UpadEsa Rathna Maalai: Part 2

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

The translations for the paasurams (6-10) of

the UpadEsa Rathna Maalai is posted here .

Thanks very much to Srimans A.Bharat and

Viji Triplicane for their best wishes as

this kaimkaryam gets started .

 

AzhwAr , EmperumAnAr , Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE saraNam ,

daasan , V.Sadagopan

 

 

The Birth months and constellations of the MudhalAzhwArs

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Iyppasiyil ONam avittam Sathayamivai

oppilavAm nALkaL ulahatthIr !--yeppuviyum

pEsu pukazh PoykayAr BhuthatthAr PeyAzhwAr

tEsudanE thOnRu siRappAl ...........(6)

 

( Meaning ): Oh People of the World ! Poykai, BhUtham and

Pey AzhwArs have the distinct fame of being eulogized in

every corner of the World . If we were to ask as to

which were the days in which they incarnated on this

earth with their radiances , then they are Iyppasi

SravaNam , Avittam and Sathayam respectively .

 

 

Why they got the name of Mudhal AzhwArs ?

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maRRuLLa AazhwArkalukku munnE vanthu uthitthu

naRRamizhAl nool seythu naattai uyttha -peRRimaiyOr

yenRu Mudhal AazhwArkaL yennum peyar ivarkku

ninRathu ulahatthE nihazhnthu........(7)

 

(Meaning ):Poykai, BhUtham and pEy AazhwArs are

celebrated and saluted widely by the citizens of

this world as Mudhal AazhwArs . The reasons for

such adoration are: (1) they incarnated before

the other AazhwArs like Thirumazhisai PirAn et al

(2) they blessed us with blemishless prabhandhams

in sacred Tamil language for our upliftment.

 

The Birth day of Thirumangai AazhwAr

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pEthai nenjE ! inRaip perumai aRinthilayO

yEthu perumai inRaikkenRu ennil- OdhuhinREn

vaaiyttha pukazh MangayarkkOn maanilatthil vanthuthittha

Kaarthikayil Kaarthikai NaaL KaaNN .....(8)

 

(Meaning ): Oh Foolish Mind ! Do n't You comprehend

the glory of this specail day ? Let me instruct You

on the extraordinary nature of this day for Your benefit.

This is Kaarthikai Krutthikai , when Thirumangai

AazhwAr of everlasting fame incarnated on this

expansive earth.

 

Thirumangai's avathAram to provide the six VedAngams

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MaaRan paNittha Tamizh maRaikku MangayarkkOn

aaRangam kooRa avatharittha --veeRudaya

Kaarthikayil Kaarthikai NaaLL inRu yenRu kaathalippar

Vaaittha malar ThaaLkaL nenjE ! Vaazhtthu ...(9)

 

(meaning ): Rg, Yajus, Saama and AtharvaNam are

the four VedAs. The six angams (auxilaries)

for the Four VedAs are: SeekshA(phonetics) , vyaakaraNam

(grammar), niruktham (etymological intrepretations of

difficult Vedic words ) , Chandas (metres or prosody ),

Kalpam ( prescriptions for rituals ) and JyOthisham

(astronomy ).Swami NammAzhwAr created the four

Tamizh Vedams ( Thiruvuruttham , Periya ThiruvandhAthi,

ThiruvAsiriyam and ThiruvAimozhi) to correspond to

the four Sanskritisc vedams .Thirumangai Mannan

incarnated on this earth to create the six auxilaries

for Swami NammAzhwAr's four Tamizh MaRaikaL revered as

" Periya Thirumozhi, ThiruvEzhuvIRRirukkai,

ThirukkurunthANdakam , ThirunedunthANdakam ,

Siriya Thirumadal and Periya Thirumadal".

 

Thirumnagai followed the ThiruvuLLam of Swami NammAzhwAr

in creating these six auxillary prabhnadhams .

Oh My Mind ! Please praise the lotus feet ofthe BhagavathAs ,

who rejoice over this sacred day as the birth day

( Kaarthikai Krutthikai) of Thirumangai Mannan of

majestic glory .

 

The Birth day of ThiruppANAzhwAr

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Kaarthikai-UrOhiNI nALL kANNmin inRu

Vaaittha Pukazh PaaNar vanthu uthippAl--aatthiyarkaL

anbudanE thAnn AmalanAdhipirAn KaRRathaRppinn

NankudanE koNdAdum NaaLL...........(10)

 

(meaning ): Oh people of this World ! Please

recognize this day as Kaarthikai RohiNi dinam .

This is the day on which the aasthikAs celebrate

well the ThiruppANAzhwAr of lasting fame and feel

joyous over the good fortune to have learned

the inner meanings of his Dhivya prabhandham ,

AmalanAdhipirAn with intense devotion .

 

(to Be continued )