Thiru SiRu Puliyoor Pasurams of Kaliyan : Part V ( Periya Thirumozhi Paasuram 7.9.5 )

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In the previous paasuram , Kaliyan stressed his utter dependence on

the lotus feet of the Lord as his sole means for Moksham : " Aan-Aayanathu

adi allathu onRu aRiyEn adiyEn " .

 

In this fifth Paasuram , Thirumangai begs the Lord to keep him far away

from the narakams through appropriate anushtAnams prescribed by

Bhagavath Saasthrams :

 

nandhA nedu narahatthidai naNUhA vahai, naaLUm

YenthAyena imayOr thozhuthu yEtthumidam , yeRineerc-

Chenthamarai malarum SiRu PuliyUr chala sayanatthu

anthAmarai adiyAyai ! UnathadiyERkku aruL puriyE

 

(Meaning) : Oh Lord ! At Your Dhivya dEsam , the DevAs throng

and perform mangaLAsAsanam for You while prostrating before

You as their protective Father and nourishing Mother . This they do

every day of the year . At this dhivya dEsam of Yours , cool

and deep ponds are homes for blossoming red lotuses that

remind us of the most beautiful lotus feet of Yours . AdiyEn is

Your dear dhAsan . Please bless adiyEn so that I do not fall into

any of the big , eternal narakams . Please spare me naraka vaasam .

 

Special Notes :

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In the ThirunAngoor Paasuram ( Periya Thirumozhi: 3.8.1) , Kaliyan

addresses the Lord as "nandhA ViLakkE ":

" NandhA viLakkE! aLatthaRkku ariyAyai

Nara NaaraNanE ! KarumAmuhil pOl

YenthAi , yemakkE aruLAi ----"

 

NandhA ViLakku means an eternal lamp . This is also the lamp in

garbha graham , which is never extinguished . Kaliyan addresses

the Lord as " My Father " ( YenthAi ) and prays for His anugraham

( YemakkE aruLai ).

 

One can hear echos of the above Paasuram in the fifth paasuram

about Thiru SiRu PuliyUr EmperumAn . Kaliyan refers to " nandhA

narakam " in the SiRu PuliyUr Paasuram . Kaliyan refers to eternal

narakam ( NandhA narakam ) . Why is narakam eternal ? There are

so many Bhaddha Jeevans trespassing Bhagavath Saasthrams

in so many ways in a repeated manner that there is no way to shut

down the gates of hell and extinguish the red hot embers of

narakam or for the servants of Yama dharman to close down

the narakams . Thus , the narakams stay as " nandhA narakams " .

 

Kaliyan reminds the Lord that he is His dear dhAsan with a fully-

developed Seshathva Jn~Anam and that he has performed

SaraNAgathy at the sacred feet of the Lord , the nandhA viLakku .

Kaliyan begs the Lord , His Master , to keep him far, far away from

any one of these fierce narakams and bless him to lead a chaste ,

post-prapatthi life and thereafter to enjoy the Lord at His Supreme

abode of Sri Vaikuntam for nithya , niravadhya kaimkaryam there .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan