Periya Thirumozhi- 1.5- SaaLagraamam adai nenjE!

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Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

After singing mangaLaasaasanam on BadrI Narayanan, ThirumangaiAzhwAr

proceeds to SaaLagraamam Divya dEsam. This Divya dEsam is in Nepal.

Moolavar: SrI Moorthy, ninRa thirukkOlam (Stnading posture); PiraaTTi:

SrI Devi naacchiyaar; Theertham: Chakra theertham; KaNdaki river. The

SaaLagraamams that we worship at home with Thiruvaaradhanam every

mornings, are found in this river KaNdaki. It is the Lord’s Sarva

solwabhyam that He stays permanently in these saaLagraamams in the same

pristine glory as he exists in Parama padham and all Divya desams. (His

mercy/dayA, compassion, sowlabhyam is beyond what one can imagine.

"vandharuLi ennenjidam koNda vaanavar kozhundhE…". "etthiRam

iNaindhiRandhEngiya eLivE!": are the lovely anubhavams of our dearest

NammAzhwAr.) Prathyaksham at saaLagraama Divya dEsam to BrahmA, Ridhran

and KaNdaki. Sung by PeriyAzhwAr and ThirumangaiAzhwAr. Visited also by

RamanujA.

 

It is about ~170 miles from KaatmaNdu, on the way to mukthi Narayana

kshEthram. Some say it is the mukthi Narayana kshEthram itself that is

called SaaLagraamam. Others claim that it is only DamOdharakunT, that is

SaaLgraama Divya dEsam. (Elders may clarify please!)

 

1. Emperumaan- Sri Ramapiraan- the One who crossed the dense forests,

(where deer, elephants, horses, loiter freely), reached the battle field

with His bow and arrows, by building a mountain bridge across the ocean

on the sea waters, killed the ten headed rAvaNan,(who had huge tall

ramparts and the deep oceans for the protection of his palace, who had

the strongest weapons obtained from Devas, the king of demons), stays at

this sthalam SaaLagraamam. Oh mind! Reach this sthalam!

 

2. Big elephants, healthy horses, thunderous chariots (thunderous

movements on the earth), tons of army men, are all grouped together in

indescribable fashion – and that was destroyed completely at lankA and

torn apart by the sharp arrows of Raamapiraan. Such Greatest Lord is

worshipped by Devas and all those on the Earth at this SaaLagraamam

Divya dEsam that is surrounded by beautiful ponds filled with lovely

fragrant lowers on its waters. Oh mind! Reach this place now!

 

3. The wavy oceans, huge mountains, Time, eight directions, bright moon,

Sun, darkness, and everything in this universe- in all and each one of

them, He is inside as the antharyaami in them; He is the Most victorious

One who has Conch and ChakrA in His Hands; He is the DevAadhi Devan

(Chief of Devas); He is the enemy to the asurAs who do not pay obeisance

to Him and antagonise Him by troubling His BhagwathAs; - Such Greatest

Emperumaan is here at SaaLagraamam, which is surrounded by holy waters;

Reach this sthalam, Oh mind!

 

4. Emperumaan- Sri Moorthy- is the One, who is at Thiruvooragam;

PurushOtthaman who is at Thirukkudanthai; Ramapiraan, who devastated the

asura kulam with His bow; Lord, who is having His YoganithrA at

ThiruppEr, surrounded by Cauvery; The One who has thousand Divine Names;

The One who wears the most fragrant ThUlasi maalai (Garland) on his

Chest, is staying at SaaLagraamam, full of fertile fields, where thaaraa

water birds (Saarasa PaRavai) live in. Oh mind! Reach this Divine Divya

dEsam!

 

5. When SoorpaNakai (rAvaNan’s sister) came with a vociferous noise,

Emperumaan made her shout with tremendous pains opening her huge cave

like mouth, by cutting her nose (through IlayAzhwAn- LakshmaNan). He is

the One who has the Divine Conch in His Hand; The Chief of NithyasUris;

The One who lifted the Govardhana mountain as a shelter for the cattle,

and saved them from torrential rains; - Such Greatest Emperumaan is

staying at SaaLagraamam, surrounded by charming ponds. Oh mind! Reach

this place immediately!

