Thiru SiRu Puliyoor Pasurams of Kaliyan : PartIV ( Periya Thirumozhi Paasuram 7.9.4 )

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Arul Maa Kadal of Thiru SiRu Puliyoor Dhivya Desam

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In the previous Paasuram , Kaliyan appealed to every one

to perform MangaLaasAsanam of SiRu PuliyUr EmperumAn

and to hold on to His sacred feet and accept them as the unfailing

means for gaining Moksha sukham .

 

In this Paasuram , Thirumnagai asserts once again that he has

no refuge other than the Thiruvadis of the SiRu PuliyUr Chala

Sayana NaaTan for gaining Moksham:

 

vAnAr mathi pothiyum saDai mazhu aaLiyOdu oru paal

thaann ahiya talaivan avan amararkku athipathiyAmm

thEnAr pozhil tazhuvum Siru puliyUr chala sayanatthu

Aann aayanathu adi allathu onRu aRiyEn adiyEnE ---PT : 7.9.4

 

(Meaning) : adiyEn has become the servant of the sacred feet of

the Lord of Chala Sayanam . adiyEn does not know of anything other

than those holy feet of the Lord of SiRu PuliyUr , who is the sarva

sulabhan engaged in grazing His cattle as the divine cowherd

in the groves of SiRu PuliyUr known for its honely laden flowering

trees . He is the Lord of the Niothya Sooris , the eternally liberated

Jeevans. He is the Lord of devAs ( Indhran) as well . He has the samhAra

Moorthy , Rudran with his short axe ( Mazhu) housed on the right side of

His ThirumEni (Body) . That Rudran has such dense matted locks that

the Chandran adorning those Jadais is barely visible .

 

Special Notes :

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The key words of this Paasuram are : AanAyan adi allathu onRu aRiyEn " .

Close by to SiRu PuliyUr is a KrishNa kshEthram that Thirumangai

had just performed MangaLAsAsanam ( Periya Thirumozhi : 7.4 to 7.8 ).

This is the KrishNa KshEthram of TherazhundhUr , where PerumAl is

worshipped as Aayan . Here , the Lord blesses us with the Sevai as

the cowherd , grazing His cows and calves . Thirumangai has sung

47 beautiful paasurams on ThErazhandhUr Aayan ( Gopaalan) .

Those thoughts on KrishNAvathaaram were very much on AzhwAr's

mind , when he remembered the Lord of SiRu PuliyUr as the Parama

Soulabhya Moorthy : Aan Aayan . In this Paasuram , Thirumangai

addressed the Lord as " amararkku athipathy" , the Lord of Indhran .

It was Indhran who mistook the Lord as a simple cowherd boy ,

who interfered with the annual poojaa for him by Gokula Vaasis .

Angered by GopAlan's instructions to the gokula Vaasis not to worship

Indhran , latter sent hails and thunderstorms to destroy Gokulam .

Our Lord , the Aayan lifted Govardhana giri , held it on His little

finger and protected the cows , calves and the citizens of Gokulam

from impending destruction . He became Govardhana Giridharan .

Indhran was taught a lesson and he recognized the true svaroopam

of the little cowherd , fell at the Lord's feet and performed Govindha

PattAbhishEkam to recognize Aaayan as his Lord . Aaayan thus gained

the titl eof " Amararkku athipathy ' although he was already the Lord

of the DEvAs and their king .

 

This " aaycchi vaittha Tayir VeNNai uNDu uhanatha MaayOn " let

Himself tied down by HIs mother to a wodden mortar for His mischief

( " PeRRa thAyAl aappu uNDu irunthu azhuthu yEngum " MaayOn ).

He carries even today the three welt marks around His waist and

acquired the name of DhAmOdharan for that reason . This Aayan , who is

SarvEswaran thus came to known as DhAmOdharan . He became

" KaNNU nuNN siRutthAmpinaal KattuNNappatta Patta PeRu Maayan " .

At SiRu PuliyUr dhivya Desam , He presents HImself as Vaamana ( Baala)

RanganAthan performing Yoga NidhrA on AdhisEshan as at Srirangam .

It is well known that Moolavar RanganAthan at Srirangam shows

the three welt marks around His waist as DhAmOdhara KrishNan .

It will not be surprising to see these same welt marks around the waist of

the Aayan at SiRu PUliyUr .

 

The SarvEswarathvam of the " Aann Aayan " at SiRu PuliyUr is saluted

by Kaliyan through the recognition of another feature on the Chala Sayana

Moorthy at this dhivya dEsam . Here , SarvEswaran banished the sins

( Brahmahatthi dhOsham ) of Rudran from plucking one of the five heads of

his father , Brahma Devan . SiRu PuliyUr Arumaa Kadal Amuthu gave

Rudran out of His infiite compassion a portion of His body to reside in .

This benovolent act of SiRu PuliyUr EmperumAn is saluted by

Thirumangai in this Paasuram as : " VaanAr mathi pothiyum sadai

mazhuvaaLiyodu oru paal Thaann aahiya Talaivan " . The Moon ( Mathi)

adorning the matted locks of Rudran is described as " VaanAr Mathi "

( The Moon that spreads its cool rays around the sky) . That "VaanAr Mathi"

is almost hidden in the vast assembly of the matted locks of Rudran ,

who carries the short axe on one of His upper hands ( Mathi pothiyum

sadai Mazhu aaLi oru paal ) and stays as a part of the body of

the SarvEswaran ( MazhuALiyODu Thann aahiya Talaivan ) . Rudran

known also as Pasupathi is incorporated in the right side of

the SarvEswaran's body as a loyal servant and grandson .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan