Naaraar indai Naanmalar koNdu - 6

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Dear All,Pranams!We saw about the pushpa kaimkaryam and its anubhavam

by Nammazhwar and Thirumangai Azhwar. There was one azhwar who was

specifically born for this kaimkaryam. Known as Periyazhwar for his

pongum parivu, he was the one who proved that Narayanan is the

paradeivam in pandya court. Interesting thing is that this azhwar has

also referred to offering eight flowers in his pasuram. They are:1.

Senbakam2. Mallikai3. Paathiri4. Senkazhuneer5. Punnai6. Kurukkathi7.

Iruvaatchi8. KarumukaiAlso the eight pushpams refer to eight Atma

gunams (Please refer to series on Pushpa, thyAga and bhOga mandapams

that was written in the same list few months back).

seNbakamallikaiyOdu sengazhuneer_iruvaatchi eNpakar poovumkoNarndhEn

inRu ivaisoottavaavenRu maNpakar koNdaanai

aaychchimakizhndhuraiseydha immaalai paNpakarvillipuththoorkkOn

pattar_piraan_sonnapaththEThe opportunity of doing pushpa kaikaryam

itself will be the phalam that a soul can get by just reciting these

10 pasurams.To summarize till now, 1. We started with Nammazhwar's

pasurams and his reference to flowers from any/all of the eight

directions, including the kind of pushpa kaimkaryam in

ThiruVenkadam2. Kaliyan's reference to AshtAkshara mantram as nAmam

(TiruVenkadam pasuram)3. Kaliyan's reference to eight letters of the

Thirumantram itself as eight flowers4. Periyazhwar's reference to

eight types of flowersLet us continue with more of this kaimkaryam in

the concluding posting.... to followaDiyEn,ramanan

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