Arul Maa Kadal of Thiru SiRu
Puliyoor Dhivya Desam *******************************************************************
In the previous Paasuram ,
Kaliyan appealed to every one
to perform MangaLaasAsanam of
SiRu PuliyUr EmperumAn
and to hold on to His sacred
feet and accept them as the unfailing
means for gaining Moksha
sukham .
In this Paasuram ,
Thirumnagai asserts once again that he has
no refuge other than the
Thiruvadis of the SiRu PuliyUr Chala
Sayana NaaTan for
gaining
Moksham:
vAnAr mathi pothiyum
saDai mazhu aaLiyOdu oru paal
thaann
ahiya talaivan avan amararkku athipathiyAmm
thEnAr pozhil tazhuvum
Siru puliyUr chala sayanatthu
Aann aayanathu
adi allathu onRu aRiyEn adiyEnE ---PT : 7.9.4
(Meaning) : adiyEn has become
the servant of the sacred feet of
the Lord of Chala
Sayanam . adiyEn does not know of anything other
than those holy feet of
the Lord of SiRu PuliyUr , who is the sarva
sulabhan engaged in grazing
His cattle as the
divine cowherd
in the groves of SiRu PuliyUr
known for its
honely laden flowering
trees . He is the
Lord of the Niothya Sooris , the eternally liberated
Jeevans. He is the Lord of
devAs ( Indhran) as well . He has the samhAra
Moorthy , Rudran with his
short axe ( Mazhu) housed on the right side of
His ThirumEni (Body) . That
Rudran has such
dense matted locks that
the Chandran adorning those
Jadais is
barely visible .
Special Notes :
********************
The key words of this
Paasuram are : AanAyan adi allathu onRu aRiyEn " .
Close by to SiRu PuliyUr
is a KrishNa kshEthram that Thirumangai
had just
performed MangaLAsAsanam ( Periya Thirumozhi : 7.4
to 7.8 ).
This is the KrishNa KshEthram
of TherazhundhUr , where PerumAl is
worshipped as Aayan . Here ,
the Lord blesses us with the Sevai as
the cowherd , grazing
His cows and calves . Thirumangai has sung
47 beautiful paasurams on
ThErazhandhUr Aayan ( Gopaalan) .
Those thoughts on
KrishNAvathaaram were very much on AzhwAr's
mind , when he
remembered the Lord of SiRu PuliyUr as the Parama
Soulabhya Moorthy : Aan Aayan
. In this Paasuram , Thirumangai
addressed the Lord as "
amararkku athipathy" , the Lord of Indhran .
It was Indhran who mistook
the Lord as a simple cowherd boy ,
who interfered with the
annual poojaa for him by Gokula Vaasis .
Angered
by GopAlan's
instructions to the gokula Vaasis not to worship
Indhran , latter sent hails
and thunderstorms to destroy Gokulam .
Our Lord , the Aayan lifted
Govardhana giri , held it on His little
finger and protected the cows
, calves and the citizens of Gokulam
from impending
destruction . He became Govardhana Giridharan .
Indhran was taught a lesson
and he recognized the true svaroopam
of the little cowherd ,
fell at the Lord's feet and performed Govindha
PattAbhishEkam to recognize
Aaayan as his Lord . Aaayan thus gained
the titl eof "
Amararkku athipathy ' although he was already the
Lord
of the DEvAs and their
king .
This " aaycchi vaittha Tayir
VeNNai uNDu uhanatha MaayOn " let
Himself tied down by HIs
mother to a wodden mortar for His mischief
( " PeRRa
thAyAl aappu uNDu irunthu azhuthu yEngum " MaayOn
).
He carries
even today the
three welt marks around His waist and
acquired
the name of
DhAmOdharan for that reason . This Aayan , who is
SarvEswaran thus came
to known as DhAmOdharan . He became
" KaNNU nuNN
siRutthAmpinaal
KattuNNappatta Patta PeRu Maayan " .
At SiRu PuliyUr dhivya Desam
, He presents HImself as Vaamana ( Baala)
RanganAthan performing Yoga
NidhrA on AdhisEshan as at Srirangam .
It is well known that
Moolavar RanganAthan at Srirangam shows
the three welt marks around
His waist as DhAmOdhara KrishNan .
It will not be surprising to
see these same welt marks around the waist of
the Aayan at SiRu
PUliyUr .
The SarvEswarathvam of the
" Aann Aayan " at SiRu PuliyUr is saluted
by Kaliyan
through the
recognition of another feature on the Chala Sayana
Moorthy
at this dhivya
dEsam . Here , SarvEswaran banished the sins
( Brahmahatthi
dhOsham ) of
Rudran from plucking one of the five heads of
his father ,
Brahma Devan .
SiRu PuliyUr Arumaa Kadal Amuthu gave
Rudran
out of His infiite
compassion a portion of His body to reside in .
This benovolent act of SiRu
PuliyUr EmperumAn is saluted by
Thirumangai in this Paasuram
as : " VaanAr mathi pothiyum sadai
mazhuvaaLiyodu oru paal
Thaann aahiya Talaivan " . The Moon ( Mathi)
adorning the matted locks of
Rudran is described as " VaanAr Mathi "
( The Moon that spreads its
cool rays around the sky) . That "VaanAr Mathi"
is almost hidden in the vast
assembly of the matted locks of Rudran ,
who carries the short axe on
one of His upper hands ( Mathi pothiyum
sadai Mazhu aaLi oru paal )
and stays as a part of the body of
the SarvEswaran (
MazhuALiyODu Thann aahiya Talaivan ) . Rudran
known also as Pasupathi is
incorporated in the right side of
the SarvEswaran's body
as a loyal servant
and grandson
.
Srimath Azhagiya Singar
Thiruvadi ,
Oppiliappan Koil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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