Sri AarAvamudhan ( AparyApthAmruthan ) of KumbhakONam and His DhAyana Sopaanam

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Pramaathi Samvathsaram , ChithrA Month 23rd day

KrishNa Paksha Panchami

 

nithyam SriyA samEthAya MangaLam Saarnga dhanvinE

 

( Auspiciousness to our Lord with the Saarngam in His

hand and who is never ever without Sri KomaLavalli )

 

Such was the mangalAsAsanam of a great AchAryA

on the insatiable nectar (aparyApthAmrutha Parabrahmam )!

 

The divya desam of Thirukkudanthai is known as

a Ubhaya prathAna divya Desam because there is prAdhAnyam

(prominence )to both the uthsavar and Moolavar (Hema Rangan )

just as in Srirangam and Thiruppathi .

 

Seven AzhwArs , Kambhan , PiLLai PerumAL Iyengar

of 108 Thirupathi ThiruvandhAthi fame , Swami Desikan

( 66th slOkam of Taatparya RathnAvaLi ) have saluted

this ancient Lord of Thirukkudanthai . This Bhaktha-

Vathsalan would only have His meals only after

Thirumazhisai ate and He took the sEsham from

His dear BhakthA's meals . What a soulabhyam

and affection for His dear BhakthAs ! He performs

annualy for another Bhakthan thru His archakA .

 

Thirumangai constructed a Ratha Bhandham for Him

and it is known as ThiruvEzhukURRirukkai .Our dear

Thirumangai also constructed a ThEr for Him and

invited us to worship Him ( Soozh Punal KudanthayE

Thozhumin ). He celebrated his BhAgyam in another

Paasuram of his this way : " TaNN Kudanthai kidantha

maalai NediyAnai adi nAyEn ninanithittEnE ".NammAzhwAr

recorded that his body and mind melted before

the incomparable beauty of the Lord and gave Him

the Title AarAvamudhan or insatiable nectar .

 

Towards the end of ThiruvAimozhi , NammAzhwAr

reminded the world about the specialty of

the BhakthAs of AarAvamudhan : " Kudanthai

YemkOvalan kudi adiyArkkE " . Swami Sri NammAzhwAr

pointed out that the great reception provided for

the mukthAthmA travelling thru archirAdhi maargam are

reserved especially for the bhakthAs of AarAvamudhan .

 

I had the BhAgyam to write about the AparyAptha

DhyAna sOpAnam Sri Sookthi of Thirukkudanthai

ANDavan ,a great AchAryA and BhakthA of AarAvamudhan

few months back .I did not complete that series of

postings . There are 13 slOkams in this grantham modelled

after Bhagavath DhyAna sOpaanam of Swami Sri Desikan .

I got upto six and they are available in Bhakthi

archives of the follwing dates :Oct 19,97, Dec 31,97 ,

25 Nov , 97, Jan 23 ,98, Jan 29, 98, Feb 6, 98,

Feb 15, 98 and march 14 , 98 . I will now restart

and with BhagavAn's blessings try to complete

this kaimkaryam .

 

The reason for restarting is the SamprOkshaNam

sheduled for June-July , 99 date for the

Entire temple complex at Thirukkudanthai .

Almost one crores of rupees have been set aside

for this jeerNOtthAraNam and samprOkshaNam .

There is a gap of 20 lakhs to complete

the final phase of this kaimkaryam .

Please join in and support this kaimkaryam with

whatever you can .

 

A great bhakthA of AarAvamudhan is our Sri Sampath

Rengaraajan , who is a native of Thirukkudanthai .

I have requested him to write about the unique

aspects of this divya desam and share with us his

vast knowledge on the subject .This thiruppathi

is after all the Thiruppathi that brought us back

the NaalAyira divya Prabhandham thru Naatha Muni.

 

The Lord is therefore known as DrAvida Sruthi

darsakar and AarAvamudhAzhwAn.

 

May I invite you to join in this mahA kaimkaryam

and contact Sri Rengarajan about particpating

in this kaimkaryam of a rare kind .

 

prapatthEritaraapEkshAm aavrutthim cha nivArayan

prapannabhayadhO Hastha: Paathu na: SAARNGA DHANVANA :

 

SRI APARYAAPTHA PRABRAHMANE NAMA;

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan