RathnAngi Kaimkaryam : Part V : Kaliyan's Paasurams: 3.1.3

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today we will study the Third Paasuram

of Thirumangai Mannan on Lord DhaivanAyakan of

ThiruvahIndhrapuram ( Periya Thirumozhi: 3.1.3):

 

"VaiyyamEzhum uNDu aaliliai vaihiya Maayavan adiyArkku

MeyyanAhiya DhaivanAyakan idam mey tahu varai chaaral

moy koLL Maadhavi SeNpakam muyankiya Mullaiyamkodi aaDa

seyya Thaamaraic-chezhumpaNai thihazh taru ThiruvayIndhrapuramE"

 

First Line of the Paasuram

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In the first line of this Paasuram , Kaliyan salutes

the Lord as the VaDapathra Saayee , who ate all the 7 universes

with their chEthanams and achEthanams and kept them all in a

small portion of His stomach for protecction during

the dangerous times of MahA Pralayam. He was floating

then on a pupil leave on those swift waters. This act

can only be performed by a Maayavan or the mysterious One ,

whose acts are not easily comprehended by ordinary mortals

or by the DevAs.

 

The Lord had swallowed in one sweep the 7 universes

(vaiyyam yEzhum uNDAn).Afterwards , He laid down on

a pupil leaf and floated away on the waters of

PraLyam ( Aalilai vaihiya Maayavan). He is indeed

the MaayAvi to accomplish such an incredible ,

unimaginable task effortlessly.

 

A KrishNa KarNAmrutham slOkam visualizes this Lord

as Baala Mukundhan lying on the Pupil leaf and

tasting His lotus soft toe with His lotus soft

mouth sportively:

 

KarAravindhEna PadhAravindham mukhAravindhE vinivEsyamAnam

VaDasya pathrasya sayAnam Baalam Mukundham manasA smarAmi

--KrishNa KarNAmrutham: 2.57

 

SvEtasvatarOpnishad salutes this MaayAvi in another way:

 

yEnAvrutham nithyamidham hi Sarvaj~na:

kAlakAlO guNee Sarvavidhya:

tEnEsitham karma vivartatE ha

pruTvyApyatEjOnilakhAni chinthyam

--SvEtasvatarOpanishad: 6.2

 

(Meaning): " He, By whom all this is ever pervaded,

who is omniscient , who is the ordainer of time ,

who is one repository of all auspicious qualities,

who is the knower of all models is the ParamAtman,

ruled over by whom this effect of the form of the world

constituted of earth , water, fire , air and ether is

produced. This truth is to be thought over."

 

Such a great One lies there on the vastness of

the swirling Ocean waters on a tiny leaf as

an innocent child holding the Universes in

His tiny stomach for protection. Such is

the MaayAvi that Kaliyan salutes!

 

He is the MaayAvi, who is subtler than subtle

and greater than the great ( KatOpanishad:2.20)

 

Out of fear for this MaayAvi, fire burns;the Sun

shines from fear of Him;Indra , Vaayu and death

run from fear of Him ( KatOpanishad: 6.3).

 

Second line of the Paasuram

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" (Maayavan) adiyArkku meyyanAhiya Dhaiva Naayakan idam ".

Here Kaliyan points out that the place of residence of

this MaayAvi is ThriuvahIndhrapuram. He also performs

mangaLAsAsanam for the Lord of Thiruvaindhai as

(1)AdiyArkku Meyyan and (2) Dhaiva Naayakan .

 

As Adiyaarkku Meyyan , Our Lord went as the Messenger

for the PaaNdavAs and also served as the Charioteer for

ArjunA and heeded the commands of ArjunA in the battle

field. At the end of the day , He washed the horses

and pressed them with His own hands and got them

ready for the next day's battle.What a soulabhyam

that he displayed then !

 

AdiyArkku Meyyan is the translation of the Sanskrit

Naamam : "Natha Sathyan". He is true to His adiyArs .

He never fails them . He never lets them down befititng

His other name : Achyuthan. He is easily accessible to

His adiyArs and is most difficult of access to others.

 

Thrice , SrI VishNu SahasranAmam salutes Him

as " SatyAya nama:" .He is the Satya sandhan

according to MahA BHAratha slOkam (69.12.13):

 

" KrishNa is rooted in Satyam and Satyam is rooted

in KrishNa" (SatyE prathistitha: KrishNa: Sathyam

asmin prathishtitham).

 

Kaliyan also salutes this Lord as Dhaiva Naayakan

or the Lord of all gods . He came to the rescue of

dEvAs in response to their prayers and took many

avathArams to saved them from the brutalities of

different asurAs.

 

Third Line of the Paasuram

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" Moy koLL Maadhavi SeNpakam muyankiya Mullaiamkodi aada"

 

Kaliyan's gaze now shifts to the beauty of the Dhivya dEsam

adorned by mountain (Oushada giri), water (Garuda nadhi)

and the adjoining forest. These are signs of the three kinds of

nilams , Kurunji , Mullai and Marutham integrated in to one.

Here Kaliyan sees the Mullai creepers embracing Maadhavi

pandal and SeNpaka trees and waving in the gentle , cool

breeze. The beauty overwhelms Kaliyan.

 

Fourth Line of the Paasuram

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" Seyya Thaamarai sezhum paNai thihazh taru ThiruvahIndhrapuramE"

Kaliyan looks in another direction and sees abundant red lotuses

(Seyya ThAmari) in the deep waters of the fertile rice

fields (Sezhum paNai Thihazh). He salutes the beautiful

dhivya Desam of the AdiyArkku Meyyan, Dhaiva Naayakan as

"Thihazh Taru ThiruvahIndhrapuram"( the radiant ThiruvahIndhrapuram

abundant with natural beauty of every kind).

 

SrI HemAbja Naayaki SamEtha SrI Achyutha Para BrahmaNE nama:

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan