Kaliyan's Pasurams on SrI NeervaNNan(Part II) : Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam : Part191

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

Thirumangai Mannan's Thiruneermalai Paasurams are in between

His ThiruvallikkENi and Thirukkadanmallai Paasurams .They are

housed as Periya Thirumaozhi 2.4.1 to 2.4.10 Paasurams.

 

First ThiruvallikkENi and next Thiru Neeramalai: Why ?

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There is a reason for Thiruneermalai MangaLAsAsanam to follow

that of ThiruvallikkENi MangaLAsAsanam. As Thirumangai was enjoying

GeethAchAryan at His AaasthAnam at ThiruvallikkENi ( " Mannu taNN

pozhilum vaaviyum mathiLum maada maaLikayum MaNDapamum ,

Tennan ThoNDayarkkOn seytha nann Mayilait-thriuvallikkENi ninRAnai) ,

Thirumangai saw the Lord conversing with ThoNdaimAn Chakravarthy

and blessing Him for the beautiful city of ThiruvallikkENi as His place of

residence with cool groves ( Mannu taNN pozhilum Vaaviyum ) , multistoried

palaces , festival maNDapams and mansions( Maada MaaLikai MaNDapamum).

This city of the Lord was all constructed by " Tennan ThoNDayarkkOn seytha

nann Mayilai ThiruvallikkENi ). The king of ThondaimaNDalam inquired about

the KshEthra Yaathrais of his fellow Kshathriyan , Thirumangai Mannan :

 

" Oh blessed AzhwAr ! Have You also visited the dhivya dEsam of

Thiruneermalai , where the Lord has blessed me with His Prathyaksham

like our dear ParthasArathy before whom we are blessed to stand and

worship ? ". AzhwAr said that he had not and will go after completing

his MangaLAsAsanam of the EmperumAn of " tEnamar sOlai Maada Maamayilai

ThiruvallikkENi ).True to his word , AzhwAr arrived next at Thiuneermalai

for the MangaLAsAsanam of Thiru NeervaNNan. Thus the two dhivya dEsams

where the Lord is Prathyaksham to ThoNDaimAn Chakravarthy recieved

contigous MangaLAsAsanams from Thirumangai . Next the AzhwAr proceeded

to another dhivya dEsam abundant in neer(water/ocean water this time) ,

Thirukkadanmallai.

 

General Introduction to Thiruneermalai Paasurams of Kaliyan

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There are 19 paasurams by Kaliyan on Thiruneer malai EmperumAn .

Ten of them are found in the Periya Thirumaozhi decad : 2.4 . Here,

AzhwAr celebrates the Lord, who manifested in many Vibhava avathArams

and archAvathArams. He refers to the ArchAvathArams of the Lord

at ThirunarayUr , ThirukkOvalUr Kudanthai and VibhavAthArams of Raama ,

KrishNa and Narasimha as "NinRAn , NadanthAn and AmarnthAn ".

He celebrates in the Paasurams the Bhaktha Vathsala , dushta nigraham

aspects of the Lord of Thirneermalai.The dushta nigraham is aimed to

two kinds of people: (1) Those who think that they themselves are Isvarans

like HiraNyan and his brother who stole BhUmi DEvi (2) Those PaashaNDis

who are engaged in NirIswara Vaadham ( That there is no Iswaran) .

 

When Kaliyan performs MangaLAsAsanam of the Lord of Thiruneermalai ,

He is overwhelmed by the Bhaktha sulabhthvam , Aasritha RakshaNam of

the Lord demonstrated in Raama-KrishNa-Nrusimha- VarAhAvathArams .

That propells him to identify the Lord's residence at the end of each

paasuram of this decad as : " (irukkum ) idam , maamalayAvathu NeermalayE ".

This is the place (dhivya dEsam) with majestic hillock dear to

the heart of the Lord of Thiruneermalai . Kaliyan states that this is

the place dear to the SarvEswaran , who blessed us with

the standing , sitting and reclining postures as at His very many dhivya

dEsams. Here at this Dhivya dEsam , He presents Himself at one place

as the Moorthy in ninRa ThirukkOlam as NeervaNNan/Neelamukhil

VaNNan , in sitting posture as Saantha Narasimhan and reclining posture

as RanganAthan ( KidanthAn in MaaNikka Sayanam posture).

