SrI poRRAmaRaiyAL sameta SrI valvill rAman tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

SrI ranganAyaki sameta AaNDaLakkum aiyyan tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

SrImat azhagiya singar tiruvaDi, dAsan,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

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TiruppuLLambhUtankuDi

DivyadEsa vaibhavam

(tirumangai AzhvAr’s pAsurams - Periya tirumozhi 5.1)

 

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PREFACE:

In this series, we will attempt to enjoy SrI valvil irAman of tiruppuLLambhUta'nkuDi divyadEsam, using the following commentaries on tirumangai AzhvAr’s periya tirumozhi pAsurams 5.1

SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan's vyAkhyanam-s

SrI PeriyavAccAn piLLai's (SrI PVP) vyAkhyAnam-s, rendered by SrI puttUr kRshNasvAmi iyengAr

SrI uttamUr vIrarAghavAcAriAr's (SrI UV) vyAkhyAnam-s and SrI P.B. aNNangarAcAriAr's (SrI PBA) vyAkhyanam-s

aDiyEn would like to thank Sri K. SrIdharan (of namperumal.com – namperumAL vijayam website) for locating and providing SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan's write-up on tiruppuLLambhUta'nkuDi.

For additional information about the divyadEsam, please refer to the following: SrI K.S. JegennAthan svAmi's http://skyaasoori.shutterfly.com/dinamorudivyadesam

and click on Divyadesam 10-Thiruppullamboothangudi pdf file.

tiupullANi SrI raghuvIrdayAL svAmin’s http://thiruppul.blogspot.com/2009/01/108.html or

http://www.prapatti.com/slokas/english/divya_desham.pdf

A collection on ‘divya dESangaLin nitya vAsangaL’ that contains songs about the 108 divya dEsam-s composed by SrI A.S. RajagopAlan svAmi of Ohio, USA.

According to SrI A. etirAjan, 'Dr. vaiNavac cuDarAzhi' in his '108 vaiNava divyadEsa varalARu' (a nice reference book) —

• this is the only divyadEsam where lord rAma is giving darSanam with four hands in Sayanak kOlam with discus and conch

• after doing the proper saMskAram-s to jaTAyu, SrI rAma lied down at this dEsam to rest. When tiruma'ngai AzhvAr came to this place, he initially thought it was some god with two hands and ignored the temple. All on a sudden, he saw a brilliant display of light and he turned his head and had an excellent darSanam of lord rAma with four hands, conch and discus. It was then that he composed the ten pAsuram-s beginning with 'aRivadaRiyAn anaittulagum' (to imply that he ignored and left the place without knowing what he should have realized).

 

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INTRODUCTION:

A. SRIMAD TIRUKKUDANDAI ANDAVAN:

AzhvAr is one who will not give up when his desire is not fulfilled. He observes that the general nature of emperumAn is to reside with great happiness in divya dEsam-s in order to mingle with His loving devotees.

Kings of the world maintain several groves throughout the kingdom; the reason behind that is the king likes to visit them in order to show his face to certain subjects in each grove. One cannot say which grove he will be visiting and showing himself. But, the king will know. Similarly, perumAL resides in several divya dEsam-s so as to provide divine experience to His devotees.

He took the form of vAmana on His own accord in order to help His devotees. Just as He enjoys the company of pirATTi, He likes to mix with His bhakta-s also. He creates the puNyam/virtues for His devotees so that they will get to know Him. SvAmi deSikan's divya sUkti [rahasyatrayasAram - upAya vibhAgAdhikAra (ch 9] states - “.... nidAnaM tatrApi svayamakhila nirmANa nipuNaH” [… lord Himself becomes the cause for anyone to wish to reach Him]; emperumAn is sarvabhogya prakRshTan [superior embodiment of all enjoyments].

 

tiruppuLLambhUtankuDi temple

B. SRI PVP:

In 'nummait tozhudOm' tirumozhi (4.9), AzhvAr poured his heart out requesting, “ciridum tirumEni inda vaNNam enRu kATTIr, indaLUrIrE” since he did not get His darSanam. Next, AzhvAr moved on to tiruveLLianguDi (periya tirumozhi 4.10); there also, perumAL did not break out of His arcA tirumEni and offer for opportunity for kaiMkaryam to AzvhAr. Bhagavad kaiMkaryam is the highest goal to be achieved and hence, the aspiration to reach Him cannot be foregone. AzhvAr's goal is to visit as many divya dEsams as possible so that in one of them at least, his desire will be fulfilled.

As tiruppuLLambhUta'nkuDi emperumAn possesses a sweetness beyond compare, AzhvAr enjoys Him to the core in every one of these 10 pAsuram-s.

 

C. SRI UV:

'puL' refers to garuDa; the name of this divyadEsam may be referring to the great inhabitants who are indulging in kaiMkaryam-s to emperumAn following garuDa's footsteps; or, it could refer to the great bhutam/entity 'mahato bhUtasya' [bRhadAraNyaka upanishad 2.4.10], Who is seated beautifully on a 'puL'.

 

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TiruppuLLambhutankuDi

 

mUlavar: valvil irAman

bhujan’ga Sayanam (East facing)

tAyAr:: pORRAmaiyAl (hEmambhujavalli)

tIrtham: jaTAyu (gRdhra) thIrtham

vimAnam: Sobhana vimAnam

pratyaksham: jaTAyu (gRdhra rAja)

mangaLASAsanam: tirumangai AzhvAr -peria tirumozhi 5.1-10 pAsurams

SrIrAman is lying down to take rest after giving moksham to jaTAyu; since that was the time sItA was separated, sItA is not by SrI rAma's side here; only bhUmip pirATTi is in seated position; utsava mUrti has four arms.

toNDaraDippoDi AzhvAr's avatAra sthalam, maNDankuDi is close to this place; and, so is the divya dEsam, tiru AdanUr.

 

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PERIA TIRUMOZHI