divya dEsam support - thirumeyyam

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srImathE saTakOpAya namaha

srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha

srImathE anantArya mahA guravE namaha

srIman vara vara munayE namaha

 

July 13, 2000

vikrama, Ani, kEttai.

 

dear bhAgavathAs,

 

for the divya dEsam support project, adiyEn had committed to write

about the divya dEsams in the list. The following is a brief write

up on thirumeyyam.

 

{Note: Most of the details are from the book "108 vaiNava divya dEsa

varalaaRU published bu srI vaiNava sidhdhAntha nUl padhipu kazhagam".

Any pAsuram paraphrasing/rough translation is adiyEn English rendering

of srI. prativAdi bayankaram aNNangarAchAriAr svAmi's divyArtha

dIpikai - mostly the padavurais - Needless to say, any mistake in this

posting is adiyEn's and adiyEn's alone}

 

divya dEsam: thirumeyyam

mUlavar: satyagirinAthan, sathyamUrthi - east facing, standing

also, paLLikoNda perumAL - reclining posture

thAyAr : ujjeevana thAyAr, uyya vandha nAchiyAR

AzhvAr mangaLAsAsanam - thirumangai AzhvAr - 9 pAsurams

location: tamizhnAdu, about an hour from pudukkOttai,

on the way to kAraikkudi

 

*adiyEn's note* - This temple is in a very good shape as far as the

structure goes - a samprOkshaNam was performed recently. A big temple

There are very few sEvArthis - day to day perumAL ArAdhanai is very

very difficult. Some utsavams take place.kAri mAran kalaik kaapagam

trust performs pavitra utsavam every year. This temple is part of

the pudukkOttai district hindu temple board. very little support from

the government for this temple since this temple is not in a major

town like pudukOttai. permanant archakar exists, but adiyEn learnt

that he had not been paid even the regular measly govt. amount in

quite a while.

 

 

sthala purANams:

 

brahmANda purANam has a lot of details about this sthalam. It has

10 chapters dedicated to this sthalam. In this sthalam, AdisEshan,

chandran and satya maharishi performed penance to perumAL.

 

AdisEshan:

AdisEsha, at one time, wanted to get satva guNa alone so that he

can perform pure kainkaryam to perumAL and he requested perumAL for

the same. perumAL directed him to peform penance towards him and

obtain what he wanted. AdisEsha came out from the earth in the form

of a snake with 5 heads. The groove created by AdisEsha became

sarpa nadhi (currently called pAmbAru, in tamizh), and the location

where he came out of became satya vrata kshEtram. AdisEsha took

a ritual bath in the nearby satya pushkaraNi and started penance

on perumAL. Pleased with his penance, perumAL appeared in the form

of hayagrIva. AdisEsha performed ArAdhana to hayagrIva. perumAL

granted the satva guNAs that AdisEsha asked for and since He was

so pleased with the penance and ArAdhana of AdisEsha, asked him for

one more wish. AdisEsha requested that, just as in thiruppArkadal,

perumAL recline on him in this kshEtram too. perumAL did that and

that archAvatAram in currently paLLikoNda perumAL in this temple.

 

chandran:

there was a rishi nammed aTri. He and his wife anuSuyai performed

penance requesting that brahmA, siva and mahAvishNu be born to

them as sons. As a fruit of that successful penance, perumAL came as

their son dattAtrEya rishi, siva was born as durvAsA and chandra was

born as brahmA's amsam. When the sons reached a certain age, aTri

educated them and sent them to perform penance. dattAtrEya went to

the himAlayAs, durvAsA went to kailAsam and chandran went to

satavrata kshEtram. Since brahmA's day is spent performing penance

to perumAL, chandran, being brahmA's amsam performed penance to

perumAL in this kshEtram. perumAL appeared to chandran in the form

of vAmanA and asked for his wish. chandran requested perumAL to

come to chandramaNdalam and be there so that he can perform nitya

kainkaryam to perumAL. perumAL did the same and went to chandra

maNdalam.

 

 

key points about the temple:

 

1. when garuda needed to bring amrtam for his mother (for freeing his

mother from slavery), it is said that the balam and shakti needed

was given to him by perumAL after he performed penance in this kshEtram.

2. the vAmana mUrthi that chandran performed ArAdhana to is on the south

side of satya pushkarini even today

3. the sayana mUrthi, paLLikoNda perumAL is the perumAL that AdisEsha

performed ArAdhana to and requested to rest on him

4. It is said that once asurAs wanted to take the perumAL resting on

AdisEsha here. To save perumAL AdisEsha emmitted poisonous fumes from

his 5 mouths and killed the asurAs. Even today, the AdisEsha here

gives us darsanam like that. We can see the fumes coming out of

AdisEshA's mouths.

5. the paLLikoNda perumAL here is longer than srIrangam/thirukkudanthai.

6. on the top of the meyya malai, there is a statue that is said to be

perumAL, as done pratishtai by garudA.

7.since AdisEsha obtained sattva guNa and the knowledge from vEdAs,

this kshEtram is ideal for mumUkshUs.

8. The temple is at the base of a huge mountain and in fact the paLLi

koNda perumAL sannadhi is in a cave at the base.

9. thirmangai AzhvAr's anubhavam of this perumAL is very sweet to read

and hear - he calls this perumAL as (i) meyyam ennum thadavari mEL

kidandhAnai (ii)thirumeyyaththu innamudha veLLAththai (iii) thiru

meyya malayaaLaa (iv) meyyam amarNdha perumAL (v)meyya maNaaLar etc..

 

AzhvAr pAsurams:

thirumangai AzhvAR, periya thirumozhi: 2-5-8,3-6-9,6-8-7,8-2-3,9-2-3,

10-1-5,11-7-5,thirukkuRunthAndagam 19,periya thirumadal 126 - total of

9.

 

periya thirumozhi 11-7-5:

mayAr kadalum maNivaraiyum maamukilum

koyyaar kuvaLaiyum, kaayaavum pONru iruNda

meyyaanai, meyya malaiyaanaich sangEndhum

kayyaanai, kai thozhaak kaiyalla kaNdOmE!

 

In this 11-7 thirumozhi, AzhvAR says that our organs - hands, mouth,

ear, nose etc..were given by perumAL ONLY to use for bhagavad anubhavam

and nothing else and the if the organs are used differently, then they

really are not organs.

In this specific pAsuram, he says -

The hands that do not worship the perumAL whose thirumEni is like

the karunkadal (dark sea), the huge mountain, like the dark rainbearing

clouds, the one who has the meyyam malai as His abode and the one who

has the beautiful hands that hold the divine conch, are really not

hands. - **meyya malaiyaanai**

 

periya thirumozhi 10-1-5 - *vidalaich senRu kaaNdum meyyaththuLLE*

periya thirumozhi 9-2-3 - *meyya maNaaLar ivv vayyam ellaam**

periya thirumozhi 8-2-3 - *meyyam vinavi irukkinRaaL*

periya thirumozhi 6-8-7 - *meyyam amarndha perumaanai*

periya thirumozhi 3-6-9 - *thiru meyya malaiyaaLaa*

periya thirumozhi 2-5-3 - *meyyam ennum thadavarai meL kidandhaanai*

thirukkuRundhaaNdagam 19 - *ulagamEththum kaNdiyUr arangam meyyam

kachchi*

periya thirumadal 126 - *thirumeyyaththu innamudha veLLaththai*

 

 

AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLe saraNam,

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan,

Thirumalai anandAnpiLLai varadhan.