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Sri :
 
Dear BhakthAs :

In this posting , adiyEn would cover briefly the anubhavam
of the AzhwArs about the Lord of ThirukkOttiyUr starting from 
PeriyAzhwAr of SrivilliputthUr . 


PeriyAzhwAr's anubhavam
*****************************
Twenty two of the 39 paasurams are from PeriyAzhwAr .
The first ten are about the birth of Kutti KaNNan at 
ThirukkOttiyUr . AzhwAr recognizes this dhivya dEsam 
as Thiru Aayi Paadi and describes the abundant joy of
the shepherds of Gokulam(Aayar and Aaycchiyar) 
 in celebrating the avathAram of the Lord in their midst .   
The scene is one of tumultous joy . Drums sounded .
The people danced out of joy that the Lord was born
amidst them in the idaicchEri .

AzhwAr starts his PeriyaazhwA Thriumozhi with 
the beautiful description of ThirukkOttiyUr 
and visulaizes it as the AaypAdi itself :

" VaNNa MaadangaL Soozh ThirukkOttiyUr 
   KaNNan Kesavan Nambi Piranthanil 
   yeNNai suNNam yethriyethir thoovida
   KaNNan muRRam kalamtaLaRaayirrE "

The Joyous Aacchiyars and Aayars assembled at
ThirukkOttiyUr known for its beautiful , multistoried
buildings and went to the palace where Kutti KaNNan 
was" born" amidst them. They sprayed scented powder 
and fragrant oil on each other to celebrate the arrival of
their darling and made the courts of the palace slippery 
with the accumulating paste of oil and the fragrant powder .
They were shouting with joy , " KaNNan Kesavan Nambi
PiRanthAn ".

The tumultous scene is described further in the second  paasuram :
The celebrating party ran from one end of the palace to the other.
They slipped and fell in thier rush . They embraced each other .
The newly arrived asked about the exact room in which 
Kutti KaNNan was resting on His Mother's lap ( " NaaduvAr 
NampirAn yenguRRAn yenpAr ". They sang with joy about 
the glory of the Lord , who had chosen to be born
amidst them .Some  danced to the beat of drums .
The whole AayarpAdi ( ThirukkOttiyUr) floated in
a flood of joy during this occasion of the Lord's birth .

Third Paasuram describes the spontaneous outburst of
those , who were blessed to see the Parama soundharyam
and dhivya tEjas of Kutti KaNNan , who hid His Parathvam
and acted just as a beautiful child filled with all SaamudhrikA
lakshaNams . Some observed that there is no male that is
equivalent to Kutti KaNNan in valour and beauty ( AaNNoppAr
Ivan nErillai KaaNN "). Other knowledgable ones(cognizenti )
deduced that this divine child born in SravaNa nakshathram will 
rule the universe ( ThiruvONatthAn ulahALum yenpArhaLE ) .

The fourth Paasuram describes the intense activities 
at the homes of the cowherds and cowherdesses .
Their wealth is Milk , Butter and Curd . They brought 
those precious offerings to Kutti KaNNan's residence 
as gifts and prayed for His well being . Others  poured those 
offerings in the courtyard of Kutti KaNNan's house 
in a gesture of joy and abandon. They sang and danced 
and were immersed in waves of bliss and forgot even
where they were . The joyous experience overpowered them
(" yengum aRivizhanthanar AaypAdi AayarE " ). 

The fifth Pasuram describes the arrival of the cowherds 
from their night watches over their herds .They had 
the staff in their hands , their mats made of coconut 
palm leaves .They rushed straight  from their duties 
of the night to NandhagOpan's palace to have the first
look at the divine child and jostled with each other to get
closer .

A day or two went by . YasOdhai was now ready to give
a bath to her darling child and slowly stretch out His
tender arms and legs . She prepared comfortingly 
warm water and added fragrant essences to it . 
She painted the little tongue of Kutti KaNNan with
turmeric paste to eliminate any phlegm . As she 
looked into the mouth of her darling during that 
exercise , she saw the seven worlds inside the mouth 
of that divine child ( " Vyaam yEzhum kaNDAL PiLLai 
vaayuLLE")  .  When she saw this astounding scene
inside the mouth of her little one , YasOdha and
the cowherdesses surrounding her recognized that this 
mysterious child can not be the child of NandagOpan
and YasOdha and concluded that this child with 
anantha kalyANa guNams is none but the Supreme 
Being ( Aayar putthiran allan Arumdhaivam , Baalakan
Maayan yenRu mahizhnthanar )... Paasurams 6 & 7.

In the eighth pasuram , PeriyAzhwAr continues 
with his anubhavam of shifting the 12th day 
celebration happenings at Vada Mathurai to 
ThirukkOttiyUr . PeriyAzhwAr visualizes the decoration
of the entire dhivya dEsam with victory pillars
holding multicolored flags and festoons. The cowherdess 
took KaNNan in their hands , lifted Him and kissed Him 
with great affection in anticipation of the ways
in which He was going to protect them later from
the anger of Indhra by lifting and holding Govardhana 
Giri as an umbrella (" Mattha Maamalai taangiya Maindhanai ,
utthAnam seythu uhanthanar AayarE " ). 

In the ninth paasuram , YasOdhai refers to the adhubhutha
chEshtithams of this divine child and her dismay over those 
Baala KreeDais .

In the tenth and the final Paasuram , PeriyAzhwAr 
instructs us that  those who sing these ten paasurams
about ThirukkOttiyUr ArchA Moorthy ( Soumya NaarAyaNan )
as KaNNan will never get admixed with Bhagavath -- anubhava
VirOdha Paapams :

" SennellAr Vayal soozh ThirukkOttiyUr
   Mannu NaaraNan Nambi PiRanthamai
   minnu nool Vittuchitthan virittha 
   ippannu pAdal vallArkku illai paavamE "

AndAL imagined SrivilliputthUr as Vadamathurai.
Her father identified with ThirukkOttiyUr as 
AaypAdi(Gokulam ).He saw ThirukkOttiyUr 
EmperumAn , Soumya NaarAyaNan , as KaNNan ,
Kesavan , Nambi , NaarAyaNan and performed 
MangaLAsAsanam for Him . ThirukkOttiyUr
PerumAl was instrumental in VishNuchitthar's
inspired participation in the debate at the court of
PaanDyan King to eastablish the  Parathvam of
Sriman NaarAyaNan . Hence , VishNuchitthar
chose Soumya NaarAyaNan as the object of 
the first ten Paasurams of his dhvya Prabhandham 
and celebrated His avathAram as KaNNan . 

In the next posting related to this KshEthrAdanam ,
adiyEn will cover the dhivya prabhAvam (Vaibhavam )
of ThriukkOttiyUr , where PeriyAzhwAr  regrets over 
the misfortunes of those , who do not reflect on 
the ThirukkOttiyUr ThUmaNi VaNNan ( PeriyAzhwAr 
Thirumozhi: 4.4) .       
 
Sri Soumya NaarAyaNa SwaminE Nama:   
Dasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan  
 
Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: 






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