Swamy Desikan's & AzhwAr's Tributes to Sri BhUmi DEvi SamEtha ThiruviNNagarappan : Part II

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Before plunging into the deep and delectable ocean of the enjoyment of

the Dhivya Dampathis of ThiruviNnagar , adiyEn would like

to share with you the anubhavam of AzhwAr Paasurams on them by great

devotees like Sri Krishna PrEmi and others . adiyEn

requests SrI madhavakkannan to repost the Kaliyan 6.2 decad since the

postigns here on 6.2 and 6.3 are duplicates of 6.3 .

After that , SrI Shreyas Sarangan can replace one of the duplicates by

the original on Kaliyan's 6.2 decad paasurams .

 

Swamy Desikan's brilliant tribute to the PanchAvathAran at

ThiruviNNagar is from His Sri Sookthi of Sri Taathparya RathnAvaLi .

 

Daasan , V.Sadagopan

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[Poygai Azhwaar] [pEy Azhwaar] [Nammazhwaar][Thirumangai Azhwaar] [swami Desikan]

Four Azhwaaars have dedicated fourty-seven Paasurams to Him and have

received His Anugraham.Nammazhwaar, in his song, describes the Lord

as "Than oppillathavan Oppiliappan" (He who has nocomparision). Other

Azhwaars who sang in praise of the Lord were Peyazhwaar,

Poigaiazhwaar, and Thirumangaiazhwaar. Swami Desikan summarizes the

ten verses of N ammaazhwaar in his Tatparya Ratnavali.

[poygai Aazhwaar]

vEnkadamum viNNagarum vehhaavumakkaatha poongidankilneeL kOval

ponnagarum naankidaththum ninRaan irunthaan.

Here poygai Aazhwaar confirms this kshEtram as SriVaikuNtam in Nina Thiru-kOlam.

[pEy Aazhwaar]

When pEy azhwAr refers to viNNagram in his sixty-second pAsuram he

lists vinNagaram prior to other divya dEsams and describes that the

kalyAna gunAs of Lord thiruvikraman who cupped His palms to rece ive

the Kamandala jalam from king mahAbali and therey by accpet the

yAgadhAnam and claimed the "title" over one and all from there on.

There are two different kamandala jalams here that paved way for this

proclamation of ownership over all jivans who have ever since been

created and thrived on this earth. The first one, the kamandal a

jalam of King mahAbali, was the one He washed His hands with, while

the second one, the kamandal jalam of brahma, was the one He washed

His holy feet with. This reminds one of the thirumanchana sEvai at

this temple.

paNdellaam vEnkadam paaRkadal vaikunthamkoNdaaNG kuRaivaarkku "kOil

pOl"vaNdu vaLankiLaru neeL sOlai vaN poonkadaigaiiLankumaran than

"viNNagar".

Here pEy azhwaar confirms that He is ever young and always present.

[Nammazhwaar] Audio Nammazhwaar's anubhavam of Sri Oppiliappan by Sri

Krishna Premi Swami (in mp3 format)

When Nammazhwaar arrived here, he was also pondering over eighty of

his own paasurams that he had already delivered, as he himself was

not clear about certains aspects of their meaning.

It was here, in ThiruvinNagar Kshetram, that the Lord hurried to

appear before Nammazhwaar, who was about to abandon him with anger,

for being insensitive to his request of Darsanam. Our Lord could n ot

bear with the thought of losing His Parama Bhaktha and rushed to his

side and made the Azhwaar enjoy His Ananta Kalyaana Gunas and His

unmatchable beauty. The Azhwaar felt thoroughly appeased and

specially blessed to have Darshan of the five forms of t he Lord and

declared :

Ennappan Enakkayigulaai Ennai PerravalaaiPonnappan Maniappan

MutthappanenappanumaaiMinnapponmadhil Soozh Thiruvinnagar Sernda

Appan Tannoppaarillappan Tantanan Tanathaal Nizhaleh

The Azhwaar describes the Lord as Panchaavataran here and states that

the Lord travelled to ThiruvinNagar in search of him to remove his

dejection and united with him and gave him the comforting and cool

shade of His lotus feet as his solace and refuge.

The Lord not only cleared his doubts on such paaurams that had

"munnukkum pinnukkum muranaana poruL" in it and also made him realise

that He is present in those paasurams as antharyaamin. Hence namaa

lwaar sung in praise of him as "sEraatha poruLkaLellaam sErththa

perumaL".

