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SvabhAnu Vrushabha Maasam, Sukla paksha DhvAdasi
Hari Vaasaram , June 11,2003

SrI:

Dear BhakthAs :

Tomorrow is Swamy NammAzhwAr's avathAra Dinam 
(birth day).Tomorrow is also MahA pradhOsham day
dear to Sri Narasimha Bhagavan dear to Swamy
NammazhwAr.MalOlan ( "aaham sEr NarasingamAhi ,
ohr aaham valluhirAl piLanthAnuRai maaha vaikuntham")
is at ThirukkuruhUr with asmath AchAryan , 
SrImad Azhagiya Singar for the annual visit 
on this day.


Tomorrow would be the VaikAsi VisAkam day , the sacred 
birth day of our dearest AzhwAr , who is saluted as 
" arumaRaikaL anthAdhi seythAn" ( One who set the esoteric 
and precious Vedic texts in the poetry style of anthAdhi).
AnthAdhi style uses the last word of one verse(Paasuram)
as the beginning word of the subsequent paasuram.

Tomorrow is the birthday deserving special celebration 
for Yenthai SaThakOpan , who blesses posterity with 
"Tamizh MaRaikaL aayiram "( The thousand verses distilling
the essence of Sanskrit Vedams in the language of Tamil
to make it easy for every one to comprehend them effortlessly). 

Tomororw is the birthday of the AzhwAr , who was saluted by 
His disciple , Swamy Nathamuni as:

" bhakthAmrutham visva-janAnumOdhanam
SarvArTadham SrI SaThakOpa Vaangmayam
Sahsra saakhOpanishad samAgamam
namAmyaham DhrAvida vEda saagaram"

" adiyEn salutes that Ocean of Tamil Vedam , who blessed us
with the dhivya prabhandham revered as ThiruvAimozhi,
which is like the nectar to BhakthAs of SrIman NaarAyana 
and is welcomed and relished by all ; it houses 
all the esoteric meanings of the three rahasyams , 
and is inertwined tightly with the thousand upanishads.
adiyEn prostrates before those auspicious utterances of 
SrI SaThakOpan , the veritable ocean of Tamizh Vedams". 

During this sacred occasion , let us enjoy the eleven
pasurams of the Tenth centum dedicated to ThirmOhUr 
PerumAL , SrI KaaLamEgan and His two Devis, Sri ThirumOhUr
Valli and Megavalli . This is the set of Paasurams 
starting with " Taala thAmarai taDamaNi Vayal ThirumOhUr".
They have a special significance in the hierarchy of
ThiruvAimozhi.

The Dhivya Desam of ThirumOhUr
*******************************
ThirumOhUr is located approximately at a distance
of 7 miles from the busy metropolis of Tenn Mathurai,
which was the ancient capital of the PaaNDyA Kings.
Here the Lord has the ArchA Form with the name of 
"KaaLamEghan" . This Mega perumAl has Megavalli 
and ThirumOhUr valli as ubhaya NaacchimArs .He has
recieved 11 paasurams from Swamy NammAzhwAr and 
one Paasuram from Thirumangai AzhwAr.The Dhivya 
Dampathis are resting here under the shade of Kethaki
VimAnam on the banks of KsheerAbdhi PushkaraNi. 

The context of the ThirumOhUr Paasurams
****************************************
In the previous decad ( ThiruvAimozhi 9.10),
Swamy NammazhwAr was performing MangaLAsAsanam
for ThirukkaNNapuram PerumAl . During that dialog ,
Our dear AzhwAr got the message that His Lord was
going to grant him soon the residence at His supreme
abode of SrI Vaikuntham for performing nithya kaimkaryam
there. The joyous AzhwAr shared this much awaited message
with all bhakthAs to motivated them for performing
SaraNAgathy at the sacred feet of the SarvalOka SaraNyan 
so that they will all be assured of the boon of Moksham 
at the end of their earthly lives:

" SaraNamAhum TanatAL adainthArkkellAm
maraNamAnAl Vaikuntham kodukkum PirAn 
aranamaintha mathiL soozh ThirukkaNNapurat-
taraNiyALan , TanatanbharkanbAhumE "

--ThiruvAimozhi: 9.10.5 

(Meaning): Bhakthi Yogam requires certain difficult 
conditions to be met by the practioner , which are well
nigh impossible to fulfill by most of You . Please do not
worry however over this difficut means/upAyam to gain Moksham.
Please listen to me carefully. There is another easier 
way. The Lord blesses the supreme boon of residence in 
His Vaikuntham for all of those , who have performed 
SaraNAgathy at His sacred feet.This he does as and when 
the Prapannan shakes his mortal coils .This Lord of all
the lOkams residing permanently at the dhivya desam of
ThirukkaNNapuram known for its strong ramparts will
defenitely grant this boon to His prapannAs as revealed
by adiyEn.If you ask me why He does this , I can only say 
that He is the embodiment of Devotion to those , who display
steadfast devotion to Him .He is SaraNAgatha Vathsalan
and His vaathsalyam for those , who surrenderd to Him
is matchless.

Swamy NammAzhwAr's Mood and Need
**********************************
Our AzhwAr is ecstatic now over his own prospect of travelling
to SrI Vaikuntam. He becomes ready to bid farewell
to EmperumAns of few dhivya dEsams just as a newly wedded
girl , who is about to travel to her husband's house goes 
around to say goodbye to long time friends and relatives. 
Our AzhwAr is also in a great hurry to reach "her" Lord's 
house , the Supreme abode of SrI Vaikuntam. Prabhandham of 
ThiruvAimozhi is arriving rapidly to a conclusion . 
Our AzhwAr commences this final decad in that spirit of 
joyous anticipation of travel by archirAdhi maargam 
and dhvarai9haste). He is also somewhat concerned about
the need for suitable companionship during this sweet
but long journey of his aathmA to SrI Vaikuntam. He wonders 
as to who could be that trusted companion during this 
charama (final) journey , the journey that he was longing for.
He concluded that the Lord of ThirumOhUr is the right One 
( "TanjamAhiya Tanthai ThAyodu thAnumAi"/ the One who 
combines in Himself the role of Father and Mother 
for the PrapannAs). He starts the journey to srI Vaikuntam 
now with the Lord of ThirumOhUr leading the way. This is 
the context of the birth of these ThirumOhUr Paasurams.

Swamy NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 













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