Periya Thirumozhi 5.4- AzhwArE! I am here at Srirangam (PomoNA)

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

AzhwAr in the last ten pleaded to Lord of ThiruveLLaRai “Please shower Your

grace and have mercy on me”. The Lord now replies “Why are you lamenting? Am

I not blessing you? To shower my grace alone, I am here at Srirangam” and

shows Himself to AzhwAr there. AzhwAr gets extremely thrilled and bursts out

with a lovely ten enjoying his anubhavams on Lord of Thiruvarangam , Sri

RanganAtha PerumAL.

 

(The same Lord now tells us, “Why are you all lamenting? I am here at

Pomona, only for you. Come and be blessed… “)

 

1. Thiruvarangam Divya Desam is so beautiful and is surrounded by the river

Cauvery, which is full of clear waters, running with such heavy currents due

to which it even brings along the sandal tree branches, the gem stones etc..

(They say) the Lord, the Chief of Nithyasooris, the Master of my ancestors

and mine, the one who has swallowed the whole Universe, and all worlds

(during praLayam), the One who created the four faced Brahma in His Navel,

stays here in this sthalam as Sri Ranganathan.

 

2. The Lord, who had reclined on the little Banyan leaf eating the whole

earth during PraLayam and had His Yoga nithrA; who is the Greatest and Sarva

shakthan; Sarvagnan; who has Rathna kreetam (crown) on His Beautiful Head;

who has ThiruvananthAzhwAn as His Bed, is here at Srirangam Divya Desam,

where the river cauvery river waters carry along with it, the mixture of the

fragrant flowers (that adorned the beautiful spiritual womenfolk of

Srirangam) and .the sandal paste that was applied on them.

 

3. The most beautiful Thiruvarangam Divya Desam is surrounded by the river

that runs to all fertile fields wherein the bees merrily hum, and gardens

spreading fragrance everywhere. (They say) the Lord, who that day, stooped

Himself so low as a small dwarf, in Vaamana avtaar, and went begging Bhali

in his yaagham, (for the sake of Devas) to get back the Universe.. He got

the argyam waters form Bhali in His palms; He is the One who has the Divine

ChakrAyudham on His resplendent hand; He stays here at this sthalam as Sri

Ranganathan.

 

4. Ramapiraan, who has the divine bow in His large Hand, the bow that was

bent to destroy the entire lankA of strong rAvaNan, (who fought vigorously

with his sword), stays here in this sthalam of Srirangam, in which the

wealthy river Cauvery brings along with it, the elephants’ tusks, the sandal

woods, etc..

 

5. Srirangam Divya Desam, which is surrounded by ramparts that are as bright

as reddish gold- is sought even by Brahmaadhi Devas and all seven worlds for

paying obeisance to the Lord of this sthalam, who is none other than the

Veera Sree, Chakravartthi Thirumagan, the Most Beautiful Sri Raman, the One

who aimed ferociously the arrow at the strong rAvaNan (the husband of

MaNdOdhari), and made him reach the heaven (Vira Swargam).

 

6. KaNNan, the One who sucked the life of that cruel devilish rAkshasi,

Poothanai, (who had appeared in disgise as the most beautiful YashOdhA like

motherly figure to kill the infant KaNNan), is here at Srirangam Divya

Desam, where the wavy Cauvery waters enter even the banana gardens, and

bring along with it, the whole trees with its swift currents.

 

7. SarvEshwaran, the One who has the most strongest lustrous ChakrAyudham;

the One who effortlessly (as an infant Kutti KaNNan) had kicked the asurA

(who had come in as a wheel, sakatAsuran), who killed ChaaNoora mushtikan,

who kicked the chest of kamsan, is here at Srirangam, where there is smoke

(that emanates from the Yaaghams performed by Brahmins-Vedic scholars)

spreading everywhere fragrance and where the buildings appear to even touch

the skies.

 

8. The Lord, who appeared as Varaaham, Masthsyam, the Tortoise (Koormam),

Narasingam, Vaamanan and then appeared as a PoorNa avtaar of Lord Raman, as

the Chakravartthi Thirumagan, is here at Srirangam, in which the

Nithyasooris (of Paramapadham) and the earthly people, jointly come in to

pay their obeisance (as a mixture of the honey and milk).

 

9. SarvEshawran, Sarva vyApakan, Sarva Shakthan, the One who is not

accessible to even Brahmaadhi Devas, the One who enters even the minutest

particles, the One who is the Greatest Primordial Chief, is here (with such

a sowlabhyam) at Srirangam (and now at PomonA), which is surrounded by gold

like ramparts and clear Cauvery waters (that bring along with it, the pearls

that drop form the bamboo)

 

10. Alli maadhar amrum Thirumaabhan arangatthai… This ten, written by the

king of Thirumangai, Kaliyan, is on Srirangam where the Lord Ranganthan (who

has in His most beautiful divine Chest, the Periya PiraaTTi, born of Lotus

flower, the most beautiful Sri Ranganayaki), resides permanently. Those who

recite them (or read these meanings) will be blessed with: living and

enjoying the stay and anubhavam of Srirangam on this earth, and after

leaving this body, ruling the Paramapadhgam (means get the support of those

at Paramapadham)

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Regards

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

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Dear Sri MadhavakkaNNan :

 

You have moved on from ThiruveLlarai

to Srirangam very smoothly .

 

There is one incident in AchArya RaamAnujA's

life that will be relevant here .

 

Once the unacceptble behavior of the temple

adminstrators of Srirangam and the jealousy-driven

incidents there made AchArya RaamAnujA to leave Srirangam

for ThiruveLLarai .There he stayed for a significant time

and worshipped the ArchA Murthys of Thriuvellarai,

while pining for the SevA of Sri RanganAthan .Sri Govindarajan

of Canada created a home page for Thirvellarai

to highlight the places touched by AchArya

RaamAnujA's sacred feet including the Udayavar

KuLam , where he had his anushtAnams .Today,

ThiruveLLarai is a part of the Srirangam

DevasthAanam and more tourists are visiting

ThiruveLLarai .

 

Coming back to the main point , AchArya RaamAnujA used to

do PrathakshiNam in the inner prAkAram and stop before

a stone window with openings , which gave a direct

view of the river Cauveri and the Majestic Gopurams

of Sri Ranganaathan and have Gopura Dearsanam from

the distance , while he was on his self-imposed exile

at ThiruveLlarai . That window is still there . On a clear

day , you can stand before that window, place the dust

of AchArya RaamAnujA and other Sri VaishNavite AchAryAs

associated with this sthalam ( described inthe web pages )

and have the darsanam of Srirangam Gopurams .

 

with sathsangha praNAmams ,

V. Sadagopan

 

At 03:15 AM 9/9/99 PDT, you wrote:

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>Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

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>>AzhwAr in the last ten pleaded to Lord of ThiruveLLaRai "Please shower Your

>>grace and have mercy on me". The Lord now replies "Why are you lamenting? Am

>>I not blessing you? To shower my grace alone, I am here at Srirangam" and

>>shows Himself to AzhwAr there. AzhwAr gets extremely thrilled and bursts out

>>with a lovely ten enjoying his anubhavams on Lord of Thiruvarangam , Sri

>>RanganAtha PerumAL.

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