[tiruvengadam] Inputs for CD ROM : XII.3-- Thirumangai AzhwAr's Six prabhandhams: ThiruvEzhukURRirukkai

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today is Vishu New Year PuNya Kaalam.

adiyEn's hearty wishes for a happy , healthy and

Spiritually Fulfilling New Year marked by

Bhagaavth-BhAgavatha-AchArya kaimkaryams to You all !

 

adiyEn will cover now the fifth Prabhandam

of Thirumangai Mannan . This is a single poem consisting

of 46 lines (adikaL).It is set in the style of AasiriappA .

It is housed in the IyaRppA section as a prabhandham .

 

In his Prabhandham of ThirunedumthANDakam ,Kaliyan referred

to his thoughts dwelling on Thirukkudanthai AarAvamudhan:

" TaNN Kudanthai kidantha Maalai NediyAnai adinAyEn

ninaintittEnE " . That thought led to Kaliyan's sankalpam to

create a special prabhandham for Lord AarAvamudhan .

 

He was a chthushkavi SikhAmaNi and therefore he decided

to use his talents here as a Chithra Kavi . He used

the formation of a Ratham ( thEr) containing seven levels of

construction (yEzhu KURRirukkai). The Chitthirai thEr

for Lord AarAvAmudhan is a famous one , which is drawn

around the streets of Kudanthi during during Chitthirai

BrahmOthsavam for Him . Keeping this thEr uthsavam perhaps

in mind , Thirumangai Mannan composed a special chithra khAvyam

to visualize the seven tiers of a thEr (RaTam) and seated

AarAvamudhan at the center of it and saluted His anantha

KalyANa GuNams and AparyApthAmurutha SvarUpam .

 

The ratha Bhandham as one of the formations used by

chithra kavi Thirumangai Mannan and the high lights of

ThiruvEzhukURRirukkai have been described in the following

three articles :

 

1.Sri Gunaseelan Venakatachary: http://group./

bhakti-list/message 11202 ( Formation of the ratha bhnadham)

 

2.V.Sadagopan : http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/

archives/jan96/0067.html

This is an introduction to the sabdhAlankAram and general

purport .

 

3.V.Sadagopan : http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/

jan96/0068.html

This contains commentary on select passages of

ThiruvEzhu kURRirukkai(TVK).

 

Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan's recent release (2000 CE) on

IyaRppA contains an excellent translation of TVK.Here ,

Dr.VNV quotes a slOakm that is appropriate for the occasion:

 

" raTastham Kesavam dhrushtvA Punarjanma na vindhathi "

 

This pasage of slOkam celebrates the glory of

RaTOthsavam and darsanam of the Lord in His raTam

(ThEr) and points out that any one who has the darsanam

of the Lord in His chariot would not be born again.

This chariot can be reference to the One in which

He sat as Saarathi or can be to the Chitthirai ThEr

at Thirukkudanthai or it could be to the stone chariot

with wheels and all (Bhaaskara VimAnam )in which

AarAvamudhan gives BhakthAs His darsanam in His

Garbaha gruham .He arrived on this chariot to

wed Sri Komalavalli, the daughter of Hema Rishi.

 

This is the month of Chitthirai and Agni Hothram

Sri RaamAnujAa TatAchAr is continuing his seventy

year old Kaimkaryam of Veda PaarAyaNam for

AarAvamudhan and he has written to me about

support for this year's support for Veda PaarAyaNam

during the ChaithrOthsavam. Those who wish to

support this Kaimkaryam are welcome to contact me.

 

On this first day of Chitthirai , adiyEn submits

with humility this short write up on Thirumangai

Mannan's ThiruvEzhu KURRirukkai at the sacred feet of

Sri KomaLa Valli SamEtha Sri SaarangapANi of

Thirukkudanthai.

 

adiyEn concludes this note with the taniyans

for TVK:

 

AarOha theevyavarOhana saali sankhya-

ghOshtakramarthi tala sabhdhaka sObhitham Ya:

PoorNamruthasya niramAth nijavAnghnibhandham

Bhavyam RaTam sa kalijith Jayathu Sriyai na:

 

SeerAr Thiruvezhu kURRIrukkai yennum SenthamizhAl

Aaraa Amudhan KudanthaippirAn adiyiNaikkeezh

yErAr MaRaipporuL yellaam yedutthu ivvulahu uyya

sOrAmaRcchonna AruLmAri Paadham ThuNai namakkE

 

AzhwAr EmperumAnAr Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Vaazhi Azhagiya Singar ThirunAmam Vaazhi ,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan