thiru adhyayana sEvai - part 26 - kaRkaL kooda nagartthum thAndagam !

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thiru adhyayana sEvai - part 26 - kaRkaL kooda nagartthum thAndagam !

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

vithi thantha vEdhatthai venRathu

nithi enRa namperumAL ninRathu

kadal eenRa mEgatthin siranthathu

madal kaliyan seelamuRa piranthathu

kodum soozhcchi muRittha pAndavam

nedum kaRpanai karangal vENdagam

soRkal pala mayangidum thAndavam

kaRkaL kooda nagartthum thAndagam

(this poem is in thAndagam meter)

meaning:

 

The vEdhas gave us the laws or rules or " vithi " of life. The

vEdhAnthin who wqs well versed in all the vEdhas was debating Sri

Bhattar using the insights known to vEdhanthin. However as

commanded by Sri peria perumAL, Sri bhattar employed the

conceptions envisaged in vyAkyAnams of thiru nedum thAndakam and

defeated the " vEdic vAdham " . Our Sri namperumAL who is the

greatest treasure or nithi, is present completely in the thiru

nedum thAndagam makes the thiru nedum thAndagam a special krithi

by HIS mere and exclusive presence. The clouds that were yielded

by are special in many ways as they pour and make many lands wet

so that many crops can thrive and can quench many people's needs.

However, this thiru nedum thAndagam is far superior to such cloud.

This nool can quench those who are desiring for mOksha sAmrAjyam.

No rain can give mOksham. Our Kaliyan or thiru mangai did deliver

madals. So he is also known as madal kaliyan. It is said that

after delivering both the madals only, his para nyANam came

to a ripe state and then the holy thiru nedum thAndakam was born

from madal kaliyan as the ultimate offering to peria perumAL. The

pAndavAs broke all the cunning and deceptive strategies of the

KowravAs with the help of Lord Sri Arangan as Sri Krishnan. The

imaginary arms of any poet is very long as they write very long

in their kaRpanai. Sometime a poet's mind writes pages and pages

in imagination. But many times such pourings are not tapped in

real literature. However, when all those poets read thiru nedum

thAndagam all their such long imaginary hands only pray inside

their " agam " to Sri peria perumAL with para nyAnam. ie, they stop

writing more long poems which is their natural habbit. Instead

those imaginary hands of the poets simply fold their hands

praying Sri Arangan.

 

Many of tamil words are feeling dizzy and are falling in

love with thiru nedum thAndagam on seeing the poetic beauty of

this nool is similar to a thAndava nadanam. ie., When adiyEn

wanted to praise this nool, tamil words are all falling down

as if they are dizzy and in love for this nool Sri thiru nedum

thAndagam. If the thiru nedum thAndagam is recited with baya

bhakti on perumAL even those huge static mountains made of hard

rocks and stones will move. ie This nool will move even those

hard core vidhandAwAthis and vibareetha nyAnis towards peria

perumAL.

 

Prior to describing the ursavam details the purpose of

this thiru nedum thAndagam ursavm is briefly discussed (*).

 

The divya prabhandam known as " thiru nedum thAndagam " delivered by

Sri thiru mangai AzhwAr after his attaining the AchAryA kadAksham

through thiru kArtthigai deepam viLakkam, has a very special place

in Srivaishnavam. Sri bhattar was debating a vEdhAnthi once in

north india. After many days of debate the end was not still seen.

Finally on one of the night when our Sri Bhattar pleaded to Sri

Arangan, Lord appeared in his dream commanded him to adopt thiru

nedum thAndagam and conquer the vEdhAnthi. The vEdhAnthi not only

accepted his defeat but also fell at Sri bhattar's holy feet and

pleaded to accept him as his shishyAL. He was later accpeted by

Sri bhattar as shishyAL and his thiru nAmam called by Sri bhattar

as " Sri nam jeer " . Thiru nedum thAndagam can correct those

vidhandA vAthis with vibareetha nyAnam and can make them peria

perumAL and sathAchAryAL's ardent devotee and adiyAr. That is why

thiru nedum thAndagam is recited " prior " to the other mighty

pasurams.

 

Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

thiruk kudanthai Rengarajan

 

note: Today is hOly sravanam day. Last 3 days my PC was unable to

connect to net and hence adiyEN could not post any. adiyEn apologises

for the interruption. adiyEn thank Sri Lakshmi Sreenivasan of

Newjersey for spending a lot of time in attempting to fixing it

remotely.

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