Thiruppirithi

which is full of fertile green trees and plants; At this sthlam, Sri

Ramapiraan , who killed the king of monkey- Vaali, is showing Himself so

mercifully; Oh nenjE! (mind!) please reach this place.

 

2. Elephants are huge like mountains; they are very strong; and show

fearsome anger; - Even such elephants get scared of lions; These lions

have huge cave like mouths; Such elephants and lions wander at this

place Thiruppirithi where Sri Ramapiraan also is living (for us) – the

One who destroyed rAvaNan and his all asurAs and his kingdom. Oh mind!

Please reach this sthalam!

 

3. Slender waist, dark black tresses- the epitome of beauty- Nappinaai

PiraaTTi- for her, Emperumaan KaNNan fought with seven oxen and tamed

them; - Such Great Lord is here at Thiruppirithi, which is filled with

humming bees singing lullaby to the male elephant sleeping on the bed of

flowers with its mate on the scenic rocky mountains. (What a narration

of picturesque beauty by AzhwAr!) Oh mind! Reach this lovely place!

 

4. Emperumaan Narasingha perumAn shows Himself here at Thiruppirithi,

the Lord- who tore the chest of hiraNayan- the One, who is worshipped by

DevAs. Thiruppirithi is full of huge varaahams (pigs), (in pAsuram

referred to as "yEnam") tear open the strong rocks with its curvy horns,

and the particles of minerals (maNigaL- precious stone-like particles

like emerald, safire etc.. ) that come out of such breaking of rocks,

mix with water falling from mountains and shine so beautifully! Oh mind!

Reach this beautiful holy place! (Periya vaacchaan PiLLai says "even the

name of Narasimham is enough for the rocks to explode (rocks- asurAs);

these huge Varaaham (ordinary pigs), simply due to being Varaaham (due

to its connection of Varaaha avtaar of the Lord), get their great

strength to break even the rocky mountains, with their horns)

 

5. Emperumaan, whose Lotus Feet are worshipped by Devas, and who

reclines on ThiruppaaRkadal, appears in the same dress and in same form

with MahAlakshmi at Thiruppirithi. This place is where huge male

elephants (similar to the shape of the mountain itself on Himalayas

mountain), pluck the tender bamboo sticks, dip the corner of the stick

in honey and offer to their mates; Such a fertile, lovely, beautiful,

and holy place (like ThiruppaaRkadal ITSELF.) Oh mind! Reach this pace!

 

6. "Oh ParamapurushA! The One who reclines on AdhisEshan and has His

YoghanithrA!" – thus Devas address Him coming in groups; they lower

their heads (with their shining golden crown) looking at Emperumaan’s

Feet at Thiruppirithi. This place is where clouds hug the top of the

mountains and the most fragrant Kurukkatthi flower plants have grown

taller than clouds; the bees jump from flowers to flowers (thereby in

and out of clouds) and hum; such a marvellous place is Thiruppirithi; Oh

mind! Reach this place! (what a description of scenic beauty of

Himalayas!)

 

7. This place of Thiruppirithi, where Emperumaan is showing Himself so

gracefully- is where ferocious tigers live inside the forest of these

hills; the pepper creepers grow and spread among clouds on top of these

hills and tie and hug themselves around huge trees;- In this place on

Himalayas, where beautiful ponds are there, BrahmA, and other Devas take

bath, offer various kinds of fragrant flowers (se~ngazhuneer,

cheNbhagam, iruvaatchi, paadhiri, punnai, kurukkatthi, karumugai, and

thaamarai) to Emperumaan’s Lotus Feet and recite Vedas and utter His

Divine names to pay their obeisance; Oh mind! Reach this place!

 

8. It appears like it is always nights- like that there are huge caves

at Thiruppirithi; inside these huge caves, there are snakes living in

with terrible hunger; in such Himalayan mountain, where Devas, presided

by BrahmA, come and address the Lord of Thiruppirithi as "Parama

PurushA! AdhimoolamE (Primordial Chief!) MugilvaNNA! (Cloudy Coloured

Lord!) and pay their obeisance to His Lotus Feet. Oh mind! Reach this

place!

 

9. This place of Thiruppirithi on Himalayas – where Paramapurushan is

showing Himself so gracefully- in order to save all those devotees (who

utter His (thousand) names; who know the meanings and contemplate His

greatness and pay obeisance to Him) from all sins and sorrows due to

their past karmAs; and protect them for reaching His place- This such a

Great place- Thiruppirithi is where foolish ignorant bees get scared

looking at those red lovely charming mineral filled asOka flowers

thinking that they are pieces of fire balls. Oh mind! Reach this place!

 

10. The dark huge black clouds are so heavy and are full of waters that

they are not able to move fast; they appear to be stationary at one

place on this Himalayas mountain at Thiruppirithi. The thunders that

these clouds make, give huge pythons an impression that they are huge

dark elephants that are standing and are for their (python’s) food and

they slowly move to catch and trap these clouds; (Great! AzhwAr’s poetic

narration is beyond my translation!) And in such a place, Emeprumaan

show Himself so mercifully. Those who recite and sing these pAsurams of

AzhwAr of Thirumangai, (the place where beautiful gardens are there with

bees humming sweetly to pay their obeisance to Emperumaan) will not have

any sorrow dare approach them.

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

 

 

 

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