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[SriParakalaMatham] RathnAngi Kaimkaryam : Part VI : Kaliyan's Paasurams: 3.1.4

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Sadagopan • February 21, 2003 


SrI:

Dear  BhakthAs:

Today we will study the Fourth Paasuram
of Thirumangai Mannan on Lord DhaivanAyakan of
ThiruvahIndhrapuram ( Periya Thirumozhi: 3.1.4):

mARu koNDu udanRu yethirntha val avuNan tann maarvu aham iru piLavA 
kooRu koNDu avan kula mahaRkku aruL kodutthavan idam , midainthu
sARu koNDa menkarumpu iLam tazhai tadai visumbu uRa maNi nizhal
sERu koNDa taNN pazhanamathu yezhil thihazh ThiruvayeendrapuramE 

First Line of the Paasuram
***************************
NarasimhAvathAram, the destruction of HiraNyan ,
Anugraham to His Bhakthan as PrahlAdha Varadhan are 
covered by  Kaliyan in the first and second lines of this 
Paasuram in addition to the celebration of the natural
beauty of this dhivya desam in the last two lines.

After performing MangaLAsAsanam to the Lord of Thiruayindhai
as "Dhaiva Naayakan" or the Supreme Lord of the DevAs in
the previous paasuram , Kaliyan acknowledges that the Lord 
is not limited to being just the Master (Naayakan) of the DevAs 
but He is also the Lord of all BhagavathAs (their Swamy and 
Rakshakan).Now , let us focus on the individual words chosen 
by Kaliyan:

"MaaRu Kondu" : HiraNyan had long standing enimity to the Lord 
starting from the day , when his brother HiraNyAkshan 
was killed by the Lord during VarAhAvathAram. HiraNyan's 
Son , PrahlAdhan's utter devotion to the Lord added more 
fuel to the fire of hatred that HiraNyan had. This long 
lasting hatred of HiraNyan towards the Lord is referred to 
by Kaliyan with the words " MaaRu koNDU ".

"UdanRu":To show that a trusting BhaagavathA's words 
can not but be true , The Lord appeared in the form of 
the Adhbhutha  Kesari and jumped out of the pillar 
in the sabhaa of the offending HiraNyan .With the choice
of the word , " UdanRU" , Kaliyan paints the picture of 
the ferocious Lord at the moment of His avathAram .

"Yethirntha vall avuNan tann Maarbhagam": Once the stupefied 
HiraNyan recognized that his nemesis was standing 
in front of him in a terrorizing form and was ready 
to chase him down for a battle , HiraNyan remembered 
the power of the boons that he had recieved from 
Brahma and moved with determination towards the Lord 
to fight Him. Our Lord was faster and got hold of 
the Asuran effortlessly , placed him on His lap 
and checked to see whether by chance the Asuran had 
even an iota of devotion in his heart for Him. 

"Maarvu akam iru piLavA ": When the Lord found that 
there was not a trace of Bhakthi for Him in that 
wretched heart of HiraNyan , He tore that chest 
containing the heart of HiraNyan in to two parts 
and killed HiraNyan right away.

Second line of the Paasuram 
****************************  
" (Maarvu akam iru piLavA) KooRu koNdu avan kula
mahaRkku aruL kodutthavan idam": As Ugra-JwAlA Narasimhan ,
the Lord was radiant with the flames of anger and tore
apart the asuran. Next His mercy laden eyes fell on
Bhaktha PrahlAdhan standing as the witness to the adhbhutham
performed by Him . The Lord showered His limitless grace on
this child  Bhaagavathan and gave the promise to PrahlAdhan
that He will not kill any one in his kulam in the future. 
This way , MahA Bali , one of the descendants of PrahlAdhan
(Kula Mahan) was spared his life during the ThrivikramAvathAram .
Kaliyan remebers that Thiruvayeendhrapuram is the dhivya
dEsam associated with the incidents of NrusimhAvathAram .  

Third Line of the Paasuram
***************************
In this line of the Paasuram , Kaliyan sees the abundant
growth of Sugar Cane crops all around this dhivya dEsam. 
These stalks of Sugar cane have grown tall and are hitting
the sky and are bent downwards.

The tender , sugar canes are full of sweet juice ( sARu koNDa
Mel Karumbhu). This assembly of youthful sugar cane  is sky
high , hit that ceiling and are bent downwards ( mel karumbhu
iLam kazhai tadai visumpu uRa ). The canopy of these interlocked
sugar cane leaves prevent the Sun's rays from entering the earth
and cause extensive regions of shade (tadai visumpu uRa maNi
nizhal). 

Fourth Line of the Paasuram
****************************
" sERu konDa taNN pazhanam athu yezhil thihazh
ThiruvayeendhrapuramE": Since the shade (nizhal)
caused by the towering leaves of Cane  sugar plants 
free the earth from the Sun's rays, the fields (pazhanam)
are moist with abundant water (sERu KoNdavai). Kaliyan says 
here that ThiruvahIndhrapuram is characterized by such 
wet Sugar Cane crop producing fields full of fertility .
    
SrI HemAbja Naayaki SamEtha SrI Achyutha Para BrahmaNE nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan





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