 

In the first paasuram , Kaliyan points out that this dhivya dEsam of

Thiruneermalai is equivalent to number of other dhivya dEsams like

Thiruvaali , NaacchiyAr Koil ( ThirunaRayUr ) , Thirukkudanthai ,

ThirukkOvalUr et al that are dear to SrIman NaarAyaNan .

 

In the second Paasuram , AzhwAr refers to the help to Agni to

burn down KaaNDava Vanam and to get rid of all asurAs there

and other inauspicious entities as well as the reduction of the BhAram

for BhUmi Piratti by destruction of the other asurAs like HirNyan

during NrusimhAvathAram .

 

In the third paasuram Kaliyan refers to the destruction of many kings

like Jayadhrathan as PaarthasArathy during the occasion of the war

at KurukshEthram , when He lightened the load of BhUmi dEvi

thru removal of such dushtans . Lord helped Arjunan eliminate

Jayadhrathan by using His chakrAyudham to make it look like

the Sun had set and darkness hinting nightfall had arrived .

 

In the fourth paasuram , the anukoolams for Pancha PaaNDavAs

thru the destruction of DuryOdhana and his brothers as well as their

retinue in the Mahaa Bhaaratha Yuddham ; AzhwAr also refers to

NrusimhAvathAram again and the fierceness with which the Lord

destroyed the enemy to Bhaktha PrahlAdhan .

 

In the fifth Paasuram , AzhwAr sees NeervaNNa PerumAL

as Raamachandran and celebrates the deeds of Raghuveeran,

who had the sEthu built across the ocean and arrived at Lankaa

nagaram to destroy the evil RaavaNan with BrahmAsthram .

 

In the sixth Paasuram , Kaliyan addresses the Lord as " Neer Aar pErAn ",

the one with the nAmam of Neer VaNnan , who swallowed the whole world

and retained it in a small portion of His stomach during the time of deluge

and floated on the waters of MahA PraLayam . His Sarva Rakshakthvam

and ApAra KaaruNyam is saluted here. Further , AzhwAr celebrates

the Veeryam of the Lord displayed during ParasurAmAvathAram , when He

destroyed KarthaveeryArjunan and His descendants as well as the Kshathriya

Kulam for 21 generations.

 

In the seventh paasuram , Kaliyan recalls the veeryam and sakthi of the

Lord, who destroyed Karoosha Raajan , Poundra VaasudEvan ,

who had arrogated himself to the status of the Lord Himself .

During that occasion , Lord as KrishNa VaasudEvan destroyed

the king of Kaasi , who sided with the pretender , PouNDra VaasudEvan .

The tejas and Veeryam displayed by JwAlA Nrusimhan is also celebrated

once more in this Paasuram to acknowledge the Lord's blessings for

this kshEthram to become a Nrusimha KshEthram through

His presence as ShAntha Narasimhan here.

 

In the eighth pasuram , Kaliyan celebrates the anugraham of the Lord of

Thiruneermalai to VaidhikAs and His display of anger at Dhigambhara

PaashaNDis , who discard eternal Vedic instructions .

 

In the ninth Paasuram , Kaliyan celebrates the natural beauty of

Thiruneermalai with its verdant groves and flower gardens

and performs upadEsam for us to reach Thiruneermalai before

the inauspicious words of PaashaNdis and NaasthikAs

fall on our ears and recieve the anugraham of NeervaNNan .

AzhwAr identifies this dhivya dEsam as Ujjevana Thiruppathi ,

for Bhaktha janams , while the Lord makes Himself difficult of

approach by Kshudhra Janams .

 

In the tenth Paasuram , Kaliyan identifies himself as the reputed

warrior and remover of Kali dhOsham as one , who has deep

attachment to the Lord of Thiruneermalai .He asks us to recite

his paasurams on the Lord of Thiruneermalai to gain abundant

Kaimkarya Lakshmi , aparimitha Iswaryam including rulership

over kingdoms .

 

adiyEn will cover the other paasurams of the AzhwArs in

the next posting .

 

Thirumangai Mannan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

 

 

 

 

 

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

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