AzhvAr Arulamudham

 PERIYAZHVAR TIRUMOZHI 4.10* *PASURAMS 423 TO 432* tuppuDaiyArai.. AzhvAr put forth his request to Lord Sri Ranganatha in advance, while being sound in mind and body, to safe guard him at the time of death. 423:## thuppudaiyaarai adaivadhellaam* sOrvidaththu thuNaiyaavar enRE* oppilEn aahilum n^innadaindhEn* aanaikku n^ee aruL seydhamaiyaal* eyppu ennai vandhu n^aliyum pOdhu*angu Edhum n^aanunnai n^inaikka maattEn* appOdhaikku ippOdhE solli vaiththEn*arangaththu aravaNaip paLLiyaanE! (2) 1. 423. Oh Lord! resting on AdisheSha at Srirangam, You are stationed here to protect those who have surrendered at your feet. My organs have become weak and tired and hardly cooperate with me. At this stage, I rely on you and have surrendered to you. Although I am unworthy, I plead you to protect me as you did to elephant Gajendra. In the last stages of my life, when I become disoriented due to failure of my sense organs, I may not be in a position to even think about you. So I am making this request

 PERIYAZHWAR THIRUMOZHI* *412 TO 422* *Maravadiyay*..*.4.9* Azhwar dedicates yet another decade about the greatness of Tiruvarangam [Srirangam]. The moolavar is pEriya perumal, utsavar namperumal and thAyAr is ranganAyaki. 412:## maravadiyai thambikku vaan paNaiyam vaiththuppOy* vaanOr vaazha* seruvudaiya thisaik karumam thiruththi vandhu ulahaaNda* thirumaal kOyil thiru vadithan thiru uruvum* thirumangai malar kaNNum kaatti n^inRu* uruvudaiya malar n^eelam kaaRRaatta* O! salikkum oLiyarangamE. (2) 1. 412.  Lord rAma pledged (வான்பணையம்) His pAdukAs *[maRavadiyay]*by handing it over to His brother BharatA to rule Ayodhya until He returned from exile. For protecting the dEvas, He marched towards the south killing rAvaNa and giving the kingdom to Vibheeshana, returned back and ruled the world for several years. This ruler resides in this kshetram Tiruvarangam with HIS consort Mahalakshmi where the beautiful Neelam flowers that represents the colour of perumAl’s physique and PiraaTTi’s be

 PERIYAZHWAR THIRUMOZHI  (4-8) Pasuram 402- 411 mAthavathOn Glory of Thiruvarangam KshEtram. 402:## maadhavaththOn puththiran pOy* maRikadal vaay maaNdaanai* Odhuviththa thakkaNaiyaa* uruvuruvE koduththaanoor* thOdhavaththith thooymaRaiyOr* thuRai padiyath thuLumbi_engum* pOdhil vaiththa thEn soriyum* punal arangam enbadhuvE. (2) 1. 402. Thiruvarangam is the divine kshEtram, where the Cauvery flows with its honey dripping flowers on its banks and the Vedic scholars taking a dip with their clean pure clothes. It is here Lord Krishna who brought back the son of Sage Sandhipini, His guru, steeped in penance, who drowned in the ocean (prabAsa theertham) back in the original state as Gurudhakshina, resides eternally. (1) 403: piRappahaththE maaNdozhindha* piLLaikaL ain^aalvaraiyum* iRaippozhudhil koNarndhu koduththu* oruppadiththa uRaippanoor* maRaip perum thee vaLarththiruppaar* varu virundhai aLiththiruppaar* siRappudaiyam aRaiyavar vaazh* thiru arangam enbadhuvE. 2. 403.The Vedic scholar