Periya Thirumozhi 3.7- "maNimaadakkOil VaNaghu mada ne~njE!"

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Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

AzhwAr finds that his mind is still not saitsfied with His darshan and

Is longing for more; He says to his mind “Only for you, He shaows Himself so

gracefully at Divya Desams. Only to allevaite all our sorrows and

sufferings, He is there at ThirumaNi maadakkOIl and please go there and

enjoy!

Let us go there and enjoy!

 

1. “Nandhaa viLakkE! ..Oh Sarva jnAnI! The lamp of Nithya jnAnam!

unbounded, immeasurable Greatest Lord! Master! The One who appeared

as Nara, Narayanan..! The dark, huge, Lovely formed black cloud like Lord!

Our Swami! Please show mercy on us, who have no other refuge..!” Thus, Devas

come here and praise Him at this place (of ThirumaNi maadakkOil..), where

beautiful bees flock together from all directions and sing after drinking

honey;

where trees give shelter and shadows to such bees with most fragrant smell

spreading everywhere from its flowers- Such charming place is this sthalam.

Oh my mind! Go there..

 

2. SarvEshawran- Sriman Narayanan – the One who removed the sorrows

of GajEndran, red eyed elephant due to its anger at the big crocodile that

had caught its leg in the middle of the pond that day,- is here this

sthalam. At this beautiful place, the tender red “coral- like” legged pigeon

is with its mate happily at the tall buildings’ top stories and its huge

pillars, where the brightest shining sparkling jewels are impregnated on the

metallic kalasams (pots) on the top.. Oh mind! Reach this place!

 

3. The Lord- Sriman Narayanan who caused death to the crocodile that had

trapped GajEndran (whose head shows wounds due to mahout’s hitting the same

with the spear), and removed its sufferings, is here residing happily with

Periya PiraaTTi. This sthalam is ThirumaNimaadakkOil where the river cauveri

flows in such swift currents that it brings along the ivory tusks of

elephants that were killed by strong lions, the beautiful pearls, segments

of the mountains and others-. Such charming sthalam is this. Oh my dear

mind!

Please go there and hold on to it..

 

4. The Lord who rode on the beautiful Garuda, and chased away Maali asurA of

Lanka and others, and the One who made them run away and hide themselves

from Him- Such Victorius, most strongest Perumaan is staying in this sthalam

of ThirumaNi maadakkOil, which is very famous for Brahmins living therein, -

reciting the four Vedas, grooming the three(?) agnis (fire), performing

the five(?) yaaghams, and knowing the seven swaraas (and its essence.. i.e..

the Lord), etc..

Oh mind! Go there and pay obeisance to Him at this sthalam..

 

5. Emperumaan- The Lord- who had sucked the poison from the breasts of

Puthanai; who had hit the calf (asurA) against the “viLaambhazha” tree, and

killed the asurA effortlessly; who had befelled the Kurundha tree (by

crawling in between); who had

enjoyed dancing and being with the girls of Aayarpaadi; - is here at

ThirumaNimaada kOil, where the flower creepers swing gently due to the

movement of the leaves with the breeze, the cuckoos coo merrily nearby, the

gardens where the clouds take a stroll and in which peacocks dance happily.

Oh my dear mind! Please reach this sthalam

and pay obeisance!

 

6. The huge raakshasi, Puthanai, who appeared as a motherly figure, talking

sweetly with a plot to kill the little “Kutti KaNNan” with her poisonous

breast milk was killed simply and effortlessly by the Baby Lord.. All that

He did was to suck her breast milk

along with her life.. His place is this sthalam, where buffaloes eat the

sugar cane leaves and in order to cool down its heat (arising out of this

eating sugar cane leaves) get into

the ponds wherein they stay for a long time and accumulate the lotus flowers

and mud on their horns- Such fertile Desam is ThirumaNimaadakkOIl. Oh my

dear mind! Go

there and pay obeisance!

 

7. The Lord- who had entered into the Lotus pond and tamed, played and

jumped on the heads of the deadly poisonous snake “KaaLingan”(who breathes

poisonous air by keeping His small Lotus charming Thiruvadi on its heads-

That SarvEshawaran is here at ThirumaNimaadakkOil, where the tall buildings

have their flags hoisted at their top, where the moon lands up

(due to the flags that do not let the moon cross them at that height-

What a poet!) and the young women play with the moon, the streets where

these young women barter their big pearls for white paddy seeds. Oh mind!

Go and pay obeisance there!

 

8. SarvEshawaran- KaNNan- who had taken away the dresses of young girls (who

had trespassed the saasthras and were bathing naked in the river), who had

destroyed the small sand houses that they had built, who had danced and

played with those not-yet-become adolescent even- (“muRRaa iLaiyaar”- so

small girls of less than 7 years of age), who had enabled them be blessed

with Parama bhakti (intense bhakti)

is here staying at this sthalam. Such young girls (of ~ 7 years of age)

teach (sort of- by talking to) the soft spoken small red curvy beaked

parrots, the “maRai” (Vedic statements), and they listen and then sing in

this sthalam.. Oh my mind!

Pay obeisance here! (Read the pAsuram! Very rhyming and poetic!)

 

9. Brahma and other Devas come here at this sthalam and pray to the Lord

saying “Oh SarvEshawraa! EmperumaanE! Lord! the One who has

Divine ChakrA and Sanghu in His resplendent Hands! The One who had

killed the seven bulls for joining the beautiful long tender shoulders of

Nappinnai PiraaTTi!”. This place, where the red, long legged beautiful

crane birds join their partners The red Lotus flowers flood the ponds,

thereby, acting as a protection on the dam (“madhagu”)(from spoiling and

flooding the nearby fields.. What an imagination!). Oh my dear mind! Go

there at ThirumaNi maadakkOil!

 

10. This ten is about the Lord- Emperumaan of ThirumaNimaadakkOil,

At Thirunaangoor, which is suurounded by the lovely gardens..

It is composed by Kaliyan, who is blessed with the performance of

Kaimkaryam to Emperumaan always, at all times (enRum thoNdaaya

… mangaiyarkOn Kaliyan”) . Those who read them will be blessed with:

ruling the whole earth surrounded by the oceans, as great kings riding

on huge elephants and they will be praised and respected by everyone

who sees them…

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan

 

 

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