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Dear Sriman Parthasarathy Srinivasan :
 
Please accept my sincere best wishes on completion of the First
anniversary of  Sri Vaishnavism that you have created to serve
the Community of VaishNavAs . I have very much enjoyed the articles
released there.
 
Please accept this article on the dhivya dEsam of SiRu Puliyoor ,
specially written for Sri Vaishnavism  e-list .
 
adiyEn prays to Sri BhUmi DEvi SamEtha Sri Oppiliappan to bless you with
additional Kaimkarya Sri and the growth of the e-list of Sri Vaishnavism
that you are moderating .
 
NamO NaarAyaNAya ,
V.Sadagopan
 
 
Arul Maa Kadal of Thiru SiRu Puliyoor Dhivya Desam
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After his MangaLAsAsanam of ThErazhundhUr , Thirumagai Mannan
arrived at SiRu Puliyoor dhivya dEsam and was totally overcome by
the grace & Soundaryam of the Lord reclining on the bed of AdhisEshan .
This Baala Sayana Moorthy is also saluted by Thirumangai as Chala Sayanan .
There is a  Sthala Sayana archai ( Thirukkadanmallai /MahA Bali Puram) .
The Lord at SiRu Puliyoor is " Chala Sayanar" , The Cha here is like
the CHa in Chathram ( Umbrella) .
 
Why the name "Chala Sayanar"
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An intriguing thought crossed adiyEn's mind . "Chala" is a PadhArTam
( one of the 16 Categories) in the aasthka darsanam of Nyaaya ( " Philosophy of
logical realism ) founded by Sage Gauthama . VisishtAdhvaitha has in contrast ,
two PadArTAs ( Dhravyam and adhravyam) with sub categories among the two .
 
The NyAyaa category of Chala stands for argument infused with Sophistry .
The Jeevan argues with the Lord that it is its own Master ( NaaTan) ,
" aham mE " ( I am my own Lord , Thirumanjana Kattiyam of Lord RanganAtha)  
with Sophistry .
 
The Jeevan ( Chala svabhAvan) quibbles with the Lord in a state of disputation   
and forgets its ancient and unalterable relationship as Seshan ( liege/Servant)
with its Supreme Master ( Sarva Seshi) . The arguments of the Chala Jeavan
with its Lord  (Chala NaaTan ) about its " Svatantram " is covered in detail elsewhere
( item 8 in http://www.oppiliappan.org/kattiyam ) . The Jeevan being "chalan " argues
its deluded state  with impunity and stubbornness that it has svatantram;
the Lord of the Jeevan reminds the Jeevan that  it is wrong in this beklief
and attests it has no Svatantram of its own anfd that Hehas  the inalienable
and eternal relationship with the Jeevan as its  Master  . One can speculate with
comfort that the name " Chala Sayanan " for the AruL Maa Kadal of SiRu Puliyoor
might be connected to Him being the Master of Bhaddha Jeevan that wallows
in SamsAram by thinking that " I belong to myself , I am independent " .
Due to His infinite compassion , the true owner of the Jeevan  directs
the suffering Bhaddha Jeevan with one of HIs AchAryans and grants Moksham
to the Jeevan and recieves it as a Muktha Jeevan at His Supreme abode
after its anushtAnam of SaraNAgathy .
 
Thirumangai performed his MangaLAsAsanam of  Lord Chala Saynan
with ten exquisite Paasurams ( Periya Thirumozhi Paasurams 7.9.1-10) .
 
Location of the Dhivya dEsam
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This dhivya dEsam is near KollumAngudi in ChOLa dEsam . PerumAL is
in the Sayanam pose facing South . His NaacchiyAr has the naamam of
Thiru MaamahaL . The VimAnam is revered as Nandha Vardhana VimAnam .
Ananatha Saras and Maanasa PushkaraNi are the sacred theertthams .
He is prathyaksham to Sage VyAsa and the PulikkAl Munivar ( VyAgra
Paadhar ) . The name for the dhivya dEsam ( SiRu PuliyUr)arose from
the Lord's special anugraham to PulikkAl Munivar  .
 
The Ten Paasurams of Kaliyan on Chala Sayanan
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In his ten Paasurams of Thirumangai AzhwAr , AzhwAr  instructs us to
worship the Lord of this dhivya dEsam with the purity of Manas ,
Speech ( Vaak) and body ( kaayam) . ThrikaraNa parisuddhi is
recommended by Kaliyan as ParOpadEsam . In the ninth paasuram
about the Lord of the Dhivya dEsam , Thirumangai performs complete
MangaLAsAsanam about the names of the PerumAl , ThAyAr , dhivya
dEsam : " Thru MaamahaL maruvum SiRu Puliyoor chalasayantthu
Arumaa KadalamudhE " . He visualizes the Lord as the nectar that arose
from a rare and gigantic ocean and with the SubhAsrayam that is enjoyed
immensely by His dEvi , ThirumAmahaL . The aru (rare) maa ( gigantic) kadal
(Ocean) is the roopam of ParavAsu dEvan ; the Lord of this dhivya dEsam 
arose as a nectar from that rare and huge ocean of Sri Vaikunta NaaTan 
( Para VaasudEvan) . Azhwar delights in the enjoyment of this nectar 
at SiRu Puliyoor and acknowledges that the Lord's sacrd feet are his 
UpAyam and UpEyam ( means and goal) .
 
Kalyan's Periya Thirumozhi: 7.9.1
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In the first Paasuram , Kaliyan invites us to worship the Lord of SiRu Puliyoor ,
who resides in his heart lotus to chase away the stealthy habits of their minds .
Sri UthtamUr Swamy points out that Kaliyan  has in mind the Veda Vaakyams :
" stEnam mana: ,  anrutha-vaadhini vaak " (  Mind is deceitful and the speech
comes up with falsehood) . As an AchAryan , Kaliyan instructs us to worship
the Lord of this dhivya dEsam with aarjavam (Straightforwardness , rectitude
and honesty) . He asks us to infuse ManO-Vaak-Kaayam with aarjavam
and then approach the Lord  for worship  . He assures us that worship of
the Lord's sacred feet in that mode will destroy the propensity for thievery
of the mind ( manatthin thiruttuttanam viLLum ): " KaLLam manam viLLum
vahai karuthik-kazhal Thozhuveer ". The whole paasuram takes this form :        
 
KaLLam manam viLLum vahai karuthik-kazhal thozhuveer
    veLLam muthu paravait-tirai viriya karaiyengum
teLLum maNi thihazhum SirupuliyUr chalasayanat-
    tuLLum yenathu uLLatthuLLum uRaivAraiyuLLeerE
 
In the first line , Thirumangai revealed the upAyam for tackling
the stealthiness of the mind . In the second line and part of the third line ,
Kaliyan describes the richness of this dhivya dEsam : " VeLLam
muthu paravait-tirai viriya karai yengum teLLum MaNi thihazhum
Siru Puliyoor " . Kaliyan sees amazing testament to the abundant
richness of this dhivya dEsam . The assembly of the noble gems brought
ashore by the swift waves of  the old ocean were illuminating the dhivya
desam with their brilliant lustre and serving as a rathna dheepam
for the Chala Sayana NaaTan , the Lord of SiRu Puliyoor ( MaNi thihazhum
SiRu Puliyoor Chala sayanatthuLLum) . The same Lord illuminated by
the lustre of the noble gems is seen inside his Hrudhaya Kamalam by
Kaliyan . Kaliyan asks us to worship the Lord's sacred feet and approach 
them for protection from our deceitful minds and "anrutha Vaak ".  
 
Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
 
 


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