Vaishnava Vamanam - 1

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NinRa vinaiyum thuyarum keda maamalarEndhi, chenRu panimin ezhumin thozhumin thondIrgaaL,

enRumm iravum pagalum varivandisaipaada, kunRin mullai manRidai naarum kurungudiyE (P.T.9.6.9) Out of the five forms of Sriyapathi, archa form is the very special one- the reason being this form of Perumal can be easily worhsipped as compared to other forms. Our sampradayam describes Brahman, Sriman Narayanan as the one with all the Kalyanagunas. There are about 108 Divya Desams out of which 106 are accessible for all of us in this world. Perumal has taken various forms in these Divya Desams. He is worshipped as Venkata Krishnan in Thiruvallikkeni with two hands. He is also worshipped in three postures in the same Divya Desam. He is worshipped as Raman in Thiruvelliyankudi, Thirupputkuzhi, ThiruPullamboothankudi and so on. He is worshipped as Krishnan in Thirukkannapuram (Sowrirajan), Thirukkannamangai

(Perumpurakkadal), Thirukkannangudi (Shyamalameni Perumal), Kapisthalam (Gajendra Varadan) and Thirukkovalur (Idaikkazhi Aayan). All the azhwars have enjoyed singing on Perumals in various Divya Desams along with the mixture of various anubhavams (Param, vyum, vibhavam, archai and antaryamin). Out of all these Divya Desam there is one special Divya Desam where Perumal is not only in the form of Sakal Kalyana Brahman, but also in all the five prakArams (Five forms). Nammazhwar, who is the leader of the Prapanna Goshti has sung on various Divya Desams. When singing on this particular Divya Desam, he has described the speciality of worshipping Perumal’s Archa ThirumEni. This speciality is something rare to find in Azhwar’s pasurams on other Divya Desams. Known as Nambi, Perumal in this Divya Desam is also in various postures – ninRu, irudhu, kidanthu. ninRa Nambi – Archai irudha Nambi – Paratvam kidantha Nambi – Vibhavam ThiruppaRkadal Nambi – Vyuham Malai Nambi - Antaryamin This Divya Desam is the subject of this series. adiyen has already written about this Divya Desam. This time around, the subject will focus on the link between Sundaraparipooranan and some of the other Divya Desa Perumals followed by the link between Nambi and our Acharya Goshti. kurungusikkE ennai uyththidumin! adiyen, ramanan

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