Dear Sri Satish Bukkapattnam :
You raise an important question on the AzhwArs
mangaLAsAsanam of AtthiyUrAn in divya prabhandham .
This issue has baffled a lot of devotees of Sri Varadhan .
First of all there are 7 paasurams , where the Lord of
Atthigiri at Kaanchipuram ( Kacchi ) has been saluted by
three AzhwArs {Thirumangai (4) , BhUtham (2) and pEy (1)} .
The references are as follows :
Thirumangai:
1 . periya Thirumozhi : 6.10.4 -- KallAr mathiL soozh
kacchi nagaruL --- yellA ulahum vaNanga virundhavammAn
nAmam sollil namO nArAyaNamE ( ThirunarayUr series )
2. ThirukkurmthAndakam : paasuram 19 ;
---kacchi pEr mallai yenru mandinnAr ,
uyyalallAl maRRaiyArkkuyyalAmE
3 & 4 :. ThirunedumthAndakam : 9 & 15 pasurams
3: vangatthAl maamaNi vanthundhu munneer
mallayAi MATHIL KACCHIURAAI -----
4. kallurntha nedumathiL soozh KacchimEya --
5 & 6 : Second ThiruvandhAthi : 95& 96-- BhUthatthAr
5 . --- ulahEtthum aazhiyAn atthiyUrAn
6. atthiyUrAn puLLai oorvAn -----
7 . Third ThiruvandhAthi : Paasuram 26 of pEy AzhwAr
sirandhaven sinthayum , senkaNNaravum
niraindha seer neeL KacchiuLLum , - urainthathuvum--
Mudal AzhwAr's paasurams have great depth of meanings .
Swami Desikan understood the references to the five forms
of the Lord of Kaanchi ( Kacchi) and elaborated on that
doctrine in many of his Sanskrit , Tamil and MaNipravALam
works . He performed SaraNAgathi to the Lord of Kaanchi
thru nyAsa Dasakam and Adaikkala patthu verses .
I will send by separate mail the recent postings on
Adaikkalap patthu ( two parts ) , which cover the
deep salutations of Swami Desikan
a la the seven verses of the 3 AzhwArs cited above .
Those postings will appear in the SaraNAgathi
Journal 1.8 issue today .
Thirukkacchi Nambhi , AlavandhAr , RaamAnujA ,
AppuLLAr , KuREsA , Vaatsya VaradAchAr ,
Sudarsana Soori , MaNavALa Maamuni and other
AchAryAs have more than made up for the lack of
numbers of AzhwAr Paasurams thru their affiliation
with PerumAL Koil ( Kanchi ) and their sthuthis .
The broader doctrines related to Sri VaradarAjA are
embedded in ThiruvAimozhi , whenever NammAzhwAr
salutes antharyAmi Brahman , Vyuha mUrthys
and VibhavAthArams and Para VaasudEva svarUpam
following the tradition of Mudal AzhwArs .
One of the explanations given for the paucity of paasurams
on VaradarAjan is associated with Guhai Narasimhan of
Kaanchi , whom we worship first before worshipping
the Lord on Atthigiri . This is because of His status as
the Adhimurthy of this sthalam and BrahmA sought
His permission to build the yaj~na vEdhi on
the hillock revered today as Hasthigiri or Atthigiri .
The Lord appeared under PuNyakOti VimAnam
from that Yaj~na Vedhi .
Many feel however that all the AzhwAr's
mangaLAsAsanam is to Sri Guhai Narasimha Bhagavan
of Kacchi . The situation is similar to the Varaha PerumAL
residing at His temple on the banks of Swami PushkaraNee at
Thirumalai , where He has precedence over Sri Thirumalaiappan
alias Timmappan alias VenkatAchalapathi alias
SEsghAdri Sekhara Vibhu alias ThiruvEnkatamudayAn .
We worship Him first before going inside the sanctum
of yEzhumalaiappan .
V.Sadagopan
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