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Dear All,
Pranams!
Known as Pushpa mandapam, the place is the abode of Sriyapathi that can be accessed by both the samsaris and nityasuris. Perumal in this place was a close friend of a great bhakta called Thondaman Chkravarthy (King). They were so close that Perumal did Matropadesam to the king.

Pushpa thyAga bhOga mandapangalil panippoovum, Aravattamum, veenaiyum kaiyumAna antharangarai mudimannavanum, vaidhigOthammarum, mahAmuniyum anuvartitha kramam

aDiyEn got the opportunity to write on the above verse in AchArya Hrudayam by Nayanar few months back, and hence will not be getting into more details of it. ThiruVenkadam is the place where even nityasuris come down to do Pushpa kaimkaryam. This can be inferred form NammAzhwar's pasuram:

sumanthu maamalar neersudar dheepamkoNdu, amarnthu vaanavar vaanavar kOnodum,
namanRe zumthiru vEngadam nangatku, saman_koL veedu tharumthadaNG kunRamE     (3.3.7)

This Perumal is so special that the very opportunity of performing pushpa kaimkaryam here will grant moksham (nitya kaimkarya prApti) to the soul. Kurumbarutha Nambi was a bhakta who used ot perform pushpa kaimkaryam to this Perumal with the left over mud every day (For details please refer to the posting on Pushpa, thyAga, bhOga mandapam...).The pushpa kaimkaryan that he did refers to the ashtavidham pushpam that each soul should offer to Perumal. They are:
  1. Ahimsa
  2. Indriya Nigraham
  3. Daya
  4. Kshama
  5. Jnanam
  6. Tapas
  7. Dyanam
  8. Satyam
Thirumalai Ananthanpillai was a great MahApurushA who has performed Pushpa kaimyam to this Perumal with the command of Sri Ramanujar. The kaimkaryam is not restricted to just these great souls. Even the monkeys living in Thirumalai perform Pushpa kaimkaryam to ThiruVenkadamudayAn regularly. This can be inferred from the second thiruvandhAdhi pasuram of BhoothathAzhwar:

pOthaRinthu vaanarangaL pooncunaipukku, aangalarntha pOtharinthu koNdEtthum pOthu,
uLLam - pOthu maNivENG kadavan malaradikkE sella, aNivENG kadavanpE raaynthu    (72)

Azhwar says that even the monkeys living in Thirunmalai poerform kaimkaryam by manas (thoughts on Hari), vAk (recite Hari nAmam in Brahma muhUrtham) and kAyam (collecting flowers from various trees).

Let us get back to the Periya Thirumozhi pasuram with which we ended the last posting.
Azhwar talks about the AshtAkshara mantram in that pasuram. Instead of calling it as mantram, he quotes it as nAmam. The same Thirumangai Azhwar refers to this again as mantram in ThirunedunthAntakam as "andhaNarmaat tanthi vaittha mandhiratthai, mandhiratthaal maRavaa thenRum vaazhuthiyEl vaazhalaam madaneN sammE"

Let us stop here for this posting with a pasuram on ThiruvAli Thirunagari Divya Desam sung by our same dear Kaliyan, which we will enjoy from next posting
ganNdha maamala rettumittu niNnkaamar sEvadi kaithozhudhezhum,
punNdhiyEn manatthE pugunNdhaayaip pOgalottEn, sanNdhi vELvi sadangku nNaanmaRai
Odhi yOdhuvith thaadhi yaayvarum, anNdha NaaLa raRaavaNiyaali yammaanE

Just to be in sync with what we began to see from earlier posting, we wil enjoy the pushpa kaimkaryam referred to by Azhwars with reference to the number 8.

P.S. aDiyEn requests the interested readers to refer to the previous series on Mandaptrayam for more details.
aDiyEn,
ramanan


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