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Arul Maa Kadal of  Thiru SiRu Puliyoor Dhivya Desam *******************************************************************
In the previous Paasuram , Thirumangai asked us to worship
the holy feet of the BhagavathAs , who worship Chala Sayana
NaaTan's Thiruvadi , to get rid of our sorrows and sins .
 
In this Paasuram , Kaliyan reveals that the many archAvathArams
taken by the Lord is to increase the population of BhAgavathAs , who
develop Bhakthi for those ArchaavathAra Moorthys ;  the growth in
the community of  BhAgavathAs is willed by the Lord for our redemption :
 
sEyOngu taNN ThirumAlirumchOlai malai uRayu(m)--
MaayA ! yennakku urayAyai ithu MaRai nAnkin uLAyO
theeyOmpu kai maRaiyOr Siru PuliyUr Chala Sayanat--
thAyO Unathu adiyAr  manatthAyO aRiyEnE --( Periya Thirmozhi : 7.9.7)
 
(Meaning) : Oh Lord who is enjoying Your residence with  the tall hills
and the cool dhivya  desam of  ThirumAlirum Cholai ! Oh Mysterious One !
Please tell me one thing . Are You residing inside the four VedAs ?
Or are You residing in the dhivya dEsam of SiRu PuliyUr , where the Veda Viths
performing Yaagams and Yajnams in VadhikAgni are abundantly present ?
Or are You residing inside the minds of Your adiyArs ?  I do not know
the correct answer . Please tell me what is your favorite residence ! 
 
Special Notes:
*********************
Kaliyan starts this Paasuram with a question to the Lord of ThirumAlirumchOlai,
while he is standing before SiRu PuliyUr EmperumAn performing MangaLAsAsanam
for latter . It sounds odd context . ThirumAlirum ChOlai is qualified by Kaliyan with
the VisEshanam , "sEyOngu taNN ThirumAlirum ChOlai malai uRayum Maayan " .
In our sampradhAyam , VyUha, Vibhava and Archaa Moorthys are recognized as
arising from Para VaasudEva Moorthy at Sri Vaikuntam . Kaliyan hints that 
Para VaasudEvan descended from Sri Vaikuntam and landed on the tall mountains
of ThirumAlirum ChOlai nourished by the cool waters of Noopura Gangai . He is 
Maayavan or mysterious one . His sankalpam will not be transparent to us . He has
descended on the tall hills of ThirumAlirum ChOlai . The Para VasudEvan at 
ThirumAlirum ChOlai  is located south of SiRu PuliyUr. In the last paasuram
mention was made of narakams , which are considered in the southern direction
under water . One who destroys Narakam through His anugraham is known as
NarakAnthakan . Kaliyan thinks of the  Para VaasudEvan at ThirumAlirumchOlai as
THE  NarakAnthakan . Hence by osmosis of thoughts about narakam , Kaliyan
minds flashes to ThirumAlirum ChOlai MaayOn . After that experience , Kaliyan
wanted to pin point the Lord about the other places , which are His preferred 
residences among the three possibilities :(1)  Inside the four Vedams or
(2) dhivya dEsams like Siru PuliyUr , where BhAgavathAs skilled in nurturing
VaidheekAgni for the performance of Yaagams eulogizing SiRu PuliyUr EmperumAn
or (3) the minds of Siru PuliyUr EmperumAn's adiyArs . Kaliyan concludes 
that the Lord stayed inside all these sites to enter the minds of adiyArs as 
the most relished site by Him for His residence . Among all the dhivya dEsams 
including ThirumAlirum ChOlai , SiRu PuliyUr is the best because of its        
abundance of Vedic scholars gifted in performing Yaagams and Yaj~nams
to perform the aarAdhanam of Chala Sayana NaaTan . They become dear to
AruL Maa Kadal EmperumAn of  SiRu PuliyUr . These bhAgavathAs are
blessed by  the Lord of SiRu PuliyUr to increase in size so that they can be
approached by all of us as aasrayaNa purushALs  . By worshipping their
holy feet , we gain BhAgavatha Seshathvam and become dear to
the Lord of SiRu PuliyUr and thus reach sathgathi .
 
These Vedic Scholars of SiRu PuliyUr were not only experts in Karma
KaaNDam ( Poorva MeemAmsai ) but were thoroughly conversant with
Jn~Ana KaaNDam ( Utthara MimAmsai or Brahma MeemAmsai) . They
knew very well that Poorva and Utthara MeemAmsai together is  yEka Saasthram
( Unitary Saasthram and not in conflict with each other ) . Poorva MeemAmsai
starts with " aTAthO Dharma Jign~asaa and the vichAram ends up with
the last soothram of Brahma MeemAmsai : " anAvrutthi sabdhAth ,
anAvrutthi SabdhAth " .
 
Brahma Jn~Ana sampAdhanam ( acquirement ) was not specifically
mentioned by Sage Jaimini in his Poorva MeemAmsai although  he was
a sishyar of Veda VyAsa , the author of Uthara MeemAsai or Brahma
MeemAmsai .The AchAryan , Sage VyAsa united the two MeemAmsais
in to a continum by including the third adhyAyam ( Saadhana adhyAyam )
of the Brahma SoothrAs as a link to Karma VichAram emphasized in
Poorva MeemAmsam . From the third adhyAyam of Brahma Soothram ,
the evolution is towards the fourth adhyAyAm of Phala adhyAyam
emphasizing MOksham ( PiRavAmai ) as the Phalan of Brahma VichAram .
 
Poorva MeemAmsa VichAram arrives at the conclusion that the KarmAs
described in Poorva MeemAmsa Saasthram are insignificant (alpam )
and not lasting ( asTiram) . BruhadhAraNyakam (5.8.10) points out :
" anthavathEvAsya tath bhavathi " ( the Phalans obtained by KarmAs
described in Poorva MeemAmsai are persihable ) . MunDaka Upanishad
1.2.7 states : " adhruDA: Yaj~na roopA : " ( The boats called Yaagams are
feeble boats to take you across the ocean of SamsAram ) .  It is essential
therfore to study Karma KaaNDam to know about the karmAs yielding
alpa , asTira Phalans . After that and a s a result of that study ,
Brahma VichAram starts ( Brahma Jig~nAsaa) . Upanishad vaakyams
in support are : " na punar MruthyavE tadhEkam pasyathi" ( For gaining
the Phalan of not being born into samsAric world again , the Jeevan sees
the matchless Parama Purushan ) . ChAndhOgya Upanishad ( 8.16.2) declares :
" na pasyOMruthyum pasyathi " ( The one who sees Him does not see SamsAram ) . SvEthasvathAram (1.6) says : "TEna amruthathvamEthi " ( The Jeevan attains
immortality through Him ) . Purusha Sooktham caps all these declarations with
its own declaration : " TamEvam VidhvAn amrutha iha Bhavathy "
( One who understands/ comprehends Him this way attains immortality
in this birth already ) .
 
Such is the power of the BhagavathAs of SiRu PuliyUr and aasrayaNam of
their Thiruvadi leads on to Sathgathy for the aasthika janangaL .       
  
Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan


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