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srimathE irAmAnujaya nama:

 

 

 

amalanAthipirAn thaniyankaL

 

 

periya nambikaL aruLis seythathu

 

ApAthacoodamanubhooya harim shyAnam

madhyE kavErathuhithurmuthithAntharAthmA |

athrashtruthAm nayanayOr vishayAntharANAm

yO nishcikAya manavai munivAhanam tham ||

 

 

Meaning:

 

That person (thiruppANAzhvAr), who has (lOkasAranga)

rishi as his vehicle, who immersed himself from the

feet to the head of Hari (Ranganatha) - who rests

in the middle of the Kaveri river; and who declared

that his eyes would see nothing else, on him I set

my mind.

 

 

Excerpt from piLLailOkam jeeyar's vyAkyAnam:

 

The unseeable (paramapathanAthan) is in the seen

(archAvathAram - periya perumAL). AzvAr saw from the

feet to the head (ApAthacoodam - thiruppAthakEsam).

Once he thus saw, he became a person who never saw

anything else again (athrashtruthAm nayanayOr

vishayAntharANAm).

 

Brahma saw with all his four heads, while AzhvAr

saw with one head (two eyes). Brahma saw from the

head to the toe and delighted in that

(kirItakEyooraka rathnakuNdalam ...); while AzhvAr

being an adiyAr started from the feet (adiyilirinthu

thodankinAr).

 

periyAzhvAr delighted in krishnAvathAram, while

thiruppANAzhvAr delights in archAvathAram. In this

experience, they are thus like brothers.

 

pAthakamalam (periyazhvar)

thirukkamalapAtham (periyazhvar)

 

peethakacciRRAdaiyodum (periyazhvar)

araiccivanthavAdaiyinmEl (panazhvar)

 

azhakiyavunthiyai (periyazhvar)

ayanaippadaiththathOrezhilunthi (panazhvar)

 

pazhanthAmpAlArththavutharam (periyazhvar)

thiruvayiRRutharapantham (panazhvar)

 

kurumAmaNippooN ulAvith thikazhum thirumArvu

(periyazhvar)

thiruvAramArvu (panazhvar)

 

aNdamum nAdum adanka vizhunkiya kaNdam (periyazhvar)

muRRumuNda kaNdam (panazhvar)

 

neyththala nEmiyum sankum nilAviya kaiththalam

(periyazhvar)

kayinAr surisankanalAzhiyar (panazhvar)

 

senthoNdaivAy (periyazhvar)

seyyavAy (panazhvar)

 

kaNkaLirunthavA (periyazhvar)

apperiyavAya kaNkaL (panazhvar)

 

uruvukariyavoLi maNivaNNan (periyazhvar)

ezhil neela mEni (panazhvar)

 

kuzhalkaLirunthavA (periyazhvar)

thuLavaviraiyArkamazh neeNmudi (panazhvar)

 

 

 

thirumalainambi aruLi seythathu

 

kAttavE kaNda pAthakamala nallAdaiyunthi

thEttaru mutharapanthath thirumArvu kaNdanj sevvAy

vAttamil kaNkaLmEni muniyERith thanipukunthu

pAttinAl kaNduvAzhum pANarthAL paravinOmE

 

Meaning:

 

We salute the feet of thiruppANAzhvAr, who climbing

on the shoulders of the Muni (lOkasAranga rishi)

went by himself inside (the temple) and saw what

was shown, which were the lotus feet, the dress,

the navel, the golden waist chain that is difficult

to attain, the chest where Sri resides, the neck,

the red lips, the eyes that never tire, the body

(that houses all the above), and saw the above

through songs.

 

 

>From my memory of an upanyAsam:

 

The two phrases to watch in this thaniyan are:

"kAttavE kaNda" and "pAttinAl kaNdu".

 

"kAttavE kaNda" : saw what was shown. Who showed

these to AzhvAr - was it the rishi who took him

inside the temple, or, as it must have happened,

periya perumAL showed Himself to AzvAr. We have to

realize that while most of us go to SriRangam and

worship Ranganatha, we only see the archAathAvathAram

of emperumAn. On the other hand, AzhvAr not only saw

the archAvathAram, but also was shown his

thivyamangalaroopam by Sriman Narayana.

 

"pAttinAl kaNdu" - saw through songs. Everyone sees

SriRanganatha. But it was given only to AzhvAr to

see Him through a song.

 

Did AzhvAr just see emperumAn? No, he saw Him when

he was shown by Him. Did he then just see what was

shown; no, he saw what was shown through a song.

 

--

 

adiyEn, mathurakavi thAsan

T.C.A. Venkatesan

 

 

 

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