AdiyEn's Sep 10-17 visit to India : Part X / ThirukkOshtiyUr Visit : Thirumangai Mannan's anubhavam

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Sri :

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

The last posting in this series goes back to October 6 , 2004.

adiyEn will now return to the rest of the visits to dhivya dEsams

during this special trip to India in September for RathnAngi

SamarpaNam.

 

Thirumangai's ThirukkOshtiyUr Paasurams (Periya Thirumozhi: 9.10 )

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Paasuram 9.10.1 on ThirukkOttiyUrAn

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yengaL yemm iRai EmpirAn imayOrkku Naayakan yEtthu adiyavar

tangaL tamm--manatthup-piriyAthu aruL purivAn

pongu taNN aruvi putham seyyap--ponkaLE sithaRa ilangu oLi

sengamalam malarum THIRUKKOTTIYURAANE

 

Comments : Thirumangai was aware of the exquisite anubhavam of

PeriyAzhwAr about the EmperumAn of this dhivya dEsam and also

the importance of this dhivya dEsam for PeriyAzhwAr in establishing

the Parathvam (Supermacy ) of Sriman NaarAyaNan in the court of

the Pandyan king . Therefore , Thirumangai AzhwAr relates to

the Lord of ThirukkOttiyUr with affection as " YengaL ThirukkOttiyUrAnE " .

The choice of the word "YengaL" for the Lord of ThirukkOttiyUr

suggests that He is the dearest Lord for him ( Thirumangai ) as well

as for all the other AzhwArs , who performed MangaLAsAsanams

prior to him .

 

In this paasuram , Thirumangai salutes ThirukkOttiyUr PerumAL ,

Sowmya NaarAyaNan , as "Yemm iRai " ( our undisputed

Master , Sarva Swamy ) and " Yemm PirAn/EmpirAn " ( Our compassionate

Lord , who goes out of His way to help every one , who sought Him as

their rakshakan). Thirumangai describes Sowmya NaarAyaNan as

a ParamOpakAri , whose help( upakAram) is limitless . He does not

abandon any one of His devotees ( adiyArs) even for a fraction of

a second and blesses every one of them with all types of soubhAgyams.

 

Thirumangai recognizes His Lord as the Lord of DEvAs

" ImayOr Naayakan" (DEva NaaTan) as well as the Lord of

the eternally liberated Jevans ( Nithya Sooris) such as Garudan ,

AadhisEshan et al . AzhwAr is elated with pride in hailing

his dear Lord as " YengaL ThirukkOttiyUrAn ImayOr Naayakan" .

Our dear ThirukkOttiyUrAn is also "Yemm iRai" and "Yemm PirAn"

states Thirumangai with unbridled affection .

 

ThirukkOttiyUrAn's Achyutha Tatthvam is saluted by Thirumangai

with the Paasura passage: " yEtthu adiyavar tangaL tamm manatthu

piryAthu aruL purivaan ". For those prapannAs and ParamaikAnthis ,

who eulogize Him , He enters their heart lotuses and stays there always

with His dear consort . ThiukkOttiyUrAn rnever lets them slip away from

them . He resides in their heart lotuses and blesses them with sarva

mangaLams.

 

The tenderness and love of Thirumangai for this PerumAL is revealed

from the salutation : " YengaL ThirukkOttiyUrAn " . Ingu Thirumangai

PerumALidam visEsha uRavu koNDAduhiraar. There is a special reason

for Thirumangai to claim this intimate relationship with ThirukkOttiyUrAn .

ThirukkOttiyUr in Sanskrit translates into "Sri GhOshti Puram ".

The name of GhOshti Puram is linked to the Sthala PurANam ,

which states that the assembly (GhOshti) of the righteous ( Saadhus )

convened here during the time of their oppression and intimidation by

HiraNyan to strategize on the ways to annihilate that dushta asuran .

The Saadhus sought a special place , where they can assemble

without fear from HiraNyan and chose this dhivya dEsam as a result of

Kadhambha Maharishi's existing curse that no dushtan and durAchAran

should enter this sacred space unless they want to die . Hence HiraNyan

could not dare to enter this dhivya dEsam , which was a protected territory

..

This protection encouraged the Saadhu GhOshti to choose this dhivya

dEsam for their deliberations and the name of Sri GhOshti Puram

arose from that event . Thirumangai thinks about these Parama

Saadhu GhOshtis and the anugraham of the Lord of this dhivya

dEsam and takes pride in identifying with the Lord as "YengaL

ThirukkOttiyUrAn ".

 

In the remaining portion of the first paasuram , Thirumangai

describes the material prosperity and the physical beauty of

this dhivya dEsam of His Lord : " Pongu TaNN aruvi putham seyya

ponkaLE sithaRa ilangu oLi sengamalam alarum " idam koNDavan

(YengaL ThirukkOttiyUrAn).The abundant water in this dhivya dEsam

is recognized through the cool water that flows swiftly the many fountains

that criss cross this dhivya dEsam. When these floods descend , they

loosen up the soil and scatter gold dust all around and makes

the dhivya dEsam filled with lustre. The abundant waters from

the springs and fountains collect in the many ponds , which become

home for beautiful red lotus flowers that enrich further

the soundharyam of the dhivya dEsam of ThirukkOttiyUrAn .

 

Sri Soumya NaarAyaNa ParabrahmanE Nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VraradAchAri Sadagopan