Kaliyan Perumai Will any guest, who is offered
a shelter for a night's stay, have a peaceful sleep if he is incidentally and
casually told that a cobra is likely to pass through the room at any time? The
person concerned will get scared to think of such a situation and will never
venture to go anywhere near the chamber. (pAmbODu oru kUrayil payinRAr
pOle anjuginREAn -Periya Thirumzohi 11-8 ) This is exactly the
state of souls in samsara, as described by an Azhwar. This Azhwar does not stop
just with the description of this state of distress for all the souls in
samsara, but clearly advocates the means to get out of this state. Known as
Parakalan (yamA for yamA) this azhwar was the last in hierarchy of 12 azhwars.
He is also known as Thirumangai Azhwar, nElan, parakAlan and so on. Thirumangai azhwar?s avataram
was in the month of karthigai in karthigai thirunakshatram. Azhwar has a unique
distinction of having visited more than 80 Divya Desams as compared to other
azhwars. Time And again Azhwar advocates kaimkaryam ot Divya Desams as the
easiest among the means to get out of the cycle of samsara.( This is what is
also enunciated by Sri PiLLai lOkachAryar in mumUkshuppadi -vugandharuLina nilnagaLil
prAvaNanAi pozhudhu pOKkai) A queen takes the food
from the golden vessel and adds a spoon of ghee to it every time she feeds her
baby prince. Same is the case of Thirumangai Azhwar when singing on Perumal. He
discusses all the kalyaN guNas exhibited by Perumal in his various
incarnations before culminating on the name of the Divya Desam or the Divya Desa
Perumal. Periya Thirumozhi, Periya Thirumadal, Siriya Thirumadal,
Thiruvezhukkootrirukkai, ThirukkurunthAntakam and ThirunetunthAntakam re the six
Divya prabandhams sung by Azhwar. His works are considered as the six angas of
Veda. (RajakumarargaLukku pidi thORum
nei sEArkka vEANdum; ivarkku adidhORum archAvathAram) Day and
Night phenomenon Souls
in samsara experience the changeover from day and night all the time. It is not
the situation in the abode of Sriman Narayana, where the sun never sets, and
hence there is no night time. Souls that always think of Perumal also never
experience night time. Azhwar was one among the crowd where souls experience
both day and night until an incident happened. Deprived of sufficient funds for
Azhwar?s prabhAvam does not
stop with this. In order to initiate him to SriVaishnavism, Perumal could not
find anyone other than Himself. Hence, Azhwar got the initiation into
SriVaishnavism through ThirunaraiyUr Nambi. Last, but not the least, Azhwar
learnt the meaning of Thirumantram from Perumal Himself. This event happened in
Thirukkannapuram. Azhwar?s
Anubhavams Once Azhwar got into the
anubhavam of Perumal, he could not resist describing his earlier state and also
the cause and consequence of transition to new state. He laments he has wasted all
the days and rues for that ;'vAdinEan vAdi varundhinEan
manthAl' Periya
Thirumozhi 1-1-1; He started visiting various
Divya Desams and singing on the vaibhavam of all the Divya Desa Archa moorthys.
Though he sang on various Divya Desams, there were some special ones.
Divya Desa
Perumal Longs for Azhwar?s Pasurams Seeing the talent of Azhwar and
his knowledge in singing, Divya Desa Perumals were raring to get his
mangalasasanam. One among them was Bhaktavatsalan in Thirunindravoor. Unable to
get the darshan of this Perumal, Azhwar proceeded to Thirukkadalmallai (known as
Mahabalipuram). Bhaktavatsalan closely followed him to get atleast a single word
out of Azhwar?s mouth. Perumal was not satisfied. He did not lose his hope. He
chased Azhwar till Thirukkannamangai and ended up getting managalasasanam from
him successfully. Azhwar Cross with a Divya Desa
Perumal When Azhwar was in
Thiruvindaloor, the temple door of Parimala Rangan was closed. Hence, he was
denied the darshan of Perumal. Because of this, Azhwar scolded the Perumal and
asked the latter to keep all His greatness to Himself. Defeated by Azhwar?s
bhakti, Perumal offered darshan to Azhwar. Usually, when AzvAr's are cross
with EmperumAn this is reflected in vibhavam. In cosnoance with his forte
(thuRai) Sri parkAla nAyaki's VuDal tremendously sparkles in vUdal in archai in
this thiru-indhaLUr thirumzohi 4-8; 'nummaith thozhudhOam'
and the boiling
point at 'VAzhndhEa pOam
nErEa' Special
anukAram One of the ways of sustaining
oneself during separation from the Lord is to imbibe the role of the Lord and
his activities. GopikAs acted like Lord krhsNA -kAliyan and so on. SvAmi Nam AzvAr became
emotionally transformed into sri krshnA. True to his spirit parkAla
nAyaki talked as archAvatharam 'I am the one who descended
here to Thiru-k-kaNNapuram from Tiru-vEAnkaTam' 'vadavarai ninRum vandhu
-kaNapuram idavagai koLvadhu yAm' 8-2-6;
50 for 1
and 100 for 2 As Azhwar continued his Divya
Desam tour, he came to Srirangam where he dedicated 50 pasurams to Ranganathan.
This is very unique because none other than Ranganathan has got this number of
pasurams from Azhwar. Azhwar doubled this number when he sang on ThirunaraiyUr
and Thirukkannapuram. This is considered as Guru Dakshinai because of the
upakArams done by them as an Acharyan. Azhwar
builds a Chariot with his Mangalasasanam Known as Chatushkavi, the king
of 4 different kinds of poetry, Azhwar webbed a chariot in a numerical fashion
and dedicated the complete pasuram, known as ?Thiruvezhukkootrirukkai? to
Aramudhan in Thirukkudanthai. Bhaktas visiting this Divya Desam can still see
the picture of a chariot painted on the wall of the temple with the pasuram.
This is testimony of Thirumangai Mannan's poetic prowess -chithirak
kavi. Azhwar
ties up 4 Elephants by Pouring of Bhakti
Azhwar refers to all the four
directions and points to an elephant in each direction that protects him. He
refers to Kallazhagar in Thirumalirumcholai as the elephant in south,
ThiruVengadamudayAn in north, Thirukkannapuram Sowrirajan in east and
Ranganathan in west. This pouring appears in his work called as
?ThirunetunthAntakam?. This work is considered to be very significant by
SriViashnavites. Azhwar as
Parakalanayaki Suffering due to the separation
from Perumal, Azhwar starts to exhibit the state of a maiden love deprived of
her lover. The nayaki?s state is being described either by her mother community
(thAip pASuram) or her friend community (thOzhip pAsuram). Parakalanayaki?s
mother does so, pleading to Perumal in Thiruvidaventhai to come and take her
daughter. Same kind of anubhavam is expressed with Perumals in ThiruvAli
Thirunagari , Srirangam, ThirunaraiyUr and Thirukkannapuram. When singing about
the love on Thirukkurungudi Nambi, Parakalanayaki herself describes her state of
distress and requests everyone around her to carry and put her in
Thirukkurungudi. 'kuRun kuDikkEa ennai
vuithidumin' Parakalanayaki spreads bad words about her
lover With no positive response from
her lover, Azhwar gets frustrated and decides to spread bad message around the
villages to capture her lover?s attention. In doing so, Azhwar starts to perform
?Madal oorudhal?, an act where the lover spread the bad message about his lady
love to get her married. Here, Azhwar changes the protocol by being a lady love
performing this act. Parakalanayaki sings on the mischievous acts of
Thirukkannapuram Resonates Thirumangai
Azhwar Despite the numerous vaibhavams
of Thirukkannapuram, the one that stands out from the crowd is the specialty of
hearing it when pronounced by Thirumangai Azhwar. He was so dear to this Divya
Desam that he wanted to stay here forever after learning the ?Thirumantram?. He
also exhibits the excitement as Parakalanayaki after hearing the name
Thirukkanapuram. That is why, the words 'ThirukaNNapuram' should emanate from
Kaliyan rather than others. This is analogous to bhattar
spelling out Azhwar
Proceeds to SriVaikuntam On entering Tiru-kuRunkuDi
AzvAr feels this is his life. Here is the place he proclaims that he has
realized
everything . 'vAzhak
kaNDOAm vandhu
kAnmin thoNdErgAL' 9-6-3; After completing his major
portion of the Divya Desam tour, Azhwar comes to Thirukkurungudi. Experiencing
the beauty of this Divya Desam, and the beauty of Nambi, Azhwar decides to stay
there and perform kaimkaryam to Him. He sings on the vaibhavam of
Thirukkurunngudi and also the Perumal residing there in 25 pasurams. As he
continues this anubhavam along with the kaimkaryam to Nambi, Azhwar attains the
Nitya Kaimkarya prApti in Thirukkurungudi, and proceeds to
SriVaikuntam. Remembering Azhwar and reciting
his divine pasurams regularly will wipe out all the sufferings for a soul in
Kali yuga and help attain the state of Nitya Kaimkarya prApti in
SriVaikuntam. SrImadAli
srInagari nAthaya kalivairinAe! chatushkavipprdhAnAya ParakAlAya mangalam!! Thirumangai Azhwar
ThiruvadigalE charanam Ram
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