Periya Thirumozhi 2.10- ThirukkovalooradhanuL kaNdEn naanE!

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

“I have enjoyed seeing Him- Emperumaan along with Periya PiraaTTi

residing at ThirukkOviloor” declares ThirumangaiAzhwAr in these

ten (2.10) pAsurams on ThirukkOviloor:

 

ThirukkOviloor- near Villupuram.

 

Moolavar- Trivikraman- the Right foot reaching the sky- Standing

Posture- Huge PerumAL- Most Beautiful Divine face (Thirumukham)

facing East. Sanghu and Chakram have changed their places, due to

Lord’s urgency in taking Trivikramaavathaaram-it is told! (especially

When I visited this sthalam during my last vacation in Dec, when we

went inside the sanctum sanctorum, the electricity went off; It was 6

p.m.

With the Oil lamps, and camphor, we enjoyed the Divya darshan and The

Lord of about nine feet tall looked marvellous is a gross

understatement!)

 

Uthsavar: Aayanaar- dhEhaLeesar - Kovalan (Gopalan)

Thaayaar- Poo~nkOval naacchiyaar.

Prathyaksham- to MahAbhalai, MrugaNdu maharishi, Brahma, Indran,

Kaashyapar, and mudhal three AzhwArs (Swami Desikan composed

dhEhaLeesa Sthuthi)

 

1. The seven mountains (that have the dark clouds wandering in their

tops), the seven big oceans, the seven worlds, the earth- keeping

all these in His stomach, and reclining on a little Banyan leaf

having His YoganithrA- Such Greatest Apathsakaayan- the unbounded

limitless KalyaaNa guNagaNouga mahaarNvan- SarvEshwaran- I saw Him in

ThirukkOviloor, the fertile sthalam full of beautiful paddy fields,

which is situated on the southern banks of PeNNai river, and which

is full of Vedic brahmins, always performing sOma yaagam, with only

praising of Emperumaan as their only thought and no other

materialistic benefits.

 

2. Carrying the lovely bloomed most fragrant thuLasi garlands, the

sandal, the lamps, the incense smoke, etc…- with all these, Brahma

and other Devas have come and paid their obeisance to Emperumaan who

reclines on AnathAzhwAn. The most Beautiful Periya PiraaTTi, born of

Lotus flower and BhUmi PiraaTTi- the Ones who have sandal paste

smeared tender breasts-

gently massage and squeeze His Feet. The seven music, the six

VedA~ngams, the five yaaghams, the four Vedas, the three agnis (types

of fire), - with these, meditating both times (day and night)- Vedic

Brahmins pay their obeisance to the One- the Greatest Emperumaan, who

resides at ThirukkOviloor. I have seen Him myself!

 

3. When the elephant was trapped by the crocodile and suffered and

thinned down in the middle of the Lotus pond, shouted for the Lord’s

rescue, “AdhimoolamE! (The Primordial Chief!), the Lord appeared then

and there with His ChakrA on Garudan occupying the whole space in the

sky, and showered His mercy on the Elephant. The Lord of

ThirukkOviloor who looks like the Beautiful lamp, like

the dark blue waters; like the buds of flowers from punnai tree are

like the drops of pearl; and the just bloomed fresh flowers are like

the yellowish gold.

I have seen such Most Beautiful Lord at TirukkOviloor.

(What a poetic narration by Kaliyan!)

 

4. The Lord who had appeared on Garudan and chased Maali asuran

and others(of LankA before rAvaNan’s time) and removed the

sufferings of the world. Thereby the Lord became the sweetest

nectar for those whose eyes were welled with tears of joy that time.

Such Greatest Lord- I saw Him atThirukkOviloor, where the

bees hum in the most fragrant flower gardens.

 

5. Right from Karan, (the one who has the blood stained spear),

Kabhanthan, Vaali, et al were simply killed by just one arrow from

Him; the armies of asurAs (of curved crescent moon like teeth), who

have their swords in their hands were effortlessly destroyed by the

Lord Rama along with their chief rAvaNan too!

Due to Veda gOsham, their (Srivaishnavas) glory keeps on getting

greater! At the halls, and inns, these brahmins repeat Vedic

recitations (what they had learnt). The ponds are filled with most

flagrant breezy winds. In such beautiful ThiruukkOviloor, I saw this

Lord (who had appeared as Rama!)

 

6. The Lord who had swiftly stolen the just made butter; the Kutti

KaNNan- whose smile can be seen even in the dense dark night- such

white lustrous teeth! Seeing His act of stealing butter, His mother

YashOdhA tied Him to the mortar, and He was seen with eyes full of

tears and red curvy cute lips and the bimbha fruit like mouth

quivering!

(etthiRam iNaindhiRandhE~nghiya eLivE! Says NammAzhwAr) This Parama

Sowlabhyan- Emperumaan-I saw Him at ThirukkOviloor along with

Periya PiraaTTi, Saraswathi and the eight handed durgA.

 

7. I saw at TirukkOviloor (which is filled with beautiful gardens

where

the dark betel nut trees show the pearl like leaves (paaLai?); its

nuts are

like the Emerald stones; its fruits like are the red corals) the Lord

KaNNan who angrily killed the Kuvalayaapeetam elephant, tore open the

kesi asuran’s mouth, killed the seven strong oxen, crawled in between

the two big marudha trees, who kicked with His soft Thiruvadi the

giant wheel (sakatAsuran), and who was the demon Yaman for Kamsan

right from His

Birth.

 

8. The Lord drove the chariot for Arjunan in the battle filed of

kurukshEthram in order to lessen the burden of the Mother Earth (by

killing the Kauravas)and destroyed the armies of His enemies

effortlessly. I saw Such victorious Greatest Lord at TirukkOviloor,

which is full of Vedic Brahmins and appears so glorious as if Sivan,

Brahman, Indran and KubhEran live there.

 

9. Along with the Most Beautiful Periya PiraaTTi MahAlakshmi and BhUmi

PiraaTTi, having the most Brightest ChakrA and Divine Conch in His

Hands, He shines most lustrously as the KaRpaka tree, (granting all

that one wishes for). He showers His mercy and grants the wishes of

His devotees, who surrender to Him as the Only relation and refuge.

Red Lotus like Feet, the lovely Beautiful limbs, Red curvy mouth,

Large black ruddy lined eyes, the smooth PeethAmbharam, - with all

these, He is the Personification of Most exquisite Beauty. I saw such

Greatest Lord at TirukkOviloor, where people of high calibre like

Sivan and Brahma reside.

 

10. Sarveshwaran- the Lord who had removed the suffering of

GajEndran, the One who is loving and dearest to His devotees,

The One who is greatly beautiful and is like the dark, black,

Cool clouds (which is cooler than the Emerald stone)- AzhwAr

said that he had seen such Greatest Most beautiful Lord at

ThirukkOviloor, the Divya sthalam, which is blessed with

the great wealth of Vedic Brahmins, having pure Athma guNam,

likeable to all. These ten pAsurams on this PerumAL have been

sung by Kaliyan (the King of Thiruma~ngai)and those who

recite them (or read their menaings) will get: Even if they reach

this sthalam and pray to the Lord for materialistic benefits,

they will be blessed to see (have a vision of) the SarvEshwaran,

who is (not seen) hidden; but spreads His existence/presence

everywhere.

 

Thiruma~ngaiAzhwAr ThiruvadiagLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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