Fifth CheyyuL :
Introduction
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In this verse , Kambar describes the auspicous
impact of the birth of
SaThakOpar at
ThirukkuruhUr
.
Text of the Fifth SeyyuL
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mozhi palavAyina seppam piRantatu
mutthi yeythum
vazhi pala vAyavittonRAyatu;
VazhuvA narahak-
kuzhi palavAyina pAzhpattatu;
kuLirneerpporunai
suzhi pala vAyozhuhum
KurukUr-entai tOnRalinE
General Meaning and comments
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KuLir neer Porunai suzhi palavAy
ozhuhum KuruhUr yenthai = At
Thiruk-kuruhUr,where the river TampiraparaNi ( Porunai) cools off the
scorching afflictions of the suffering samsAris , it flows swift with many
twists and turns ; here was born SrI SaThakOpar on the banks of
Porunai ; thru His sacred
birth here , there were many lasting
transformations in the world.
KuLir neer Porunai: This refers to the balming effect of the cool
waters of Porunai , which removes the heat of the body and the soul and
makes one healed inside and outside.
Suzhi palavAy ozhuhum
Porunai: The river does not flow straight and steady but flows in
many ways overcoming the obstacles in its ways ; it forms whirl pools
mimicking the way of life of samsAris . It reminds one of samsAris , who do
not choose to travel in a straight path laid out by the sAstrAs
but follow a twisted course colliding with
obstacles.Porunai stands for Porun+ai,
the stage( arangam) where the drama of life is played out.On the banks of
the river Porunai , there is a bathing ghat known as
ThirucchengaNitthurai, where abhiyuktars(noble ones) take their bath away
from the fast and dangerous whirlpools.As a result of
SaThakOpar's avatAram at the banks of PoruNai , those who sought refuge at
SaThakOpar's sacred feet overcame all the whirlpools
that they encountered in their lives and were blessed with Moksham
.
Yenthai tOnRalin= As a direct result of the birth of SaThakOpar , our
Father, at the river town of ThirukkuruhUr, many auspicious things happened
.
Mozhi palavAyina seppam
PiRantatu: Among the many languages of the
world , Tamizh attained a state of Supermacy as a result of the avatAram of
SaThakOpar. Another intrepretation is that the sentamizh used by SaThakOpar
stood tall among the varieties of Tamizh used
until then .
AzhwAr's superior Sentamizh pushed
aside the many languages from their pedestals , gave heat to
them and attained supermacy among the various languages.This was the first impact from
SaThakOpar's birth.
mutti yeythum vazhi
palavAi vittu color=#000000>The multiple paths to Moksham
defined by Vedams and Saastrams converged into one
that
developed by SaThakOpar : Sriman NaarAyaNan is both the means
and goal and it is only He who can grant Moksham and no one else.This was
the second impact of SaThakOpar's avatAram at ThirukkuruhUr
.
VazhuvA narahak-kuzhi pAzhpattathu
=
The various places of hell reserved
for
different kinds of unrepentant sinners
became unused and abandoned as a result of SaThakOpar's avatAram on the banks
of PoruNai river at ThirukkuruhUr. VazhuvA
narahak-kuzhi
refers to the different narakams that
never fail to mete out the appropriate
punishments ( DaNDanais) befitting the
nature and magnitude of the sins of the SamsAris.There were no residents at
these narakams .
The central message here is the
importance of AchArya Nishtai for gaining Moksha siddhi as demonstrated by
SaThakOpar , who redirected effectively all those who sought refuge at His
feet, from wasted travels in the labyrinths of avaidhika and Kudhrushti mathams to the right royal
road of SaraNAgati at Sriman NaarAyaNan's sacred feet.
Swamy NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
DhAsan , Oppiliappan Koil V. Sadagopan