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SrImate raângarAmAnuja MahA deSikAya namaH

tiruppArthanpaLLi (Periya tirumozhi 4.8) - tirunAngUr divyadeSam

Preface to this Series:

asmad AcAryan has blessed aDiyEn with yet another interesting project of 
writing about four tirunAngUr divyadESams.  Thanks to SrI SaDagOpan for 
providing this second round of kaimkaryam.  

PerumAL has taken His abode in eleven divya kshetrams in tirunAngUr (in the 
vicinity of SIrkAzhi), providing easy access to His devotees.  These eleven 
divya deSam-s located in the town of tirunAngUr, are collectively called the 
âtirunAngUr divya dESam-sâ.  The tirunAngUr divya dESam shrines are 
tirumaNimADakkoyil, tiruvaikuntha viNNagaram, tiru arimEya viNNagaram, 
tiruttEvanArtogai, tiruvaNpuruDOttamam, tiruccemponseikoyil, tirutteTriambalam, 
 tirumaNikkUDam, tiruveLLakkuLam, tirukkAvalampADi and  tirupparthanpaLLi.      
    

In the following link, Sri Sadagopan talks about all the eleven tirunAngUr 
divyadesams:

http://www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/reflection5.pdf

SrI Sadagopan has also covered in extensive detail, seven of these tirunAngUr 
divyadesams:

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/vaikunta_vinnagaram.pdf

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/thiru_thevanar_thogai.pdf

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/semponsei_koil.pdf

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/arimeya_vinnagaram.pdf

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/thirutherriambalam.pdf

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/thiruvellakkulam.pdf

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/tkvmpadi.pdf

Pictures of some of the tirunAngUr divyadeSams are available in SrI Senthil 
Kumarâs following blogs:
http://thiruvaikuntavinnagaram.blogspot.com/
http://thirusemponseikoil.blogspot.com/
http://thirunangur.blogspot.com/

SrI Senthil Kumarâs tirunAngUr 11 garuDa sEvai pictures are at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/b.senthil2002/ManjalkuliAnd11GarudaSevai#

aDiyEn will attempt to throw some light on tiruppArthanpaLLi, 
tiruvaNpuruDOttamam, tirumaNikkUDam and tirumaNimADakkOvil using the following 
references:
1.      SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan's vyAkhyanams 
2.      SrI PeriyavAccAn PiLLai's (SrI PVP) vyAkhyAnams
3.      SrI uttamUr VIrarAghavAcAriAr's (SrI UV) vyAkhyAnams and
4.      SrI P.B. aNNangarAcAriAr's (SrI PBA) vyAkhyanams 

We will start with tiruppArthanpaLLi - tirunAngUr divyadeSam.

An interesting audio link on tiruppArthanpaLLi divyadesam:

http://podbazaar.castmetrix.net/download/144115188075857053/1/TamilPo...

(Please set your encoding to Unicode UTF-8)

SrImad ANDavan tiruvaDi,
kalyANi kRshNamAcAri
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Introduction to tiruppArthanpaLLi (Periya tirumozhi 4.8) - tirunAngUr 
divyadeSam:

A. SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan:

AzhvAr fell at the feet of PerumAL and requested Him to remove all his enemies 
that came between AzhvAr and PerumAL, and sarvESvaran agreed to do so. That was 
not enough for AzhvAr who had an insatiable desire to enjoy Him; he entered 
into a stage of pirATTi who had been in the intimate company of PerumAL and 
then got separated.  In that stage, parakAla nAyaki (SrI tirumangai AzhvAr) 
sings about all His activities.  This padikam is in the form of parakAla 
nAyakiâs mother's words, describing that condition. 

B. SrI PBA:

parakAla nAyaki's mother is saying: "My daughter is constantly talking about 
tiruppArthanpaLLi perumAn's characteristics day and night and keeps uttering 
the name of the divyadEsam - tiruppArthanpaLLi."  AzhvAr's extreme love for 
this perumAL has resulted in the singing of this tirumozhi (periya tirumozhi 
4.8).

