AarAvamudhan Paasurams : Part 2 , The Second Paasuram

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Dear BhakthAs of Lord AarAvamudhan :

 

Thirumangai's love(prEmai) and deep attachment

for the Lord of Thirukkudanthai is profound.

He went ahead and saluted the Lord of Thirukkudanthai

in every one of his Divya prabhandhams .He built a car

( Chitthirai thEr ) for Him and seated Him there with

His ubhaya NaacchimAr and offered at their feet

the extraordinary poem of ThiruvEzhukURRirukkai

in the chithra kavi format .

 

After the AzhwAr left Thirukkudanthai and travelled

to other divya dEsams , the memory of the enchanting

Lord AarAvamudhan would not leave him . While he stood

performing mangaLAsAsanams to EmperumAns of the other

divya dEsams , his tongue slipped into praising the glories

of the Lord of Thirukkudanthai .Thirumangai lost himself

over the delectable smaraNam of the great Lord of Thirukkudanthai

and His great upakAram of initating him into the mUla

manthram as his AchAryan and thereby saving him

from samsAric terror.

 

AzhwAr visualized the Kidantha nambi ( reclining

parpUrnan ) of Thrukuddanthai effortlessly in front of

ThirunarayUr SrinivAsa nambi .The images of the two archA

mUrthys merged in his mind and the form of Sriman NaarAyaNan

came to the fore .This happened to him at many divya dEsams like

Thiruneermalai , ThirunarayUr , ThiruvAli , ThiruvazhundhUr ,

Thiru Naagai , ThirucchERai ,Srirangam ThiruppEr nagar,

SaaLagrAmam and ThiruviNNagaram .

 

Thus from the cold mountains of north to the green Cauvery

delta , the memory of AarAvamudhan of Thirukkudanthai

persisted in the mind of Thirumangai .That sweet memory

would never leave him . His mind melted quickly over

the experience of the delectable tasting of the insatiable

nectar of Thirukkdanthai . During such times , he will call

aloud the name of the Lord of Kudanthai and address Him as "aaviyE ,

amudhE ,Kudanthai UttamA ,TaNN Kudanthai nagarALA , Kudanthai kudamADee ,

YenthAi , Yenthai tanthai tamm ammAnE ,EmpirAnE , Kudanthai

kidanthu uhantha MyndhA , Kudanthai kidantha MaalE , pacchai thEnE ,

PaimponnE , amarar sennippoovE , kunreduttha ThOLA and

NediyAnE (Oh my soul! my nectar ! Oh the noble One of Kudanthai ,

Oh Lord of the cool city of Kudanthai , Oh Lord who balanced

many pots on Your limbs at the crossings of the streets of

Kudanthai , Oh my Father ! Oh the Lord of my father's

father , Oh Supreme Master , Oh little Lord ( KuttikkaNNAn)

who enjoys Your yoga nidhrai at Thriukkudanthai , Oh young

and sweet honey , Oh unadulterated gold !Oh the flower that

glistens on the heads of the devAs , Oh Govardhana GiridhAri

and the tall One ).

 

He will conclude these lucid reveries with the statement ,

 

" Kudanthia talaikkOvinai KudamAdiya koothanai--

YemmAnai YempirAnai yetthAl maRakkEnE "

 

How can I forget Him , the Lord of Thirukkudanthai ,

my Sarva Swami ? There are no ways to forget Him ,

even if I wanted to .That would be the AzhwAr's conclusion .

 

In this context was born the Periya Thirumozhi

Paasuram ( 6.10.1), which will be the subject of

this posting :

 

Kidantha Nambi Kudanthai mEvi kEzhalAulahai

idantha Nambi , YengaL Nambi yeRign~raranazhiya

kadantha Nambi kadiyAr Ilangai ulahai yeeradiyAl

nadantha Nambi Naamam sollil NamO NaarAyanamE

 

Thirumangai uses the name of Nambi five times here

to remind us that He is the PanchAvathAran

manifesting in His Para , VyUha , Vibhava ,

ArchA and AntharyAmi forms .

 

During May , 1998 , Sri Sampath Rengarajaan ,

a native of Thirukkudanthai posted a short

article on the significance of the name Nambi .

He pointed out that the name Nambi stands for

the most perfect One (ParipUrnan )and AchAryan .

Thirumangai was following the path of Swami NammAzhwAr ,

when he called the Lord of ThirunaRayUr as his nambi or ParipUrNa

AchAryan as a result of receiving SamAsrayaNam directly

from the sacred hands of SrinivAsan of NaacchiyAr Koil .

Swami NammAzhwAr had shown the way earlier by addressing

the Lord of ThirukkuRungudi as Nambi Ten times in his

mangaLAsAsanam ( ThiruvAimozhi :5.5 ).Swami NammAzhwAr

saluted the dasAvathAran at ThirukkuRungudi

and Thirumangai eulogized the PanchAvathAran

at Thirukkudanthai and concluded that the "Vaishnava

Nambi " of Thirukkudanthai is the fundamental meaning

of NaaraayaNa sabdham .

 

In his paasuram on Thirukkudanthai uttAna sayana Nambi ,

Thirumangai reveals the fundamental truth that AarAvamudhan

is the kernel of NaarAyaNa sabdham . AzhwAr says that

the Kudanthai kidantha Nambi is the same Nambi , who

lifted the World ( BhU Devi ) on His tusk as BhU VarAhan

(Ulahai idantha Nambi) ;He is the same One , who crossed

the ocean and reached LankhA through Raama sEthu during His

RaamAvathAram ( Ilankai kadantha Nambi ); He is OUR Nambi

(YengaL nambi); He ( Thirukkudanthai Nambi )is the same

Nambi , who measured the earth and sky with His two steps

as Thrivikraman (Ulahai YeeradiyAl nadantha Nambi ).

 

Azhwar concludes this paasuram with the assertive

statement that the naama sankIrthanam of this ParipUrNan

(Nambi ) of Thirukkudanthai is equivalent to His AshtAkshara

Manthra Japam .AzhwAr says : " Kidantha nambi naamam

sollil , namO NaarAyaNamE " .AzhwAr asks us to remember

that this Kidantha Nambi of Thirukkudanthai , the sarva

KalyANa GuNa nidhi , is the AadhArap poruL of NaarAyaNa

sabdham .

 

NamO NaarAyaNAya ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan