UpadEsa Rathna Maalai:Part10(AvathAra Sthalams of AzhwArs:30-33)

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Paasuram 30: The birth places of five AzhwArs

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YeNNa aru sIrp Poyghai munnOr ivvulahil thOnRiyavoor

vaNmai mihi Kacchi mallai Maamayilai--MaNNIyin neer

thEngum KurayalUr sIrk Kaliyan thOnRiyavoor

Onguum URayUr Paananoor

 

(meaning); If we wish to know which are the birth places

of Mudal AzhwArs of limitless auspicous attributes , then

they are the beautiful Kaanchi (Poygai), Thirukkadanmallai

(BhUtham )and Thirumayilai (pEy AzhwAr). Kaliyan was born

at ThirukkuRayalUr , where the waters of river MaNNi come

to rest and ThiruppANAzhwAr incarnated at the lofty UrayUr.

 

Paasuram 31: Birth places of Two More AzhwArs

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ThoNdaradippodiyAr thOnRiavoor--thol pukazh sEr

MaNdankudi yenpar maNNulahil--yeNdisayum

yEtthum KulasEkaranUrena uraippar

Vaaiyttha Thiruvanikkalam

 

(Meaning): The great ones point out that

ThoNdaradippodi was born in MaNdangudi

of eternal fame. KulasEkarar with a reputation

saluted in all the eight directions was born in

ThiruvanjikkuLam , which is fit for BhakthAs of

the AzhwAr to assemble for eulogizing him .

 

Paasuram 32: The Birth places of three more AzhwArs

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Mannu Thirumazhisai Maadat ThirukkuruhUr

minnu pukazh VilliputthUr medhiniyil--nanneRiyOr

yEntha PatthisArar yezhil MaaRan BhattarpirAn

Vaaynthu uthitthavoorkaL vahai

 

(meaning): In this earth, the village of Thirumazhisai

of eternal auspiciousness, the dhivya dEsam of Thirunahari

with tall ramparts and the dhivya dEsam of SrivillipputthUr

of enduring fame are the places where the righteous assemble

and celebrate them as the birth places of Thirumazhisai ,

NammAzhwAr and BhattarpirAN respectively . These are

the three sthalams , where the three AzhwArs incarnated

for protecting the people of this earth .

 

Paasuram 33: AndAL and Madhura Kaviand Udayavar's birth places

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seerArum VillipputthUr selvat ThirukkOLUr

yErAr PerumbhUthUr yennum ivai--paaril

mathi aarum ANdAL Madhurakavi AzhwAr

YethirAsar thOnRiyavooringu

 

(Meaning): ANdAL blessing one with Jn~Anam ,

Madhurakavi and RaamAnujar appeared on this earth

at SrivilliputthUr , ThirukkOLUr renowned for its

VaishNava Sri and PerumbhUthUr respectively .

 

(Comments): In the past four paasurams , MM recorded

the Months-Nakshathrams and the avathAra sthalams of

those , who blessed us with the dhivya prabhandhams .

One notices a striking omission in this list .

Thiruvarangatthu AmudanAr , the author of

RaamAnuja NooRRanthAdhi is missing in MM's list

although that Dhivya Prabhnadham is traditionally

included in the sacred collect of Four Thousand .

 

It appears that in the time of MM , there was a controversy

about including RaamAnuja NooranthAdhi in the count of

Four Thousand.Responding to this dilemma , MM's disciple,

AppiLLai came up with a count of 4000 without

the inclusion of AmudhanAr's prabhandham . MM however

ruled that the centum devoted to his dear AchArya

RaamAnujA should be part of the 4000 count and

followed the adhyayana niyamam for this prabhandham

in line with the practise for the other Prabhandhams .

 

Daasan, V.SadagOpan