Periya Thirumozhi-5.8-aadhalaal vandhun adiyiNai adindhEn Thi ruvarangatthammanE

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Very nice indeed (understatement!)

 

Would anybody in the net be able to elaborate " the not so popular

incidents/stories that Thirumangai Azhwar refers in these paasurams?

 

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Jayshree Narasimhan

 

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> Madhavakkannan V [srivaishnavan]

> Tuesday, October 05, 1999 6:44 PM

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> Periya Thirumozhi-5.8-aadhalaal vandhun adiyiNai adindhEn

> ThiruvarangatthammanE

>

>

> Sri:

>

> Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

>

> ThirumangaiAzhwAr immerses himself in archaavataar, because

> only They can be

> enjoyed by us on this earth now. The Param, VyUhams are not

> accessible here.

> The anthryaami is invisible. The avtaars (vibhavam) happened long ago.

>

> AzhwAr perfoemss saranagathy to the archa roopams. In this

> ten, he says " nin

> adiyiNai adaindhEn aNipozhil ThiruvarangatthammaanE! " .

>

> 1. " yEzhi, yEthalan.. keezhmagan ennaadhu irangi maRRavarkku innaruL

> surandhu.... "

>

> Guhan- illiterate, immersed in sensual pursuits; always kills (vbeing

> ahunter); lowly caste; Still, You showered Your grace on him;

> and also said

> further, " This darting, deer eyed Seethai is your friend;

> this younger

> brother brother of yours- LakshmaNan is also my younger

> brother " - Not just

> that. He added that You are my friend; the fifth brother (in

> our family).

> (Kamban says " Guganodum ivaranOm " ) Such " vaLLal " You are.

> These words of

> Yours are rining in my heart always. Hence, Oh merciful Lord!

> Sri Ranga

> swAmI! AdiyEn surrenders at Your Feet!

>

> 2. Not even a human birth; (like Gugan)- monkey; Vaayu

> puthran (due to this

> birth of being a son of Vaayu, false pride could have come

> in- " Vaadham maa

> magan " ). Still, You befriended him; and also said " There is

> no paying back

> for the upakaaram you did " ; " Oh faultless speaker! Let me enjoy the

> pleasure of embracing you, " (Vaaymaiyinaayudan udanE uNban

> naan) . What a

> Sowlabhyam! I wish this should happen to adiyEn also. Hence, adiyEn

> surrenders at Your Lotus Feet, Oh Sri Ranga SwamI!

>

> 3. GajEndran- the elephant, went into the most beautiful

> lotus pond, and

> plucked the flower from there. The strong crocodile pulled

> its leg. The

> elephant thought of Your Lotus Feet and surrendered then and

> there. You

> ferociously, immediately jumped to protect the one that has

> held Your Feet.

> Realising Your anger to the virOdhis of those who surrender

> to You, adiyEn

> surrenders at Your Feet, Oh Ranganatha Swami!

>

> 4. Sumukan - snake, was chased by Garudan and the snake

> surrendered to You.

> When, that poisonous snake, when chased by Garudan,

> surrendered to You,

> saying, " You should save me; You alone are my refuge " . You

> saved him by

> handing over to Garudan as His protection for Him to provide

> shelter to the

> snake. These yamakinkarar are all cruel and can do anything

> to me. I am

> scared and surrender to You, realising what You did to that

> Sumukan, Oh Sri

> Ranganatha Swami!

>

> 5. (Above four pAsurams are on Lord's mercy on hunter,

> monkey, elephant and

> snake). When the Nithras and the earthly people, come

> together and pay their

> obeisance to You, PerumAnE! You made that brahmin - vedic

> scholar (by name

> Govindhaswami of ThiruvEmkatam enjoy Your Lotus Feet and said

> " Stay on the

> earth some more time and enjoy and then come to Me " .

> AdiyEn surrenders at

> Your Feet, Oh Sri Rnga swAmi!

>

> 6. MarkkaNdEyan- the son of Vedic scholar, a sage was sought

> by Yama for

> taking his (son's) life away. MaarkaNdEyan suurnedered to

> You, and You

> accepted him and saved him as his rakshakan. You got angry

> with Yama. You

> made MaarkaNdEyan always be at Your Feet since then. To make

> adiyEn also on

> the same token at Your Feet, adiyEn surrenders to Your Feet,

> Oh Swami who

> has His Yoga nithrA at Sri Rangam!

>

> 7. PerumAnE! Saantheebini- a brahmin taught You (when You

> were KaNNan), the

> Vedas, the second birth with upanayanam, etc. He asked for a Guru

> dhankshiNai " My darling son has disappeared and I don't know

> where he is.

> Please get him back to me. " You brought him back from Yama

> lOkam. Such most

> wonderful Lord, Sri RanganAtha Swami! AdiyEnn surrenders to Your Feet.

>

> 8. One great vedic scholar- brahmin, came to You (KaNNan) and

> said " My

> father! You are my rakshakan. I surrender to You. My wife

> and children are

> missing. " . You took pity on him and in front of all those

> enemies (who

> teased the brahmin for going to You to get back his family),

> You got them

> back to him. Oh Sri Ranganatha Swami! Most Powerful Lord!

> adiyEn surrenderss

> to You!

>

> 9. The great king- the chief of kings- the strongest emperor-

> Thondaimaan

> Chakravarrtthi- became Your object of mercy. You taught him the most

> esoteric, the most powerful, the unparalleled Ashtaaksharam,

> by staying with

> him for seven naazhigai and teaching him seven meanings( of

> " 8 " ?). Having

> realised that adiyEn surrenders You, the One who measured the

> whole Universe

> and ruled the same, Oh Sri Ranganatha Swami!

>

> 10. This ten is sung by Thirumangai mannan0 Kaliyan. This

> ten is on the

> Swami of Srirangam Divya Desam. This SarvEshawaran is unparalleled,

> unbounded greatest Sarvagnan. He has ChakrAyudham; He is My

> Swami. He adores

> His BhakthAs. Og Bhagawathas! Think of Sri Ranganathan and

> dance and sing

> this ten. If you sing this ten, all your paapams will run

> away and not stay

> with you anymore.

>

> ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

>

> Narayana Narayana

>

> Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

>

>

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