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Jai Sriman NaarAyaNa !

PraNaamams to the Sadhas adorned by 
Sri ParamahamsadhyEthi Thridandhi
Chinna NaarAyaNa Jeeyar ! 

Personal PraNAmams to the revered Jeeyar , 
who responds with alacrity and compassion to
the many doubts and questions of BhakthAs,
SishyAs and abhimAnis inspite of the many
pressing demands on His precious time !

RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 

Dear Professor Krishnamurthy:

Here is adiyEn's brief response to Your request:

The three Thirucchandha Viruttham (TCV)paasurams that you are
referring to is part of the set of the first five verses of 
Thirumazhisai AzhwAr's Dhivya prabhandham (TCV). This whole prabhandham
is a companion piece to the earlier Prabhandham of the AzhwAr,
Naanmukhan ThiruvandhAthi (NMT) that dealt with the establishment
of Sriman NaarAyaNan as the Para Tatthvam (Para Tatthva Nishkarsham).

Swamy Desikan summed up NMT Prabhandham that set 
the stage for TCV this way: "maRRai chamayangaL pala 
therinthu MaayOn allAl Dhaivam maRRilai yena uraittha Veda 
sezhum PoruL " ( after analyzing in depth the doctrines of
many other philosophies , AzhwAr declared the quintessence of
VedAs as that Sriman NaarAyaNan is the Supreme Principle
(para Tatthvam ). 

In the Thirucchanda Viruttham , Thirumazhisai AzhwAr deals 
at the highest level , " The cosmic categories " of this Para
Tatthvam. The tremendous word play , the lilting chandas
(metre) , the nectar of Vedic and Upanishadic doctrines 
are the hall marks of the paasurams of TCV. The deep meanings 
can only be understood from the scholarly commentators of 
this Prabhandham like PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai.Swamy Desikan's 
salutation to this great prabhandham is : "mey mihuttha 
Thirucchandha viruttha paadal" . This means " veda nool Odhuhinra 
uNmai" or the supreme truth taught by VedAs in one voice 
( eikya kaNDam ): Sriman NaarAyaNan is the antharyAmi for 
all Tatthvams , categories of existence with their source in 
the Brahman doctrine of the Upanishads . 

Now coming to the first four paasurams of TCV , here are
their short meanings as per Sriman K.C.VaradAchar Swamy.
The detailed meanings of the individual Paasurams of TCV will
be covered in the Oppiliappan List due to brevity reasons :

The First Paasuram:
********************

" Having become the five in the Earth , in the water the Four,
in the Fire the Three, in the strong wind , the Two , in the above
(Ether) the One , becoming distinguished as different from these,
WHO CAN KNOW THY BEING ? " (TCV: PAASURAM 1).

AzhwAr deals precisely with the categories of existence in 
this paasuram and wonders about the mysteries of our Lord , 
who is the indweller of all of these categories.

The Second Paasuram 
********************
" Being the Six (duties referred to in Manu smruthi) ,
the Six ( Seasons), and the Six (YaagAs) , being worshipped by
the Five ( YajanAs) , the five (PrANAs) , and the Five
(Agnis) , He who is the excellent Two (rtham and amrutham) , 
the Three ( leelAs of the Lord) , the Seven ( seven general 
pre-requisits for Bhakthi yOgA ), the Six ( Shad GuNAs ) ,
and the Eight ( divine qulaities of a Muktha jeevan) ,
having made distinct knowledge , being the True and 
the deluder , the Self of the Five ( Para, VyUha , Vibhava 
Haardha and Archaa ). He the Lord is verily a magicican (Maayan)".
--TCV: Paasuram 2.

In the first Paasuram , AzhwAr pointed out that it is not easy
to comprehend the Lord as the Tatthva Roopi among the three 
doctrines: Tatthva -Hitha-PurushArtam . In the second and 
the third paasurams , AzhwAr declares that is not also easy
(without the anugraham of sadAchAryans) to comprehend Him
as the Hitha Roopi or PurushArTa Roopi. 

Third TCV Paasuram:
*******************
" Having made the five(bhUthAs) and the Five (TanmAthrAs)
and five (sense organs ) and the Five (motor organs) 
(merge) in the three (manas,ahamkAra and Mahath) , 
and having made them into One (pradhAna or Moola Prakruthi) ,
and having becoming the Self to all these as Purusha or
Athman , Thou art thus the FIRST CAUSE. Who can see in
the world the Five (transcendent forms of Thee ) becoming
(established) in the five places for the enjoyment through 
the five sense organs and the five motor organs". 

The doctrine of IsAvAsyOpanishad : "IsAvAsyam idham Sarvam 
yath kinch JagathyAm Jagath " is elaborated here. 

Fourth Paasuram of TCV:
***********************
The sarva-Vaachaka-Sabdha Brahman is evoked and saluted here.
The Para-VyUha-Vibhava-Haardha-ArchA moorthams of the Lord 
elaborated in the PaancharAthra Samhithais are also
referred to here . The thirty nine vibhava bhEdhams 
(divisions as Vibhava moorthys) ,the most dominant 
three sets of Five among these 39 , the 12 VyUhAntharams
( KesavAdhi VyUhAntharams), SankarshaNa-Pradhyumna-
Aniruddha -Para VaasudEva Roopams are also saluted 
in this paasuram besides the Lord's manifestations
at the Milky Ocean , Soorya MaNDalam and VishNu lOkam.
AzhwAr wonders about the mystery of such a Great One
entering His hrudhayAkAsam and staying there .

The Fifth Paasuram 
*******************
This is in response to a hypothetical disclaimer 
from the Lord about His not having done anything and it 
was Brahma Devan , who created all the Prapancham and
facilitated the Lord to become the antharyAmi in all
the objects of the world. AzhwAr responds in the spirit of
Sam~jnA Moorthy KlapthyadhikaraNam : It is all Your sankalpa 
Leelai . You are indeed the primordial One for all 
the creations in this world including the Creation Of 
Brahma Devan himself ,Samashti , Vyashti and sarva Srushti.
You are Aadhi Moorthy . You created Samashti , performed 
ThruvithkaraNam and laid down in the middle of the Milky
Ocean as Sriman NaarAyaNan and there You created Brahman 
from the Lotus that arose out of Your Naabhi (PadhmanAbhan).
Thus You are the sarva-Moolam for all including the Brahma Deva.
He did not create anyhting independently.

Towards the end of this Prabhandham Thirumazhisai asks 
in a state of wonder : " Should n't the mind seek out that
happiness of being United to Thee (Vasthu PoorNan ) alone ?

Additional write ups on TCV and NMT are housed in
the Bhakthi archives for further study. KaalakshEpam under
a SadAchAryan is the best way to comprehend the subtle
TatthvArthams of AzhwAr Paasurams .

NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa













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