Periya Thirumozhi
(thiruvEngkadam 3)
kaNNAr kaDal Soozh ilangaikku iraivan tantiNNAham piLakka Sarm Sala uittAi |
viNNOr tozhum vEngaDa mA malai mEya
aNNA, aDiyEn iDarai kaLaiyAyE ||
aNNa! You killed rAvaNa, the powerful rAkShasa king who ruled lankApuri with Your arrows. You removed the duhKa of dEvas like brahma, rudra and others. They all come to tirumalai to worship You. Oh! BagavAn! You should remove my duhKa too!
ilangai padikku anru iraiyAya arakkar
kulam keTTu avar mALa kODippuL tirittAi |
vilangal kuDumi tiruvEngaDam mEya
alangal tuLaba muDiyAi aruLAyE ||
Like the anthill is always an abode of venomous creatures, so too lankApuri was always an abode of wicked kings like mAli and others.
Once mAli chased away garuDa hitting him with a mace. BagavAn got terribly angry at him and killed him with garuDa as His vAhana. This episode is found in the uttara kANDa of Sree rAmAyaNA.’
He wears tuzhasi mAla only to show His readiness to help the Baktas. AzhwAr says—‘You reside in tirumala whose peaks make the sun and the moon to detour. I implore You to help me’.
neerAr kaDalum nilanum muzhuduNDu
ErAlam iLam taLirmEl tuyilendAi |
SeerAr tiruvEngaDa mA malai mEya
ArA amudE aDiyErku aruLAyE ||
BagavAn! You are mercy incarnation. You swallow all the worlds, oceans etc. when praLaya comes in order to protect these from being swallowed by water. You reside in tirumalai because of the compassion You have towards the samsAris like me in order to enable them to come and worship You. You are sweet like nectar. You should save me!
uNDAi urimEl naru neiyyamudAha
koNDAi kuraLAi nilam eeraDiyAlE |
viN tOi Sikara tiruvEngaDa mA malai mEya
aNDA aDiyEnukku aruL puriyAyE ||
Oh! swAmi! You reside in tirumala—whose peaks touch the paramapada—taking it as Your permanent abode. Your paratva is revealed by Your act of measuring the worlds with just two steps begging them from mahAbali. Your soulaBya is revealed by Your act of staling the butter, ghee etc kept high in a ‘uri’ by Aichchis out of reach of You. aNDA! You should bless me with Your unbound mercy!
tooNAi adanooDu ariyAi vandu tOnri
pENA avuNan uDalam piLandiTTAi |
SENAr tiruvEngaDa mA malai mEya
kOL nAhaNaiyAi kurikkoL enai neeyE ||
You took narasimha avatAra coming from an ordinary pillar. You tore the powerful chest of hiraNya with great anger as he was torturing Your Bakta. You reside in the great tirumala in order to bless Your Baktas and listen to their pleadings. You lie on tiruanandAzhwAn to give ‘darSana’ to dEvas who want to see You. You are angry at Your dAsa’s enemies and kind to Your dAsas.
mannA immaniSa piraviyai neekki
tannAkki tannin aruL Seyyum talaivan |
minnAr muhil SEr tiruvEngaDam mEya
ennAnai ennappan en nenjiluLAnE ||
AzhwAr says—ennAnai! ennappA! You should remove my human births and take me into You. You who reside in tirumala reside in my heart too! How wonderful!
In the past pAsuras AzhwAr was pleading ‘aDiyEn iDarai kaLaiyAyE’ ‘aDiyErkku aruLAyE’ ‘aDiyEnukku aruL puriyAyE’ ‘kurikkoL enni neeyE’ and so on. BagavAn took compassion on him and says ‘AzhwAr! I am always in search of a Bakta, You have come to seek my tiruvaDi shall I ever leave You?’ So saying He enters AzhwAr’s heart to reside there.
mAnEi maDa nOkki tirattu edir vanda
AnEzh viDai SeTTra aNivaraittOLA |
tEnE tiruvEngaDa mA malai mEya
kOnE en manam kuDi koNDirundAyE ||
Oh! aNivaraittOLA! Oh! tEnE! Oh! tiruvEngaDarkOnE! You are ready to do anything for Your near and dear. You playfully killed the seven powerful bulls for nappinnai pirATTi’s sake; You reside in tirumala for Your Bakta’s sake; You reside in my heart for my sake!
SEyan aNiyan en SindaiyuL ninra
mAyan maNivAL oLi veN taraLangaL |
vEi viNDudir vEngaDa mA malai mEya
Ayan aDiyalladu maTTru ariyEnE ||
He is very far to those who don’t believe Him and only close to those who believe Him, trust Him and worship Him. This is very evident as in the case of duryOdana and arjuna. He is a ‘mAyan’—does astonishing actions which are unimaginable. Hence He has come to reside in my heart who is a very poor Bakta. Now I feel I don’t know anyone, don’t care to know anything other than Him.
vandAi enmanam puhundAi manni ninrAi
nandAda kozhunjuDarE engaL nambee |
SindAmaNiyE tiruvEngaDam mEya
endAi ini yAnunnai enrum viDEnE ||
Oh! You are ever shining highly effulgent poorNa! You are a chintAmaNi a wish fulfilling gem! You reside in tirumala but prefer to come and stay in my mind! How fortunate I am! I shall never let You go out of my mind.
AzhwAr is very much astonished at His act of coming and entering his mind. There are three separate sentences—
You have come- vandAi
You have entered my mind—en manam puhundAi
You like to stay there for ever—manni ninrAi
Instead of one single sentence.
vandAi—You have come leaving Your excellent abode of paramapada and tiruppAkaDal
en manam puhundAi—You searched for a place to stay and found mine. Why did You choose mine when there are highly efficient yogis and highly erudite jnAnis and highly loving Baktas.
manni ninrAi—Even though my mind is not pure and suitable for Your living, You like to stay there for ever! What a love You have for me. (a mean fellow as I am).
kozhunjuDarE—Even when You stay in my polluted mind, Your effulgence never wanes.
chintAmaNi—A divine gem which is like kapaga tree is wish-fulfilling.
villAr mali vEngaDa mA malai mEya
mallAr tiraL tOL maNivaNNn ammAnai |
kallAr traLtOL kaliyan Sonna mAlai
vallAr avar vAnavarAhuvar tAmE ||
In tirumala emberumAn resides. There are hunters in the mountain who roam about with their bows and arrows keeping watch over Him against any enemies. They are like peiyAzhwAr who sang ‘pallANDu pallANDu’ for BagavAn out of motherly affection and concern for His safety. In Sree rAmAyaNa guNapperumAn kept watch over the divine pair rAma and seeta out of love for them and concern for their safety. Those who read these pASuras sung by tirumangai AzhwAr will certainly reach paramapada and become one of the nitya sooris.
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