AdiyEn's Sep 10-17 visit to India : Part XII / ThirukkOshtiyUr Visit : Thirumangai Mannan's anubhavam

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today , we will study the third paasuram of Thirumangai

on ThirukkOttiyUrAn .

 

Third Paasuram :

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This Paasuram states that the Lord takes on different

hues during the different (four) Yugams :

 

VeLLiyAn KariyAn MaNi-niRa-vaNNan ViNNavar Namakku iRai

Yemakku oLLiyAn uyarnthAn ulahEzhum uNDu umizhnthAn

tuLLu neer moNDu koNDu Saamarak-KaRRai santhanam unthi

vanthu asai , teLLu neer-puRavil THirukkOttiyUrAnE

 

(Meaning) : The Lord of ThirukkOttiyUr has the white hue in

the Krutha Yugam . In Kali Yugam , He is balck in hue. In the other

two Yugams , He assumes two other hues . This multihued and

multi-splendored Lord of DevAs and Nithya Sooris shines splendidly

before us. Our Lord with a matchless vaibhavam even during

the time of creation of this universe protects all of the sentient

and the insentients during the time of universal deluge and releases

them during the next Srushti kaalam . At this dhivya dEsam of

GhOshtipuram , our Lord is surrounded by the fast moving floods of

the rivers that bring with them the branches of Sandalwood trees and

the bunches of tail hair of Savari deer as their offerings for

inclusion in His aarAdhanam . The sandal paste is used in

the Thirumnajanam of the Lord . The tail hair is utilized in

constructing the fans for the kaimkaryam to the Lord .

 

( Comments) : The reference to the four distinct hues of the Lord

during each of the four Yugams have been made by other AzhwArs

who preceded Thirumangai . For instance , Thirumazhisai makes

specific references to the different hues in different Yugams in

the 44th Paasuram of His Thirucchnadha Viruttham :

 

Paalin neermai Semponn neermai Paasiyin pasum puRam

pOlum nermai poRppudait-tadatthu vaNDu viNDu ulaa

neela neermai niRantha kaala naankumAi

maalin neermai vayyaham maRaitthathu yenna neermayE ?

 

In Krutha yugam , the Lord has the white hue ( kruthE Sukla: );

He has the red color in ThrEthA yugam ( ThrEthAyAm raktha varNOsou) ;

In the DhvApara Yugam , he adopts the hue of bluish-balck

( DhvAparE BhagavAn ShyAma: ) and in Kali Yugam , He takes on

the color of Black ( Kalou KrishNam thvishaa KrishNa: ) .

 

AzhwAr says in this context : In Krutha Yugam , He has the SvabhAvam of

Milk , which is white in color .He is most enjoyable (BhOgyam) like

Milk. In ThrEthA yugam , He is golden red in hue and is precious

Valuable) . He has the svabhAvam of green lichen ( Paasi) in DhvAparam

and is cool and comforting to look at . In the present Kali Yugam ,

he is black in hue like Naithal flower , which has the attributes of

fragrance and beauty . He has the neermai (SvabhAvam ) of all

these four objects in the context of the four yugams .

 

In many paasurams of Thirumangai , we enjoy immensely his

anubhavam of the wealth of the land , the fertility of dhivya

dEsams based on abundant water resources ( Dhana , DhAnya,

Jala , Iswarya Samruddhi) . In this paasuram , Thirumangai focuses

on the abundance of nourushing waters of the rivers .

 

One of the Uthsava Moorthys at ThirukkOttiyUr is known even

today as VeLLiyAn ( The Silvery One ) based on Thirumangai's

MangaLAsAsanam . Thirumangai slautes Him as " Yemakku iRai "

( Our Sarva Swamy). Thirumangai goes on to describe our relationship

with Him as : " Yeamakku oLLiyAn , uyarnthAn " . Yemakku oLLIyAn

refers to the tEjOmaya , JyOthis (Svayam prakAsa) tatthvam of

the Lord of ThirukkOttiyUr . UyarnthAn refers to His incomparable

loftiness starting from the time of Jagath Srushti ( Creation of

the world and its entities) , protection and samhAram .

 

Sri Soumya NaarAyaNa ParabrahmanE Nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VraradAchAri Sadagopan