Periya Thirumozhi 8.1- MaivaLarkkum maNi -KaNNapuratthammaamani kaNdaaLO?

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr, enjoys seeing the Divya mangaLa vigraham of

ThirukkaNNapuram Sowri rAja PerumAL now longs for seeing Him. He gets into

nAyikA bhAvam, and the " mother " laments at her condition.

 

1. My girl says " the Divine bow, the sharp sword, the lustrous chakrA etc " ..

She also exclaims " oh what lovely broad huge mountain like shoulders of that

Emperumaan! Look at them; so wonderful. " . Due to her separation from Him,

her tender breasts have become pale, and one can guess her languishing.

Perhaps, she had gone and paid obeisance to that ThirukkaNNapuram PerumAN.

That's why she has gone astray like this. (means: if one sees Him, he has to

go mad after Him.. udal enakku urgumaalO? en seygEn..)

 

2. My girl says " In His Hand, the sword that finished the enemies, is

there " . On the Other Hand, the divine strong chakrA that destroyed the

mounatins that were flying with their feathers with an intent to destroy the

earth.. " (during upEndran avtaar). She addresses Him saying " the

unparalleled Peerless SwamI! " She must have seen that dark hued mountain

like huge, sowlabhyan, KaNNapuramangai PerumAn.

 

3. She says " Oh that thuLasi is so gorgeous on His diamond, gem laden

Crown... " and exclaims, " those ear studs, makara kuNdalams are so bright and

shed lustre with their stones.. " . " Oh those necklace and that garland on the

divine chest adorning His ThirumEni... (aiyO! ivan azhagenna azhiyaa

azhagudaiyaan).. She should have gone and seen Emperumaan of

ThirukkaNNapuram.

 

4. She says that Emperumaan has that divine strong chest, which is so huge

and mountain like where the bees hum and loiter due to those thuLasi

maalai's presence there.. She also says " He is my Swami, who rode on

garudan, and is the one who plucked the tusk of Kuvalayaapeetam elephant. " .

" Oh folks, those who talk so nice to me, for my good! Look at His tender,

red coral like beautiful mouth.. " She must have seen the dark cloud like

ThirukkaNNapuram PerumAn.

 

5. She says " Peruman's Lotus Feet are so graceful and sweet; His long,

lovely limbs, the Lotus like Thirumugam, the golden ornaments on Him, will

never ever go away from my mind.. " . Also, she says " Periya PiraaTTi, who has

darting, sharp, long, dark, large, well spread, black eyes, reside in His

large divine chest.. " . It appears she must have surely seen ThirukkaNNapuram

PerumAn..

 

6. She says, " He has 1000 divine names; He is Greatest Lord; PeriyOn...

PeraruLaaLan.. " He has shining, beautiful makara kuNadalams; He has eight

shoulders; He stand like rainy, dark clouds; and also like tall,

anjanamalai.. " She must have surely seen ThirukkaNNapuram PerumAL.

 

7. My girl says " He has red Peethaambaram (Thiruppariattam); Also there is

gold hued strands on the Peethaambaram. Those lovely sweet two Feet, two

Hands are the red lotus flowers; She asks " Is His ThirumEni, MaragathamaNi?

(Emerald stone?), Is He blue Hued maNi? " She must have certainly seen

ThirukkaNNapuram PerumAN.

 

8. My girl says " My master- My Swami - rides on GarudA; (which is always

victorious). He is the chief of even the most voctoruos Indran " . She asks

" Will we not be saved, if we get (blessed to be) hugged and embraced by Him

to His Divine Chest? She must have seen ThirukkaNNapuram PerumAn.

 

9. My girl says " The ThuLasi on His Head spreads fragrance everywhere; I am

craving for Him; my desire has been exponentially increasing; I will never

be able to even breathe (live) without Him; When did I see Him and at which

Divya Desam? " I don' know. " ThirukkaNNapuram Sowriraja PerumAn is great

looking and is so gorgeously beautiful. She must have definitely seen Him

only.

 

10. This ten is on the deer eyed girl, talking about her enjoying and seeing

to her heart's content of that Accharya bhUthan ThirukkaNNa puram SowrirAja

PerumAL, and those who read this faultless, ten sung by Kaliyan in chaste

Tamil, will be celebrated and praised by everyone at Paramapadham.

 

ThirumangaiAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Regards

 

Narayana Narayana

adiyEn

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sri Murali,

 

What a ncie observation and reference! I am not able to resist posting in

public your great enjoyment.

 

Regards

 

Narayana Narayana

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" Muralidhar Rangaswamy " <rangaswamy_m

" Madhavakkannan V " <srivaishnavan

Re: Periya Thirumozhi 8.1- " MaivaLarkkum maNi

-KaNNapuratthammaamani kaNdaaLO? "

Thu, 10 Feb 2000 08:54:57 -0800

 

Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Dearest Sriman Kannan,

 

Thanks a lot for your exquisite summary of this decad of Kailyan

Pasurams. Indeed, the Kshetram of TirukaNNapuram is famous for

Ashtakshara Mantra

Siddhi. In his Upadesham to Garuda Lord Narayana extols the

significance of

this Kshetram as follows:

 

Srirangam Venkatadrischa SrimushNam Totaparvatam

Salagramam Pushkaramcha NaranarayaNAshramam

Naimisham Cheti ME SthananyasoU Mukthi PradhAnivai

YetusvashtAksharaIkAka: VarNamUrthir VasAmyaham

TishtAmi KrishNa KshEtrE puNya SapthakOgatha:

AshtAksharasya Mantrasya SarvAkshara Maya SadA

 

In this verse Lord Narayana points out that the seven Swayam Vyakta

Kshetrams

of Srirangam, Tirupathi, SrimushNam, Vanamamalai, Salagramam, Badri,

and

NaimisharaNyam grant liberation to those who visit the place. The Lord

as the

Archa Murthy at each of these Kshetrams signifies one Aksharam of his

Ashtakshara Mantram. However, at TirukaNNapuram, He is resident as the

Ashtakshara Mantram in its entirety. Fittingly, Tirumangai Mannan

received

MantrOpadesham from the Lord Himself at this Kshetram. The Azhwar's

Anubhavam

in this Kshetram upon receiving Upadesham is beautifully reflected in

104

delectable verses.

 

I wonder if you have also observed this. Anytime the number eight

appears,

the Azhwars seem to reflect the message of the Ashtakshara Mantram in

one

way or another. For example, Kulashekara Azhwar in the 8th decad of

Perumal Tirumozhi glorifies the Lord of TirukaNNapuram as Lord Rama.

Similar Anubhavams

of other Azhwars can be found in connection with the number 8.

 

Thanks again for your noble Kaimkaryam.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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