kalaiyum kariyum

kalaiyum kariyum

thiru-sALagrAmam

kalaiyum kariyum pari mAvum tiriyum kAnam kaDandu pOi

silaiyum kaNaiyum tuNaiyAha senrAn venri serukkaLattu |

malaikoNDu alaineer aNaikaTTi madiL neer ilangai vALarakkar

talaivan talai pattaruttu uhandAn sALagrAmam aDai nenjE ||One ||

Sree rAma went to the forest which is terrible because of animals like elephants, deers and horses roaming about every where. He came out victorious in all the wars with rAkShasas with bow and arrow alone as His weapon. He built a bridge across the roaring sea to cross to lankApuri which is protected by sea water and forts on all sides. He killed rAvaNa and felt the purpose of His avatAra is fulfilled by killing the enemies of His Baktas. He resides in tirusALagrAma.

kaDanjoozh kariyum pari mAvum olimAn tErum kAlALum
uDan soozhndu ezhunda kaDi ilangai poDiyA vaDivAi saram turandAn |
iDam soozhndu engum iru visumbil imaiyOr vaNanga maNam kamazhum
taDam soozhndu engum azhahAya sALagrAmam aDai nenjE || Two ||

Sree rAma killed the wild angry elephants, the powerful horses, broken the noisy chariots, killed the foot soldiers – all at one time and completely destroyed the lankApuri with His bow and arrows. He resides in sALagrAma that is full of beautiful lakes where scented flowers bloom in all seasons. dEvas come to this divya dESa attracted by its beauty and the BagavAn who resides forever there.

ulavu tiraiyum kulavaraiyum oozhi mudalA eN dikkum
nilavum suDarum iruLumAi ninrAn venri viralAzhi |
valavan vAnOr tam perumAn maruvA arakkarkku enjnAnrum
salavan salam soozhndu azhahAya sALagrAmam aDai nenjE || Three ||

BagavAn is the antaryAmi of - seas, mountains, kAla, all objects in the world, eight directions, the luminaries like sun, moon etc., and night etc. He holds chakrAyudha which is used in subjugating the enemies. He is dEvAdi dEva because He is always victorious. He is good to those who seek Him and also to those who don’t seek Him. Those who seek Him reach through different means; to those who don’t seek He Himself goes to conquer them to His side.

oorAn kuDandai uttaman oru kAl iru kAl silai vaLaiya
tEra arakkar tEr veLLam seTTrAn vaTTra varu punal soozh |
pErAn pErAyiram uDaiyAn pirangu sirai vaNDu araihinra
tArAn tArA vayal soozhnda sALagrAmam aDai nenjE || Four ||

BagavAn resides in divya dESas called tiruooraham, tirukuDandai, tiruppErai and tirusALagrAma. He is the one who took Sree rAma avatAra to crush the army of rAvaNa. He is the puruSOttama having thousand names. He resides in tiruppErai where the perennial kAvEri flows.

aDuttArttu ezhundAL pilavAi viTTu alara avaL mookku ayil vALAl
viDuttAn viLangu suDarAzhi viNNOr perumAn naNNAr mun |
kaDuttArttu ezhunda perumazhaiyai kallonrEndi inanirai kAttu
taDuttAn taDanjoozhndu azhahAya sALagrAmam aDai nenjE || Five ||

BagavAn in Sree rAma avatAra cut off the nose and ears of SoorpaNaka who voluntarily came to Him attracted by His handsome looks. In fact it was lakShmaNa who did the act but all the AzhwArs sing as if it is rAma’s act since lakShmaNa always acted in accordance with rAma’s thought alone. SoorpaNaka opened her cave-like mouth and shouted in pain. BagavAn always holds Ayudhas in His hands to protect His Baktas at any time like He protected the cattle from the onslaught of rain by holding the mountain like an umbrella.

tAyAi vanda pEiyuyirum tayirum vizhudum uDan uNDa
vAyAn tooya vari urivir kuraLAi senru mAvaliyai |
EyAn irappa moovaDi maN inrE tA enru ulahEzhum
tAyAn kAyA malar vaNNan sALagrAmam aDai nenjE || Six ||

emberumAn simultaneously drank pootana’s milk, her life, curd, butter. He begged three feet of land from mahAbali for the sake of indra and measured all the worlds at the same time. He resides in sALagrAma.

EnOr anja venjamattuL ariyAi pariya iraNiyanai
oonAr ahalam piLaveDutta oruvan tAnE iru suDarAi |
vAnAi teeyAi mArudamAi malaiyAi alaineer ulahanaittum
tAnAi tAnu mAnAn tan sALagrAmam aDai nenjE || Seven ||

BagavAn is the antaryAmi for the sun, the moon and the panchaBootas – AkASa, vAyu, agni, water and earth. Mountains and the worlds mentioned represent the pruthvi tatva. He is the one who took and extraordinary form of narasimha to kill hiraNya in order to protect His Bakta prahlAda. He has an auspicious divine form that is natural form. He resides in sALagrAma as arcAmoorti.

vendAr enbum suDu neerum meyyir poosi kaiyahattu Or
sandAr talai koNDu ulahEzhum tiriyum periyOn tAn senru en |
endAi sAbam teer enna ilangu amudu neer tirumArbil
tandAn sandAr pozhil soozhnda sALagrAmam aDai nenjE || Eight ||

paramaSiva suffering from the curse pronounced by his father brahma roamed about all the worlds with the kapAla stuck to his hand. No one could cure him of this curse. At last he came to nArAyaNa and begged Him to remove this curse. BagavAn poured amruta from His tirumArbu. That very moment the skull left his hand making Siva paramaSiva again.

toNDAm inamum imaiyOrum tuNai nool mArvin andaNarum
aNDA emakkE aruLAi enru aNaiyum kOyil aruhellAm |
vaNDAr pozhilin pazhanattu vayalin ayalE kayal pAya
taNDAmaraihaL muham malarttum sALagrAmam aDai nenjE || Nine ||

BAgavatas who are intent on kainkarya, the nityasuris, the brAhmaNas wearing yajnOpaveeta (sacred thread) – all of them come to sALagrAma and say “BagavAn! Please bless us”. In this divya dESa there are fresh green forests full of flowering trees where bees come and fertile lands where fish jump on to the lotus buds causing them to bloom.

tArA Arum vayal soozhnda sALagrAmattu aDihaLai
kArAr puravil mangai vEndan kaliyan olisei tamizhmAlai |
ArAr ulahattu arivuDaiyAr amarar nannATTu arasALa
pErAyiramum OduminhaL anri ivaiyE pidaTTruminE || Ten ||

Those who are interested in going to paramapada – those are the people who discriminate between Sareera and Atma, Atma and paramAtma, nitya and anitya etc – should chant the thousand names of BagavAn. Or they can read these pASuras of tirumangai AzhwAr - which are sung about emberumAn residing in sALagrAma – properly or improperly to reach the same paramapada.