SrI Sundara Baahu Sthavam : Introduction : Part I

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SrI:

 

TaaraNa Samvathsara Panguni Utthiram Day

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

Now that SrI Sthavam and SrI Vaikunta Sthavam has been

covered and Sriman Anbil Ramaswamy is active in covering

the AthimAnusha Sthavam , adiyEn will commence the postings on

the remaining two Sthavams : (1) Sri Sundara Baahu Sthavam

and (2) SrI VaradarAja Sthavam .

 

SrI SundarabAhu Sthavam is a big sthavam with 132 slOkams .

KurEsar enjoyed the Vaibhavam of ThirumAlirumchOlai

SundararAja PerumAl intensively as the Six AzhwArs did

through their 128 Paasurams . PeriyAzhwAr , ANDAL , Thirumangai ,

BhUthatthAzhwAr , pEy AzhwAr and NammAzhwAr have blessed us

with 128 deeply moving Pasaurams about the dhivya Soundharyam of

the Lord celebrated as Azhagar , MaalalankArar , Sundara ThOLudayAn ,

Sundara Baahu , KaLLazhagar. As archA Moorthy , Azhagar's aprAkrutha

soundharyam shines through His aparanji tanga ThirumEni .

 

Here at ThirmAlirumchOlati known otherwise as Azhagar Koil ,

Lord SundarabAhu enjoys the cool breezes from Vrushabha Giri

and enjoys Thirumanjanam from the waters of SilambARu (Noopura

Ganghai) . Here the Lord is accompanied by Sundaravalli ThAyAr

and resides under Somasundara VimAnam . The fragrant breeze

from the Vrushabha Giri embraces the natural perfume of the Sandal

Wood Trees , which are the Sthala Vrukshams at this dhivya dEsam .

 

KurEsar's ancestors were performing atthANi sEvakam to SundarabAhu

and Sundaravalli ThAyAr for centuries before one of their descendants

settled down in Kooram agrahaaram near Kaanchipuram . Hence ,

KooratthAzhwAn had ancestral links to ThirumAlirumchOlai . In the 76th

SlOkam of SundarabAhu Sthavam , Swamy KurEsar refers to his ancestral

links to ThirumAlirumchOlat :

 

" MaamakAsccha Gurava: purAdhanaa: Sundaram Vanamaheedhragam srithA: "

 

Here , KurEsar states that his ancestors arrived at ThirumAlirumchOlai

and gained Parama PurushArTam through their worship of Azhagar,

who had settled earlier at the foothills of VrushabhAdhri .

 

This elaborate Sthavam was created by KurEsar at ThirumAlirumchOlai ,

when he was an exile from ChOLa Naadu due to the cruelty of the fanatic

ChOLa king . He missed the Sriranga SrI. His AchAryan was away at Melkote.

He was approaching the ripe age of one hundred . Here at " Thenn KooDarkkOn

tennan koNDAdum tenn ThirumAlirumchOlai " , KurEsar reminds the Lord

about his ancestor's atthANi sEvakam to Him following the foot steps of

Malayadhwaja Paandyan , the ruling king of Tenn Mathurai, who gained

Moksham at this dhivya dEsam . Lord SundarabAhu is prathyaksham to

Malayadhwaja PaaNDyan even today at this dhivya dEsam . Here KurEsar

missed antharanga Kaimkaryam for his AchAryan (BhAshyakArar) , who

was away at Melkote and prayed to Lord SundarabAhu to unite him

with his AchAryan . This union happened and AchArya RaamAnuja

took his dearest sishyan to Lord VaradarAjan's Sannidhi and commanded

his sishyan to pray for the restoration of his eyesight . The matchless boon giver,

Lord VaradarAjan responded positively . KurEsar did not want the eye sight

for seeing any one except his AchAryan and Lord VardarAjan , His aarAdhana

Moorthy . Lord VaradarAjan granted that special boon to his dear devotee.

 

Swamy KurEsar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan