Swamy NammAzhwAr Thirunakashathram Special postings: Part I

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SvabhAnu Vrushabha Maasam, Sukla paksha DhvAdasi

Hari Vaasaram , June 11,2003

 

SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

Tomorrow is Swamy NammAzhwAr's avathAra Dinam

(birth day).Tomorrow is also MahA pradhOsham day

dear to Sri Narasimha Bhagavan dear to Swamy

NammazhwAr.MalOlan ( " aaham sEr NarasingamAhi ,

ohr aaham valluhirAl piLanthAnuRai maaha vaikuntham " )

is at ThirukkuruhUr with asmath AchAryan ,

SrImad Azhagiya Singar for the annual visit

on this day.

 

 

Tomorrow would be the VaikAsi VisAkam day , the sacred

birth day of our dearest AzhwAr , who is saluted as

" arumaRaikaL anthAdhi seythAn " ( One who set the esoteric

and precious Vedic texts in the poetry style of anthAdhi).

AnthAdhi style uses the last word of one verse(Paasuram)

as the beginning word of the subsequent paasuram.

 

Tomorrow is the birthday deserving special celebration

for Yenthai SaThakOpan , who blesses posterity with

" Tamizh MaRaikaL aayiram " ( The thousand verses distilling

the essence of Sanskrit Vedams in the language of Tamil

to make it easy for every one to comprehend them effortlessly).

 

Tomororw is the birthday of the AzhwAr , who was saluted by

His disciple , Swamy Nathamuni as:

 

" bhakthAmrutham visva-janAnumOdhanam

SarvArTadham SrI SaThakOpa Vaangmayam

Sahsra saakhOpanishad samAgamam

namAmyaham DhrAvida vEda saagaram "

 

" adiyEn salutes that Ocean of Tamil Vedam , who blessed us

with the dhivya prabhandham revered as ThiruvAimozhi,

which is like the nectar to BhakthAs of SrIman NaarAyana

and is welcomed and relished by all ; it houses

all the esoteric meanings of the three rahasyams ,

and is inertwined tightly with the thousand upanishads.

adiyEn prostrates before those auspicious utterances of

SrI SaThakOpan , the veritable ocean of Tamizh Vedams " .

 

During this sacred occasion , let us enjoy the eleven

pasurams of the Tenth centum dedicated to ThirmOhUr

PerumAL , SrI KaaLamEgan and His two Devis, Sri ThirumOhUr

Valli and Megavalli . This is the set of Paasurams

starting with " Taala thAmarai taDamaNi Vayal ThirumOhUr " .

They have a special significance in the hierarchy of

ThiruvAimozhi.

 

The Dhivya Desam of ThirumOhUr

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ThirumOhUr is located approximately at a distance

of 7 miles from the busy metropolis of Tenn Mathurai,

which was the ancient capital of the PaaNDyA Kings.

Here the Lord has the ArchA Form with the name of

" KaaLamEghan " . This Mega perumAl has Megavalli

and ThirumOhUr valli as ubhaya NaacchimArs .He has

recieved 11 paasurams from Swamy NammAzhwAr and

one Paasuram from Thirumangai AzhwAr.The Dhivya

Dampathis are resting here under the shade of Kethaki

VimAnam on the banks of KsheerAbdhi PushkaraNi.

 

The context of the ThirumOhUr Paasurams

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In the previous decad ( ThiruvAimozhi 9.10),

Swamy NammazhwAr was performing MangaLAsAsanam

for ThirukkaNNapuram PerumAl . During that dialog ,

Our dear AzhwAr got the message that His Lord was

going to grant him soon the residence at His supreme

abode of SrI Vaikuntham for performing nithya kaimkaryam

there. The joyous AzhwAr shared this much awaited message

with all bhakthAs to motivated them for performing

SaraNAgathy at the sacred feet of the SarvalOka SaraNyan

so that they will all be assured of the boon of Moksham

at the end of their earthly lives:

 

" SaraNamAhum TanatAL adainthArkkellAm

maraNamAnAl Vaikuntham kodukkum PirAn

aranamaintha mathiL soozh ThirukkaNNapurat-

taraNiyALan , TanatanbharkanbAhumE "

 

--ThiruvAimozhi: 9.10.5

 

(Meaning): Bhakthi Yogam requires certain difficult

conditions to be met by the practioner , which are well

nigh impossible to fulfill by most of You . Please do not

worry however over this difficut means/upAyam to gain Moksham.

Please listen to me carefully. There is another easier

way. The Lord blesses the supreme boon of residence in

His Vaikuntham for all of those , who have performed

SaraNAgathy at His sacred feet.This he does as and when

the Prapannan shakes his mortal coils .This Lord of all

the lOkams residing permanently at the dhivya desam of

ThirukkaNNapuram known for its strong ramparts will

defenitely grant this boon to His prapannAs as revealed

by adiyEn.If you ask me why He does this , I can only say

that He is the embodiment of Devotion to those , who display

steadfast devotion to Him .He is SaraNAgatha Vathsalan

and His vaathsalyam for those , who surrenderd to Him

is matchless.

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr's Mood and Need

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Our AzhwAr is ecstatic now over his own prospect of travelling

to SrI Vaikuntam. He becomes ready to bid farewell

to EmperumAns of few dhivya dEsams just as a newly wedded

girl , who is about to travel to her husband's house goes

around to say goodbye to long time friends and relatives.

Our AzhwAr is also in a great hurry to reach " her " Lord's

house , the Supreme abode of SrI Vaikuntam. Prabhandham of

ThiruvAimozhi is arriving rapidly to a conclusion .

Our AzhwAr commences this final decad in that spirit of

joyous anticipation of travel by archirAdhi maargam

and dhvarai9haste). He is also somewhat concerned about

the need for suitable companionship during this sweet

but long journey of his aathmA to SrI Vaikuntam. He wonders

as to who could be that trusted companion during this

charama (final) journey , the journey that he was longing for.

He concluded that the Lord of ThirumOhUr is the right One

( " TanjamAhiya Tanthai ThAyodu thAnumAi " / the One who

combines in Himself the role of Father and Mother

for the PrapannAs). He starts the journey to srI Vaikuntam

now with the Lord of ThirumOhUr leading the way. This is

the context of the birth of these ThirumOhUr Paasurams.

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan