PeriyAzhwAr Thirunakshathram: Part IV: FourhtPatthu of PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi(Paasurams 328-432)

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

In this penultimate post on PeriyAzhwAr's

Thirumozhi Macro-overview , adiyEn will cover

the Fourth patthu today and complete

the coverage of the rest of the 41 paasurams

of the Fifth patthu tomorrow.

 

The Themes of the Thirumozhis of the 4th Patthu

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4.1: KaNDAr ULar : Track of those who have

witnessed the avathArams of the Lord.

 

4.2 Glory of ThirumAlirumchOlai:Azhagar's Hill.

 

4.3: The majesty of ThirumAlirumchOlai (Continued).

 

4.4: The Divine ancestry of ThirukkOttiyUr.

 

4.5: The BhAgyam of eulogizing Sriman NaarAyanan

duirng this life.

 

4.6: The Fruits of Giving NaarAyaNa Naamam to children.

 

4.7 ThirukkaNDam Thiruppathi : PurushOtthaman.

 

4.8: Thiruvaranga Tamizh Maalai.

 

4.9: Tribute to Sri RanganAthan .

 

4.10: Salutations to Sriranga Sesha Saayee.

 

Additional brief comments on the above Thirumozhis

are provided below:

 

4.1: This Thirumozhi deals with those who seek

and find the Lord . AzhwAr unitl now had celebrated

Raama and KrishNaavathArams. When he reached this stage

of his prabhandham construction , a nobel thought

relating to Dharmi Iykya BhAvam arose in his mind.

That bhAvam informed him that the same SarvEsvaran

incarnates as Raaman, KrishNan and Narasimhan et al.

He wanted to have the darsana soubhAgyam of this

sarvesvaran and at the same time reminded himself

that there are those , who have sought Him and

found Him .He says in one of the Paasuram , "Devanai

sikkena naaduthirEl , --BhAratham kai seyyak KaNDAr uLAr"

( I will give you some clues if you want to find

Him quickly ; You will find Him helping PaaNDavAs

win the war over KouravAs at Kuru KshEthram . There are

those who have found Him there).

 

4.2: After focusing on the Vibhava avathArams

of Yore , AzhwAr now focuses on easy-to-worship

ArchAvathArams of the Lord at His LeelA vibhUthi.

He starts with the dhivya dEsam of ThirumAlirumchOlai.

He celebrates the Azhagar hills , the seat of

residence of KaLLazhagar, Sundarabaahu.He gives

prominence to the divine hills and Swamy Desikan

will take the clue for the construction of

the first slOkam of DayA sathakam form here

(PrapadhyE Girim --).KurEsar will celebrate

these hills innSri SundararAja Sthavam from

this cue .

 

4.3: Here, PeriyAzhwAr continues to celebrate

the divinity of ThirumAlirumchOlai, which he

salutes as " Azhagan AlankAran malai ,Kula Malai

kOla malai , KuLirmAmalai koRRa malai, nila malai,

neeNDa malai , ThirumAlirumchOlaiathE ".

 

4.4: The Vaibhavam of ThirukkOttiyUr dhivya

dEsam is celebrated here.He also condemns those ,

who do not use their lives to perform Kaimkaryam

for the Lord .He says that those who fail to perform

such kaimkaryams to the Lord are born to cause pain

to the Mother , who bore them ( peRRa ThAyAr vayiRRinai

perunOy seyvAn piRanthArkaLE). He also celebrates those ,

who perform kaimkaryams to the Lord (Kesavar adiyArkaL)

have the rights to buy and sell him .He wonders at

the greatness of the BhaagavathAs of ThirukkOshtiyUr

and says :"KaNNanaik KadaikoNDu kai Thozhum BhaktharkaL

iruntha Ooril irukkum manithar yetthavangaL seythAr kolO?".

 

4.5: Here, the thought of AzhwAr is about anthima kaalam.

He instructs us to call on the names of Sarva-prAkara

Bhandhu, Sriman NaarAyaNan , during the last moments atleast

instead of calling the names of the useless relatives in vain

( paiyyavE talai saayppathan munn--Mannavan Madhusoodhanan

yenpAr , vaanahatthE manRAdikaL thAmE)

 

4.6: Here, Azhwar Invites Mothers to name their

children with the names of the Lord (Kesavan, Sridharan ,

Govindhan,Maadhavan et al )instead of meaningless names.

In the first paasuram , Azhwaar performs upadesam

for us : Please sweeten your mind by naming your child

Kesavan and be assured of freedom from the terrors of

narakam (Kesavan pErittu neengaL thEnit thiruminO,

Naayakan NaaraNan tammannai narakam puhAL ").

 

4.7: MangaLAsAsanam for ThirukkaNDamkudi : In the two

previous Thirumozhis , PeriyAzhwAr performed UpadEsam

on Hitham . Here, he starts on the explanation of

the Tatthvam by focussing on the PerumAL at ThirukkaNDamkudi

( PurushOtthamn) residing on the banks of sacred Gangai

( Gangain karai mEl KaNDam yennum kadinagarE).

 

4.8: PeriyAzhwAr completed the MangaLAsAsanams of

the PerumALs of Vada Naadu and now he foucsses on

the glories of Sriranga dhivya dEsam ( kuravu arumbhak

kOngu alarak kuyil koovum kuLir Pozhil soozh

Thiruvarangam yenpathuvE Yenn ThirumAL sErvidamE).

 

4.9: Having tasted the honey of the Naamam of

Sri RangnAthan in the previous Thirumozhi , AzhwAr

continues with the pleasurable experience of eulogizing

Sriranga Dhivya dampahtis in this Thirumozhi as well.

He wonders how any one can become the servant of

others instead of serving the Lord of Srirangam

( yennudaya ThiruvarangarkkaRkanRiyum

maRravarkku AaLAvArO?").

 

4.10: From the focus on BhUlOka Vaikuntam (Srirangam),

PeriyAzhwAr's thoughts shift to Nithya VibhUthi

( Parama Padham , where the Lord receives kaimkaryam

from Nithyasooris and Muktha Jeevans). In this Thirumozhi,

AzhwAr thinks about his last , moments on earth.

He informs the Lord that his physical condition may not

permit him to appeal to the Lord to bless him with

Vaikunta PrApthi during those last moments. Hence,

AzhwAr says that he is appealing to the Lord right now ,

when his body and mind are firm and performs SaraNAgathi

in the spirit of VarAha Charama SlOakm ( yeyppu yennai

vanthu naliyum pOthu , angu unnai ninaikkamAttEn ,

APPOTHAIKKU IPPOTHE SOLLI VAITHTEN ,

ArangattharavaNip PaLLiyAnE ").

 

Namo NaarAyaNAya !

Srimath azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

AdiyEn , Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan