Guest guest Posted November 10, 2000 Report Share Posted November 10, 2000 srImathE saTakOpAya namaha srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha srImathE anantArya mahA guravE namaha srIman vara vara munayE namaha November 10, 2000 dear bhAgavathAs, the following is on thiru ashtabujakaram in kAnchIpuram. the temple is about 2 kilometers west of dEvarAjap perumAL temple in kAchIpuram. this divya dEsam has already been adopted. {background posting on the divya dEsam support project can be located on /message/bhakti-list/10011 . Another recent update on the divya dEsam support project is on /message/bhakti-list/10985} {Note: Most of the details are from the book "108 vaiNava divya dEsa varalaaRU published by srI vaiNava sidhdhAntha nUl padhipu kazhagam". Any pAsuram paraphrasing/rough translation is adiyEn's 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: ashtabujakaram - derivative of ashtabuja gruham mUlavar: AdikEsavap perumaL, gajEndra varadan, ashtabujakaraththAn thAyAr : alarmEl mangai, padmAsani thIrtham : gajEndra pushkaraNi vimAnam : gaganAkruthi, also called chakrAkruthi, vyOmAkara vimAnam sthalap purANam: this divya dEsam is mentioned in numerous purANAs. when brahmA was performing a yAga for Lord vishNu, there were numerous disturbances to stop that yAga. emperumAn was indeed helping brahmA by removing all such obstacles to the yAga. One such obstacle was kALi. kAli was sent along with countless asurAs to destroy the yAga. To remove that obstacle, perumAL came with 8 hands, with a weapon in each hand, and destroyed kALi and all of the asurAs that came with her. That is why perumAL in this divya dEsam is called ashtabujan. This is the ONLY divya dEsam where perumaL has eight hands. important points about the temple: 1. on the right side, perumAL has the discus, sword, a flower and an arrow in the four hands; on the left side, He has the conch, bow, shield and the mace in the four hands. 2. the day of rOhiNi in the month of chittirai is when perumAL is said to have destroyed kALi and her army; even to this day, as if to confirm the sthalap purANam, there is a kALi temple near this divya dEsam 3. this is the only divya dEsam in the thOndai nAdu area that has a paramapada vAsal 4. it is said that pEyAzhvAr once wished to see perumAL in the same rUpam when He gave mOksham to gajEndra. this perumAL, in accordance with pEyAzhvAr's wishes gave darsaNam to him as gajEndra varadan. 5. piLLaip perumAL iyengAr in his 108 thiruppathi andhAdhi, sings about this perumAL as kaNNan. AzhvAr mangaLAsAsanams: thirumangai AzhvAr, periya thirumozhi 2-8-1 to 2-8-10 thirumangai AzhvAr, in periya thirumadal pEy AzhvAr, mUnRAm thiruvandhAdhi 99 periya thirumozhi - 2nd century, 9th decade this decade is completely on ashtabujan; this is a very very beautiful decade. thirumangai AzhvAr, in the previous decade sings about thiruvidavendhai as the mother of parakAla nAyaki. In this decade, AzhvAr continues as parakAla nAyaki. After he (she) sees ashtabujan, AzhvAr is spellbound by the beauty of the perumAL. AzhvAr has never seen perumAL with 8 hands before. This perumAL, even though He has 8 hands and weapons in each one of them, is beautiful and smiling. AzhvAr cannot understand who this perumAL is. So, in each pAsuram, he describes perumaL and asks the question "Who is this". AzhvAr does not even ask the question to perumAL Himself. However, perumAL answers AzhvAr's question in each pAsuram with "ashtabujakaraththEn" - i.e. the ruler of the place called ashtabuyakaram. i.e. perumAL did not want to directly say who He is, at the same time He did not want to lie - so, he says "ashtabujakaraththEn". Each pAsuram in this decade has the following general format - <AzhvAr's description of perumAL and/or His guNAs> <AzhvAr's question - who is this?> <AzhvAr's rendering of perumAL's answer - "attabuyakaraththEn enRArE"> periya thirumozhi - 2-8-3 sempon ilangu valankai vALi thiNsilai thaNdodu sangam oLvAL * umbar iru sudar AzhiyOdu kEdakam oNmalar paRRiyeRRE* vempu sinaththu adal vEzham vIzha veN marupponRu paRiththu * iruNda vamputham pONRu ivar aar kol enna attabuyakaraththEn enRArE* In the right hands, He has arrows made of gold, majestic bow, gadhA and the conch; He also has the sword, the glowing chakkara, shield and a beautiful flower; He also has killed the raging elephant kuvalayApIdam and has one of its white tusks with Him; He is similar to a kALamEgam; On seeing such a One, I asked "Who is this" and He Himself said "I am the one who is the ruler of the place called attabuyakaram" periya thirumozhi 2-8-1 to 2-8-10 1. ari uruvaam ivar aar kol enna atta buyakaraththEn enRArE! 2. andaNar pONru ivar aar kol enna attabuyakaraththEn enRArE! 3. iruNda vamputham pOnRu ivar aar kol enna attabuyakaraththEn enRArE! 4. anchudar pONRu ivar aar kol enna attabuyakaraththEn enRArE! 5. alaikadal pONRu ivar aar kol enna attabuyakaraththEn enRArE! 6. anngaNam pONRu ivar aar kol enna attabuyakaraththEn enRArE! 7. azhagiyadhu aam ivar aar kol enna attabuyakaraththEn enRArE! 8. en aavi oppaar ivar aar kol enna attabuyakaraththEn enRArE! 9. anjuvan maRRu ivar aar kol enna attabuyakaraththEn enRArE! 10. than vali than pugazh sUzhnda kachchi attabuyakaraththaadhi thannai periya thirumadal ooragaththuL annavanai attabuyakaraththu emmAnERRai mUnRam thiruvandhAdhi (96) thotta padai ettum thOlAdha venRiyaan attabuyakaraththAn agnygnyAnRu ------ AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam, adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan, thirumalai anandAnpiLLai varadhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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