Guest guest Posted June 30, 1999 Report Share Posted June 30, 1999 Dear Bhaktas Adiyen say a writing on the reason for Vishnuchittar's tirunamam "Perialwar". Let me add to it. If the name was to be given to the head of alwars it should have gone to Nammalwar. If the name was to be given to the alwars who sung highest number of songs again it is to Nammalwar or next to tirumangai alwar. If the name was to be given to the first by birth it should have gone to Poygai alwar. Then why did Perialwar get the prefix PERIA. Swami Manavalamamunigal explains in his Upadesa rattina malai " mangalasasanatil matrulla alwargal tangal arvattalavu taan anri pongum parivale villiputur pattarpiran petran peraialwar ennum peyar" i.e. perialwars depth in mangalasasana gave him this name. All other alwars when they had the glimse of the Lord immediately asked something for themselves e.g. Nammalwar - "inninra neermai ini yaam uramai". whereas perialwar alone did not ask anything for himself but sung pallandu for the Lords feet. Other alwars have parivu for Lord but Perialwar alone has Pongum parivu. There are many instances to prove Perialwars pongum parivu. Let me give two: Lord Krishna was born on rohini. Perialwar iterates this as "attatin patha naal vandu tonriya achutan" ie. one who is born on the tenth day from Hasta. Start counting from hasta to one side, would give you rohini and on the other side would give you tiruvonam. Perialwar without explicitly mentioning rohini, mentions hastam and the number only. Why ? Let people keep counting and guessing as to which is the correct nakshatram ? If I tell Rohini then it will reach to the ears of Kamsa and other dushta drishtis immediately ? My Lord Krishna is now so young that he cannot bear all these drishtis. By the time all these people keep counting 10 days and decide on which side to count, Krishna would get older and then these drishtis would do no harm to him. Last of the alwars says Krishna did Sakatasura bhanga during 7th month - "innambi piranda ezhu tingalil". Whereas the same story is told by Perialwar as "naalgal or nalaindu tingal alavile" ie four or five months. What does this mean. Is it four or five or 4+5=9, or 4x5=20 ? Let people keep guessing ? IF not everyone would cast drishti dosham that a 7 month old baby has done sakatasura bhanga. By the time they decide on the number my Krishna would be old and there would be no harm to him. This shows that other alwars had parivu and Perialwar alone had pongum parivu and so is the reason for his tirunamam. ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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