C. SrI UV:
AzhvAr has been enjoying tirunAngUr divya deSams and surrendering to emperumAn; 
he finally decides to go and visit pArthan paLLi.  Since only pirATTi-s do 
intimate service to the Lord and since out of all the kaimkaryams offered to 
Him, He cherishes the kaimkaryam-s of His pirATTi-s more than any others, 
AzhvAr also wants to become a pirATTi and please Him.  Immediately, He becomes 
a pirATTi and starts talking about the greatness of emperumAn's guNams and 
about pArthan paLLi; he then thinks about what the mother of this pirATTi would 
say and talks about the mother's thoughts.  When AzhvAr opened his mouth as a 
pirATTi, the first thing that struck the mother was pirATTi's beautiful mouth; 
since the topic is about emperumAn who was reclining in this kshetram to bless 
pArthan (arjuna), she indulges in the story of  kRshNAvatAram. kaNNan is like a 
black elephant and that reminds her about His breaking the tusks of a black 
elephant.
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tiruppArthanpaLLi - Periya tirumozhi 4.8.1:   kavaLa yAnai

kavaLa yAnai komboSitta kaNNan ennum kAmaruSIr
kuvaLai mEghamanna mEni koNDa kOn ennAnai enRum
tavaLa mADa nIDu nAngai tAmaraiyAL kELvan enRum
pavaLa vAyAL en maDandai pArthan paLLi pADuvALE

A. SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan:

She has coral like lips.  Instead of Him (emperumAn) having to pine for her, 
because of her charm, she is rattling on and on about Him.  She says - He is 
kRshNa who broke effortlessly the tusks of the elephant kuvalayApIDam, which 
had gone mad and is falling on everyone it encounters.  Even if He has not 
removed the obstacles for the union of parakAla nAyaki with Him, still she 
finds that, His beauty is something unforgettable. She describes that her 
svAmi, who has the tirumEni with the color of kuvaLai (nIlOtpalam/blue lotus) 
flower, karuneydal (blue Indian water lily) flower or the cloud, is performing 
activities that make her feel like she wants to keep watching Him all the time. 
He is lakshmI pati who is residing in tirunAngUr, which has tall houses with 
painted domes.  In the current tirumozhi â âkavaLa yAnai komboSitta..â, 
AzhvAr is singing about PerumAL as He is giving sevai to the devotees in His 
reclining form in tiruppArthanpaLLi.  

B. SrI PVP:
kavaLa yAnai komboSitta kaNNan â kaNNan who plucked the tusks of the 
infatuated elephant by name kuvalayApIDam.  He should be enthralled about her 
beauty; instead, she is constantly raving about His place, out of love for Him. 

kAmaruSIr kuvaLai mEghamanna mEni koNDa kOn ennAnai enRum - His attractiveness 
is most captivating. His beauty enchants everyone.  His hue is that of kuvaLai 
flower or the cloud; and His actions are enjoyable like the elephant that 
provides joy by its mere appearance.  Not finding anything to compare His 
beauty with, AzhvAr is trying to use kuvaLai flower, cloud, etc.  

tavaLa mADa nIDu nAngai tAmaraiyAL kELvan enRum:  In that place 
(tiruppArthanpaLLi), all the houses will be always painted.  There are several 
tall, white houses with domes. He is the husband of lakshmI and is residing in 
such a place. 

pavaLa vAyAL en maDandai pArthan paLLi pADuvALE - She has beautiful coral-like  
red lips. Instead of Him having to long for union with her, it is she who is 
constantly pining for Him and talking about His place. 

C. SrI UV:
The mother says - 'when my daughter opened her mouth, I thought she was going 
to talk to her friends or me; but, her attention is not anywhere with us.  She 
started singing about pArthan paLLi; it was all about emperumAn breaking the 
tusks of the elephant, kuvalayApIDam, the beautiful emperumAn being beautiful 
like an elephant, His being the Consort of mahAlakshmi, etc.' 

Just because it is said that He broke the elephantâs tusks, it does not mean 
He did not kill the elephant.  Even as the mahout and the elephant were alive, 
He displaced the tusks of the mad elephant in half a second, also making sure 
no one else came near and got hurt; that is the reason why this incident is 
mentioned.  

D. SrI PBA:
My daughter says - "Do you know the wonderful acts my husband did?  kamsan had 
planned to have a mad elephant kill my husband at the very entrance of his 
palace. My husband plucked the elephant's tusks effortlessly just like pulling 
out a plant from a muddy place and killed the elephant. He is such a great 
hero".

"His color is cool and dark and eye-catching like that of the kuvaLai flower 
and the dark cloud. An elephant is such that one can look at it many times; 
yet, it appears enjoyable every time.  Like that, my husband is ArAvamudam - 
insatiable nectar."

So saying, my daughter starts singing about tiruppArthanpaLLi tiruppati. 

kavaLa yAnai - kavaLam denotes elephant's food.  The elephant has been 
triggered to be mad after being fed a lot of food.  

pArthanpaLLi - emperumAn is lying down in order to give His darSanam to pArthan 
- arujunan. Hence, this divya dEsam is called pArthan paLLi. 

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End of periya tirumozhi 4.8.1 on tiruppArthanpaLLi
To be continued â..




      

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