Thirumangai AzhwAr’s ThirukkurunthANdakam

Annotated Commentary in English By: Oppiliappan Koil SrI VaradAchAri SaThakopan sadagopan.org asrm 0 23 22 21 19 18 16 15 14 13 11 10 8 6 24 Nigamanam Paasuram 20 19 Paasuram 17 &18 Paasuram &16 15 Paasuram &14 13 Paasuram &12 11 Paasuram & 10 Paasuram 9 & 8 Paasuram 7 Paasuram 6 & 5 Paasuram 4 Paasuram 3 Paasuram 2 1 Paasuram 1 Introduction Page C ONTENTS

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org and requested the father to give his daughter away togivehis daughter and requestedthefather extraordinary beautyofKumudava Frie daughter. their for bridegroom suitable Kumudava grew tobeabeautifulmaidennamed aVaisyan took thatchil saras) and (Kumuda pond Meanwhile, inanearby village, there was afemale childbornasBhUmyamsaiinan Aambal ChOLAKingdom. in the status andenjoyed anhonoured ChOLA king Neelan ofAadalmA, with thename of hishorse ThOlA Vazha MaRaivAnand Nizhalil NadappAn, Neer-mEl thenamesofThALUthuvAN, king.Hehadfourministers with the ChOLA served and ChOLAs of kingdom in the ofadistrict became achieftain He in fights. formidable master DhanussAsthram. Withhis of Vidhyai name atbirthwasNeelan.He bornin Thirukkura of birthis ascendance. Hisplace Itwasa Maasam, PourNamidinam. VriscchikA , Pa as known AzhwAr Thirumangai kaliyamAsrayE Saarnga-mUrthim ShaDprabhandha kruthaM KaarthikE KrittikAJaathamchathushkavi SikhAmaNim Taniyan is: the TwelveAzhwArs.His thelastof AzhwArwas Thirumangai T HIRUMANGAI Parakalan at Ahobilam atAhobilam Parakalan lli. Neelan rushed to the house Neelan rushedto lli. A ZHW Chathurtha VarNam and he mastered svakula Chathurtha VarNamandhemasteredsvakula nds of Neelan mentioned to him about the the about tohim mentioned ofNeelan nds yaloor near ThiruvAli-Thirunahari. His given near ThiruvAli-Thirunahari. yaloor y of archery and weapons handling, he was handling, ofarcheryandweapons y 1 rakAlan was born in Nala samvathsaram, Nala samvathsaram, rakAlan wasbornin was able to drive away many enemies of the drive awaymanyenemiesof was able to Thursday and KritthikA Nakshathram was in wasin Nakshathram KritthikA Thursday and lli. The parents were worried about finding a a lli. Theparentswereworriedaboutfinding d home and adopted it as his own. This child child itashisown.This adopted d homeand kkan. With their help and the carrying power power thecarrying their helpand kkan. With as his bride. The father asked his daughter his The fatherasked as hisbride. A R V AIBHAVAM of the parents of Kumudavalli ofKumudavalli the parents of

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org The spies of ChOLa RaajA reported that Neelan ChOLa RaajAreported The spiesof weddedKumudavalli VishNavan, home asaSri Neelan was blessed toreceiveSamAsrayaNamfr archakAs were notvisibletothe happenings Allofthese ofThirumanthiram. Neelan intothemeaning Kaappuandinitiated ThirumaNN andco thedisc andpressed consented Nampi ThirunaRayUr BhAgyam. SamAsrayaNa for andprayed PerumAL ThirunaRayUr Sannidhi of smitten withlovefo Neelan was TadhiyAraadhanams fortheBhagavathAs. perform addition in should and Bhakthi (SamAsrayaNam), Chinhams VishNu marryshouldhave she could whom anyone she repliedthat and about herconsent Kumudavalli with Neelan Neelan Devi with Kumudavalli r Kumudavalli and agreed to her conditions. He went to the to Hewent her conditions. agreedto and r Kumudavalli 2 and began the TadhiyArAdhana kaimkaryams. kaimkaryams. TadhiyArAdhana beganthe and and the sEvArthis of ThirunarayUr Nampi. of ThirunarayUr thesEvArthis and was