kongkalarndha

Periya Thirumozhi

(thiru-vEngadam 1)

kongalarnda malar kurundam
oSitta kOvalan embirAn
Sangu tangu taDangaDal tuyil
koNDa tAmarai kaNNinan |
pongu puLLinai vAi piLanda
purANar tammiDam ponguneer
Sengayal tiLaikkum sunai, tiru
vEngaDam aDai nenjamE ||

Sreeman nArAyaNa who is called purANa puruSha, puNDarikAkSha, g OpAlakriShNa resides in tirumala which has abundant springs and lakes where red fish live happily. He is kaNNapirAn who killed bakAsura and broke the kurunda tree. He is our swami. Oh! mind! go and seek Him in tirumala.

paLLiyAvadu pArkaDal arangam
irangavan pEi mulai
piLLaiyAi uyiruNDa endai
pirAnavan peruhum iDam |
veLLiyAn kariyAn maNi nira
vaNNan enreNNi nADorum
teLLiyAr vaNangum malai, tiru
vEngaDam aDai nenjamE ||

BagavAn takes different avatAra in different yugas. His form and colour too being different in those yugas. He is white is krita yuga, dark in kali yuga, blue in dwApara yuga and so on. He who drank the milk from the poisoned breasts of pootana along with her life grew up in tirupArkaDal and tiruvEngaDam. He is worshiped as viBava moorti, vyooha moorti and archa moorti by jnAnis. They prefer to worship Him in tiruvEngaDam other than in paramapada.

ninra mA marudu iTTru veezha
naDanda ninmalan nEmiyAn
enrum vAnavar kai tozhum iNai
tAmarai aDi embirAn |
kanri mAri pozhindiDa kaDidu
Aniraikku iDar neekkuvAn
Senru kunram eDuttavan tiru
vEngaDam aDai nenjamE ||

BagavAn who is pure (ninmalan) and holds chakrAyudha in His hand learnt walking by felling the maruda trees, who is always worshipped by nityasooris; who protected the herds of cattle when indra out of anger poured heavy rains-by lifting the gOvardhana mountain as an umbrella- resides in tirumalai standing thou for His Baktas to come and see Him.

pArtarkkAi anru bAradam kai Sei
diTTu venra paranjuDar
kOttangAyar tam pADiyil kuravai
piNainda em kOvalan |
EttuvAr tam manattuLLAn iDa
vendai mEviya embirAn
teertaneer taDanjOlai Soozh tiru
vEngaDam aDai nenjamE ||

Not only was He arjuna’s charioteer (pArta sArati) in BArata war but also made him victorious. He is gOpAla who played rAsakreeDa with the gOpis. He resides in the hearts of thou jnAnis who worship Him at tirumala. He resides in tirumala which is a beautiful divya dESa with forests and lakes. AzhwAr asks his mind to go and worship Him there. He is also seen in tiruviDavendai (another divya dESa)

vaN kaiyAn avuNarku nAyakan
vELviyil Senru mANiyAi
maNkaiyal irandAn marAmaram
Ezhum eida valattinAn |
eN kaiyAn imayattuLLAn irum
SOlai mEviya embirAn
tiNkaimA tuyar teertavan tiru
vEngaDam aDai nenjamE ||

As vAmana brahmachAri He went to mahAbali’s yAga SAla and begged three feet of land. Sree rAma, the powerful warrior pierced the huge seven sAla trees in order to infuse confidence in sugreeva. He is in archa form with eight arms in tiruppErai in himAlayas, in tirumAlirumSOlai as sundararAjan. He is the one who saved gajEndra from the clutches of crocodile. He is the one who is here in tiruvEngaDam waiting for the Baktas to come.

eN tiSaigaLum Ezhulagum
vAngi pon vayiTTril peidu
paNDOrAliai paLLi koNDavan
pAn madikku iDar teerttavan |
oNtiral avuNan urattu uhir
vaittavan oLLeyiTTroDu
tiN tiral ariyAyavan tiru
vEngaDam aDai nenjamE ||

BagavAn- who kept all the worlds, mountains, seas etc. in His tiruvayiru (stomach) in order to protect the created jeevas without any discrimination; who lies on a small banyan leaf after the praLaya as a small child; who removed the duhKa of the moon god; who split opened the chest of the rAkShasa king hiraNya; wlho took narasimha avatAra with sharp teeth and nails- resides in tiruvEngaDam.

pAru neer eri kATTrinODu
AkASamum ivai AyinAn
pErum Ayiram pESa ninra
pirappili peruhum iDam |
kArum vAr pani neeL viSumbiDAi
SOrum mA muhil tOitara
SErum vAr pozhil Soozh ezhil tiru
vEngaDam aDai nenjamE ||

emberumAn is Himself the pancha Bootas—sky, air, fire, water, and earth. He has thousand names (thousand refers to infinite). He is not born by karma but by free will He resides in tiruvEngaDam which is beautiful with plenty of forests and where rain and dew pour down making the place cool and pleasant.

ambaram anal kAl nilam Salam
Ahi ninra amarar kOn
vambulA malar mEl mali maDa
mangai tan kozhunan avan |
kombinanna iDai maDakkura
mAdar neeL idaNandorum
Sembunam avai kAval koL tiru
vEngaDam aDai nenjamE ||

emberumAn is—the consort of periya pirATTi; the very pancha Bootas like sky, air, fire, water and earth; He resides in tiruvEngaDam where tribal women having slender creeper like waists sit on the tent house of tree tops and keep guard over the fertile fields driving the birds away that come to eat the cobs and corns.

pESum in tirunAmam eTTezhuttum
Solli ninru pinnarum
pESuvAr tammai yuyya vAngi
pirapparukkum pirAniDam |
vASamAmalar nAru vAr pozhil
Soozhtarum ulahukkelAm
tESamAi tihazhum malai tiru
vEngaDam aDai nenjamE ||

He does ‘anugraha’ to those who chant His thousand names and meditate in the meaning of each. Since each of them explains His guNas and chESTitas. The result of such meditation is that there is no rebirth in this samsAra again. He resides in tirumala which is the tilaka of all the divya dESas and which is beautiful with forests of fragrant trees.

Sengayal tiLaikkum Sunai tiru
vEngaDattu urai Selvanai
mangaiyar talaivan kali kanri
vaNDamizh Senjol mAlaihal |
Sengai inri tarittu uraikka
vallArhaL tanjamadAhavE
vanga mA kaDal vaiyam kAvalar
Ahi vAnulahALvarE ||

tirumangai AzhwAr has sung these ten pASuras on the perumAL of tiruvEngaDam whcich is beautiful with streams and lotus where red fish play. To obtain the fruit of action complete trust alone is the prime requisite. Hence here AzhwAr says ‘Sangai inri tarittu uraikka vallAr’. Such persons they meditate on the BAva of these pASuras will certainly become rulers of this earth while living and seek paramapada after leaving this world.