Swamy Desikan’s

Thiruchinnamaalai

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org 2 Bhagavadh RaamAnujaSiddhAntham. VaishNava Guruanddefender ofthe rolehe prepare VenkatanAthanforthegreat hencehis Heinstructed ownwish. out his as hisowndirectdisciple.AmmALhowever KalakshEpam atthetemple.Itwasdesi when hesawlatterasachildaccompanyi Varada NadAthur AmmALrecognizedthe ANUGRAHAM OFAGREATBHAKTHA OFVARADARAJA Vaatsalya VaradAchAr,theauth and exclaimed,“YenAmmAvO”.Thename temperature totheLordduringHisevenin show and vaatsalyam(affection),theAcharyA great AcharyarecognizedbySriVaradarA (Sri blessed bythegreatNadAthurAmmAL involved withtheworshipofSriVaradarAja closetoKanchiVaradarA which isvery Swami DesikanwasbornasVenkatanAtha OFTHIRUCCHINNAORIGIN MAALAI avathAram ofthisPrabhandham. consisting of11Paasurams.Priortocove There arethreeTaniyans (Benedictory/L TIRUCCHINNAMAALAI ïImt திசின்னமாைல e ingmaNtmhad ïImt or ofPrapannaPaarijAtha Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAntham. Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAntham. e raman . ïI>. 3

ng his maternal uncle, Sri ApuLLAr to his hismaternaluncle,SriApuLLArto ng ring them,letusenjo jan’s temple. Swami’s family was deeply jan’s temple.Swami’sfamilywasdeeply

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Thirucchinnam isused now, onlyone service rendered toestblishthesupermacy be presented toSwam uthsavams should ArchakAsthaton Lord orderedthroughthe Lord VaradarAjAwasverypleasedwiththe LORD VARADARAJA' SREWARD FORSWAMI DESIKAN during Hisuthsavams. appropriate tohaveDivyaPrabhandhaGhos andagre The protestorsweredumbfounded andrelatedthemto VedAs andUpanishads AzhwArs' divyaprabhandha inthedebate.Heprov handily ThiruppANAzhwAr. SwamiDesikanvolunteere composed MunivAhanaBhogamearlie Swami Desikan'sreverencefortheSriSook SWAMI DESIKAN'SDEFENSE did nothavethesamelevelofsa them werenotbornasBrahminsandaver objected tothenon-sacrednessofcomp VaradarAjAdur AzhwArs infrontofLord centeredaroundtheappropriaten The dispute Thiruvaheendrapuram andSriran At onetimeafterSwamiDesikan’s KANCHI DIVYA AT ON DISPUTE PRABHANDHAM intheUthsavamsof purpose naadham generatedbythepairofThir thoseuthsavams, Sri VaradarAjan.During Swami DesikanspenthisyouthatThoopul THIRUCCHINNAM UTHSAVAMS OF VARADARAJA ANDTHEUSEOF his progression through the routes of the routes through his progression and fortheUthsavam PurappAdu LordVaradarAjA’s toannounce used mangaLa vaadhyam ms andquotedchapter ed that the Vedic doctrines ed thattheVedicdoctrines theLordofKaanchi. credness as that ofSanskritVedaas. credness asthat gam, he was pained to witness a dispute at Kanchi. hewaspainedtowitnessadisputeatKanchi. gam, travelassignedfortheuthsavam. during LordVaradarAjA's uthsavams. during 4 OF DIVYA PRABHANDHAMS i Desikan asSammAnam(Reward forthe ucchinnams, whichservedanimportant ing His uthsavams. The protestinggroup Hisuthsavams. ing red furtherthattheTamilprabhandhams manyuthsavamsof /Kanchi andattended Swami Desikan was thrilled to hear the SwamiDesikanwasthrilledtohearthe skill and devotion of Swami Desikan.The skill anddevotionofSwami e ofthetwoThirucch of Tamil VedAs. From that day on until of TamilVedAs.Fromthatdayonuntil this of AzhwArs was profound. He had wasprofound. He this ofAzhwArs ositions ofAzhwArssinceanumber ed with Swami Desikan that it was very Desikanthatitwasvery ed withSwami thearuLiccheyalgaLsofAzhwArs. r tocelebratethe greatnessof htis leading Sri VaradarAjan's bhavani SriVaradarAjan'sbhavani htis leading ess ofrecitingDivyaPrabhandham d todebatetheprotestorsandwon return toKaanchipuramfrom Thirucchinnam is a ceremonial isaceremonial Thirucchinnam are thecentraltopicof verse fromtheSanskrit

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Tamil prabhandham called “Thirucchinna Maalai”. called“Thirucchinna Tamil prabhandham blesse withthese Naadham ofThirucchinnam charama Slokam. who istheobjectof of theLord, sanchAram this life (SiRRinbham). this life(SiRRinbham). exceedsthatofthei VaradarAja (pErinbham) canbeenjoyedonly of ThisPrabhandham Upades the saaramofAchArya verse isageneral salutation tothe Vaibha Sri SookthisoftheAzhwArs. composition atthelotusfeetofLord himwithoneofthe twosacr honoring Lord, theVedaPrathipaadhyan the typeofHeccharikaitoalertVara Lord, whoistheobjectofcelebration by symbolized. VaradarAjA,hewa Raja VeedhisofLord thenaadhamofThirucchi Desikan heard themajestyandsacrednessof help admire Thirucchinna of hearsthesound When one DHVANITHE OFTHIRUCCHINNAM VISESHAM indeed, Hehasarrived (VandhAr thAmE)”. Thirucchinnam. Thelastlineisacelebr first 7linesannouncethearrivalofLord “VandhAr”. Thelastlineendswithana The first7linesofeach MAALAI DHVANI OFTHIRUCCHINNA VERSES OFTHE VISESHAM and the9thversesdescribe (AshtAksharam). Theseventh verse provides The firstsixversescovertheessential YeNN SeerAsiriyaVirutthamcontaining Desikanhas11 This compositionofSwami THE SUBJECTMATTEROFTHIRUCCHINNA MAALAI That Vaadhyam through its high pitched notes announced the purappaadu and and announcedthepurappaadu notes pitched itshigh That Vaadhyamthrough

The naadhamofThirucchinnamremi the 10 verses of Thirucchinnamaalai end with the word, endwiththeword, the 10versesofThirucchinnamaalai themukhyArthamsof am. Here Swami Desikan poin am. HereSwamiDesikan and toreceiveHisblessings 5 ssertion, “VandhAr thAmE”. Every one of the ssertion, “VandhArthAmE”.Everyoneofthe 8 lines ineachoftheverses. 8lines description of AshtAksharam, Dhvayam and the Dhvayamandthe of AshtAksharam, description meanings (saarArtham) meanings (saarArtham) the AryaVedasandTamilVedAs.Itwas VaradarAja as indicated by the naadham of of thenaadham by VaradarAja asindicated darAja bhakthAstogetreadygreetthe vam ofLordVaradarAjA.The11thverseis ation recognizingalmostwithawe,“Yes ed Thirucchinnams and placed his new ed Thirucchinnamsandplacedhisnew Hasthigiri known for His affection for the affectionfor forHis known Hasthigiri nnam atthevahanamantapamsand nnam d thoughts made Swami Desikan compose a a compose SwamiDesikan made d thoughts s overcomebythat thismangaLavaadhyam.WhenSwami m at the temple uthsavams, one can not onecannot m atthetempleuthsavams, thevisEshArthamofDhvayam.The 8th verses setintheTamil Meter knownas r devotionforthevanishingpleasuresof by those, whose devotion forLord bythose,whosedevotion He thankedLordVaradarAjAfor nded him of the arrival of the thearrivalof nded himof charama Slokam.Thetenth ts outthatthesweetness . The associationof the sound andwhatit sound of Thirumanthiram

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org by with anauraofdivinity Th pasurams. each lines in The wholePrabhandhamisse THE METREOFPRABHANDHAM delectable Prabhandham. ofunin infavor carnaldesires who discard to theVaibhavamofLordVaradarAjan.Th onthequintesse instruct us Thirumanthiram, theseventhcovers The firstsixpaasuramsofthisPra STRUCTURETHE OFTHISPRABHANDHAM mind'seye. rightinfrontofour ghoshams of theVedaandPrabhandha uthsav VaradarAjA's delectable. Itbrings musical effectofreciting orlisteningto orthepunishm devotees protection ofHis GuNA salute oneortheotherofhiskalyANa Each ofthefirst7lines vedaantaachaarya varyome shrImaan.h ve~NkaTanaath COMMENTARY ONINDIVIDUAL SLOKAS ïIman! ve»q nawayR> kivtaikRk kesrI, kesrI, kivtaikRk nawayR> ve»q ïIman! vedaNtacayR vyaReme siÚxÄa< sda ùid. invoking thearrivalofLordVa e endingwith“Vanthaarth nce ofCharamaslOkam.Thete thetenversesdescribeth t inthemetreofYeNNSe the meaningofDhvayamand8 6 ams andHisbhavanitotheaccompaniment sannidhattaaM sadaahR^idi sannidhattaaM terrupted Bhagavath Bhakthi can enjoy this Bhakthicanenjoy terrupted Bhagavath the verses of Thirucchinnamaalai is most the versesofThirucchinnamaalaiismost

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sonna yeNNAnkinporuLum ams of Dhvaya manthram that nourish the chEthanams DhvayamanthramthatnourishthechEthanams ams of gs of the AshtAsharam is saluted as“Mannu issaluted AshtAsharam ofthe gs zh dhuvayatthinporuLum this Prabhandham that the paasurams abound in the thisPrabhandhamthatthepaasuramsaboundin ான்ன எண்ணான்கின்ெபாம் 7 GithA isreverentiallyaddressedas:“Tunnu Charama slOkamwith32aksharamsfound ams: the enduring AshtAksharam, the ams: theenduringAshtAksharam, 32 aksharamsfoundintheLord's irucchinnam of the Lord of Kanchi, city irucchinnam oftheLordKanchi, m is saluted as “Vaazh dhvuyatthin m issalutedas“Vaazhdhvuyatthin /Raaja SanyAsis)initsenvirons.SrI ster described exactly the significance ster describedexactlythesignificance of 32lettersenshrinedinBhagavath

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org வாசகேம எங்க்கு வாழ் கு திெவங்கேடச ேதசிகனாம் ப்ல் மாகாந்தம் ெசய்அம்வள்ளலாய் சாகாந்த உைரெசய் ஏகாந்தம் ன்ம்எழிலால் vaachakamE yengaLukkuVaazhvu Guru ThUppulThiruvEngatEsa DesikanAm maakAntham seythuaruLumvaLlalAi-SaakAntha yEkAntham mUnRumyezhilAluraiseythu TANIYAN 2 "thiruvEnkatESa Guru" "thiruvEnkatESa

8 yengaLukku Vaazhvu). His SrI sookthis aretheonesthatnourishandprotectus His SrIsookthis /NigamAnthaDesikan) Desikan” (VedAntha way,isthe“SaakAntha usthis whoblessed seythu). ThegenerousOne, Prabhandham attractedourmindspowerful (yezhilAl uraiseythu).Thosecommentari SadAchAryan. SwamyDesikanelaborated “EkAntham mUnRu”referstothethreeRa magnet thatattracts theiron. thethreerahasyams forourbe meanings of One, most generousandcompassionate AchA VenkatEsa The SrISookthisofThUppul MEANING: Is thereany one(dEvAs)quali itwithout hesitation: andanswers Paasuram posesaquestion ofa intheform is shaped This paasuram ேதவக்ேக ஒைசயின்இனிைமஉண்ேடாமற்ைற திச்சின்ன மால்வரதர் வாழ்விக்கும் பிறவாமல் மீளப் மாிச்சின்ன இந்தேமதினிக்ேக விாிச்சு நலம்ெபறஒதவல்ேலார்க்கு எல்லாம் எத்தின்பல்வண்ைம பாிசின்னமான இநால் Thirucchinna Osai maricchinna meeLAp-piRavAmalvaazhvikkumMaalVaradhar intha mEdhinikkE peRaOdhavallOrkku viricchu nalam paricchinamAna irunAl-yezhutthinpallvaNmaiyelAm TANIYAN 3: exclusively totheSupreme Lordof vAdhyanAdham belongs most enjoyable Thirucchinna “definitely not”andthe and asaresultenjoythesweetnAdhamof

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Lord VaradarAjan. thisKarmaBhUmi never everbebornin Manthram theAshtAkshara the Meaningsof Swamy states furtherthatthoseBhaagavat ofThirucchinnaVaadhyam. with theMangaLadhvani forthedi at Kaanchipuram)andtoqualify is equalorSuperiortoLordVaradarAja most mercifulVaradharAjan?SwamyDesikanst Thirucchinna Vaadhyamasamarkofho other Godordemi-g DEvarukkE?” Canany The famousquestionis:“M 9. The sacred sports of Va 9. Thesacredsportsof 8. MeaningofCharama SlOkam 7. MeaningofDhvayam 6. Meaningofth4thcasea 5. MeaningofNaarAyaNa sabdham “Nama:” 4. Thirumanthiram:Meaningof MakAram& 3. MeaningofUkAram, 2. MeaningofAkAramhoused 1. ElaborationofAkAram paasurams areorganized: There are11 PaasuramsincludingthePhala PRABHANDHAM THE STRUCTURE OFTHIRUCCHINNA MAALAI radarAjan asLordKrishNa A ssociated withNaarAyaNaSabdham "Thiruchchinna Osaiinimai..." Sabdham inThirumanthiram Sabdham

enshrined inside the PraNavam--Creation enshrined insidethe aal VardaharThirucchinna inside PraNavam--Rakshakathvam the associatedfourthvibhakthi 10 n (SrImanNaarAyaNanasthearchAvathAran due to the dhivyAnugraham of the DayALu, oftheDayALu, due tothedhivyAnugraham nor toaccompany thesanchAramsof hAs, whocancomprehendandreflecton stinction of announcement of His arrival arrival ofHis stinction ofannouncement Sruthi slOkam.Hereis howtheeleven elaborated in His Prabhandham will will Prabhandham elaboratedinHis od hope to gain the sweet soundof togainthesweet od hope ates clearlythatthere isnoone,who OsaiinimaiuNDOmaRRai Vigraham overwhelmSwamy DesikanandHe ananth doctrines embodiedbyHim,His of theLordaccompaniedbysunAdha onetosharethejoyous one by Paasurams of Individual Let usnowstudythe Maalai Prabhandham. 11. Onlythosewhodonotseek evanescen 10. Thecollectivemeanings ofthethreerahasyams experienceofSwamyDesika 11 a KalyANaGuNams,HisdhivyaMangaLa m ofHisThirucchinnams.AllVedAnthic t pleasureswillenjoytheThirucchinna bursts forth into beautiful poetry. intobeautiful burstsforth Thiruchinna Maalai line by line and lineby Maalai Thiruchinna n as he enjoys the arrival thearrival heenjoys n as

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