[SriParakalaMatham] RathnAngi Kaimkaryam : Part VI : Kaliyan's Paasurams: 3.1.4

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today we will study the Fourth Paasuram

of Thirumangai Mannan on Lord DhaivanAyakan of

ThiruvahIndhrapuram ( Periya Thirumozhi: 3.1.4):

 

mARu koNDu udanRu yethirntha val avuNan tann maarvu aham iru piLavA

kooRu koNDu avan kula mahaRkku aruL kodutthavan idam , midainthu

sARu koNDa menkarumpu iLam tazhai tadai visumbu uRa maNi nizhal

sERu koNDa taNN pazhanamathu yezhil thihazh ThiruvayeendrapuramE

 

First Line of the Paasuram

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NarasimhAvathAram, the destruction of HiraNyan ,

Anugraham to His Bhakthan as PrahlAdha Varadhan are

covered by Kaliyan in the first and second lines of this

Paasuram in addition to the celebration of the natural

beauty of this dhivya desam in the last two lines.

 

After performing MangaLAsAsanam to the Lord of Thiruayindhai

as "Dhaiva Naayakan" or the Supreme Lord of the DevAs in

the previous paasuram , Kaliyan acknowledges that the Lord

is not limited to being just the Master (Naayakan) of the DevAs

but He is also the Lord of all BhagavathAs (their Swamy and

Rakshakan).Now , let us focus on the individual words chosen

by Kaliyan:

 

"MaaRu Kondu" : HiraNyan had long standing enimity to the Lord

starting from the day , when his brother HiraNyAkshan

was killed by the Lord during VarAhAvathAram. HiraNyan's

Son , PrahlAdhan's utter devotion to the Lord added more

fuel to the fire of hatred that HiraNyan had. This long

lasting hatred of HiraNyan towards the Lord is referred to

by Kaliyan with the words " MaaRu koNDU ".

 

"UdanRu":To show that a trusting BhaagavathA's words

can not but be true , The Lord appeared in the form of

the Adhbhutha Kesari and jumped out of the pillar

in the sabhaa of the offending HiraNyan .With the choice

of the word , " UdanRU" , Kaliyan paints the picture of

the ferocious Lord at the moment of His avathAram .

 

"Yethirntha vall avuNan tann Maarbhagam": Once the stupefied

HiraNyan recognized that his nemesis was standing

in front of him in a terrorizing form and was ready

to chase him down for a battle , HiraNyan remembered

the power of the boons that he had recieved from

Brahma and moved with determination towards the Lord

to fight Him. Our Lord was faster and got hold of

the Asuran effortlessly , placed him on His lap

and checked to see whether by chance the Asuran had

even an iota of devotion in his heart for Him.

 

"Maarvu akam iru piLavA ": When the Lord found that

there was not a trace of Bhakthi for Him in that

wretched heart of HiraNyan , He tore that chest

containing the heart of HiraNyan in to two parts

and killed HiraNyan right away.

 

Second line of the Paasuram

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" (Maarvu akam iru piLavA) KooRu koNdu avan kula

mahaRkku aruL kodutthavan idam": As Ugra-JwAlA Narasimhan ,

the Lord was radiant with the flames of anger and tore

apart the asuran. Next His mercy laden eyes fell on

Bhaktha PrahlAdhan standing as the witness to the adhbhutham

performed by Him . The Lord showered His limitless grace on

this child Bhaagavathan and gave the promise to PrahlAdhan

that He will not kill any one in his kulam in the future.

This way , MahA Bali , one of the descendants of PrahlAdhan

(Kula Mahan) was spared his life during the ThrivikramAvathAram .

Kaliyan remebers that Thiruvayeendhrapuram is the dhivya

dEsam associated with the incidents of NrusimhAvathAram .

 

Third Line of the Paasuram

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In this line of the Paasuram , Kaliyan sees the abundant

growth of Sugar Cane crops all around this dhivya dEsam.

These stalks of Sugar cane have grown tall and are hitting

the sky and are bent downwards.

 

The tender , sugar canes are full of sweet juice ( sARu koNDa

Mel Karumbhu). This assembly of youthful sugar cane is sky

high , hit that ceiling and are bent downwards ( mel karumbhu

iLam kazhai tadai visumpu uRa ). The canopy of these interlocked

sugar cane leaves prevent the Sun's rays from entering the earth

and cause extensive regions of shade (tadai visumpu uRa maNi

nizhal).

 

Fourth Line of the Paasuram

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" sERu konDa taNN pazhanam athu yezhil thihazh

ThiruvayeendhrapuramE": Since the shade (nizhal)

caused by the towering leaves of Cane sugar plants

free the earth from the Sun's rays, the fields (pazhanam)

are moist with abundant water (sERu KoNdavai). Kaliyan says

here that ThiruvahIndhrapuram is characterized by such

wet Sugar Cane crop producing fields full of fertility .

 

SrI HemAbja Naayaki SamEtha SrI Achyutha Para BrahmaNE nama:

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan