A Peep into Periya Thriumozhi 27

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THE IDENTITY CONUNDRUM

 

The mother of parakAla nAyaki was reporting parakAla nAyaki's situation to the

Lord of thiru-idavendhai. The Lord appeared in front of parakAla nAyaki. The

appearance was wonderful. The person who destroyed thirupuram-shiva and brahmA

were indeed awed and surprised to see the appearence. The splendour with which

the Lord emerged was indeed amazing.

 

The looks and attributes all the likes of sriman nArAyaNA. The look was like

narasimhA. the hair was like burning fire. The appearance was like vAmanA. the

eyes were like the ones actually written by great artists. The divine hands had

eight divine weapons. All the world worshipped the immaculate Lord.

mudhAlAzhwArgaL had sung in praise of HIm. This is the one who had out of mercy

voluntarily handed over the vEdhAs for our retrieval. He had all the likes of

the one who had vanquished the kuvalayApEta elephant. the looks had the power

to voluntarily conquer's ones composure and possessions and make it His. Indeed

He is like my soul.

 

These are the thoughts of parakAla nAyaki on seeing the divine form. However,

the greatness and the lustre also created one doubt in her mind. Can He be the

Lord, who has been slipping my vision all these days? Can I be so fortunate to

ultimately view Him?

'Yes, He does have the attributes and the looks of the Great one. Still I am not

able to determine that it is Him definitely' are the thoughts of parakAla

nAyaki. She also felt delicately to ask Him directly. Hence, she posed this

question to a third person- as if asking to somebody else. The Lord declared "

I am the Lord of atta-puyakaram"

 

The gaze and the appearance is described in the first few lines and pat comes

the reply from the Almighty comes sharp

"I am the Lord of atta-puya-karam".

 

AzhwAr's experience with the Lord's presence in the femine form is indeed a rare

one. It is unique. this is thalaivip pAsuram and the preceding thAip pAsuram.

 

These divine experiences are all narrated in the eighth thirumozhi of the second

ten -attapuyakaram dhivya dhEsam.

What a way to expereince the Lord!

The question and answers go on like this:

"..eri ana kEsara vAL eiRROdu, ari-vuruvAm ivarAr? kol enna,

atta pukarathEan enRAREA"2-8-1;

'...vandhu kuRaL vuruvAi nimirndhu

mAvali vEALviyil man alandha

andhanar pOnRu ivarAr? kol enna

atta puyakarathEan! enRAREA" 2-8-2;

"ambudham pOnRu ivarAr? kol enna,

atta puyakarathEan enRArEa" 2-8-3;

"...alai kadal pOnRu ivarAr? kol enna

atta pukarathEan ennArEa" 2-8-5;

"...azhagiyadhAm ivarAr?kol enna.

atta puyakarathEan ennArEa" 2-8-7;

"..pongu karum kadal, pUvai kAyA punaindha mEagam

anganam pOnRu ivarAr? kol enna

atta puyakarathEan enRAREA" 2-8-9

 

vanamamalai padmanabhan