Pushpa, ThyAga, BhOga ...1

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In the introductory email, we sa about the sutram of Nayanar and the

names of people related to the corresponding kaimkaryams in Koil,

Thirumali and Perumal Koil. Today, adIyEn starts with the first one,

Pushpa Madapam.

With Srirangam as the root of our sampradayam, what would have been

the reason for Nayanar to choose ThiruVenkadam at the first place?

Here is one of the answers we can think about.

Normally when we give an exam, it is a general psychology to answer

easy queries and start concentrating on tough ones after that, so

that we can be assured of full points on the easier ones. Similarly,

in our sampradayam, when we talk about Koil, Thirumalai and Perumal

koil, it is very easier for one to approach ThiruVenkadamudayan and

drift slowly towards Kachi and Srirangam. He has made Himself like

that by making sure that both nityasuris and badhatmas can worship

Him easily at any point of time.

Known as Venkatadri in this yuga, it is the abode of

ThiruVenkadamudayan. His very name says that He is the one who burns

off all the karmas of a soul. He is the one who directly descended

from Paramapadam, before going to Srirangam and relaxing in reclining

posture. There are a few interesting references that our Azhwars and

Acharyas have made, and let us see why they called this place as

Pushpa Mandapam.

Sindhu Poo Magizhum ThiruVenkadam

In the third ten sets of pasuram in Thiruvaymozhi, Nammazhwar has sung

on ThiruVenkatamudayan, requesting for nitya kaimkaryam. In this ten,

he says that nityasuris have done kaimkaryam to this perumal with

pushpam. With the hurry and excitement to do kaimkaryam, nityasuris

used to rush towards this Perumal with hands full of flowers. By the

time they arrive close to the perumal, due to the excitement of

darshan of perumal, they will unknowingly drop few flowers on the

hill. Immediately after falling on the sand where ThiruVenkadamudayan

lives, flowers will start to feel the happiness. That is the kind of

excitement a flower gets when it reaches ThiruVenkadamudayan’s

sannidhi.

Sumandhu mAmalar … saman kol vEdu tharum thadan kundramE

People who want to do kaimkaryam bring all the flowers to offer at the

feet of ThiruVenkadamudayan. He in turn takes on the sumai of those

people. That sumai refers to loads and loads of the karma that the

souls have brought along with the flowers. By doing so, He makes sure

that the serving souls get the sAmya nilai of moksham.

Can anyone get a better deal than this one in this world? What exactly

is the kind of flower that one needs to offer Him to get this deal?

Who offered that? How is that quantified? Let us look into the

answers to these questions in following postings.

aDiyEn,

ramanan

 

 

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