A Peep into Periya ThriuMozhi 182-kaN sOra veNkuridhi 1

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Dear SrEvaishNavites,

 

Smt.SumithrA VaradaRajan introuduces us to the ThiruchERAi thirumozhi 4th of the seventh ten -kaN sOra veN-kurudhi- by correlating the thoughts of Sri Nam-AzhwAr and that of Kaliyan's, the importance of dhadhEays shEshathvam being highlighted by both and picking up the thread from the final thriumozhi of ThiruNaraiyUr.

dAsan

vanamamalai padamanabhan

 

 

Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnachala maha munayE namaha

 

SERVITUDE TO BHAGAVATHAS

 

Our beloved azhvars are adorned as “pEssiRRE pEsum Eka kandargal” by our poorvacharyas. Swamy manavala mAmunikal specially embellishes thirumangai azhvar as “mAran paniththa thamizh maraikku Arangam koora avadhariththa”var. Will thirumangai mannan forget to emphasise and restate the prime aspect of Srivaishnavism as told by nammazhvar in his “payilum sudaroli” and “nedumArkkadimai” cantos? So does kaliyan in his “naNNAdhavAlavunan” and “kansOravenkurudhi” cantos talking elaborately about the importance of dhadheeyasEshatvam (servitude to bhagavatas)

 

After enjoying the divine beauty of thirunaraiyur nambi, kaliyan in the state of ecstasy unable to control his enthusiasm thinks about the greatness of the bhagavatas who are blessed to enjoy the divine qualities of the lord forever. Kaliyan’s enthusiasm took the form of poetry (paasuram), “kaN sOravenkurudhi”. In this canto, kaliyan talks about 3 major things, para/vyuha/vibhava leelas of emperuman, the divine beauty of the thiruchcherai divya desam and primarily the prime aspect- the bhAgavata prabhAvam.

 

From the next posting we will try to swim in the ocean of nectar of kaliyan’s paasurams.

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan