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From: Madhavakkannan V (srivaishnavan_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Tue May 27 2003 - 06:21:54 PDT
SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,
AzhwAr continues with his involvement in archaavatar. He now enjoys the
divya desam of ThirukkaNdam kadinagar, which is in the bank of Ganges river.
In the river bank, he thinks of the southern Thirumaliruncholai and
ThirukkOttiyoor as well. He had described beautifully about the Bhagawathas
of Thirukkottiyoor who call PerumAn as” ThirukkOttiyoor Kesavaa!
PurushOtthamaa!. Thus, he had thought of PurushOtthaman of this
ThirukkaNdankadinagar even at that time.
[There is also another aitheehyam- as narrated to Sri UttamUr Swami by
Samathaamaadhi GuNanidhi ThirukkaLLam vaiyAkaraNa ThiruvEnkatAchArya Swami-
Once there was no rain for few years in ThirukkaNdankadi nagar. People did
not know what to do and terribly suffered. The then helpless king prayed to
the Lord PurushOtthaman of this divya desam and the Lord appeared in his
dream saying, “Bring Sri Vishnu chitthar of Srivilliputthoor and there will
be rains.” Imdeiately it was arranged by the king to bring PeriyAzhwAr.
PeriyAzhwAr rejoiced to enjoy seeing Sri [vaN] PurushOtthaman and sang these
pAsuram. There was huge rain subsequently. ]
In each PAsuram AzhwAr describes the Lord PurushOtthaman’s glories in first
two lines and the beautiful river Ganges in the next two lines.
thangaiyaimookkumthamaiyanaiththalaiyumthadindha emdhaasaradhipOy
engumthanpukazhaavirundhu_arasaaNda empurudOththamanirukkai
gangaigangaiyenRavaasakaththaalE kaduvinaikaLaindhidukiRkum
gangaiyin_karaimElkaithozhan^inRa kaNdamennumkadin^akarE. 1.
1. My Raman – the prince of Chakravarrthi Dasarathan- Daasarathi- had gone
to the forest; cut the nose of the sister [SoorpaNakai] and the heads of the
brother [rAvaNan]; went back to Ayoddhi to rule victoriously there for 11000
years- Such greatest Lord my PurushOtthaman resides here in this Divya Desam
of ThirukkaNdankadinagar- being in the bank of river Ganges - where simply
by uttering Gangai, Gangai to pay our obeisance with folded hands will rid
of one’s paapam (sins). He is here for us.
This Divya Desa EmperumAn is also called neela mEa perumAL. There is a
separate sannidhi for Thaayaar- PuNdarikavalli; mangaLa vimAnam; mangaLa
theertham. Prathyaksham (seen physically) by Sage BharadwAja maharishi.
PurushOtthaman is referred to in Gita slOkam:
Utthama: purushasthvanya: paramAthmEthyuvAhrudha: |
yO lOkathrayamAvisya vibharthyavyaya Iswara: || (15th chapter-16)
He is different from them and is called Supreme Soul (Paramathma); who,
entering the three worlds (as antharyami), supports them and is imperishable
and is the rule of all.
Karmavasyar (Jeevathmas in leela vivhUthi) and akarmavasyar (mukthathmas and
NithyasUris) – He is beyond both of them and is above all; He is
PurushOtthaman. He is the one with jnAna, bhala, aishvarya, veerya, sakthi,
thEjas – six opulent qualities *shaaDguNyam).
It may be noted that Rama also is referred to as the one with six opulent
kalyANa guNas (Anrusamsyam anurgOsa: kshamaa sathyam thama: sama: |
raaghavam sOpayanthyEthE shaDguNA: PurushOtthamam. Thus this greatest
PurushOtthamam resides here.
Those who fold hands and pay obeisance will have our sins get crushed
(kaNdikkiRadhu) and hence KaNdam kadi nagar.
salampodhiyudambin_thazhalumizhpEzhvaaych chandhiranvengadhir_ancha
malarndhezhundhaNavumaNivaNNavuruvin maalpurudOththamanvaazhvu
nalamthikazhsadaiyaanmudikkonRaimalarum naaraNanpaadhaththuzhaayum
kalandhizhipunalaalpukar_padugangaik kaNdamennumkadin^akarE. 2.
2. The cool moon- having its shadow form in the waters; the hot sun with its
fiery mouths; are all shivering and getting sacred (as to what this form is)
when Lord Trivikraman took huge form measuring all worlds- the blue hued
Lord with most beautiful ThirumEni shows Himself as PurushOtthaman in this
divya desam of ThirkaNdankadi nagar where my Lord PurushOtthaman resides;
where the most beautiful river Ganges flows swiftly with the flower bedecked
in the matted locks of Sivan and the flowers offered at the lotus feet of
Trivikraman by Chathurmukha Brahma. [When Trivikram took huge form, His feet
was visible in Brahma lOkam and Brahma grabbed the opportunity to offer the
waters to His lotus feet, which fell from there.. Rudran grabbed the
opportunity to take the waters from the Lotus feet of Lord Sriman Narayanan
to cleanse himself of all and become the mangaLa devatha (as Sivan) and took
all Ganges waters on his matted locks]
adhirmukamudaiyavalamburikumizhththi azhalumizh_aazhikoNdeRindhu angu
edhirmukavasurar_thalaikaLaiyidaRum empurudOththamanirukkai
sadhumukan_kaiyilsadhuppuyan_thaaLil sangaran_sadaiyinilthangi
kadhirmukamaNikoNdizhipunalgangaik kaNdamennumkadin^akarE. 3.
3. My Lord PurushOtthaman -who blows full air into large mouth of the while
huge Paanchajanyam – Conch Shell; who has the fiery Sudharsana AzhwAn in His
resplendent hand- cuts the heads of asurA enemies on the opposite side. He
resides in this Divya Desam of ThirukkaNdankadi nagar where the river Ganges
started from the vessel (kamaNdalu) of Chathurmukha Brahma while offering
Paadhyam at the Lotus feet of Trivikraman; landed at the matted locks of
Rudran- stayed there for some time and flowed (to the plea of Bhageerathan)
down beautifully and swiftly taking the valuable gem stones along with it.
Bhali’s supporters opposed Trivikraman and were crushed by the Lord is
addressed here.
imaiyavar_iRumaandhirundharasaaLa ERRuvandhedhir_porusEnai
namapuramn^aNukan^aandhakamvisiRum nampurudOththamann^akar_thaan
imavandhamthodangi_irungadalaLavum irukarai_ulakiraiththaada
kamaiyudaipperumaikkangaiyin_karaimEl kaNdamennumkadin^akarE. 4.
4. When the Devas (celestial) arrogantly and with self pride ruled thinking
who can conquer us; asurAs wake them up (their ego) and trouble them [later
they –Devas go to the Lord pleading Him for saving them from AsurAs ]and at
those times, Lord PurushOtthaman sends His swords at such asurAs to send
them to Yama’s place. Such grandest Lord PurushOtthaman resides in this
Divya Desam of ThirukkaNdankadi nagar where river Ganges start from the
mighty Himalayas; end at the deep vast oceans- much to the delight of the
people at both banks on the way- with their taking sacred bath – shouting
the glories of river ganges for its tolerant beautiful form and its
purifying guNAs.
[sumai udai perumai] It does not feel sacred whether it can cleanse
everyone’s paapam with so many of them taking snAnam in it; It does not thus
get burdened with its heavy load.
uzhuvadhOr_padaiyum_ulakkaiyumvillum oNsudaraazhiyumsangum
mazhuvoduvaaLumpadaikkalamudaiya maalpurudOththamanvaazhvu
ezhumaiyumkoodi_eeNdiyapaavam iRaippozhudhaLavinil_ellaam
kazhuvidumperumaikkangaiyin_karaimEl kaNdamennumkadin^akarE. 5.
5. PurushOtthaman – who is equipped with the most strongest weapons
(AYudhams) that protect us, namely., Plough (kalappai), Bow, most beautiful
fiery ChakrA, Sankhu (Conch shell), Axe, sword, as His ornaments resides
permanently here in this Divya Desam of ThirukkaNdankadi nagar- in the bank
of river Ganges which is capable of absolving all sins accrued over seven
births at one stroke within a fraction of a second.
Since there are no enemies here in this Divya Desam, as river Ganges itself
absolves every one of their sins, the weapons are like His ornaments.
thalaippeydhukumuRichchalampodhimEkam salasalapozhindhidakkaNdu
malaipperungudaiyaalmaRaiththavanmadhurai maalpurudOththamanvaazhvu
alaippudaiththiraivaay_arundhavamunivar avapiradhamkudaindhaada
kalappaikaLkozhikkumgangaiyin_karaimEl kaNdamennumkadin^akarE. 6.
6.the rain laden clouds roared and flocked together and rained torrentially
and at that time, Lord with his little hand effortlessly lifted the
Govardhana mountain as an umbrella to prevent the heavy down pour destroy
the cattle and calves and cowherd group. Such most merciful Lord
PurushOtthaman of VadamathurA resides here in this Divya Desam of
ThirukkaNdankadi nagaram, where sages perform yaagams in the bank of river
Ganges and finally take sacred bath completing the yaagam, and while doing
so, the swift river with its current pushes the instruments and tools used
by Sages in the yaaga.
viRpidiththiRuththuvEzhaththaimurukki mElirundhavan_thalaisaadi
maRporuthezhappaayndhu_araiyanayudhaiththa maalpurudOththamanvaazhvu
aRpudhamudaiya_ayiraavadhamadhamum avariLampadiyaroNsaandhum
kaRpakamalarumkalandhizhigangaik kaNdamennumkadin^akarE. 7.
7. Picking and breaking the bow [in Kamsa’s yaaga saalai], pushed the mighty
elephant Kuvalayaapeetam (and broke its tusker), kicked the head of his
mahout sitting on top of the elephant, fought and destroyed the strong
wrestlers (who were kept by Kamsa to kill KaNNan), raised himself and jumped
into the palace of Kamsa and kicked Kamsa off his life. Such most merciful
Bhaktha vathsalan- PurushOtthaman resides in this Divya Desam of
ThirukkaNdankadi nagar- where [looking at the beauty and divinity of this
Divya Desam, Devendran comes on his airAvadham elephant] the waters from
AirAvadham’s forehead flow and the kumum (bindi- saandhu} on the forehead
and the kaRpaka flowers of young damsels of Devas mix [while taking snAnam-
bath] with the flow of river Ganges.
Looking at the great divya Desam excites the elephant (airAvadham) and hence
the waters from its forehead flows further more. Also only old women wear
ThirumaN srIchoorNam; young ladies wear sanndhu- bindi on their foreheads as
Kaaminis perhaps.
thiraiporukadalsoozhthiNmadhiLthuvaraivEndhu thanmaiththunanmaarkkaay
arasinaiyaviya_arasinaiyaruLum aripurudOththamanamarvu
nirain^iraiyaakan^ediyanayoobam nirandharam_ozhukkuvittu iraNdu
karaipuraivELvippukaikamazhgangai kaNdamennumkadin^akarE. 8.
The king of Dwaraka (surrounded by wavy oceanic waters and tall ramparts);
the most helpful cousin to Panccha paaNdavas (five sons of his aunt Kunthi
Devi) and blessed them with their kingdom, by crushing DhuryOdhans and his
brothers; - PraNathArtthi haran; bhUbhAraharan; PurushOtthaman resides
permanently in this Divya Desam of ThirukkaNdankadi nagar where in both
banks of river Ganges, huge yaagas are performed from which smokes emanate
to fill the skies and make the whole place most fragrant and the tall
pillars of these yaaga saalais are also pushed and taken along with the
swift turbulent waters of river Ganges.
vadathisaimadhuraisaaLakkiraamam vaikundhamthuvarai_ayOththi
idamudaivadhariyidavakaiyudaiya empurudOththamanirukkai
thadavaraiyathiraththaraNiviNdidiyath thalaippaRRikkaraimaramsaadi
kadalinaikkalangakkaduththizhigangaik kaNdamennumkadin^akarE. 9.
The mathurA (in the North); SaaLagrAma kshEthram; Vaikuntham (like) Dwaraka;
AyOddhi and the vast Badrikasramam are all residences of our Lord
PurushOtthaman who lives on his own here at this Divya Desam of
ThirukkaNdankadi nagar, where river Ganges flows so swiftly, violently and
turbulently, with such a current sending shivers through mountains, cutting
the earth into two in eth banks letting the trees fall into the valleys,
touching the topmost leaves of even tall trees and stirring even the vast
deep oceans.
[AzhwAr must have been blessed to enjoy the Lords of other Vadakku Divya
Desams and thus lists down them as well in this PAsuram]
moonRezhuththadhanaimoonRezhuththadhanaal moonRezhuththaakki moonRezhuththai
EnRukoNdiruppaarkku_irakkamn^an_kudaiya empurudOththamanirukkai
moonRadin^imirththumoonRinilthOnRi moonRinilmoonRuruvaanaan
kaan_thadampozhilsoozhgangaiyin_karaimEl kaNdamennumkadin^akarE. 10.
[A tough pAsuram and commentary to tralsnate- please forgive me for my
errors].
moonRu yezhutthu adhanai- The PraNavam consisting of three aksharas
(letters) which are the seeds and essence of three Vedas;
moonRu yezhutthadhanaal- nigaman, niruktham, vyAkaraNam- taking the grammar
from these akshara saashras.
moonRu yezhutthu aakki- considering the three meanings namely, anaya
seShathvam, ananya saraNathvam and ananya bhOgyathvam
moonRu yezhutthai- interpreting the three letters as above-
yERRuk koNdu- taking the praNavam in such an entirety, with the meanings
impregnated as described above enshrined in it;
iruppArkku- Those who are blessed with such a divine consideration;
Irakkam nangu udai em PurudOtthaman- on whom showers mercy and dayA by
PurusHotthaman (who resides)
moonRu adi- In Trivikrama avatar- he asked for three measures of his feet
nimirtthu- [with one step] took huge form
moonRinil- BhUmi (earth), anthariksham (space) and swargam (heaven)
thOnRi- vyaapitthu- occupied them (viLangi) or manifested ?
moonRinil- For measuring the worlds; For the sake of Devendran (and to be
come Upendran) and for Mahabhali to enjoy seeing the Trivikrama avatar;
moonRu uruvanaan- Three aspects (forms) of Supreme Lordship -Narayanan
namely, Seshithvam, SaraNyathvam, PrApyathvam…
kaan- forest of Badrikashramam (in that)
thada pozhil- vast, well spread out gardens are found-
soozh gangain karai mEl kaNdam ennum kadi nagarE… - Kandan kadi nagar in the
bank of River Ganges surrounded by such gardens in the forest of
BadrikAshramam-
Thus, in Thiruppallandu AzhwAr had mentioned that “naadum nagaramum
nangaRiya namO narayana yenRu—naamam pala paravi… Let the whole world be
known about this grand divine NAMO NARAYANA..
He expresses here about the sacred praNavam and the philosophy, essence of
Vedas enshrined in it. The three (anaya seShathvam- not being a servant to
anyone else, ananya saraNathvam- There is no refuge other than Him and
ananya bhOgyathvam- there is no bliss and enjoyment other than serving his
lotus feet for ever and ever) are to be realized by us- the devotees of
Sriman Narayanan.
Also, Seshithvam- being The Master for everyone and every being in the
Universe (including all demi gods- Rudran and Brahmaa), SaraNyathvam (Him
Being the sole refuge and none else- Him being one one and only unparalleled
and peerless and none above Him and equal to Him), PrApyathvam (Him being
the only Goal).
That’s why BadrikAshramam is referred to as forest (by poorvacharyas) for He
is the Rishi for Thiruvashtaaksharam… and hence is addressed here.
pongoligangaikkaraimalikaNdaththu uRaipurudOththamanadimEl
vengalin^aliyaavillipuththoorkkOn vittuchiththanviruppuRRu
thangiya_anbaalseydhathamizhmaalai thangiyan^aavudaiyaarkku
gangaiyilthirumaalkazhaliNaikkeezhE kuLiththirundhakaNakkaamE. 11
Sri vishnuchitthar of Sri villiputthUr, which is unaffected by the cruel
Kali yuga, sang these ten Tamil PAsurams with bhakti and desire on the lotus
feet of Sri PurushOtthaman of ThirukkaNdankadi nagar, lying in the bank of
river Ganges, which roars while flowing with its swift currents. Those who
are blessed with the tongue (which listens to them) with an ability to
recite these pAsurams will be blessed to take bath in the river Ganges and
stay permanently at the lotus feet (which are unparalleled and are most
blissful and enjoyable- equal to each other) of Sriya: Pathi Sriman
Narayanan.
Not just bathing in the river Ganges. This river touches the Lord’s lotus
feet and thus bathing in it and then living at the shadow of His lotus feet
at ThirukkaNdankadi nagar- there is nothing like it. That is the phalanx
(fruit) of reciting these pAsurams- says AzhwAr.
AzhwAr resided in this place for some time crushing the presence of Kali
purushan (Kaliyum kedum kaNdu koNmin) and hence AzhwAr blesses us with the
line.. “unaffected by Kali..”.
PeriyAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE saraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan
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