SrI:
Dear BhakthAs:
Thirumangai Mannan had AshtAkshara Manthra Upadesam
from SrIman NaarAyanan Himself and headed straight
thereafter to the dhivya desams of Thiruppirtithi,
BadarikAsramam , SaaLagrAmam, NaimisAraNyam , SingavELkunRam ,
ThiruvEngaDam , ThiruveLLUr , ThiruvallikkENi ,
Thiruneermalai, Thirukkadalmallai(MahAbalipuram),
Thiruvidaventhai, Thiruattabhuyakaram , ParamEswara
ViNNagaram , ThirukkOvalUr and reached finally
ThiruvahIndrapuram.
ThirukkOvalUr and ThiruvahIndhrapuram are known as Nadu
Naattu ThiruppathigaL . Kaliyan started with the Vada Naattu
Thiruppathis ( Northern Dhivya desams starting from
Thiruppirithi and ending up with ThiruvEngadam) ,
continued on to ThoNDai MaNDala Thiruppathis
( ThiruveLLUr to ParamEswara ViNnagaram) and
then performed mangaLAsAsanam at the two Nadu
Naattu Thirupathis of ThirukkOvalUr and ThiruvahIndhra-
puram . After that , he went on to perform worship
at the many ChOLa Naattu dhivya dEsams.
ThiruvahIndhrapuram is the 15th in the order of
the MangaLAsAsanams of the 86 dhivya desams that
he worshipped at and sung about.
The ThiruvahIndrapura Paasurams
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In these 10 paasurams , Kaliyan salutes the Lord
DhaivanAyakan of ThiruvahIndhapuram as the Sarva-
Jagath KaaraNan as per the definition of the Brahma
Soothram :" JanmAdhyasya yatha: ". He is recognized
as the Sarava Jagath Kaarana Para Brahmam , who is
the Omniscinet , Omnnipotent DayALu and from whom the universe
and its beings originated . He salutes Lord DhaivanAyakan
as " MoovarAhiya Oruvan " , who is responsible for
the origin , sustenance and dissolution of this
varied and wonderful universe.
The Essence of the Individual Paasurams
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In the individual paasurams , Kaliyan described the Lord
of DevAs ( Dhaiva Naayakan ) as the one who incarnated as
Adhi Varahan and blessed us with VarAha Charama SlOkam ,
as the Sarva Veda vEdhyan ( Omniscient One who instructed
His son Brahma on the four Vedams and their inner meanings ;
as the One who slept soundly on a pupil leef (VaDapathra Saayee)
after safely placing all the universe in His stomach for
protection during the time of Pralayam ; as the One , who
destroyed HiraNyan for offending His Parama BhAgavathan ,
PrahlAdhan; as the One who incarnated as the MaayAvi Dwarf
(Vaamanan) to destroy the pride of MahA Bali ; as the Lord
Raamachandran ,who sacrificed His kingdom and roamed
for 14 years in the forests like DaNDakAraNyam to keep
His pledge to His father;as the Veera Raaghavan , who cut
off the ten heads of the King of Lankaa for the offenses
he committed against His Devi, SithA PirAtti; as the One ,
who broke the Siva Danus and restored Ahalya from her
stony form back to that of a beautiful women to join
her husband; as the One , who through BhAratha Yuddham
lightened the load borne by BhUmi Devi.In the final
(Tenth) paasuram , Kaliyan salutes the JagadhAdharan
as the Thrivikraman , who measured the Universes
with His three strides and points out that no sins
will stay with those , who recite these ten paasurams
on SrI Dhaiva Naayakan sanctifying Thiruvaheendhrapuram.
The exquisite descriptions of the flora and fauna
and the natural scenery of ThiruvahIndhrapuram in
Kaliyan's paasurams are beautiful to experience.
Our earth is normally divided into four categories
in Tamil poetry :(1)Neythal (2) Kurinji (3)Mullai
and(4)Marutham .
Kaliyan finds a blessed combination of the best features of
all these four kinds of lands at ThiuvahIndhrapuram .
He recognizes therefore This Dhivya Desam as Naa-nilam
(nAnku nilam) or having the integrated essence of
the features of the above four kinds of lands .
Kaliyan's specific references to these four kinds of
lands have been pointed out by SrI UtthamUr Swamigal
in his commnetary :
(1)Kurunji Naadu: " ampozhilUdE serunthi nANmalar
senraNainthu uzhi taru ThiruvayeendhrapuramE"
-- First Paasura Passage
Here is thereference to Serunthi Pushpam , which
is typical of Kurunji Naadu; Kaliyan sees the joyous
honey bees (Nithyasooris) travelling in dense patterns
amidst the groves of Serunthi trees , while singing
the thousand names of the Lord . This band of bees had
feasted earlier on the honey from lotuses in the pond ,
where MahAlakshmi stays and are now engaged in
BhagavannAma sankIrthanam .The bees embrace the new
blossoms of Serunthi and travel hither and thither
in their groves.
(2)Mullai Naadu: " MoykoLL Maadhavi SeNpakam muyankiya
Mullaiyam kodiyAda "
--Third Paasuram Passage
The LakshaNam of Mullai Naadu is woven in this paasuram.
Kaliyan sees the Mullai creeper embracing dense thickets of
Maadhavi, SeNpakam and Kurukkatthi trees , which themselves
are flowering trees.
(3)Neythal Naadu(nilam): " SaaRu koNDa menn karumbu iLam kazhai
tadai visumbuRa maNi nizhal sERu koNDa taNN pazhanamathu
yezhil Thihazh ThiruvayeendhrapuramE"
--Fourth Paasuram passage
The dense forests of towering sugar cane crops , which
through the shade of their leaves keep the ground as moist
and fertile are being saluted here. Sugar cane crops
are one of the lakshaNams for Neythal naadu. Even today ,
the region around Thiruvaheendhrapuram is known for its
cash crop of Sugar cane and sugar mills.
4)Marutha nilam : " anna-mAmalar aravindhat-tamaLiyil
pedayodum inithu amara , sennelAr kavarik-kulai veesu(m)
taNN ThiruvayIndhrapuramE
-- 7th Paasuram passage
Here , annams are Thiryaks or birds; the red rice crops
are sthAvaram . The ripe stalks of red rice are waving
in the wind and that appears like the fan service is
renderd by them to the pairs of Swans resting on red
lotsues sprouting out of those rice fields.This is
an aspect of Marutha nilam .
another cue to the identification of Marthua nilam at
ThiruvahIdhrapuram is indicated by the passage in
the 9th paasuram:" sElkaL paay taru sezhu nadhi
vayal puhu ThiruvayeendhrapuramE". Here Kaliyan
sees the fat fish jumping up and down in rivers
irrigating fertile fields .
adiyEn will cover the individual Paasurams of
Kaliyan on Thiruvaheendhrapuram in the subsequent
postings.
SrI HemAbhjavalli SamEtha SrI DhaivanAyaka
ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchaari Sadagopan
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