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Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:11 AM
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HOW AZWARS HAVE ENJOYED VARIOUS RIVERS.
Dear Bagawadas,
Adiyen would lilke to give a small write up of the
Azwars aubhavam of various Great Rivers.
THE GANGES: Thirumangai
Mannan in his Periathrumozhi 1.4 decad (EnamunAgi) explains about Lord
Badrinarayanan who is "SWAYAMBU" and how great The Ganges is because of the
presence of Lord Himself.
The same Thirmangai Mannan in his
Periathirumadal Pasuram 33 gives importance to The Ganges which is as
follows: "PoonGangai munnam punalparaKum nalNadan, miNadum konavillum
Neelvel GuruKal kulamadalai thannigaronDrillatha
vendithanaJaayanai"
Poothathazwar in his Irandam Thiruvanthathi Pasuram
78 explains as to how Shiva got rid of his Brahamahathi Dosham by washing
Lord Narayana's Lotus Feet.
thavamsaithu NanmugaNe petran
tharani nivanDalalppa Neetia PorpaDam sivanDanthathan kaianaythum
ArakazuvinAn GangaiNeer peithani Permozinthapin.
The same
story has been explained by Thirumazichaipiran in his NanMugan Thiruvandathi,
Pasuram 9 as:
kuraikondu NanMugan kunDiGai Neerpaithu maraiKonda
mandirathal Vazthi - karaiKonda kanDathan sennimelerakazuvinan anDathan
Sevadiyei Yangu
Periazwar in his Periarvazwar Thirumozhi Pasuram
3.10.4. explains the importance of The Ganges through Anjineyar.
When
Anjineyar meets SEETHAPIRATTI in Lanka he explains her about the first meeting
of Gugan in the Ganges. Varanitha mulaimadaVai,
VaiDevi viNappam Theranintha ayodiarKon perunDevi
KeTaruLai KuraNintha Velvalavan Guganodum Gangaithannil SEraninDa
thozamai konDathum Or aDayalam.
In another Pasuram 4.9.5 which is like
this:
Amayay Gangayay AzkaDalai avaniyai aruvaraiGalai NanmuGanai
NanMarayai Velviyay thakaNayai ThanumaNan
YAMUNA:
aNDAl in her
5th Pasuram of Thirupavai calls Krishna as:
MAyanai maNu vaDa maDurai
Mainthanai ThuyA PeruNeer Yamunai thuraivanai
As she enjoys the
Leela's of Kannan she has soft corner for Yamuna River also through the above
Pasuram.
Thirumangai Mannan in his Periaya Thirumozhi Pasuram 10.7.9
mentions about Yamuna which is very interesting:
Edumvaliumudia InnamBi
piranDa ezuthinGalil Edalar kaNiyananai vaLarthi Yamunai
Neeradaponen sedan ThiruMaruMarBan kiDanthu thiruvaDiyal
Malaipol Odum saGadathai saDiyapinnai urapuvathu anJuvane
It is a
discussion Yasoda had with her friends when she goes for bath in Yamunai about
the Leelas of Kannan and at that time Kannan was only 7 months
old.
Now let us see how Azwars enjoyed Poigai River.
anDal in
her Nachiar Thirumozhi Pasuram 3.2 mentions:
idu en pugunthathu ingu
anDo Ippoigaiku eVaru vanthai MaDuvin thuzai mudi Maley Mayane
enGalamuDe viDiynmayal aDu Mattom vithaGa Pillai virayel kuDikonDu
aravil naDithai kurinDidai Kuraipaniyay
Finally we will come to
Cavery River and what Azwars feel about this:
Thondaradipodiazwar in
his Thirumalai in Pasuram 23 is very happy to mention that Cavery is better
than Ganges. Let us see:
Gangien punithamaya Cavery naduvu
pattu pongunEr paranDu payum PoomBozil arangamthaNul enGalmal iraivan
Esan kiDanthThor kiDakaikanDum enGanam maranDu vazKen Ezien
Eziene
He feels that Lord Rangantha sleeps in the River bed and so
Cavery is better.
Ganges has a minus point as Shiva has washed Lords
Feet to over come his Bramahathi Dosham .
In the same way according to
Peria Thirumadal Pasuram 33, Arjunan while he was going for Theertha
Yathirai and bathing in the Ganges he meets a beautiful girl named
Ulubi. She forces him to have sex with her and when he refuses, she
threatens that she will die if he does not agree and ultimately gives her a
baby boy. This can be seen from Mahabaratha Athiparvadam, 238
chapter.
Of course no river is considered bad as Lord Narayana is
in all the rivers. This will be clear from one Pasuram of Thiruvoimozhi
2.1.5
Uzhi Thoruzhi Ulagukku Neer kondu thoziyarum yamum pol Neerai
nehizkindra vazia Vaname Neeum MadusooDan Pazimil pattu avankaN pAsathal
naivae
According to Padmashri Sampath Kumar who is writing on Divya
Desam, adiyen could notice that SRI RAMA is supposed to have taken bath in
one of the river to purify himself of the sins of having killed Ravana. The
holy place is "Naimisaranyam"
Ultimately in Thiruvoimozi 5.6 decade
(kadal Janam ) the Azwar says that Narayana is in 'EVERYTHING' and river is no
exception. This is supported by Pasuram 4.9.5 of Periazwar Thirumozhi which
clearly says that HE is " Amayay Gangaiay AzkaDalai aVaniyay
aruvaraiGalai NanMuganai Nan Maraiyai Velviyai thakkNaiai
ThanumaNan".
Ultimately we can be rest assured that any water is
purified by mentioning HIS name as HE is Antharyami
.
adiyen, nochalur seshadri
sampath.
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