tiruvaNpuruDOttamam - Periya tirumozhi 4.2.2 pallavam tigazh

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tiruvaNpuroDottamam (tirumangai AzhvAr’s Periya tirumozhi 4.2) – tirunAngUr

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SrImad ANDavan tiruvaDigalE SaraNam,

kalyANi kRshNamAcAri

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tiruvaNpuruDOttamam - Periya tirumozhi 4.2.2 pallavam tigazh:

 

pallavam tigazh pUnkaDambu ERi akkALiyan paNa ara ‘ngil

ollai vandu uRap pAindu aru naDam ceyda umbar kOn uRai kOil

nalla vem tazhal mUnRu nAlvEdam ai-vELviyODu Ara’ngam

valla andaNar malgiya nAngUr vaNpuruDOttamamE.

 

A. SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan:

A serpent by name kALiyan was living in a maDu [deep pool] in yamunA river.

There was a kadamba [botanical name - Anthocephalus cadamba] tree on the banks

of yamunA. kALiyan’s burning breath had turned the tree bone dry. kaNNan

climbed this tree. At the touch of His foot, the tree came to life; new leaves

started sprouting and the tree started blossoming. kaNNan got on the tree,

jumped into the pool and attacked the serpent to prevent it from escaping. He

stepped on the serpent’s hood and danced several dances treating the hood as a

dance arena. There are several kinds of dances, wild, soft etc. He performed

all kinds of dances. This place is where that dEvAdirAjan lives.

 

karma anushTAnam [practice of religious acts] consists of performance of three

sacrificial agni-s - fires, four vedam-s, five yAgam-s (panca mahAyag~nam), and

six a’ngams of vedam. tiruvaNpuruDOttamam is where brahmaNa-s, who are not

only well-versed in all these, but impart the knowledge to others also, live.

 

B. SrI PVP:

After talking about the severing of rAvaNan’s ten heads, AzhvAr is enjoying

emperumAn’s dance atop one hundred and one heads (of kALiyan).

 

pallavam tigazh pUnkaDambu ERi – puruDOtaman climbed on the kadamba tree that

had young shoots and flowers

 

akkALiyan paNa arangil ollai vandu uRap pAindu – To prevent the serpent from

escaping, He quickly jumped on kALiyan’s hood that served as His dance

arangam.

 

arunaDam ceyda umbar kOn – The Lord of the devA-s performed wonderful dances

(on kALiyan’s hood)

 

uRai kOil – the temple (tiruvANpuroDOttamam) is where He resides

 

nalla vemtazhal mUnRu, nAlvEdam, ai-vELviyODu, ARangam

valla andaNar malgiya nAngUr – (the temple is in ) nAngUr, which is inhabited

by brahmaNa-s, who are experts in the performance of the three hot agni

sacrifices, four vedam-s, five great yAgam-s, the six parts of the vedam-s etc

and teach them to others also.

 

[ vemtazhal mUnRu - gArhapatya , dakshiNAgni and AhavanIyam.

 

nAl vEdam – yajur, sAma, Rg and atharva.

ai vELvi – five yAgam-s - brahma yaj~na, deva yaj~na, pitR yaj~nA, mAnushya

yaj~na, bhUta yaj~na.

ARu a’ngam - SikshA, nirukta, vyAkaraNa, kalpa, cha’ndas, jyotisha ]

vaNpuruDOttamamE – it is this divyadEsam called tiruvaNpuruDOttamam.

C. SrI UV:

AzhvAr is praising the tiruppati, at the same time, proving that He is

“purushOttaman†as per gitA 15.18:

 

yasmAt ksharam atito’ham aksharAd api cOttamaH |

ato’smi loke vede ca prathitaH purushottamaH ||

 

(Since I am totally beyond the perishable world of matter and kshetra, and am

superior even to the imperishable soul, I am known as the “Purushottamaâ€

(The Best among men) in the world and in the veda-s.)

 

The kadamba tree was dead from kALiyan’s venomous breath. When kaNNan looked

at this and touched it, the touch of His tirumEni became a fertilizer and His

divine glance became nectar water and immediately, the dead tree came to life

growing new leaves and blossomed.

 

He climbed the tree and jumped into the deep pool with a great, noisy splash.

The ferocious kALiyan came close to Him to attack. Unaffected by this, kaNNan

gesticulated and immediately got on top of the serpent’s head and danced;

depending on the appropriate situations during the fight, His dances were wild

at times and milder at other times. kALiyan’s wives realized that He is

SrIman nArAyaNan and prayed to Him. puruDOttaman learned that kALiyan was

living there in fear of garuDa, He provided protection to kALiyan saying that he

does not have to fear any more since he now has the insignia of His tiruvaDi on

his head. Thus emperumAn showed Himself as umbar kOmAn (Lord of the devA-s).

 

D. SrI PBA:

One time, kaNNapirAn was grazing the calves and directing them towards an

un-trodden path. His friends stopped Him saying, “kRshNa! Do not go in that

path. We are scared to go that way because, there is a venomous serpent named

kALiyan living with his whole family in a deep pool in yamunA river. His

virulent, blazing breath is making the pool water hot and un-drinkable. Those

who approach the pool meet with their death.†kaNNan decided to punish the

serpent, climbed the kadamba tree, jumped on the deadly serpent’s head, danced

on his hood and defeated him; when the serpent’s wives pleaded for their

husband’s life, He forgave him and demanded him to leave the pool and go and

live in the ocean.

 

That emperumAn has come to stay in vaNpurduDOtamam in order to punish the

dangerous serpent that is our samsAram – the cycle of worldly existence.

 

cUDik koDutta SuDark koDi also talks about “pUtta nIL kaDambERi†(nAcciyAr

tirumozhi 4.4).

 

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Abbreviations:

PVP = periyavAccAn piLLai

UV = uttamUr vIrarAghavAcAriyAr

PBA = P.B. aNNangarAcAriyAr

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End of periya tirumozhi 4.2.2 on tiruvaNpuruDOttamam

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