ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam : Part XVI: Additional thoughts on Kaliyan's Paasuram: 3.1.10

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs Of Lord DevanAthaa:

 

Today we will reflect further on selected (Three)

passages from the Phala sruthi Paasuram of

Kaliyan on Thiruvaheendhrapuratthu EmperiumAn ,

Lord DhaivanAyakan :

 

(( moovarAhiya Oruvanai moovulahu uNDu umizhnthaLanthAnai ))

dEvar dhAnavar senRu senRu iRainjit-taNN ((Thiruvayeendhrapuratthu

mEvu sOthiyai )) vEl Valavan Kali kanRi viritthuraittha

paavu taNN Tamizh patthivai paadida paavangaL payilAvE

 

We will study these three passages in Paranthesis

and find how they echo the Vedic and Upanishadic thoughts

in this posting.

 

Individual Passages of the Paasuram for Focus

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We will concentrate on the following passages:

 

1. Moovar aahiya Oruvanai

 

2. Moovulahu uNDu umizhnthu aLanthAnai

 

3. (Thiruvaheendhrapuratthu) mEvu sOthiyai

 

Although the AzhwArs chose to offer their MangaLAsAsanams

in Tamil, they were conversant with the doctrines and

Upadesams and aadEsams of the VedAs and VedAnthAs ( Upanishads).

They were nithyasooris and their amsams . Hence It is not a

surprise to find the central doctrines of Brahma Soothrams ,

Bhagavath GitA and Upanishads echoed in their Tamil Paasurams.

 

1. Moovar Aahiya Oruvanai:

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The three fold Cosmic functions (viz)., Creation ,

Sustenance and Dissolution of the Universe and

its beings are linked to Moovar : Brahma , VishNu and SivA.

Kaliyan states that Lord DevanAthan is the primary cause of

those three fold functions and is the Parabrahman with

Brahma-VishNU-Rudra Roopam to execute them. Upanishads recognize

that Brahman as the cause for the three fold cosmic function:

 

yathO vaa imAni bhUthAni Jaayanthe , yEna jaathAni jeevanthi ,

yath prayanthi abhisamvisanthi , tad vijij~nasasava ,

TAD BRAHMETHI -- TaittirIya Upanishad: III.1

 

(Meaning): " That verily from which these beings are born ,

that by which when born , they live, that into which ,

when departing they enter , THAT , seek to know:

THAT IS BRAHMAN "

 

Brahma LakshaNam is given here in terms of the Trifold

cosmic Function by VaruNaa.

 

Veda VyAsa , the author of Brahma Soothrams based

his VedAntha Soothram ( Janmaadyasya yatah) on the above

Upanishadic pasage. Janma ( Creation/origin), Sthithi

(Sustenance ) and Laya (dissolution) have the underlying

cause of Brahman , the MoovarAhiya Oruvan . It is the defining

characterestric of Brahman . It is His visEshaNa lakshaNams.

 

That Brahman carries out the trifold functions (through

different Moorthys) and is the source of the Universe is

described by the ChaandhOgya Upanishad passage:

 

sanmUlah saumya imaah sarvaah prajaah sdaayatanaah

sapratishtithaah --ChAndhOgyam: VI.8.4

 

(meaning): " All these beings , my dear , are having

"Sath"(Brahman) alone as their cause. All these beings are

living in Sath and all these brings are withdrawn into Sath".

 

Chathur Mukha BrahmA and Lord Sivan have as indweller

(antharyAmi Brahman) VishNu NaarAyaNan . Infact Brahman

pervades the entire universe as AntharyAmi Brahman as

one of the most important sections of BruhadAraNyaka Upanishad

instructs us. Sage Yagnyavalya explains the concept of

antharyAmi Brahman to UddAlakaa , the son of AruNA.

Not only does the Brahman dwell in these sentient

beings but also controls them (antaro yamayati).

 

Our Lord of Thiruvaheendhrapuram is therefore

the Para Brahman (MoovarAhiya Oruvan ) who is

the indweller and controller of Brahmaa and SivA ,

while staying as Himself to perform Sthithi functions.

 

The Atharva Veda manthrams (Hymns 7 and 8 of Book X)

salutes this JyEshta Brahman ( the Para Brahman) and

is the supporter of all the three functions (SarvAdhAran):

"Tasmai JyEshtAya BrahmaNE nama: " ( AV X.7.34).

 

He is the Final reality ( Uchcishta/ut-sista Brahman)

" for when nothing exists at the time of final great

dissolution (MahA PraLayam) and the creation passes into

primordial matter , devoid of name and form , then

the Supreme Self alone persists ( since He is not subject

to change , decay or death)".

 

2. Moovulahu uNDu Umizhntu aLanthAnai

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The "uNDu" aspect in the paasuram passage refers

to SamhAram or LayA aspects of the Trifold functions.

 

The "umizhnthAnai" aspect refers to the creation of

the Universe (Jagath Kaaranathvam) by Brahman. He is

the divine support (Skambha) of the entire creation

consisting of the terrestrial , interspace and

the celestial regions .He alone balances the entire

creation and holds it in equalibrium according to

the Skambha sooktams of Atharva Vedam ( AV X.7.1-44).

 

The remaining function is "alanthAnai" . It refers

to the ThrivikramAvathAram , where He sustained the Universe

and its beings through the sparsam of His Thiruvadi ,

when He measured the Universe with three steps.

There are Many references in Vedams about the Lord

measuring the universe with three strides.

 

C. mEvu sOthiyai

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The Param JyOthi of ThiruvahIndhrapuram that Kaliyan

salutes is the Same Parabrahman identified and saluted by

ChAndhOgya Upanishad and MuNDaka Upanishad and Brahma

Soothram taking after those Upanishadic instructions:

 

" Now the light which shines above this heaven , above all,

above everything , in the highest worlds beyond which there

are no higher worlds; verily , that is the same as the light

which is here within the person ".

 

This light is the Param JyOthi , which is the light

that lights all lights as Param JyOthi (Tasya bhAsA

Sarvam idham vibhAthi).This is the Supreme Divine

JyOthi (atha:parO dhivO jyOthi:). This is the Vedic

"mEvum sOthi" saluted by Kaliyan at Thiruvaheendhrapuram.

 

AzhwAr EmperumAnAr Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,

SrI HemAbja NaayikA SamEtha SrI Achyutha Para BrahmaNE nama:

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

P.S: Dear Devotees: adiyEn has the bhAgyam to write about

the ten paasurams of Kaliyan on Thiruvaheendhrapuratthu

mEvu sothi as a part of the RathnAngi samarpaNa Kaimkaryam

and conclude it now.

 

adiyEn requests all devotees of Lord Dhaiva Naayakan

to join in this kaimkaryam and provide their valuable support.