A Peep into PeriyaThiru-Mozhi 102

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thiruvarangam or thiru-vENkaTam

 

Sri thirumangai AzhwAr's extreme devotion is being described by her

mother. The status of parakAla nAyaki's bakthi pAravasyam towards sri

ranganAthan of srirangam is narrated by her mother.

 

It is mentioned by the mother that parakAla nAyaki without fear openly

says "vENkaTamEA! vENkaTAmEa"

 

Now, what is this? The devotion is towards thiruvarangam Lord. But the

words are about thiru-vENkaTam.

 

It is said that the Almighty descends from parama-padham to

thiru-varangam via thriumalai. He stands in thirumalai and then

settles down at thiruvarangam. The thiruvarangam is likened by our

pUrvAchAryAs to thriu-nADu and the kAvEri to vrajA.

 

AzhwAr's bakthi pAravasyAm is so intense that it commences from the

roots-- thiruvENkaTam. That is what sri thiruppAN AzhwAr also did in

amalanAdhippirAn by talking of thirumalai in the third pAsuram.

 

Sri peiryavAchAn piLLai summarises this crisply "periya perumALuDiaya,

inguthai varavAREA pidithu ARRAmaikku vudalampaDi kANum piRandhadu

pravaNAdhisayam'

 

"veruvAdhAL vAi veruvi 'vENkaTamEA! vENkaTAmEA" enginRALAl.." 5-5-1;

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

An interesting event occured between Sri Anandazhvan

and Sri Bhattar surrounding this pasuram.

 

One time a Srivashnava had spent some time in Thirumalai

with Anandazhvar and then gone to Srirangam. While

sitting at Bhattar's upanyasam, he happened to sneeze

and said "thiruvEnkatam". In those days, it was the

habit of devotees to say the name of a divyadesam

when sneezing, etc. Immediately, Bhattar responded

"karuvilE thiruvilAdhAr Ar" - meaning, who is the one

who does not have the "thiru"?. Bhattar was refering

to Thondaradippodi Azhvar's Thirumalai pasuram,

 

"madhiL thiruvarangam ennA

karuvilE thiruvilAdhAr"

 

His thought was that the person who sneezed should

have said thiruvarangam and not thiruvEnkatam. While

Bhattar's passion for Srirangam is great, Anandazhvan's

passion for thieuvEnkatam was no less. In fact, Guru

Parampara states that no one can say thiruvarangam

like Bhattar and no one can say thiruvEnkatamudaiyAn

like Anandazhvan. So, when the devotee told Anandazhvan

about this episode, he sent a message back to Bhattar

saying "veruvAdhAL vAy veruvi vEnkatamE enRALO,

thiruvarangam enRALO" - refering to this Periya

Thirumozhi pasuram.

 

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

 

 

--- Padmanabhan <aazhwar wrote:

> thiruvarangam or thiru-vENkaTam

>

> Sri thirumangai AzhwAr's extreme devotion is being

> described by her mother. The status of parakAla nAyaki's

> bakthi pAravasyam towards sri ranganAthan of srirangam is

> narrated by her mother.

>

> It is mentioned by the mother that parakAla nAyaki

> without fear openly says "vENkaTamEA! vENkaTAmEa"

>

> Now, what is this? The devotion is towards thiruvarangam

> Lord. But the words are about thiru-vENkaTam.

>

> It is said that the Almighty descends from parama-padham

> to thiru-varangam via thriumalai. He stands in thirumalai

> and then settles down at thiruvarangam. The thiruvarangam

> is likened by our pUrvAchAryAs to thriu-nADu and the

> kAvEri to vrajA.

>

> AzhwAr's bakthi pAravasyAm is so intense that it

> commences from the roots-- thiruvENkaTam. That is what

> sri thiruppAN AzhwAr also did in amalanAdhippirAn by

> talking of thirumalai in the third pAsuram.

>

> Sri peiryavAchAn piLLai summarises this crisply "periya

> perumALuDiaya, inguthai varavAREA pidithu ARRAmaikku

> vudalampaDi kANum piRandhadu pravaNAdhisayam'

>

> "veruvAdhAL vAi veruvi 'vENkaTamEA! vENkaTAmEA"

> enginRALAl.." 5-5-1;

>

> dAsan

> vanamamalai padmanabhan

>