thoo nilA muRRam - part 6 - nAgatthu aNai kudanthai

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thoo nilA muRRam - part 6 - nAgatthu aNai kudanthai

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

Though many AzhwArs have praised the beauty of Sri AdisEshan

in thiru kudanthai, one of the most thought provoking pAsuram of

Sri thiru mazhisai AzhwAr is presented here for a reference.

 

nAgatthu aNai kudanthai vehA thiru evvuL

nAgatthu aNai arangam pEr anbil nAgatthu

aNai pAR kadal kidakkum Adhi nedu mAl

aNaippAr karutthuan AvAn.

 

nAnmugan thiruvanthAthi - 36 (*)

 

There are several layers of meaning that are conceived for this

pAsuram. The meaning that is relevant to the topic on Sri AdisEshan

is as follows. Our Lord is present three groups of kshEthrams; Two

of them are having three members among themselves. The third one is

by there all by itself. In all these our perumAL's name is not

mentioned first but Sri AdisEshan's aNai or padukkai or bed is

referred first as nAgatthu aNai. Not once but thrice ! repeated in

each of the first three of the this four liner pAsuram. Only at the

end of the third line after pronouncing the beauty of Sri AdisEshan,

our AzhwAr while standing in front of Sri AdisEshan and Sri Amudhan,

spells out the presence of emperumAn as "kidakkum Adhi nedu mAl" or

the one who is the causes of all causes or the one who is our

mother ("thAy Anavar" as per Sri PV Pillai for this pAsuram) is

lying there on this nAgatthu aNai, just waiting to enter the heart

of those who are embracing HIM through their mind even for a split

second.

 

The analogy is even more beautiful and special when we see

that, among the three references to Sri AdisEshan as three layers,

the divya dEsam of thiru kudanthai, thiru vehA, and thiru ev vuL

stand on "top of the line" as prioritized by Sri thiru mazhisai

AzhwAr. Sri AdisEshan of Sri rangam, thirup pErur, thiru anbil

comes second and thiru pAR kadal where Sri AdisEshan is physically

present in HIS original form comes last. Among the top of the line

all the three Sri AdisEshans are most beautiful, but still our

AzhwAr puts Sri AdisEshan of thiru kudanthai first as he delivers

this pAsuram standing in front of Sri Amudhan. This is one more

example from our AzhwArs Srisukthis as to which Sri AdiSeshan is

most beautiful.

 

Sri kOmaLa vaLLi thAyAr samEtha Sri ArAamudhan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

(*) Please read Sri MadhAvakaNNan's wonderful translations on this

pAsuram as part of his write up on nAnmugan thiruvanthAthi from the

bhakti archives at point 6.

 

http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/nov98/0054.html

 

note: Most important on Sri AdiSeshan of thiru kudanthai is the next

part to come. Please stay tuned for that. By the way adiyEn talked

with my uncle Sri LR and I am told that the arrangements for mahA

samprOkshanam is going on in full swing. But they are struggling a

lot for funds. They are no where near completion of many tasks. This

is a frantic appeal.

 

Much more support is needed to fulfill this kainkaryam. Our Jeer of Sri

Ahobila muth HIMself is presiding over the samprOkshanam.

A house in sannithi theru is being renovated for our AchAryA's stay

during mahA samprOkshanam. I am told that Sri Ahobila muth has also

come forward to arrange Rs 25 Laks or 2.5 millions of rupees for

yAga sAlai in addition to taking care of the mahA samprOkshanam

expenses in full as well. Please rush in support of what ever you

can, from which ever part of the wolrd you can. BAgawathAs in Europe,

Middle East, and Other Parts of the World, please send you money for

this once in a many lives kainkaryam directly to the India address

given below. It may be very small or very big. No matter it all adds.

Sri Amudhan will be pleased with you all. Nothing is more important

than serving Sri Amudhan once in many lives atleast. The mAhA samprO

kshaNam is scheduled to take place on June 30. 1999. No delays or

postponement of this date are anticipated as of today.

 

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