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PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi 4.3- naal vEdhak kadal amudhu--

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Madhavakkannan V • April 26, 2003 


SrI:
SrImathe Ramanujaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,
Let us continue to enjoy PeriyAzhwAr pAsurams: Do not miss the last one in 
this 11 pAsurams.. An excellent anubhavam by Acharyas on this great pAsuram!

Last set of pAsurams (4.2), AzhwAr enjoyed the Divya Desam 
ThirumaalirunchOlai along with the Lord Sriya: Pathi Azhagar and now he 
realizes that the Lord has not left his mind at all still. As NammAzhwAr 
says: ThirumaalirunchOlai enREn – ennath Thirumaal vandhu en nenju niRaiyap 
pugundhaanÂ… [I just uttered ThirumaalirunchOlai; Upon that utterance, 
Thirumaal (Sriya: Pathi) immediately entered into my heart fully..], AzhwAr 
also now enjoys the Lord Azhagar of ThirumalirunchOlai again. He is 
Sundarabaahu- beautiful strong shouldered Lord which can destroy the 
enemies; hug His Gopika devotees; and thus AzhWar enjoys KaNNan and Raman 
and then other avatars in  Azhagar(n) of ThirumalirunchOlai in this ten. Let 
us enjoy AzhwArÂ’s enjoyment.

{I have not reproduced the transliteration of pAsurams- in case someone is 
interested, please visit http://ramanuja.org/sv/prabandham/texts/periaz4.txt 
and read.

1. When the most beautiful RukmiNi PiraaTTi (UruppiNi), who has all 
auspicious attributes desired to marry KaNNan, in order not to let KaNNan 
take her along with Him, Rukmi (her brother) chased KaNNanÂ’s chariot and was 
conquered effortlessly by KaNNan. Thus the Lord who remained victorious, 
stays at this divya desam of ThirumalirunchOlai (as mentioned earlier- 
adhE..) This malai (mountain) has tall trees gorwn in between that can be 
seen even from afar and these “konRai” trees appear to be giving golden 
coins and rings to the world in the form of tender leaves [in golden colour] 
in the branches of trees turning towards us.. Such most wonderful place is 
this ThirumalirunchOlai.

Thus, when RukmiNi is with KaNNan in this divya Desam, even the mountain 
(where they reside) can grant such golden coins and rings to the residents 
and seers. The same ThirumalirunchOlai (adhu) that was mentioned in last ten 
is now narrated even in grander fashion is AzhwAr ThiruvuLLam.

2. Kamsa- KaaLingan- Kuvalayaapeetam- YamaLaarjuna (marudhu trees)- 
ArishtAsura (yerudhu- bulls) were all destroyed by Lord Sriya: Pathi who 
grew up in Ayarpaadi- the Blue Hued KaNNan- maNivaNNan. He resides in this 
place ThirumalirunchOlai mountain where the poisonous snakes thinking that 
the moon is its food appear to touch the same with its tongue.

The place is so grand and the mountain so tall.


3. The stable asurA- NaraskAsuran- one who thought he is eternally 
undefeatable- was conquered and cut by His divine chakrA by the blue hued 
maNi vaNNan KaNNan who released and wedded the virgins who were imprisoned 
by the asurA - Such grandest Lord resides in the place- Mountain 
ThirumalirunchOlai- where trees of different kinds grow in rows with full of 
flowers like a garland on the golden mountain around the whole Divya Desam.

4. The peerless and unparalleled Youthful KaNNan- who removed all hurdles of 
Ushai- [the daughter of BANAsura- the eldest son of MahAbhali] resides in 
this Divya Desam – ThirumalirunchOlai mountain on his own accord. The gypsy 
ladies sing in praise of the cowherd Boy KaNNan in KuRinji raag and dance 
happily in this mountain.

Ushai informs her friend Chithra lekhA about her dream with Aniruddhan 
(KaNNanÂ’s grandson) and from the drawings of ChithralEkhA she identifies 
Aniruddhan. ChithralEkhA also spots who is the dream man of Ushai with her 
yogic powers and brings him to Ushai. Seeing them united, her (UShaiÂ’s) 
father BANAsura gets angry and imprisons Aniruddhan. Narada informs this to 
KaNNan and Youthful strongest bull like KaNNan conquers him in the battle 
with the asurA (who had called Agni, Vinayaka, Subramanya and Rudran to his 
support) and cuts his 1000 shoulders after chasing the supporters away in 
the battle effortlessly.  Later BANAsura agreed for the wedding.

The Grand father saves the grandson during his wedding and hence the grand 
pa is Yuvaa- Youthful- thani kaaLai

5. In numerous abusive language and words were uttered by SisupAlan and 
finally he was stopped by KaNNan – Sarva nEthramanOharan and this azhagan 
resides beautifully in this Divya Desam ThirumalirunchOlai mountain and this 
mountain is the most appropriate place to reside for everyone; a wonderful 
mountain with cool, chill climate; and its is the most victorious mountain 
and fertile as well.

6. KaNNan, The Lord who removed the sorrow of Draupadi, the spouse of Pancha 
Paandavas, and made the spouses of DhuryOdhanas otherwise (widows); - this 
Swamy resides in Divya Desam of ThirumalirunchOlai where the groups of bees 
flock together singing in praise of KaNNan, drinking honey from flowers in 
fertile gardens and ponds.

Paanchaali (Draupadi) itself is enough. AzhwAr refers her as PaandavasÂ’ 
Panchali- meaning with the five strong Pandavas- still she was troubled by 
DuryOdhanas in the assembly (when the Pandavas lost her in Gambling- 
Soodhaattam). In front of the elders, they disrobed her. Helpless Draupadi 
cried and shouted for help praying to KaNNan with hear arms raised above her 
head: [when everyone kept silent]: hA KrishNA! dwArakA vaasaa! kvAsi yAdhava 
nandhana! imAmavasthathAm samprAptthAm anAthAm kimupEkshasE! – KaNNan melted 
at her prayers and showered her with clothingÂ… and ensued that the spouses 
of those 100 Gauravas become widows in the battlefield for the harm done to 
His devotee Draupadi.

7. In order to save and retrieve PiraaTTi from lankA; This Lord (in the 
battle field) made the huge eagles climb on to the bodies of Raakshasas of 
lankA- such strong shouldered Lord- our Rama (em Raman) resides permanently 
in this Divya Desam of ThirumalirunchOlai – where people come in groups of 
families and take bath in the holy river water that flow therein. Such a 
beautiful divine place is ThirumalirunchOlai.

8. This Lord who had sent the fiery arrow to the king of lankA (RaavaNan) 
from His divine Bow and crushed his words (uttered earlier thereby that He 
(Ravanan) will kill Rama even if he is able to come crossing the ocean – 
which itself is impossible to achieve). This RaajathiRajan- Rama resides in 
ThirumalirunchOlai mountain where Devas along with their DEvEndran and Sun, 
the moon and Fire (agni) come surrounding the same (for paying their 
obeisance to the Lord).

9. The Lord who picked and saved the bhUmi [from troubled waters]; who 
lifted the earth; who measured the worlds; who swallowed the worlds;- and 
brought them again back after Cosmic dissolution- Like that He plays with 
the worlds in different ways. Thus this blemishless Lord (Nimalan; Vimalan) 
resides in this mountain ThirumalirunchOlai- and this river from this 
mountain [by name silambARu] gathers gem stones and other precious materials 
as an offering to this Lord Azhagar of this Divya Desam

10. Spreading thousands of shoulders, with thousands of heads with its head 
shining with the lustre- reclining on the 1000- headed AdhisEsha serving the 
Lord as bed – the Lord shows Himself so divinely charming; and this Lord 
resides in this mountain of ThirumaalirunchOlai which is full of thousands 
of fertile, beautiful charming gardens full of flowers; of thousands of very 
many rivers, streams, ponds and fountains.

Except for the thousand heads, all other thousands in this PAsuram refer to 
many.. not necessarily thousandsÂ… Thus, for the huge beautiful Divine Body 
of the Lord, AdisEsha takes such huge form to serve Him. Perhaps, thatÂ’s why 
Adhisesha is called Ananthan- endless.. Thus, with sahasraseersha purushan- 
showing himself at ThirumalirunchOlai which is also with many 1000s- thus as 
a personification of the Lord Himself. (Refer Thiruvaymozhi 8.10.8- naaLum 
vaaykka nangatku naLineerk kadalaip padaitthu padar pookaRpagakkaavum .. 
maNi malaipOl kidanthaan.. He reclines like the mountain. Thus 
ThirumalirunchOlai  itself is He..

