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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Today is Thirumangai AzhwAr Thirunakshathram?
Kaartthigai Kritthigai? Let us meditate on the lotus
feet of this most brilliant poetic AlwAr- who is also
called naalu kavi perumAL? 

Let us enjoy his Periya Thirumozhi thaniyans
(dedicatory verses) on Thirumangaimannan- Kaliyan ?
Parakaala and the a couple of pAsurams from his Periya
Thirumzhi 1.1? 

ThirukkOsttiyoor Nambhi's thaniyan

kalayaami kalidhvamsam kavim lOkadhivaakaram
yaSya kObi: prakaaSaabir aavidhyam niHatham thama:

I meditate on the Poet, who is like the Sun for the
whole world, to destroy the darkness of ignorance
(ajj~nAnam) with his word and who destroys the Kali
dhOsham

Emberumaanaar (Sri Ramnuja's) thaniyan

vaazhi parakaalan vaazhi kaliganRi, 
vaazhi kuRaiyaloor vaazhvEnNdhan -- vaazhiyarO
maayOnai vaaLvaliyaal manNdhirangkoL mangkaiyarkOn 
thooyOn sudarmaana vEl.

Long live Parakaalan; May He who has removed the Kali
dhOsham long live; who is staying permanently at
ThirukkuRaiyaloor long live; who showed His spear and
threatened the SarvEshwaran Lord Sriya:pathih Sriman 
Narayanan, to get upadEsam from Him straight away long
live; May this purest BhakthA, the king of Thirumangai
beings, long live! And may His lustrous sword in His
hand long live!
 
Azhvaan (KooratthAzhwAn) 's thaniyan

nenjchukku iruLkadi dheepam adangkaa nedumbiRavi,
nanjhukku nallavamudham thamizha nannool thuRaigaL,
anjukku ilakkiyam aaraNasaaram* parasamayap
panjhuk kanalin poRi parakaalan panuvalgaLE.

Thirumangai AzhwAr's works are like Yama for the
enemies (other religions- non-believers); they are
like the lamp that removes the darkness of ignorance
(aj!nAnam); they are like the nectar (amudham) that
can change the killing fatal poison of these births
that has been going on for us, since time immemorial,
which can not be fought against with any amount of
efforts at all otherwise; They are the tamil
literature which has got yezhutthu, sol, poruL, yaappu
and aNi.  

Embaar 's thaniyans 

engkaLgadhiyE! iraamaanusamuniyE!
sangkai kedutthaaNda thavaraasaa -- pongkupugazh
mangkaiyarkOn eendha maRai aayiram anaitthum
thangkum manamn Nee yenakku ththaa.

Oh Ramanuja! Our only refuge! Oh King of thapasvIs
(those who do great penance) and the Chief of
everyone! The One who removes our doubts on 
saasthrAs! Please bless this lowly self, me to get to
know the entire collection of thousand pAsurams of
Thirumangaimannan, which house the Vedic truths in
full.

maalaith thaiyE vazhi paRikka vENum enRu
kOlip padhilirundha koRRavanE! - vElai
aNaitthu aruLum kaiyil adiyEn vinaiyaith
thuNitthu aruLa vENum thuNindhu.

Oh King, The One who hid behind the bushes and robbed
Sriman Narayanan! You, (who is the saviour and
protector from the onslaught and attack of other
religions with your great "vEl" (spear)), should bless
me and cut asunder my sins and karmic diseases with
your sharp spear.

His Periya Thirumozhi starts with the wonderful
pAsuram of VaadinEn vaadi?. 
vaadinEn vaadi varundhinEn manatthaal
        perunthuyar idumbaiyil piRanNdhu,
koodinEn koodi iLaiyavar thammOdu
        avartharum kalaviyE karudhi,
 OdinEn Odi uyvadhOr poruLaal
        uNarvenum perumpadhantherindhu,
naadinEn n^aadi n^aan kaNdukoNdEn
        naaraayaNaa ennum n^aamam.


1. I am repenting with tears; I am weltering; Being
born into this life of terrible sorrows; I have gone
behind the young women running after sensual pleasures
from them; (But) due to the grace of our Lord Sriman
Narayanan, I have (been blessed to have ) realised the
Goal that can save me and yield me the Greatest
blissful and eternal happiness; (Without my knowledge
even, He had made me) searching for this stage, and
NOW I have found the eternal happiness- in the Divine
name "Narayanaa". (Not even in Him; in His name- I
have found the eternal happiness- because AzhwAr saw
Him and PiraaTTi first; But only after 
hearing His name from the Lord, did AzhwAr find the
happiness! Hence, the name is grander than the Lord-
Utter NamO Narayana! NamO Narayana!)
 
kulamtharum selvam thanNdhidu madiyaar
 paduthuyaraayinavellaam,
nNilandharaNYcheyyum nNeeLvisumbaruLum
 aruLoduperunNilamaLikkum,
valanNdharummaRRunNthanNdhidum peRRa
 thaayinu maayinaseyyum,
nNalandharuNYchollai nNaan kaNdukoNdEn
 nNaaraayaNaavennumnNaamam. (2) 1.1.9

9. It will fetch the Greatest Highest Kulam (of
Srivaishnava kulam); It will yield great fortune
(aishwaryam); It will alleviate and destroy all that
can be called as sorrows of devotees; It will also
grant the Biggest Grandest and Greatest Home
(Paramapadham); It will fetch the Divine grace of the
Lord; It will grant the strength to enjoy Him; It 
will do all good (to you) much much more than what
your mother can do; (Which one is so great?) That is
Thirumanthram- Ashtaaksharam _ Naaraayana naamam and I
have been blessed to obtain that.
 
??.. 
thuNYchumbOdhu azhaimin thuyarvaril nNinaimin
 thuyarileer sollilum nNanRaam, [10th verse] 

10. Oh Bhagawthas, who recite this ten of Thirumangai
mannan! Please utter "Narayana" when you are down with
sorrows or even when you have none of them ; when you
are about to go to bed; Utter this at all times; and
under all circumstances; It can stay as a Poison to
all our sins and destroy them completely to protect us
at all times; Utter Naaraayanaa Naaraayanaa [The
ThiruvashtAkshara manthra] And be saved! 

Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dasan



                
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