A Peep into Periya Thriumozhi 27

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THE IDENTITY CONUNDRUM

 

The mother of parakAla nAyaki was reporting parakAla nAyaki's

situation to the Lord of thiru-idavendhai. The Lord appeared in front

of parakAla nAyaki. The appearance was wonderful. The person who

destroyed thirupuram-shiva and brahmA were indeed awed and surprised

to see the appearence. The splendour with which the Lord emerged was

indeed amazing.

 

The looks and attributes all the likes of sriman nArAyaNA. The look

was like narasimhA. the hair was like burning fire. The appearance

was like vAmanA. the eyes were like the ones actually written by

great artists. The divine hands had eight divine weapons. All the

world worshipped the immaculate Lord. mudhAlAzhwArgaL had sung in

praise of HIm. This is the one who had out of mercy voluntarily

handed over the vEdhAs for our retrieval. He had all the likes of the

one who had vanquished the kuvalayApEta elephant. the looks had the

power to voluntarily conquer's ones composure and possessions and

make it His. Indeed He is like my soul.

 

These are the thoughts of parakAla nAyaki on seeing the divine form.

However, the greatness and the lustre also created one doubt in her

mind. Can He be the Lord, who has been slipping my vision all these

days? Can I be so fortunate to ultimately view Him?

'Yes, He does have the attributes and the looks of the Great one.

Still I am not able to determine that it is Him definitely' are the

thoughts of parakAla nAyaki. She also felt delicately to ask Him

directly. Hence, she posed this question to a third person- as if

asking to somebody else. The Lord declared " I am the Lord of

atta-puyakaram"

 

The gaze and the appearance is described in the first few lines and

pat comes the reply from the Almighty comes sharp

"I am the Lord of atta-puya-karam".

 

AzhwAr's experience with the Lord's presence in the femine form is

indeed a rare one. It is unique. this is thalaivip pAsuram and the

preceding thAip pAsuram.

 

These divine experiences are all narrated in the eighth thirumozhi of

the second ten -attapuyakaram dhivya dhEsam.

What a way to expereince the Lord!

The question and answers go on like this:

"..eri ana kEsara vAL eiRROdu, ari-vuruvAm ivarAr? kol enna,

atta pukarathEan enRAREA"2-8-1;

'...vandhu kuRaL vuruvAi nimirndhu

mAvali vEALviyil man alandha

andhanar pOnRu ivarAr? kol enna

atta puyakarathEan! enRAREA" 2-8-2;

"ambudham pOnRu ivarAr? kol enna,

atta puyakarathEan enRArEa" 2-8-3;

"...alai kadal pOnRu ivarAr? kol enna

atta pukarathEan ennArEa" 2-8-5;

"...azhagiyadhAm ivarAr?kol enna.

atta puyakarathEan ennArEa" 2-8-7;

"..pongu karum kadal, pUvai kAyA punaindha mEagam

anganam pOnRu ivarAr? kol enna

atta puyakarathEan enRAREA" 2-8-9

 

vanamamalai padmanabhan