The Ganga KAveri Debate If the Ganges has the highest distinction
of the source being the Lord's Thiruvadi (gangai pOdharak
kAl nimirtharuLiya kaNNan vandhurai kOIl -Periya thirumozhi 4-2-6), what
can kAveri boast of?
Neither the source nor the destination is
very special.
However, AzvAr-s specailly mention great
things about kAveri.
The adjective prefixed to the great divya
dhEsam SriRangam is
"ponni sUzh
arangam.." Thiruchandha vrutham 119 -Thirumazhisaip
piran.
The picture of kAveri along
the SriRangam
kAviri nal nadhi pAyum
kana puram declares Sri KulasEkarAzvAr in PerumAL ThiruMozhi
8-10;
The reason for this is from Sri
ThoNdaradip poDi
'Gangaiyil punidhamAya
kAviri naduvu pATTu
pongu nEr parandhu
pAyum pUm-pozhil arangam' ThirumAlai 23;
The kaveri picture in
Thiruvarangam
The kAveri is considered purer than the
Ganges. The Ganges purifies all, but kAveri is purer than the Ganges.
How?
Let us refer to svAmi PeriyavAchAn piLLai
vyAkyAnam
Though Gangai is srEpAdha thErhtam of
perumAL , it came down thorugh the tresses of shivA whereas EmperumAn came
and settled down amidst the kAveri for ever. The kAveri has got this superior
advantage.
The words from the VyAkyAnam "AgaiyAlEA oru sikku nARRamum mayirp pAdum vuNDEA; Periya PerumAL
naduvEa paLLi koNdirukkayAlum puNidham iREa;..Thiruvadi vudaiyavan thAnEa vandhu
padu kAdu kidakkiRA yEARRAm vuNdiREA kAvirikku"
Therfore, for the ganges the scent of
shivA's tresses are mixed.Whereas, Sri Periya PerumAL out of His volition
settled amidst this sacred kAveri river which makes it so sacred. The ganges is
the SrepAdha thertham. However, the Lord of that ThiruvAdi Himself has come down
here which gives the Greatness for this kAveri
Perhaps, that is why our AchAryAs have
talked high of kAveri and have ordained us to think of kAveri and vraja at the
commencement of ThriuvArAdhanam and the vessel used is also known as
ThirukkAVEri.
The gangai is a common religious river
capable of removing the sins and is also celebrated by other communities also.
KAveri is considered at par with vraja as
SriRangam is for bhUlOKa vaikunTam. This exalted position is conferred by
EmperumAn Himself as He Himself has reclined in midst of this divine
waterflow.
Apparently, that which has got the divine
nexus always is sacred for us but that which has exclusive connexion with the
EmperumAn and PuRvachAryAs is sacrosanct.
Who can deny the fact of Lord KrshNA
appeasing kAverith thAyAr in the form of a divine child (divine child) and
conferring her this high status.
'mAmadhalAi"
7-4-1 of thirumozhi;
The Picture of kAverith
thAyar of thriuchErai
AdiyEan dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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