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

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

divyadEsam

 

Preface to this Series:

 

There are eleven divya kshetrams in tirunAngUr (in the vicinity of sIrkAzhi)

where PerumAL has taken His abode, providing easy access to His devotees. These

eleven divya dEsam-s located in the town of tirunAngUr, are collectively called

the ‘tirunAngUr divya dEsam-s’. The tirunAngUr divya dEsam shrines are

tirumaNimADakkoyil, tiruvaikuntha viNNagaram, tiru arimEya viNNagaram,

tiruttEvanArtogai, tiruvaNpuruDOttamam, tiruccemponseikoyil, tirutteTriambalam,

tirumaNikkUDam, tiruveLLakkuLam, tirukkAvalampADi and  tirupparthanpaLLi.

       

 

In the following link, u.vE. SrI uppiliappan varadAcAri SaThakopan svAmi talks

about all the eleven tirunAngUr divyadEsams:

 

http://www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/reflection5.pdf

 

and covers in extensive detail, seven of these tirunAngUr divyadEsams, under:

 

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/vaikunta_vinnagaram.pdf

 

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/thiru_thevanar_thogai.pdf

 

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/semponsei_koil.pdf

 

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/arimeya_vinnagaram.pdf

 

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/thirutherriambalam.pdf

 

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/thiruvellakkulam.pdf

 

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/tkvmpadi.pdf

 

Pictures of some of the tirunAngUr divyadeSams are available in SrI Senthil

Kumar’s following blogs:

http://thiruvaikuntavinnagaram.blogspot.com/

http://thirusemponseikoil.blogspot.com/

http://thirunangur.blogspot.com/

 

SrI Senthil Kumar’s tirunAngUr 11 garuDa sEvai pictures are at:

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/b.senthil2002/ManjalkuliAnd11GarudaSevai#

 

For aDiyEn's write-ups on tiruppArthanpaLLi and tiruvaNpuruDOttamam, please

refer to:

 

http://www.srihayagrivan.org/html/ebook047.htm

 

and

 

http://www.srihayagrivan.org/ebooks/048_tvpdm.pdf

 

 

Next, aDiyEn will attempt to throw some light on tirumaNikkUDam - tirunAngUr

divyadeSam, using the following commentaries on tirumangai AzhvAr’s periya

tirumozhi 4.5:

 

 

1.SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan's vyAkhyanam-s

2.SrI PeriyavAccAn PiLLai's (SrI PVP) vyAkhyAnam-s, rendered by SrI PuttUr

kRshNasvAmi iyengAr

3.SrI uttamUr vIrarAghavAcAriAr's (SrI UV) vyAkhyAnam-s and

4.SrI P.B. aNNangarAcAriAr's (SrI PBA) vyAkhyanam-s

 

Here is an informative link on tirumaNikkUDam temple:

 

http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/df037.html

 

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SrImad ANDavan tiruvaDigalE SaraNam,

kalyANi kRshNamAcAri

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Introduction to tirumaNikkUDam (Periya tirumozhi 4.5) - tirunAngUr divyadEsam:

 

mUlavar: SrI varadarAjap perumAL

tAyAr: tirumAmagaL nAcciyAr, bhUdevi (no separate sannidhi for tAyar)

tIrtham: candra pushkariNi

vimAnam: kanaka vimAnam

mangaLASAsanam – tirumangai AzhvAr – 10 pAsurams

pratyaksham – periya tiruvaDi, candran

 

A. SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan and SrI PVP:

 

sarveSvaran, who manages the whole universe, provides for everyone's desires

and directly vanquishes the foes of those who surrender to Him, has come to live

permanently in the tiruppati called 'tirumaNikkUDam'. AzhvAr is very happy with

the thought that emperumAn has come to stay in tirumaNikkUDam just for AzhvAr's

sake.

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tirumaNikkUDam - Periya tirumozhi 4.5.1:

 

tUmbuDaip panaikkai vEzham

tuyar keDuttu aruLi mannu

kAmbuDaik kunRam Endi

suDu mazhai kAtta endai

pUmpunal ponni muRRum

pugundu pon vaRaNDa engum

tEmpozhil kamazhum nAngUrt

tirumaNi kUDattAnE.

 

A. SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan:

 

emperumAn is one who relieved the sorrow of the elephant, who had a fat trunk

that resembled a palm tree; He freed the elephant from the mouth of the

crocodile. He uprooted the govardhana mountain with its firmly established

bamboo trees and protected the cows, calves and shepherds from the rains. That

emperumAn is showing Himself to me in the tirunANgUr tirumaNikkUDam, where the

river kAvEri brings with her all the gold from the places she flows through and

rain-water-enriched groves are spreading the fragrance all around.

 

B. SrI PVP:

 

tUmbuDaip panaikkai vEzham tuyar keDuttu aruLi – He saved the elephant

gajEndran, whose trunk was like the palm tree with a hole.

 

tiruvAimozhi 4.1.4 also refers to 'panaittAL mada kaLiRu'.

 

The term 'paNaikkai' is also used in some versions. Then, it means 'having a

long trunk'. What this means is – with its long trunk, the elephant will never

fail to catch anyone that got stuck in its trunk and throw that person around;

thus, it is an elephant that has never seen failure.

 

mannu kAmbuDaik kunRam Endi suDu mazhai kAtta endai – He is my svAmi, who

uplifted govardhana mountain with its firmly rooted bamboo plants, and used it

as an umbrella to stop the stony rain and protected gokulam.

 

nAngUrt tirumaNi kUDattAnE - He has come to stay in tirunAngUr tirumaNikkUDam

 

pUmpunal ponni muRRum pugundu pon vaRaNDa – where the river kAvEri brings

forth the gold from her flowing journey through the lands.

 

pUmpunal ponni – kAvEri that has a lot of flowers. 'pUm' can also taken to

mean 'beautiful'.

 

engum tEmpozhil kamazhum – and there are fragrant groves every where.

 

muRRum pugundu – kAvEri flows through not just one canal, but several; if the

term is taken as 'muRRam', it can be taken to indicate that kAvEri flows through

places beyond her boundary also.

 

 

C. SrI UV:

 

Even though moksham or salvation is the final goal, emperumAn still protects and

relieves His materialistic devotees also from calamities and provides for them.

 

D.SrI PBA:

 

vaRaNDa – throws around; tirumazhisaip pirAn uses the term in 'mazhaip pEr

aruvi maNi varaNRi vandizhiya' (nAnmugan tiruvantAdi pAsuram 39 ).

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Abbreviations:

PVP = periyavAccAn piLLai

UV = uttamUr vIrarAghavAcAriyAr

PBA = P.B. aNNangarAcAriyAr

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End of periya tirumozhi 4.5.1 on tirumaNikkUDam

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To be continued …..