 

6. The life ("uyir") of Puthanai, who came in the guise of a mother,

thayir (curd) and veNNai (butter) were all eaten by Emperumaan KaNNan;

(one should read the pAsuram; for its rhyming uyirum and thayirum-

lovely pAsuram!) The One, who should NOT and need NOT and is NOT AT ALL

QUALIFIED EVEN to go for yaachakam from others- took Vaamana avtaar and

went to mahAbhali saying "Give me three measures of sand ("earth")";

when bhali agreed to offer, IMMDIATELY, then and there He took the HUGE

form of Trivikraman and measured the whole universe in two steps; - Such

"Kaayaampoo" Kaayaa flower coloured Lord- Blue hued Lord- Emperumaan

stays permanently at SaaLagraamam. Oh mind! Reach this place! (This

reminds me of PeriyAzhwAr pAsuram where as YashOdhA he sang calling the

moon to entertain and play with the Kutti KaNNan; he says "Oh moon!

Don’t neglect and ignore his calling you thinking that he is quite small

and only a kid. I suppose you know what happened to bhali who

underestimated the smallness of the Lord!")

 

7. Lord- the One who took the form of Narasimhan (who took such an

avtaar terrorising the asurA kingdom as a whole) and tore the huge broad

chest of strong hiraNyan in a fierce battle with hiraNyan; the

unparalleled, limitless, unbounded Lord- the One who is the Moon, the

Sun, the Space, the Fire, the Air, the Mountains, anything and

everything- the One who has got the most Blissful, Most Beautiful, Most

Divine, ThiorumEni (Divine Body) of unparalleled Beauty; - He is here at

SaaLagraamam; Oh mind! Reach this Greatest sthalam!

 

8. Sivan- wearing the burnt up, dried up, human bones, and the ashes on

his body; holding the human skull on his hands and wandered all over the

worlds and the entire universe looking for someone to alleviate and

remove his sin (of having committed the sin of plucking BrahmA’s head)

and finally came to our Emperumaan and pleaded "oh my father! Please

remove my sin!" ("endhaay! Saapam theer"). The Lord, by offering a drop

let of His nectarine Sweat from His Beautiful Divine Chest in his skull,

Sivan could get rid of his sins (Look at the way Emperumaan comes to the

rescue!)- Such Greatest Lord is here at SaaLagraamam, surrounded by

Sandal trees. Oh mind! Reach this sthalam!

 

9. BhagawathOttamas- The devotees who always at all times offer their

service to only Emperumaan, Nithya Sooris, Brahmins (who wear the

PooNool), - all of them come flocking to this sthalam saying "This Lord

of all- Th Primordial Chief of the Universe should come and bless us".

Such a temple Divya Desam is SaaLagraamam, which is surrounded by lovely

gardens and beautiful ponds, wherein the Lotus flowers bloom when the

lovely fish jumps into the buds (What a narration of beauty and

imagination by the Poetic AzhwAr!). Oh mind! Reach this beautiful

Holiest sthalam SaaLagraamam!

 

10. Should all sensible fellows in this world wish to rule the world of

Nithya Sooris, all that they need to do: is to utter the thousand Divine

names of Emperumaan Sriya:Pathih Sriman Narayanan OR read these ten

pAsurams (or its meanings) on SaaLagraamam Divya Desam Emperumaan, which

have been sung by Thirumangai mannan. (Interesting word in the last line

of this pAsuram: "pEr aayiramum OdhumingaL; anRu (OR) ivaiyE

pidhaRRuminE". PidhaRRuminE- means Ramble or blabber these pAsurams;

Mumukshupadi says "this means: even if the kramam is lost or destroyed

unintentionally, even then its beauty or its nature ( swaroopam) does

NOT get altered; "sollum kramam ozhiyach chonnaalum than swaroopam keda

nillaadhu".- adadaaaa… )

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

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