tirumaNikkUDam(Periya tirumozhi 4.5.8) – tirunAngUr divyadEsam

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tirumaNikkUDam(tirumangai AzhvAr’s Periya tirumozhi 4.5) – tirunAngUr

divyadEsam

 

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SrImad ANDavan tiruvaDigalE SaraNam,

kalyANi kRshNamAcAri

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tirumaNikkUDam - Periya tirumozhi 4.5.8:

 

Sankaiyum tuNivum poyyum

meyyum it taraNi Ombum

pongiya mugilum allAp

poruLgaLum Aya endai

pangaya mukunda tERal

parugiya vALai pAya

sengayal ugaLum nAngUrt

tirumaNi kUDattAnE

 

A. SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan:

'samSayAtmA vinaSyati' - cause for destruction is disbelief; 'vyavasAyAtmikA

puttirekeha kurunandana' – Truth is the cause for fame. sarveSvaran, who has

as His manifestations, these characteristics, the earth-preserving-clouds, the

thunder, the lightning etc, is standing in tirumaNikkUDam.

 

This place is very fertile with plenty of water; when the big fish jumps out of

joy after drinking the nectar from the lotus flower, the small, red fish becomes

frightened and swims away with agitation.

 

B. SrI PVP:

Sankaiyum – disbelief; tuNivum – determination; poyyum – the divergence

from truth; meyyum - the truth; He is verily the establisher of these traits.

 

Sankaiyum -

 

gItA 4.40 states:

aj~naSca aSraddha dhAnaH ca saMSayAtmA |

nAyaM loko'sti na paro na sukhaM saMSayAtmanaH ||

 

(One who lacks faith and is a doubter is lost to the spiritual world; neither

this world, nor the world beyond, nor even happiness befalls a doubting soul)

 

tuNivum -

 

gItA 2.41 talks about determination -

 

vyavasAyAtmikA buddhirekeha kurunandana |

bahuSAkA hyanantAsca buddhayo'vyavasAyinAm ||

 

(arjuna! In this matter of karma yogam, the intellect that is based on the

thought – my atmA is subservient to emperumAn; it is permanent; it is in the

form of knowledge and happiness – is determined to realize the one goal –

that of salvation. On the other hand, those who do not have this determination

and go after various desires (like property, wife, son etc) have a wandering

intellect. )

 

it taraNi Ombum pongiya mugilum allAp poruLgaLum Aya endai – my svAmi is also

behind the clouds that protect the earth, and other things.

 

pangaya mukunda tERal parugiya vALai pAya

sengayal ugaLum - when the big fish drinks the lotus flower nectar, it jumps

with ecstasy, frightening the smaller fish which swims away.

 

nAngUrt tirumaNi kUDattAnE – emperumAn lives in this tirunAngUr tirumaNik

kUDam divya dESam.

 

C. SrI UV:

sarveSvaran creates the universes, the panca bhUtams, all the worlds and the

inhabitants, who get under the sway of truths and untruths; to protect the

earth, He creates the clouds etc.

 

D.SrI PBA:

poyyum meyyum -

 

He is the creator and sustainer of 'untruth' and 'truth' - tirumAlai 15 –

meyyarkkE meyyanAgum vidi ilA ennaipOla poyyarkkE poyyanAgum puT-koDi uDaiya

kOmAn,

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Abbreviations:

PVP = periyavAccAn piLLai

UV = uttamUr vIrarAghavAcAriyAr

PBA = P.B. aNNangarAcAriyAr

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End of periya tirumozhi 4.5.8 on tirumaNikkUDam

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