spending a lot of the revenues due to the tothe revenuesdue alotofthe was spending nch on the shoulders of Neelan, presented nch ontheshouldersof theveryhands oftheLordandreturned 4. ThiruvEzhukkURRirukkai 4. ThiruvEzhukkURRirukkai 3. ThirunedunthANDakam 2. ThirukkuRunthANDakam 1. PeriyaThirumozhi Bhag SaraNAgathiand GuNAnubhavam, ofNaaluKavi the perumAL. Thes name Aasu, Ch known as ofpoetry the fourmodes thefourTamizhvedamsofSwam for angams serveasthesix which SixPrabhandhams, through itsrelease found ofThirumangai PravAham AanandhAnubhava The Dhivyadampathis. feetofthe at thesacred SaraNAgathi performed became Mannan Thirumangai and Hisparijanams. Moola ManthramintheearsofKaliyanandbl intoKaliya that hecanrepeatthemanthram Ka as “Namm laughed andaddressedThirumangai Thebridegroom superheavy. box to makethat hadused Bridegroom) thathe (the manthram anddema drew hissword Thirumangai unliftable. the box made that castaspell had bridegroom the that thought angryand He was tried. Thirum cangobacktohisvillage. that boxsohe put them and Herobbed jewellery and ornaments. newly-weddedcouple. avaishNava, Thirumangai The DhivyaDampathissawtheplightoftheir and wasverysadabouttheinterruptiontohisKaimkaryam. Thirumangai did not encounter any avaishNavA day, dhanam. One VaishNava touchany didnot Thirumangai VaishNavAs. and fedthe Thiruman aadhAya Saadhubhyassampracchathi), Withtheco carry onhisTadhiyArAdhanam. offundsto shortage had were usedupandThirumangai Kaanchi Soon theextrafundsfrom Kaimkaryam. forTadhiyArAdhanams of theking the treasury from used the funds He returned theLord. outby up thetreasurepointed VaradarAjan anddug proceededtoK Next Morning,Thirumangai His temple treasurecloseto recover buried VaradarAjAappearedbeforehim prison, Lord sad to over theinterruption his TadhiyArAdhana words conciliatory with tricked Thirumangai also had Theking commander. heroic for his them away.ThekinghimselfcametofightThir confront Mannan him tothecourt.Thirumangai bring Neelanand hissoldierstocapture ordered king angry The inTadhiyArAdhanams. king avath-BhAgavatha kaimkaryams are: avath-BhAgavatha kaimkaryams and gain his release from the prison. from theprison. andgainhisrelease ithram, Madhuram and Vistharam and earned him and Vistharamearned ithram, Madhuram y NammAzhwAr. These Six prabhandhams set in in set Six prabhandhams These y NammAzhwAr. and wasvery had himimprisoned.Thirumangai aanchi withacourtservant,worshippedLord n's ears. Lord Sriman NaarAyaNa recitedthe n's ears.LordSrimanNaarAyaNa however thebattle.Theking withdraw from to essed him with His Sevai with MahA withMahALakshmi His Sevai essed himwith unsel of the ministers (asAdhubhyO arTam ministers (asAdhubhyO unsel ofthe 3 e six prabhandhams extolling Bhagavath Bhagavath extolling sixprabhandhams e angai could not lift that box, however much he box,however much he liftthat couldnot angai Bhakthan andappearedbeforehimasarich Kaimkaryam and during his dream inside the the hisdreaminside Kaimkaryam and during umangai Mannanandprovedtobenomatch s to gather money fo and used the rest of the funds for the future future the for rest ofthe funds the used and and instructed him to come to Kaanchi to toKaanchi himtocome instructed and ed the soldiers sent by the king and drove ed thesoldierssentbykingand nded that the bridegroom reveal to him the the revealtohim nded thatthebridegroom was happy to see them adorned with rich was happytoseethemadornedwithrich gai appropriated funds from avaishNavAs fromavaishNavAs funds gai appropriated all his plunderings in a box and tried tolift box andtried ina all hisplunderings liyA" andaskedKaliyantocomecloserso at that instant Thirumangai AzhwArand instant Thirumangai atthat r the TadhiyArAdhanam r the

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org short celebration of the vaibhavam of this great AzhwAr: of thisgreatAzhwAr: ofthevaibhavam short celebration Let usreflectupononeoftheThirukkuRumthA ThirukkuRunkudi. Heascendedto atSrirangam. Uthsavam Sr at sannidhi of thedasAvathAra construction asthebuildi such many kaimkaryams performed He dEsams. 108 dhivya for86ofthe MangaLAsAsanam AzhwArperformed Thirumangai 6. PeriyaThirumadal 5. SiRiyaThiumadal utter servitudetoHimunderallci and sp oftheLordbymind,body qualities engaged Azhwar. Inhisdesperation,theAzhwar tothefervent pleaofthe respond did not therefore Bhakthaand dear his from Pasurams boon of aloudfortheLord's rebirth andcried and Samsara of thesnares in caught heexpressed hisfearofbeing Thirumozhi, Periya of his pasurams amellowmood.Inthe is in Thirumangai Thirumozhi, end ofPeriya Desams, atthe of MahaMantram of the Ashtakshara mysteries Narayana andtheMahaViswasamof Sriman has20 mo of Thirumangai Thirukkurnthaandakam kunRin MullaiManRidai yenRum iravumpahalumva senRu paNiminyezhuminThozhuminThoNDIrkALL, ThuyarumkedaMaamalar-yEnthi, NinRa Vinayum குன்றின் ல்ைலமன்றிைடநாம்கும்குேய என்ம் இரம்பகம்வாிவண்இைசபாட, ெசன் பணிமின்எமின்ெதாமின்ெதாண்டீர்காள், மாமலர் ஏந்தி, நின்ற விைனம்யம்ெகட one point of view or theother, theverses one pointofview the ecstaticstateand themindsetof reflection of believesthatthejoyousoutpouri This school and pr Periya Thirumozhi the endofComposing at Narayana blessedthe Azhwar that Sriman on thetheme centers ofthought school Another have beenthelastworkofThirumangaij no is there and although Thirunedunthaandakam Mokshamand overcame theafflictions nARumKURUMKUDIYE ri vaNdu isai paada, ri vaNduisaipaada, rcumstances. Asaresultofthis udging from the mood of the two Thaandakams. ofthetwo mood the from udging 4 eech in Thirukkurnthaandakam anddeclaredhis eech inThirukkurnthaandakam ngs of the Azhwar in Thirukkurnthaandakam is a isa inThirukkurnthaandakam oftheAzhwar ngs Moksham. The Lord wanted to enjoy few more more TheLordwantedtoenjoyfew Moksham. of Thirukkurnthaandakam is testimony to the to the is testimony Thirukkurnthaandakam of irangam and the creationofThiruadhyayana irangam and Parama Padham from the dhivyadesamof the from Padham Parama the Azhwar. After his deep immersion in the in the immersion deep his Azhwar.After the the Azhwar. Independent of the correctness of ofthecorrectness theAzhwar.Independent ng of the ramparts for the Srirangam temple, temple, Srirangam the rampartsfor of ng esented himself before him and blessed him. andblessedhim. beforehim esented himself NDaka Paasurams at the conclusion of this NDaka Paasuramsattheconclusion in a strenuous effort to enjoy theauspicious in astrenuousefforttoenjoy the Lord and after visiting the many Divya Divya many the aftervisiting and the Lord clear proof, Thirunedunthaandakam might might clearproof,Thirunedunthaandakam ofHe Samsara. continued onin ving versescelebratingtherakshatvamof ving exercise,hegothisboonof Thirukkurnthaandakam. Thirukkurnthaandakam. on th focus In thefollowingsections,Iwill (eternal bliss). isthehi andtheadorationofHIM principle Narayana istheGod,whosupreme thatSriman statesunambiguously Thirumangai offerings andobeisanceisthequestionrose Rg VedicQuestion:“KasmaiDevaay answers the He of thisYogam. the essence of capture pointofsuccinct from the marvel isa the Pasuram Neer). His SohrandParuhum and Water(UNNum oftheLordandth thatthethought recognizes the on pleasures oflifeinsteadreflecting theAzhwaarlaments where Nirvedam of the mood arepa (Upeyam) aspectsofSaranagati.There Target and means (Upaayam) the understanding evenafter is essential Murthy Jnanam Thirukkadanmallai, Kacchiand Thirukkudanthai, Srirangam, of Archamurthys Narayana. Thirukkurnthaandakam AzhwarintheRaksh belief ofthe unshakable Thirumayyam. The Azhwaars Thirumayyam. also housestheMangalasaasa holy feet of the Lord. Like Nammazhwaar, He Nammazhwaar, Like holy feetoftheLord. e experience ofHis KalyanaGunaasarehisfood surams in Thirukkurnthaandakam that capture that surams inThirukkurnthaandakam by the Rg Veda . Like Nammazhwaar, by theRgVeda mantra.LikeNammazhwaar, Thirupper Nagar, Venkatam, Thirukkandiyur, Thirukkandiyur, Venkatam, Nagar, Thirupper ghest rite(charya)toenjoyMokshaSukham 5 akatvam andBhakthaVaatsalyamofSriman a Vidhema”. To which God shall we offer our God shallweofferour Towhich Vidhema”. a e highlights of the twenty pasurams of pasurams ofthetwenty e highlights celebration of the Yogam in one of inoneof celebration oftheBhaktiYogam the transient in chasing over thetimelost eems to pointoutthat the nam oftheAzhwaar for the

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org vithiyinaik kaNtu koNta thoNtanEn vituki lEnE 1 vithiyinaik kaNtukoNtathoNtanEnvitukilEnE mathiyinai mAlaivaazhththi kathiyinaik kancanmALakkaNtumunANtamALum, pavaLaththooNai nithiyinaip ¨Ô§ÔëÓ¿²© FIRST PASURAM: ¡§ÔëÓ¿²¡ ®Ó§ÔëÓ¿²¡ ªß¿ ª§ÔëÓ¿² Ú ©®°§ Ü ¡¤ Ü ¡¦ ­ ®ß¯ Ý £² Þ Å ¼¡ß¦ En manaththu vantha vidhi - pEraruLaLan pEraruLaLan - vidhi vantha manaththu En Ü Ç￦*¼¨±Ó¾ªëß Ý ªß°¡ Û § Ü §Ô*®¦¢ vaNangkiyen manaththu van^tha, vaNangkiyen manaththu neRimaiyAlninaiyavallAr, Þ ¥*¼§ß¦ Ü *¡¦ Ü ¡Ô¼ë² Þ Åʲ 6 Þ ¥½²² Ý ­ ó¦ Ý ª²§ Ü ¨Ô¿²ë ® ¨Ô¿²ë Ý ®ÓÅ¡Ô½ Þ ¥ªßЪ Ü Ç ®¨ ­ ­ Û ,* Ü ­ Û §,* ½² ßì Ù ,* the Azhwaar is abundantly clearhere. the Azhwaarisabundantly I,yourservantwillnot VidugilenE". "ThondanEn he hassa towhom his heartand of resident he willnevereverleav stating that pasuram by thewords"Vaaz beforeHimthrough prostrated Azhwaar saysthatheconductedMangalaasaasan theone,whoenthrone theLordas describes Azhwaar qualifies thisPeraruLaLa Devathidevan. or Parama Purusha the for stands Vithi Vithiyinai. theword startswith The lastline by hand. to Vaikutam leadshim that time,but is unabletothinkofth and his life moments of the last atthetime,whenlatterislikeastoneorwoodduring of hisBhaktha is tothink stands Smaraami".Mathi where hesays"Aham context inthePasuramline.Thereferenceon the is mathiyinai AaLum WordMathiyinai. the with starts Pasuram first ofthe line The third one withJnana. allJivansandblesses the one,whocreatesandprotects who is existence ofone's ultimategoal the aspired as meansacce which Gum, the Root from originating word isaSanskrit wordGathi Gathi.This the thatheis out pointing by linestarts The Second golden Treasure. or the Nidhi Hiranya stateas Antharyami in his Lord the described that of Upanishad spirit likeaNidhiinthe theLordis that wordofThirukkurnthaandakam He equatesinthefirst Vidhiyinai. and Mathiyinai Gathiyinai, Nidhiyinai, wordsare The them. inside meanings rhymesperfectly ofthisPasuram the fourlines fromthepoeticpointofview.Th It isamarvel d Himselfinhismind and sanctified it. The luted and offered his deep devotion. He says devotion. deep his luted andoffered on this . It also means the supreme Lord, Lord, means thesupreme It also on thisearth. e rhyming is perfect. The first word of each of of each e rhymingisperfect.Thefirstword 7 e Lord. He not only thinks of His Bhaktha at at His Bhaktha of He not onlythinks Lord. e e that Lord, whom he has discovered as the as the e hehasdiscovered that Lord,whom with one another,whileincorporatingdeep with e interpretation is to Varaha SaramaSlokam, interpretationistoVaraha e for mind or mental disposition. His mind set mind His mental disposition. or for mind htthi VaNangi". He concludes this sublime thissublime Heconcludes VaNangi". htthi n as "En manaththu vantha vithiyinai".He n as"Enmanaththuvantha am for the Lordresidinginhismindand am forthe ssible, approachable, fit to be practiced or fittobepracticedor ssible, approachable, let goofyourholy feet. Mahaviswasamof

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org totheUpanishads. burns according and thefire wind orVayuKaaRRu.Heistheforce,bywhichblows,waterwets behind the KaaRRinai, YeRRinai, K and KooRRinai. AaRRinai meaningfulrhymes This onealsohassimilar tuLLamkooRun^ kooRRinai, kuNangkoN ARRinai amuthan^thannaiavuNanAruyiraiyuNta ERRinai, imayammEyaazhilmaNiththiraLai,inpa kARRinaip punalaiththeeyaik ¡ß± SECOND PASURAM: ô± ú± á± Û ±Ó¿²,* õªëª Û ±Ó¿²,* Á¦¢ ±Ó¿²,* Û ±Ó¿² óʧª Û ±Ó¿²© Ú É²¿ ­ pOrERu - Vijayaraghavan KaNNAdi Sevai Sevai KaNNAdi - Vijayaraghavan pOrERu § Û §² Û ½ªë*ù¯Ó Ü ¼¡ß¦ Ü § × ¾ë¡ Ý ¿²*óΦ² katimathiLilangkaiseRRa Þ Å ÷° Ü *¡¥ ­ Ü ª¦Ó§ Ü °ª Õ ª§Ô° 8 Ý ôÌëÓ¾ì ÷¦ ôÌëÓ¾ì Û *áѨ ee kooRumARE.2 at thebeginningofeachline.Thewordsare Ü §Ôì¿°,*õ² Ü õ aaRRu stands for the Lord, who is theforce Lord, who aaRRu standsforthe ­ × áѪ߽± áѪ߽± ¢ Ü ¾¡ ¼£± Ý ©- Þ ¥- Û ±- auspicious attributes. attributes. auspicious asks ittopersis Azhwaar converseswithhismindand Valor,Blissf After PraisingtheAntharyaamitvam, Nigraham aspectoftheLordissaluted. like Hi evilones ofthe destruction Lord's for Thirukkurnthaandakam. KooRRustands Pasuramof second the of line fourth the of the firstword is KooRRinai uNda) (avuNan Aruyir bytheRgVedaMantram(I.31.1). Visualized lifegi oflife,the essence foremost and first Nectar Bliss-yielding Riverof ofthethirdline isthebeginning (Inba) AaRRiniai Prapa torescuethe mighty Valor all typesof protection tothewhole world from thatRamanistheonepowerful says YasyaLokoMahaatmana:" Avashatbdho "Baahucchaayam Sundara Khandam: in him saluted inwhichHanuman thespirit herein mind in ofVijayaraghavan Rakshakatvam hasthe and‘RaNapungavan’.Thirumangai Pungavan’ as‘Aahava Thirupputkuzhi of PoRERu Following BullofThirupputkuzhi. the valorous salutedVijaya Ra Thirumangai Parakramasaali. orthe men orthebullamong word "Purusharshaba” YERRInai standsforthe orAaraavamudan.Here,AzhwaarrecognizestheLordas nnas from allkindsofcalamities. nnas ranya Kasibhu is referred to. Here the Dushta Dushta Herethe is referredto. ranya Kasibhu ving, thirst quenching, the blissful nectar as. blissfulnectar the quenching, thirst ving, ghavan of Thirupputkuzhi as "PoRERu" oras as "PoRERu" ofThirupputkuzhi ghavan Fears. Thus YERRinai stands for the Lord’s Fears. ThusYERRinaistandsforthe 9 Lord, who with the shadow of his hand offers offers of hishand theshadow Lord, whowith along these lines, Swami Desikan saluted the the saluted lines,SwamiDesikan along these ul natureand evilones, thePowertodestroy of the Pasuram. Here, He is saluted as the n or the one, whotakesawaylife.Herethe n orthe t in offering praise to the Lord of so many many praisetotheLordofso t inoffering

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