[tiruvengadam] Inputs for CD ROM : XII.3-- Thirumangai AzhwAr's Six prabhandhams: ThirukkuRunthANDakam and Thiru NedumthANDakam

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Dear BhakthAs: In this posting , adiyEn will

provide an introduction to the two ThANDakams

of Thirumangai Mannan and provide additional references

to earlier write-ups on these two moving Prabhandhams

dealing with AzhwAr's NirvEdham , MahA VisvAsam in the Lord ,

the Rakshakathvam and Bhaktha Vaatsalyam of the Lord .

The three earlier postings related to these two

aruLiccheyalkaLs archived in the Bhakthi List are:

 

(1)http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/feb96/0006.html

(2)http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/feb96/0008.html

(30http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/feb96/0014.html

 

Taniyan for ThirukkurunthANDakam (Laghu ThANdakam)

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adhigathamanurarchA-kshEthra-yAthrAparO Ya:

krutha vibhavanuthiscchAsahyasatthO bhavEabhUth

sisuriva jananIm svam Devam athyakthukAmO

vyadhitha sa laghuroopam ThANDakam tamm namAmi

 

In the magnificent Periya Thirumozhi, Thirumangai

expressed his immense aanandhAnubhavam of MangaLAsAsanam

of the EmperumAns of the 86 dhivya dEsams as well as

the VibhavAvathAra PerumALs . He celebrated the Moola

manthram and its glories and yet did not see any hint

from the Lord about invitation to join Him in Parama padham

to enjoy the Paripoorna BrahmAnubhavam there. As a result ,

AzhwAr experienced nirvEdham .Sri Vaikunta Nathan however

had other ideas .He wanted to enjoy some more paasurams

from His dear devotee.AzhwAr restated his case for

joining the Lord at Sri Vaikuntam and thus were born

the two ThANDakams. In these two ThANDakam , AzhwAr

jumps over ( thANDuthal) the sorrows of SamsAram

and is immersed in the Bhagavath anubhavam. ThANDakam

is also a type of Prabhandham in Tamil poetry .

The one set in shorter length ( aRuseerkkazhi nedilAsiriya

viruttham ) became ThirukkuRunthANDakam (TKT)and the one with

eight fold symmetry (yeNN Seer) came to be known as

ThirunedumthANDakam(TNT).Latter is an elaboration of

the last two paasurams of ThirukkuRnthANDakam . Parasara

Bhattar described TNT as a Saasthram and used one of

the slOkams to defeat the advaitha VedAntha Muni of Melkote

and accepted him as his disciple and recognized him as Namm Jeeyar.

Rest is history in AchArya Paramaparai PrabhAvam.Namm Jeeyar

benefited from Ubhaya VedAntha GrahaNam under the sacred

feet of Sri Paraasara Bhattar and we have the good fortune

of having the 9,000 Padi commentary for ThriuvAimozhi and

the BhAshyam for Sri Sookthi, KaNNinuNN SiRutthAmpu et al.

from him and a glorious AchArya paramparai.That is the power of

ThirunedumthANDakam .

 

UtthamUr Sri VeerarAghava MahA Desikan has blessed us with

insightful commentaries on these two Prabhandhams as well

as the other Prabhandhams of Thirumangai Mannan that adiyEn

would like to refer you to for additional studies. His summation

of the purport and message of TNT is:

 

" This prabhandham is one, which has to be studied always

as a VedAntha Saasthram. This describes first the Tatthva-Hitha-

PurshArthams and asserts next the unbreakable sEshathvam of

the Jeevan to the Sarva Seshi, the Lord in His forms as

Para, VyUha , Vibhava ,antharyAni and ArchA .This salutation

to the Lord is set in the mood of Naayika-Naayaka Bhaavam.

Through these ThANDakam paasurams , Thirumangai expressed

his deep desire Moksha Sidhdi and Rakshakthvam of the Lord. "

 

May we all be blessed to study and understand the deep

Tatthvams embedded in the two ThANDakam Prabhandhams.

 

Vaazhi ParakAlan Vaazhi KalikanRi

Vaazhi KurayalUr Vaazh VEndhan-vaazhiyarO

MayOnai vALL valiyAl manthiramkoLL MangayarkkOn

ThUyOn SudarmAna vEl

 

AzhwAr EmperumAnAr DEsikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan