Pushpa, ThyAga, BhOga ...1

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In the introductory email, we sa about the sutram of Nayanar and the names of

people related to the corresponding kaimkaryams in Koil, Thirumali and Perumal

Koil. Today, adIyEn starts with the first one, Pushpa Madapam.

 

With Srirangam as the root of our sampradayam, what would have been the reason

for Nayanar to choose ThiruVenkadam at the first place? Here is one of the

answers we can think about.

 

Normally when we give an exam, it is a general psychology to answer easy queries

and start concentrating on tough ones after that, so that we can be assured of

full points on the easier ones. Similarly, in our sampradayam, when we talk

about Koil, Thirumalai and Perumal koil, it is very easier for one to approach

ThiruVenkadamudayan and drift slowly towards Kachi and Srirangam. He has made

Himself like that by making sure that both nityasuris and badhatmas can worship

Him easily at any point of time.

 

Known as Venkatadri in this yuga, it is the abode of ThiruVenkadamudayan. His

very name says that He is the one who burns off all the karmas of a soul. He is

the one who directly descended from Paramapadam, before going to Srirangam and

relaxing in reclining posture. There are a few interesting references that our

Azhwars and Acharyas have made, and let us see why they called this place as

Pushpa Mandapam.

 

Sindhu Poo Magizhum ThiruVenkadam

 

In the third ten sets of pasuram in Thiruvaymozhi, Nammazhwar has sung on

ThiruVenkatamudayan, requesting for nitya kaimkaryam. In this ten, he says that

nityasuris have done kaimkaryam to this perumal with pushpam. With the hurry and

excitement to do kaimkaryam, nityasuris used to rush towards this Perumal with

hands full of flowers. By the time they arrive close to the perumal, due to the

excitement of darshan of perumal, they will unknowingly drop few flowers on the

hill. Immediately after falling on the sand where ThiruVenkadamudayan lives,

flowers will start to feel the happiness. That is the kind of excitement a

flower gets when it reaches ThiruVenkadamudayan’s sannidhi.

 

Sumandhu mAmalar … saman kol vEdu tharum thadan kundramE

 

People who want to do kaimkaryam bring all the flowers to offer at the feet of

ThiruVenkadamudayan. He in turn takes on the sumai of those people. That sumai

refers to loads and loads of the karma that the souls have brought along with

the flowers. By doing so, He makes sure that the serving souls get the sAmya

nilai of moksham.

 

Can anyone get a better deal than this one in this world? What exactly is the

kind of flower that one needs to offer Him to get this deal? Who offered that?

How is that quantified? Let us look into the answers to these questions in

following postings.

 

aDiyEn,

 

ramanan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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