The Lord was overjoyed and hugged and embraced azwaar here and

pOkaathaoorkaLin (Divya Desams) sevaiyellam saathithaar. i.e. the

Lord also offered nammazhwaar the darshan of various other

kshEkthrams that Nammazhwaar had not yet visited.

kaaNminkaL ulakeer enRu kaNmukappE nimarnthathaaLiNaiyanRannaik

kurukoor satakOpansonna aayiraththuth thiruviNNagar paththum

vallaarkOnaiyinRi viNNOrk kenRum aavar kuravarkaLE

"kAnmin ulageer ! enak kaN mugappE nimirntha thaaL" ie "It seems

Lord's holy feet said to bolooga vaasees during vaamana avathaaram,

that "O folks of this boolOgam, watch this!" and while saying it s

eems the Holy Feet also grew and rose to reach beyond the vaan

ulagam. (Thirumangai Aazhwar continues this sentiment). Nammaazhwaar

equates himself to This holy feet in this verse saying "kan mugappE

nimirntha thaaLiNaiyan" i.e. if you chant these 10 vers es delivered

by me " who is the equal (me)to such Holy Feet of Lord thiru

viNNagaraan that rose in front of the eyes of boolOga vaasees".

The azhaar also asks us to look at His majesty, and as he

"thaaLinaiyan", assures us that one who worships Hm will surely

become a member of the elite group of viNNvar's leaders. This being

Lord Oppi liappan or thiru viNNagaraan

[Thirumangai Azhwaar]

Also see Sri Madhavakannan's translation of Tirumangai Azhwar's

anubhavam of " The Lord without Comparision" - Periya Thirumozhi 6.1

6.2 6.3 Audio Thirumangai Azhwaar's anubhavam of Sri Oppiliappan by

Sri Krishna Premi Swami (in mp3 format)

Thirumangai has delivered 30 paasurams on Lord Oppiliappan with

incomparable references to thiruvikrama avathAram.Thirumangai Aazhwar

expresses all the attributes of This Lord in three chapters and swears

that he does not want his samsaaram if this Lord will not bless him

with His grace.

aandaay unaik kaaNbathOr "arUL" enkku arULithiyElvEndEn maNai vaazhkkaiyai viNNagar mEyavanE

It is believed that, during vaamana avathaaram, after booLogam was

used for one foot, all the dEvaas and anthanaas of vaaNulagam were

standing ready for the thiruvadi sErvai, so that all their "vinai s"

would be washed away, the instant His Feet were placed on their

world. Thirumangai Aazhwaar sings this in his paasurm "paNdai nam

vinai keda enRu andarum amararum...". The Aazhwaar emphasizes that

one will get the same grace here when they worship the Lord with

these paasurams. Note: Also see Sri V Madhavakkannan's series on

Periya Thirumozhi.

[swami Desikan]

Swami Desikan in his Tatparya RatnaavaLi summed up brilliantly the ten

verses of Nammazhwaar this way and offered his MangaLaasAsanam to Sri

Vaikunta Naathan of Oppiliappan Koil:

Sampat Dhaaridrya Bhaavaat Asukasukakruteh: Pattana Graama Bhaavaat

Punyaapunyaadhi Bhaavaat KapataruchutayaaSarvalokaadhi Bhavaat :

IDivyaadivyangavatvaat Suradhitijagana Snigdha Chatrutva Keerthyaa

Chaayaacchayaadhi Bhaavaat Aagatitha Gatanam Praaha Krishnam Sataari

: II

Here, Swami Desikan tersely summarizes Bhagavad Anubhavam of

Nammazhwaar at this Divya Desam. He says:

ThiruvinNagarappan is the antharyaami of opposing concepts (Dvandhvam)

such as poverty-wealth, sorrow-happiness and paapam-punyam. He rules

over both the city and the village . He is the antharyami and

reconciler of polar opposites such as Kapatam and righteousness. He

is the indweller of all chetanas and Achetanas . He has the

splenderous lustre and yet has even the lowly worlds as a part of his

body .He is the unfailing protector of the Prapannas and destroys

those , who cause harm to his Bhakthaas. He is of the form of both

the cooling shade and the scorching heat and thu s has the unique

power to unite normally irreconcilable tattvaas.

Swami Desikan echoes the statement of Nammazhwaar that the Lord is

both Nimmittam and Upaadhaanam, He is both Praapyam and Praapakan. He

is one adorable principle that has spread in many ways and shi nes in

every corner of His universe.

 

 

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