11. This ThirumalirunchOlai Divya Desam- the Lord who has this divine place 
as the residence – the huge mountain which houses the divinely beautiful 
mountain (the Lord); the One who has eight forms; the one who is the nectar 
that emerged out of the ocean of vast four Vedas; the most compassionate one 
- who is like the ever granting grand celestial kaRpaka mountain; the 
Azhagan at ThirumalirunchOlai - who is grander than the one in Nithya 
vibhUthi- which is beyond the essence of all Vedanta. About this Azhagar at 
ThirumalirunchOlai- Sri VishNuchitthar elaborated in the above ten PAsurams 
[the reciters of which will be blessed to see and enjoy KaNNanÂ’s lotus feet 
for sure.]

The phalasruthi though does not talk about KaNNan lotus feet- AzhwAr just 
ends saying elaborated (viritthanavE..) thus combining with the previous 
decad (4.2) GIVES THIS meaning.

Malaiyaiudaiya malai- The mountain that houses the mountain; or the mountain 
which is the support for even the mountains (AdhAra AdhEyam);

naalirumUrthy- Thus at ThirumalirunchOlai there are eight (or six) number of 
deities- perhaps. OR The One who has six vasthus as sareeram as mentioned by 
Alavandhar in “prakarithi purusha kaala vyaktha mukthA yadhicchA 
manuviddhathi ninthyam nithyasiddhair anEkai: OR it may mean that he is the 
one who has prakrithi, kaalam, nithyavibhUthi, dharmabhUtha jnAnam, and 
baddha jeevathmas and non baddha jeevathmas as sarira.

It can also be interpreted as: Deva, animals, plants, humans.. muktha, 
nithya mUrthy..
Or AshtAkshara mUrthy..
Or.. Sankarshana pradhyumna, Aniruddha, Vasudeva..
Or Rama lakshmana bharatha chathrugnan..
Or the Lord of ThirumalirunchOlai who has Para vyUha, vibhava haardha rUpa.. 
also.. and Vasudeva, Prayadhyumna.. four forms..
OR it may mean: Sathya, jnAna, anantha, amalathva.. jagathkaaraNathva, 
mOkshapradhathva, muktha prApyathva and Sriya: Pathithvam Â…
OR it may also mean: Krishna, Rama, Adhivarahan and Ananthasayanan..

Naal vedak kadal amudhu- The Lord as Sabda mayan.. The One who is the 
essence and object of four Vedas.. He is the nectar of all four Vedas.. naal 
vedak kadal amudhuÂ… The meaning of BrahmasUthra is Brahmmam Himself. Thus 
the nectar of Vedas is He.. When the ocean of four veads is churned, He was 
there everywhere in all the ocean of four Vedas. He is Sarva Veda 
prathipAdhyan. He is the PradhAnan in those four Vedas- thus, the nectar and 
essence of the sameÂ… When you churn the Vedas, you get Him.. When you 
analyze the Vedas, you see Him..

Malaiyai udaiya malai- Thus, this mountain Lord- the four forms – the nectar 
of four Vedas- the kaRpaka tree- the essence of Vedantha- the lamp (jYothis) 
of Azhagar- is elaborated by Sri Vishnu chitthan. Thus, SaasthrayOnithvaath, 
Parama purushaarttham, the chEthana, achethana sakala vishEshanam, Vedantha 
were all briefly touched by AzhwAr with an end note saying – such a jYothi 
(viLakku) of Vedanta is here at ThirumalirunchOlai.. ThatÂ’s why NammAzhwAr 
says: ThirumalirunchOlai enREn.. [I just uttered ThirumalirunchOlai name.. ] 
enna, Thirumaal en nenju niRaiyap pugundhaan.. [Uttering that, Sriya: Pathi, 
entered into my heart in His entirety fully and completely.

PeriyAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan

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