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shriyai namaH
These are little notes written by Shri ShriRamadesikachar on the
Azhvar pasurams of SheIBhoomidevIsametaOppiliappan. Some of these
notes are very interesting and I have tried to give the meaning of
these notes. 
The translations of the pasurams by ShrIMadhavakkannan are available
at the thiruviNNagar website, www.oppiliappan.org.  
Also, the Tamil translation of the sthalapuranam as written by ShrI
shrIRAmadesikachar is also available as an etext.  Bhagavatas who
would like to receive this in PDF format, please send me an email. I
will be happy to share this with them. If you would like the original
Sanskrit version also, please mention this in your email, I will send
this as well. 
This concludes the series on the sthalapuranam. 

Notes on Azhwar literature

These are the little notes written by VaikunTavasi ShrIramadesikachar
for the stanzas by Thirumangai mannan on the pasurams. 
Notes onf 6.1 starting VanDuNu naRumalar: 
Since there are so many divine kshetrams in this world, EmperumAn
detained Azhvar here.  But, Azhvar thought that even though there are
so many divyadesams, this world is full of temptations that attract
our senses. He emphasizes his distaste for the life here and affirms
his devotion to Him repeatedly in this decad. 

6.2  Even after repeated requests Emperuman did not take Azhvar into
His jyoti, so Azhvar was disappointed and sad.  So, he thinks " If  I
describe to  Him the hardships I undergo in this world and the cruel
hells that may follow these, then maybe He will take pity on me and
grant my wish" and tells Him that he is afraid of the results of this
`samsaric' life and that He has to accept him, and relates all this
with great apprehension.

6.3  Since Azhvar's wish was not granted after the last two decads,
Azhvar thinks that EmperumAn might be thinking that Azhvar still has a
little bit of liking for this smasaram and hence wants to test him a
little bit more; and probably wants to know Azhvar's intentions more
clearly.  So, once again Azhvar tells him that he abhors this samsaram
and clearly states the "purushartham" he wants and says that all he
yearns for is to live under His sacred feet in His Kshetram. 

Here there are additional notes added by the author
ShriRAmadesikachar: Nammazhvar has devoted the decad 6.3 to
Thiruvinnagarappan. Hence Thirumangaiazhvar also did not stop with the
first two decades, 6.1 and 6.2,but went on for a third decad. So, it
is an interesting tidbit that both Shrisukthis have  the 6.3 decad in
praise of Thiruvinnagarappan. 

Notes on Nalguravum:
Nammazhvar turned his back on EmperumAn since He did not come to
himeven after singing the previous decad "minniDai maDAvAr'  He
decided that he will have nothing to do with Him since it was His
habit to ignore His Bhathas when they wanted Him and come to them when
they were angry.  But Thirvinnagarappan pacified Azhvar by showing him
His Handsome form and won him over.  Azhwar realizes that the Lord is
just amazing ? he can bring together things that can never be brought
together and are opposite in nature and says that His qualities are to
be wondered at. 

Another interesting note on PoigaiAzhvar's mudal tiruvandAdi pAsuram 77: 

vEngaDamum viNNagarum veHkAvum aHkaada 
poongiDangin neeLkOval ponnagarum  - nAnkiDattum
ninRanirunDAn kiDandAn naDandAne
EnRAl kEDumAm iDAr. 
Note: 
When Azhvar says IrundAn, he mentions Vaikundam ? but none of the
Azhvars have used the word "viNNagar" to refer to shrIVaikunTam. So it
is appropriate to assume that Azhvar referred to this divyadesam when
he said `viNNagar" ? which means that this EmperumAn gave darshan to
AzhvAr in "veeRRirunda tirukkolam" ? the state of "being seated". 

shrIBhoomidevnachchiyAr ShrIOppiliappan thiruvaDigaLe charaNam

Shubha



 
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