A Peep into Periya Thirumozhi 144

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Dear SrEvaishNavites,

 

It was seen that Sri thirumangai mannan surrenders at the feet of Lord

Oppiliappan with pirATTi's purushakAram.

 

This pAsuram highlights the effect of pirATTi by the term

"thAmAraiyAL...kOthA"

 

Sri sAdagopan swAmy goes on to explain the meanings of the final two

pAsuram-s of the second thirumozhi of the sixth ten.

 

dAsna

vanamamalai padmanabhan

 

 

SrI:

 

thAmaraiyAL-kOthA-nin adaindhEan thiru-viNNagar mEyavanEA

Dear BhakthAs of ThiruviNNagarappan :Today , let us enjoy the last two

Paasurams of Kaliyan's Periya Thirumozhifrom 6.2 decad . In the 6.2.9

Paasuram , Kaliyan eulogized the Lord ofThiruviNNagaram as "Sujana

Saarvabhouman " . In the 6.2.10 , Kaliyanrevealed the phalan of

reciting the ten paasurams of this decad .Periya Thirumozhi 6.2.9

Paasuram************************************pOthAr ThaamarayAL

pulavik-kula vaanavar tamm kOthA ! kOthil senkOl kudai mannaridai

nadanthadhUthA ! ThUmozhiyAi ! Sudar pOl yenn manatthiruntha VedhA

! NinnadainthEn ThiruviNNagar MeyavanE !(Meaning ) : Oh Lord of

ThiruviNNagaram dear to MahA Lakshmiresiding in the red lotus that

blossoms in time , to BhU dEvi andto the DevAs living in Indhira

lOkam ! Oh blemishless Messenger ,who mediated as the ambassador on

behalf of the PaaNDavAsin the middle of many ruling kings ! Oh Lord

with sacred Speech(vaak) ! Oh the quintessence of VedhAs shining as

the bright jyOthiin my mind ! adiyEn has now surrendered at Your

sacred Thiruvadiand seek Your anugraham .Special Notes

:*******************At this dhivya dEsam , there is only one

NaacchiAr , BhUmi Devi ( Pulavi) .At SrI Vaikuntam , the Lord is

seated with Sri Devi , BhUmi Deviand NeeLA Devi on His throne of Adhi

Seshan . At this dhivya dEsamsung by Kaliyan and three other AzhwArs ,

the Lord wed BhUmi Deviand agreed to Sage MarkaNDEyar's prayer to stay

foreverat ThiruviNNagaram . Here , BhUmi DEvi , the young bride

staysin a kneeling position next to the Lord at His right side ;

MahA Lakshmi,the Lotus lady takes up Her residence at the Lord's

Chest .The Nithya Sooris and the DevAs are positioned at the

Lord'ssacred feet . He is dear to them all ( pOthu aar

ThAmarayALpulavi kula vaanavar tamm KOthA ! ) .ThiruviNNagarappan

went as PaaNDava dhUthan to negotiatethe rightful share for the

PaaNDavAs at the court of the evilDuryOdhanan populated by the

assembly of kings friendly tothe KouravAs ( KOthil senkOl kudai

mannaridai nadantha DhUthA ! ) .The Lord of ThiruviNNagar as

RaamAvathAran utteredthe sacred words at Sethukkarai that defined His

vowto protect anyone , who sought His refuge even once .The Lord of

ThiruviNNagaram as KrishNAvathAranuttered HIs ThU Mozhi of Charama

slOkam and assured Arjunafreedom from fear after performing

prapatthi to Him .ThiruviNNagrappan as BhUvarAhan spoke the ThUmozhi

ofVarAha Charama slOkam in response to the plea of BhU Devito save

their suffering children from SamsAric afflictions .He performed

upadEsam for BrahmA on the ThU Mozhi ofthe sacred Vedams . Thus , the

Lord of ThiruviNNagaramis the originator of many sacred utternaces .

Reflecting on allthese anugrahams and upadEsams , Kaliyan addresses

the Lordas ThUmozhiyAi in this Paasuram .Kaliyan through the benefit

of ripe Jn~Ana yOgam was able toexperience the presence of

ThiruviNNagarappan as the Param JyOthiin his heart lotus . Kaliyan

experienced ThiruviNNagarappan asthe antharyAmi Brahman and saluted

Him as " JyOthishAm JyOthi: " ,the Light of Lights . Mundaka

Upanishad salutes this "Sudar JyOthi "as " Him the shining One ,

every thing shines after , by this light allthis is lighted ( tamEva

BhAndham anubhAthi sarvam tasya bhAsAsarvam idham vibhAthi ) .

ChAndhOgya Upanishad ( III.12.6) revealsthe connection between the "

Sudar JyOthi " inside the heart lotus asantharyAmi Brahman and the

Supreme light ( JyOthi) shining inSri Vaikuntam : " Now the light

which shines above this heaven ,above all , above every thing , in

the highest worlds beyond whichthere are no higher worlds , verily ,

that is the same as the lightwhich is here within the person " . This

explanation is endorsed byBadarAyaNA's Brahma Soothram : "

JyOthis-charaNAbhidhAnaath "It means that the cosmic light is Brahman

because of the reference tothe part or feet in the Upanishad ( Brhaman

has four parts ) : " Suchis the greatness of it : greater than it is

the Supreme Person .One foot or aprt of it represents all the beings

in the universe ,while the other three parts ( thripAdh ) are in

immortal higherdomain ( amrutham dhivi ) . The same supreme Being ,

who isconnected with the other three-quarters of the higher abode

isreferred to in the ChAndhOgya Upanishad as the light connectedwith

the higher domain (atha parO dhivO jyOthi ) .Periya Thirumozhi 6.2.10

Paasuram( Phala

Sruthi)***************************************************tEnAr

poompuRavil ThiruviNNagar Meyavanai VaanArum mathiL s oozh vayal

mangayarkkOn maruvArOonAr vERk-kaliyan oli seytha Tamizh maalai

vallAr kOnAy vaanavar tamm kodimAnagar kooduvarE(Meaning ) :

Kaliyan , the king of the region of Thirumangai knownfor its tall

ramparts reaching up to the sky has sung these tenTamil paasurams

about the SarvEswaran , who relishes Hisresidence at ThiruviNNagaram

surrounded by abundnt groveswith honey-filled flowering trees .

Kaliyan holding the spear withthe stains of war with the enemies of

the BhagavathAshas sung these paasurams in praise of

ThiruviNNagarappan .Those who learn and reflect upon these ten

pasurams onThiruviNNagarappan by Kaliyan will become emperors hereon

earth and will reach Sri Vaikuntam at the end of their lifeto join

the ghOshti of the Nithya Sooris to serve the Lord there .Daasan ,

Oppiliappan KOil V.SadagopanSrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE

SaraNam .Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka SevakaSrivan

Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: