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Sri :

Dear BhakthAs :

The last posting in this series goes back to October 6 , 2004.
adiyEn will now return to the rest of the visits to dhivya dEsams
during this special trip to India in September for RathnAngi
SamarpaNam.

Thirumangai's ThirukkOshtiyUr Paasurams (Periya Thirumozhi: 9.10 )
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Paasuram 9.10.1 on ThirukkOttiyUrAn
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yengaL yemm iRai  EmpirAn imayOrkku Naayakan yEtthu adiyavar
tangaL tamm--manatthup-piriyAthu aruL purivAn
pongu taNN aruvi putham seyyap--ponkaLE  sithaRa ilangu oLi
sengamalam malarum THIRUKKOTTIYURAANE

Comments : Thirumangai was aware of the exquisite anubhavam of
PeriyAzhwAr about the EmperumAn of this dhivya dEsam and also
the importance of this dhivya dEsam for PeriyAzhwAr in establishing
the Parathvam (Supermacy ) of Sriman NaarAyaNan in the court of
the Pandyan king . Therefore , Thirumangai AzhwAr relates to
the Lord of ThirukkOttiyUr with affection as " YengaL ThirukkOttiyUrAnE " .
The choice of the word "YengaL" for the Lord of  ThirukkOttiyUr
suggests that He is the dearest Lord for him ( Thirumangai ) as well
as for all the other AzhwArs , who performed MangaLAsAsanams
prior to him .

In this paasuram , Thirumangai salutes ThirukkOttiyUr PerumAL ,
Sowmya NaarAyaNan , as "Yemm iRai " ( our undisputed
Master , Sarva Swamy ) and " Yemm PirAn/EmpirAn " ( Our compassionate
Lord , who goes out of His way to help every one , who sought Him as
their rakshakan). Thirumangai describes Sowmya NaarAyaNan as
a ParamOpakAri , whose help( upakAram)  is limitless . He does not
abandon any one of His devotees ( adiyArs) even for a fraction of
a second and blesses every one of them with all types of soubhAgyams.

Thirumangai recognizes His Lord as the Lord of DEvAs
" ImayOr Naayakan" (DEva NaaTan) as well as the Lord of
the eternally liberated Jevans ( Nithya Sooris) such as Garudan ,
AadhisEshan et al .  AzhwAr is elated with pride in hailing
his dear Lord as " YengaL ThirukkOttiyUrAn  ImayOr Naayakan" .
Our dear ThirukkOttiyUrAn is also "Yemm iRai" and "Yemm PirAn"
states Thirumangai with unbridled affection .

ThirukkOttiyUrAn's Achyutha Tatthvam is saluted by Thirumangai
with the Paasura passage: " yEtthu adiyavar tangaL tamm manatthu
piryAthu aruL purivaan ". For those prapannAs and ParamaikAnthis ,
who eulogize Him , He enters their heart lotuses and stays there always
with His dear consort . ThiukkOttiyUrAn rnever lets them slip away from
them .  He resides in their heart lotuses and blesses them with sarva
mangaLams.

The tenderness and love of Thirumangai for this PerumAL is revealed
from the salutation : " YengaL ThirukkOttiyUrAn " . Ingu Thirumangai
PerumALidam visEsha uRavu koNDAduhiraar. There is a special reason
for Thirumangai to claim this intimate relationship with ThirukkOttiyUrAn .
ThirukkOttiyUr in Sanskrit translates into "Sri GhOshti Puram ".
The name of GhOshti Puram is linked to the Sthala PurANam ,
which states that the assembly (GhOshti) of the righteous ( Saadhus )
convened here during the time of their oppression and intimidation by
HiraNyan  to strategize on the ways to annihilate that dushta asuran .
The Saadhus sought a special place , where they can assemble
without fear from HiraNyan and chose this dhivya dEsam as a result of
Kadhambha Maharishi's existing curse that no dushtan and durAchAran
should enter this sacred space unless they want to die . Hence HiraNyan
could not dare to enter this dhivya dEsam , which was a protected territory
.
This protection encouraged the Saadhu GhOshti to choose this dhivya
dEsam for their deliberations and the name of Sri GhOshti Puram
arose from that event . Thirumangai thinks about these Parama
Saadhu GhOshtis and the anugraham of the Lord of this dhivya
dEsam and takes pride in identifying with the Lord as "YengaL
ThirukkOttiyUrAn ".

In the remaining portion of the first paasuram , Thirumangai
describes the material prosperity and the physical beauty of
this dhivya dEsam of His Lord : " Pongu TaNN aruvi putham seyya
ponkaLE sithaRa ilangu oLi  sengamalam alarum " idam koNDavan
(YengaL ThirukkOttiyUrAn).The abundant water in this dhivya dEsam
is recognized through the cool water that flows swiftly the many fountains
that criss cross this dhivya dEsam. When these floods descend , they
loosen up the soil and scatter gold dust all around and makes
the dhivya dEsam filled with lustre. The abundant waters from
the springs and fountains collect in the many ponds , which become
home for beautiful red lotus flowers that enrich further
the soundharyam of the dhivya dEsam of ThirukkOttiyUrAn .

Sri Soumya NaarAyaNa ParabrahmanE Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VraradAchAri Sadagopan



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