Thirumazhisai Azhwar Thiruchandaviruththam Thirumozhi 4 (782-791)

Thirumazhisai Azhwar 

Thiruchandaviruththam 

Thirumozhi 4 (782-791) Chanting

Thirumazhisai Azhwar also known as Bakthisarar was born on Thai Magam. as Aazhi(discus) amsam of Lord Sriman Narayana. Born to Bhargava maharishi and his wife Kanakangi and brought up by Thiruvalan and Pankajavalli, a local tribal couple. Born as a pinda was transformed into a divya Swarupa by Lord Narayana and His consort. Thirumazhisai Azhwar's Bakthi to Lord Narayana's Para, Archa and Antharyami Swarupams were so deep that the Lord Narayana was at his beck and call as evidenced by the Sonna Vannam Perumal going out and in of Kanchi and the Antharyami giving Darshan of his Para Swarupam on the thirumeni of Thirumazhsai Azhwar. 

He composed Thiruchanda Viruththam (120 pasurams) and Nanmugan Thiruvandhadhi(96 pasurams). Both are Bakthi laden pasurams in Para, Archa and Antharyami Swarupam of Lord Narayana. At one point he threw the palm leaves containing these two prabhandhams into flowing cauvery but they came back to his feet showing the value of these pasurams.

Adiyen has made an attempt to chant these 120 pasurams ( 12 Thirumozhi of 10 pasurams each) in a tune that I could manage.

Here is the Fourth Thirumozhi

Para Vasudevan's Arch Form D

Para Vasudevan's Archa Form 

108 Divya Desa Kshetram

Divya Thampathi Namavali

Sriman Narayana presents himself in five forms namely Para, Vyuha,Vibhava,Anthayami and Archa. Earlier presentations were posted on Para, Vyuha and Antharyami forms in this group. Let us take a virtual tour of 108 Divya Desa Kshetrams, four at time. In Mukunda Mala , there is a line " ghushyathE  yasya nagare 
RangayAthrA dhinE dhinE" wherein Sri Kulasekara Azhwar tells his subjects to be ever ready for a trip to Sri Ranga Kshetram. I also would like to undertake a physical tour of 106 of the 108 Divya Desams. I have visited  some of them but not all of them. I thought I would undertake a virtual tour of 108 Divya Desa Kshetrams by chanting Divya Desa Thanmpathi Namavali. Many in the group may already know these namavali, by heart by now. We will start the journey with the first four Divya Desams.

                                         

Ramanuja Nootrandhadhi (1-4 of 108)

Ramanuja Nootrandhadhi is the work of Acharya Sri. Thiruvarangathu Amudhanaar, a disciple of Sri Ramanuja. This set in Andhadhi style and is added to the end of Iyarpa, the third thousand of Nalaiyira Divya Prabhandham. This is also known as Prapanna Gayathri as this Nottrandhadhi has 108 pasurams like Japa Mala used for Gayathri Japam. Let us listen to Ramanuja Nootrandhadhi, 4 pasurams at a time.


                                           

Offering to Lord Krishna On the Occasion Marghazhi Thiruppavai Nonbu

Offering to Lord Krishna 

On the Occasion 

Marghazhi Thiruppavai Nonbu

Masanam Margashirsoham ( I am  Marghazhi in months) says Lord Krishna in 

Bhagavd Gita  tenth Chapter. Andal chooses Magazhazhi month for her Nonbu. 

Margazhi is also the month for Adhyayana utsavam and Vaikunda Ekadasi. It is very 

auspicious month to sing the glory of Lord Krishna.

Here is a Bhajan on Lord Krishna

Amalanathi Piran by Sri Thiruppanazhwar

     திருப்பாணாழ்வார் 

அருளிச் செய்த அமலனாதிபிரான் 

One may wonder what Prompted Sri Ranganatha to grant Divya Seva to Thiruppanazhwar who just sang only ten pasurams as compared to 1102 pasurams of Nammazhwar. While other Azwars focused on the glory of  Sriman Narayan of all his different forms of para, Vyuha, Vibhava, Antaryami and Archa, Thiruppanazhwar focused on the Thirumani of Sri Ranganatha, the Archa and Swayambhu form  of Sriman Narayana.

Thiruppanazhwar was longing to have a darshan of  Sri Ranganatha but was prevented from entering the temple. Due to Sri Ranganatha's thiruvilayadal, Thiruppanazhwar was carried to HIS presence by none other that the chief Archaka of Sri Ranganatha. This unexpected glimpse of Sri Ranganatha made Thiruppanazhwar to pour out his love for the Lord describing HIS thirumeni, part by part in each pasuram in a bhava that touched Sri Ranganatha and gave Thiruppanazhwar his divine darshan.

 Sri Velukkudi Krishnan in his discourse says

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" We always bow ourselves at the feet of aazhwaar who has sung the soundaryam of emperumaan's thirumeni in his 10 paasurams explaining his beauty of each part of his thirumeni namely emperumaan's
lotus feet, vasthram, his naabhi, his chest, his kantam (throat) , his lips, his eyes and his entire thirumukha mandalam and entire thirumeni, which gives us the essence of all the four vedaas and that too this divya sevai was given to azhwaar by emperumaan himself to aazhwaar. Hence no matter anyone else would have sung
the praise emperumaan or anybody would have seen emperumaan's  divya sevai but no on ecould have enjoyed emperumaan's divya sevai through emperumaan himself showing it to Thiruppaanaazhwaar.
...................How does these 10 paasurams gives the essence of all the vedams ?

If we look at the first paasuram it starts with "A" or akaaram, the second paasuram starts wth "U" ukaaram and the third paasuram starts with makaaram which leads to describing the Pranavam that describes the nature of Paramaathma who is the akaaram, the Jeevaathmaa who is the makaaram and, Thaayaar or Aachaaryan who is the ukaaram in the Pravam.

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Attached video is a presentation of the ten pasurams of Amalanathipiran by Thiruppanzhwar.