Special Contribution to Sri Vaishnavism on its First anniversaryCelebration .

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Dear Sriman Parthasarathy Srinivasan :

 

Please accept my sincere best wishes on completion of the First

anniversary of Sri Vaishnavism that you have created to serve

the Community of VaishNavAs . I have very much enjoyed the articles

released there.

 

Please accept this article on the dhivya dEsam of SiRu Puliyoor ,

specially written for Sri Vaishnavism e-list .

 

adiyEn prays to Sri BhUmi DEvi SamEtha Sri Oppiliappan to bless you with

additional Kaimkarya Sri and the growth of the e-list of Sri Vaishnavism

that you are moderating .

 

NamO NaarAyaNAya ,

V.Sadagopan

 

 

 

 

Arul Maa Kadal of Thiru SiRu Puliyoor Dhivya Desam

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After his MangaLAsAsanam of ThErazhundhUr , Thirumagai Mannan

arrived at SiRu Puliyoor dhivya dEsam and was totally overcome by

the grace & Soundaryam of the Lord reclining on the bed of AdhisEshan .

This Baala Sayana Moorthy is also saluted by Thirumangai as Chala Sayanan .

There is a Sthala Sayana archai ( Thirukkadanmallai /MahA Bali Puram) .

The Lord at SiRu Puliyoor is " Chala Sayanar" , The Cha here is like

the CHa in Chathram ( Umbrella) .

 

Why the name "Chala Sayanar"

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An intriguing thought crossed adiyEn's mind . "Chala" is a PadhArTam

( one of the 16 Categories) in the aasthka darsanam of Nyaaya ( " Philosophy of

logical realism ) founded by Sage Gauthama . VisishtAdhvaitha has in contrast ,

two PadArTAs ( Dhravyam and adhravyam) with sub categories among the two .

 

The NyAyaa category of Chala stands for argument infused with Sophistry .

The Jeevan argues with the Lord that it is its own Master ( NaaTan) ,

" aham mE " ( I am my own Lord , Thirumanjana Kattiyam of Lord RanganAtha)

with Sophistry .

 

The Jeevan ( Chala svabhAvan) quibbles with the Lord in a state of disputation

and forgets its ancient and unalterable relationship as Seshan ( liege/Servant)

with its Supreme Master ( Sarva Seshi) . The arguments of the Chala Jeavan

with its Lord (Chala NaaTan ) about its " Svatantram " is covered in detail elsewhere

( item 8 in http://www.oppiliappan.org/kattiyam ) . The Jeevan being "chalan " argues

its deluded state with impunity and stubbornness that it has svatantram;

the Lord of the Jeevan reminds the Jeevan that it is wrong in this beklief

and attests it has no Svatantram of its own anfd that Hehas the inalienable

and eternal relationship with the Jeevan as its Master . One can speculate with

comfort that the name " Chala Sayanan " for the AruL Maa Kadal of SiRu Puliyoor

might be connected to Him being the Master of Bhaddha Jeevan that wallows

in SamsAram by thinking that " I belong to myself , I am independent " .

Due to His infinite compassion , the true owner of the Jeevan directs

the suffering Bhaddha Jeevan with one of HIs AchAryans and grants Moksham

to the Jeevan and recieves it as a Muktha Jeevan at His Supreme abode

after its anushtAnam of SaraNAgathy .

 

Thirumangai performed his MangaLAsAsanam of Lord Chala Saynan

with ten exquisite Paasurams ( Periya Thirumozhi Paasurams 7.9.1-10) .

 

Location of the Dhivya dEsam

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This dhivya dEsam is near KollumAngudi in ChOLa dEsam . PerumAL is

in the Sayanam pose facing South . His NaacchiyAr has the naamam of

Thiru MaamahaL . The VimAnam is revered as Nandha Vardhana VimAnam .

Ananatha Saras and Maanasa PushkaraNi are the sacred theertthams .

He is prathyaksham to Sage VyAsa and the PulikkAl Munivar ( VyAgra

Paadhar ) . The name for the dhivya dEsam ( SiRu PuliyUr)arose from

the Lord's special anugraham to PulikkAl Munivar .

 

The Ten Paasurams of Kaliyan on Chala Sayanan

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In his ten Paasurams of Thirumangai AzhwAr , AzhwAr instructs us to

worship the Lord of this dhivya dEsam with the purity of Manas ,

Speech ( Vaak) and body ( kaayam) . ThrikaraNa parisuddhi is

recommended by Kaliyan as ParOpadEsam . In the ninth paasuram

about the Lord of the Dhivya dEsam , Thirumangai performs complete

MangaLAsAsanam about the names of the PerumAl , ThAyAr , dhivya

dEsam : " Thru MaamahaL maruvum SiRu Puliyoor chalasayantthu

Arumaa KadalamudhE " . He visualizes the Lord as the nectar that arose

from a rare and gigantic ocean and with the SubhAsrayam that is enjoyed

immensely by His dEvi , ThirumAmahaL . The aru (rare) maa ( gigantic) kadal

(Ocean) is the roopam of ParavAsu dEvan ; the Lord of this dhivya dEsam

arose as a nectar from that rare and huge ocean of Sri Vaikunta NaaTan

( Para VaasudEvan) . Azhwar delights in the enjoyment of this nectar

at SiRu Puliyoor and acknowledges that the Lord's sacrd feet are his

UpAyam and UpEyam ( means and goal) .

 

Kalyan's Periya Thirumozhi: 7.9.1

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In the first Paasuram , Kaliyan invites us to worship the Lord of SiRu Puliyoor ,

who resides in his heart lotus to chase away the stealthy habits of their minds .

Sri UthtamUr Swamy points out that Kaliyan has in mind the Veda Vaakyams :

" stEnam mana: , anrutha-vaadhini vaak " ( Mind is deceitful and the speech

comes up with falsehood) . As an AchAryan , Kaliyan instructs us to worship

the Lord of this dhivya dEsam with aarjavam (Straightforwardness , rectitude

and honesty) . He asks us to infuse ManO-Vaak-Kaayam with aarjavam

and then approach the Lord for worship . He assures us that worship of

the Lord's sacred feet in that mode will destroy the propensity for thievery

of the mind ( manatthin thiruttuttanam viLLum ): " KaLLam manam viLLum

vahai karuthik-kazhal Thozhuveer ". The whole paasuram takes this form :

 

KaLLam manam viLLum vahai karuthik-kazhal thozhuveer

veLLam muthu paravait-tirai viriya karaiyengum

teLLum maNi thihazhum SirupuliyUr chalasayanat-

tuLLum yenathu uLLatthuLLum uRaivAraiyuLLeerE

 

In the first line , Thirumangai revealed the upAyam for tackling

the stealthiness of the mind . In the second line and part of the third line ,

Kaliyan describes the richness of this dhivya dEsam : " VeLLam

muthu paravait-tirai viriya karai yengum teLLum MaNi thihazhum

Siru Puliyoor " . Kaliyan sees amazing testament to the abundant

richness of this dhivya dEsam . The assembly of the noble gems brought

ashore by the swift waves of the old ocean were illuminating the dhivya

desam with their brilliant lustre and serving as a rathna dheepam

for the Chala Sayana NaaTan , the Lord of SiRu Puliyoor ( MaNi thihazhum

SiRu Puliyoor Chala sayanatthuLLum) . The same Lord illuminated by

the lustre of the noble gems is seen inside his Hrudhaya Kamalam by

Kaliyan . Kaliyan asks us to worship the Lord's sacred feet and approach

them for protection from our deceitful minds and "anrutha Vaak ".

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan