Sri MadhavakaNNa's Kaliyan express: Part 2

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Now Kaliyan arrives at the fifth decad in a state

of Parama Bhakthi and offers his SaraNAgathi at

the Lotus feet of the Lord of Srirangam (Ninnadi iNai

adainthEn aNi pozhil ThiruvarangatthammAnE ).This decad

starts with a heart wrenching appeal to His Sarva Swami

in a state of ananya gathithvam , aakinchanyam and

KaarpaNyam . Kaliyan reminds himself of the many

ways in which his Naathan had come to the rescue of

others and demonstrated His soulabhyam , souseelyam

and OudhAryam and in a state of MahA VisvAsam kindled

by these comforting thoughts performs his SaraNAgathi

to Sri RanganAthan .The instances cover the 10 verses.

 

Periya Thirumozhi(PTM): 5.8.1: Blessings to Guhan

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Sri Raaman did not reject Guhan as one from a Neecha

Jaathi (hunter) and declared that Guhan from that day of

meeting is one of His brothrs and SitA PirAtti is a

friend of Guhan .Kaliyan states that Souseelyam displayed

during RaamAvathAram is on his mind and that is empowering

him to reach the Lord's feet to perform prapatthi .

 

PTM 5.8.2: Vaadha Maamahan : Blessings to HanumAn

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HanumAn is not a human like Guhan .He is a MaRkatam

or a Vaanara Janmam .Sri RaamA befriended him inspite

of it and declared that He can not pay him back

for all that HanumAn had done for Him (Thavinukku

KaimmARu illai ).This is another reason for MahA visvAsam

of Kaliyan .

 

PTM 5.8.3: KaDikoLL Poompozhil-

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The aasritha rakshaNam displayed with dhvarai

(haste) during Gajendra samrakshaNam is the subject

of this Paasuram that comforts Kaliyan .

 

PTM: 5.8.4: Nanju sOrvathOr venjina aravam--

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The anugraham ( Jeeva Bikshai ) to the scared

serpent Sumukan , who was going to be devoured by

Garudan is referred to here. Sumukhan approached

the Lord (upEndhran ) and sought refuge from the beak

of Garudan . Lord protected Sumukan and commanded Garudan

to spare Adhi Seshan , Vaasuki and other

Serpent kings as well .These incidents are described

in the Naaga Dhamana varNanam section of Sri Garuda

PanchAsath of Swami Desikan . All these Naaga RaajAs

are worn on Sri Garudan's body and crown .Sumukan

is one such Naaga Raajan , who escaped the wrath

thanks to the anugraham of the Lord .

 

PTM 5.8.5:

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Anugraham to a Great Vedic Scholar to

enjoy SiRRinbham for a while and then reach His

holy feet : Maaha Maanilam Paasuram .

 

Here the reference is to Sri Govindha Swamy ,

who was blessed with SthrI BOgam for a certain time .

He was inspired by the RaasakrItai anubhavams of the Lord.

King YayAthi, Soubhari Maharishi are also citd as

the special persons alluded by this Paasuram .They wanted to

enjoy the Sthri BhOgam and got tired of it later and

then sought the Lord's feet .Kaliyan , who has

referred repeatedly in ThiruvINNagar Paasurams

about his own anubhavam in this regard seems

to hint that he has hopes as well to be redeemed .

 

PTM : 5.8.6: Mannu naanmaRai maamuni--

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Saving MarkaNdEyan's life from the Kaala Paasam

of Yaman thru Rudran is referred to here as

the anugraham . MarkaNDEyan became one of

the Chiranjeevis as a result .Lord , who is the

Mruthyu Mruthyu ( Sri NrusimhAnushtup manthram )

saved MaarkaNdEyan from the clutches of Yaman

at the age of 16 and made him live forever next to

Him at ThiruviNNagar and made him His foster

father-in-law .

 

PTM: 5.8.7:Anugraham to SaanthipinI Muni

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During KrishNAvathAram, the Lord had VedAdhyananam

from sage SaanthipinI . The sages' son had disappeared

while taking a dip in PrabhAsa theertham . He was presumed

dead .The Teacher asked his Sishyan , who inquired about

what the Guru would desire as Guru DakshiNai, that he

wanted to reunite with his lost son.Lord KrishNA brought

back to life the son of His AchAryan and gladdened

his AchAryan's heart . Kaliyan says to the Lord : "Knowing

Your power , adiyEn has mahA visvAsam in You ".

 

PTM: 5.8.8: Anugraham to another BrahmaNA's son

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Yet another time , A BrAhmaNan and his wife lost

one after anotherall the children born to them.

They did not even get to see them .They disappeared

mysteriously after their births. Lord KrishNA consoled

the righteous Brahmin that he should not undergo

this suffering and went with ArjunA to Sri Vaikuntam

and brought back the Vaidhika PuthrAs from there

and handed them over to the couple and made them happy.

 

PTM: 5.8.9: Anugraham to ThoNDaimAn King

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At ThiruvEnkatam , King of ThonDai ( ThuNDIra dEsam )

MaNDalam had the special grace of the Lord for his

exemplary Kaimkaryams . He had the BhAgyam of conversing

with the Lord even in ArchAvathAram . It was like

the sallAbham between Thirukkacchi Nambi and Sri VaradarAjan .

 

One day , the king presented the Lord with a lovely

Rathna Haaram . The Lord did not pay attention .The king

knew that there was some apachAram and begged the Lord to tell

him of any offenses. The Lord answered : "In Keezha Thiruppathi ,

a dear Bhakthan ( KurukkaRattha Nambi ) was presenting Him

a flower made of clay with great reverence and that made

Him lose attention" . The king came to know that this

Parama Bhakthan was a poor potter , who made the image of

the Lord in Clay for his worship and then offered

flowers made of clay , his working material, with great

bhakthi . This poor bhakthan had no ahankAram (Garvam )

about abhijana madham , VidhyA garvam or Dhana Madham

( ego that he was superior in birth status, education and

wealth). The king had some of these ahankArams .Therefore ,

the Lord stayed away from talking to the King for a Yaama

Kaalam , which broke the heart of the king.He chastened

and the Lord ws pleased and initiated him into Moola

manthram an blessed him and made him the equal of

Kurmpu aRuttha Nambi, the potter . Kaliyan prays for

such blessings .

 

PTM: 5.8.10: Phalasruthi Paasuram for saraNAgathi

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Kaliyan reminded the Lord of all the blessings

that he conferred on Guhan, HanumAn, GajEndran,

Sumukhan , MarkaNDEyan, a Brahmin , AchArya SaanthipinI ,

another Brahmin and ThondaimAn Chakravarthi and prays for

the anugrahams of Anishta Nivrutthi and Ishta PrApthi

through the acceptance of his SaraNAgathi .

 

These 50 Paasurams on Sri RanganAtha as Sarva Swami

are grand in anubhavam of Kaliyan . He went on to

salute Sri RanganAthan with 23 more paasurams in PTM

and other divya Prabhandhams .

 

Sri RanganAyaki SamEtha Sri RanganAtha SwaminE nama:

Kaliyan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

PramAthi PurattAsi Sukla Paksha Prathamai

NavarAthri PoojArambha Dhinam .