A Peep into Periya Thiru-mozhi -15

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'Anaiyin thuyaram thErap puL vUrndhu "

 

It is known to one and all that sri parthasarathy is the prime presiding deity

in thiruvallikkEANi. He is the one for the 'puRappAdu' for Ekadhasi or

amAvAsyai. Any other important events He is given preference to others like

narashimhA, rangA , rAmar or varadhar.

 

Next in the list is sri narasimhA who has got a big brahmOtsavam for Him also,

like parthasarathy and has a big fan club.

 

The thiruvallIkkEani em-perumAn-s are sung with devoiton by sri kaliyan in the

third thiru-mozhi of the second ten. " viRperu-villum, kanjanum , mallum,

vEAzhamum,pAganum, vEzha.. " 2-3-1;

 

Nevertheless, sri varadhar is the one who is highlighted for this thiru-mozhi by

swAmi periya-vAchAn piLLai.Sri ranganAthar is also quoted in this regard.

 

The vyAkyAnam runs as follows " manushyarAyiruppAr pushpAthupakaraNangaLaik

koNdu AsrayikkAmpadi vandhu kidandha mAthramanRikkEa, oru thriyakku ip-pUviR

sevviazhiyAdhapadi thiruvadigaLilEa paNimARa vEaNum enRidar pada, avvidaraith

thErkaikkAga ..maduvin karaiyilEa, araikulaiya, thalai kulaiya vandhu vizhundhu

athaiyARRi ,innum ippadi idarpaduvAr uNdOA!

enRu sAindharuLinAn, kaNdEAn engiRAr "

 

 

Human devotees desire to worship the Lord with flowers and the like. This apart,

even an elephant desired to worship with fresh flower but got itself into

hindrance and the Lord rushed to the spot Himself , removed the obstacle and

consoled the elephant and fulfilled its desire. Over and above this, the Lord

still reclines there in thiruvallikkEANi to obliterate any such difficulties "

 

Here, the gajendra mOksham is narrated but the vision is of sri ranganAthar

-ennai ALudaiyappan.

 

Why is that gajEndhra mOksham episode is taken as primary for this thiru-mozhi?

In the preceding thirumozhi, the Lord's auspicious quality of lowering Himself

for the sake of devotees was narrated. In this though these qualities are

mentioned, the fact that the Lord help even animals is of utmost importance.

 

Anaiyin thuyaram thErap puL-vUrndhu

 

vanamamalai padmanabhan