TIRUCHCHANDHA VIRUTTAM. 1 –12.

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TIRUCHCHANDHA VIRUTTAM. 1 –12.

PASURAMS 752 – 763

AzhvAr, in this prabandham of his, has dealt with philosophical doctrines, especially in the first five verses using numerological concepts and set in a rhythmic pattern.

752** pU nilAya aindhumAyp * punaRkaN ninRa nAnkumAy * thI nilAya mUnRumAych * siRandha kAl iraNDumAy **
mI nilAyadhu onRumAgi * vERu vERu thanmaiyAy *
nI nilAya vaNNa ninnai * yAr ninaikka vallarE?(1) (2)

752. PARATVAM (The superior quality) (MEnmai)
You are the FIVE inherent qualities of the EARTH, the FOUR features present in WATER,
The THREE constituent qualities of FIRE, the TWO of the mighty WIND, 
The ONE quality of the vast SPACE, You reside in the soul of all the distinct animate being.
Oh! Lord Who has the capability to think and understand about Your qualities, who is the cause of all the animate and inanimate things and pervades and controls everything in this cosmos?                        (1).

#Each element, as mentioned in PURANAS AND UPANISHADS has its own quality. All these elements form HIS body and HE is the soul of all these elements. The Universe is constituted by the five gross  elements called SPACE, AIR, AGNI, WATER AND EARTH. 
📣SOUND (oli) is the single quality or the attribute that the SPACE possesses. 
🌬From space originates Air. Air is associated with feel or touch (sparisam). Since Space is its source, it has both the attributes sound and touch. 
🔥Next generates FIRE from air. FORM (vadivam) is the quality of fire and so it includes the other two qualities including its own,i.e sound, touch and form. 
💧The fourth is WATER with its special quality taste (suvai) and thus has the previous three to it, forming four attributes i.e sound, touch, form and taste. 
🌏Earth which is the last evolves from water and has five attributes of sound, touch, form, taste and smell (maNam)which is its specific quality. Further, the distinct animate beings mentioned here by the AzhvAr are the DEVAS, HUMANS, ANIMALS AND PLANTS. Thus, AzhvAr has handled the ‘panchaboothas’ and its ‘thanmAthrAs’ here.



753.ARum ARum ARumAy * Or aindhum aindhum aindhumAy * ERu sIr iraNDu mUnRum * Ezhum ARum eTTumAy **
vERu vERu njAnamAgi * meyyinODu poyyumAy * URoDOsaiyAya aindhum * Aya Aya mAyanE! (2)

753. SOULABYAM (easy accessibility)
You govern the SIX type of duties, the SIX seasons for execution of these respective duties, and form the base for the SIX types of Yagnams to be performed. You are the one invoked by the FIVE (pancha MahA)YAgams, the FIVE great Offerings for these Yagnams, including the FIVE different stages of Fire. You are one who can endow us with the TWO marvellous qualities ‘GNANAM’ and ‘VAIRAGYAM’, bestow upon us the THREE supreme devotion, the SEVEN factors of devotion. You are the embodiment of SIX qualities and the EIGHT attributes of the liberated soul. You become the different paths of knowledge, the truth for those who believe in You and otherwise for those non-believers. You become the FIVE basic elements like touch and sound thus forming the essential like the food and water. Who can realise You, Oh! Lord who was born amongst the wondrous cowherd people?                                                                         (2).
▶️ 6 type of duties – Learning of VedAs (adhyayanam), Teaching of VedAs (adhyApanam), performing sacrifices (Yagnam), performing sacrifices for others (yAgam), giving donation (dAnam)and accepting donations (pratigraham).

⚛️6 types of Seasons – Vasantha 🌷(ilaveNil), Greeshma 🌞(Kodai or mudhuveNil), Varsha 🌨(mazhai or kar), Hemantha ☃️(munpani), Sharad ❄️(kulir or pani), Shishira ⛄️(pinpani).

🔺6types of YAgams (sacrifices)_ AgnEyam, AgneeshOmeeyam, UpAmsu YAgam, Aindram thadi,  Aindram bhaya, AinthrAgnam.

🔻5 types of Yagnams – Deva, Pithru, Bootha, Manushya, Brahma

🔹5 types of offerings - (Ahuthi) PrAna, ApAna, VyAna, UdAna, SamAna

🔥5 types of Fire – gArhapatyam, Ahavaneeyam, dakshinAgni, sabhyam, Avasthyam

🙏🏼3 types of devotion – Parabhakthi, ParagnAnabhakthi, Paramabhakthi.

7️⃣7 qualities of devotion – Wisdom(vivegam), Dispassion(vimOham), Meditation(abhyAsam), Sacrifices (KriyA), Good qualities (KalyAna), absence of mental anguish (AnavasAdam), Ascetic (Anuddarshebhyam)

🟧6 Gunas of the Lord – nyAna, balam, aishwaryam, Veeryam, Shakthi, tEjas. 

✳️8 attributes to the liberated soul – ApahadapApma, (no sin), Vijara (no old age), Vimruthyur  (no death), VisOka (no sorrow), Vijighatsa (no hunger), ApipAsa (no thirst), SatyakAma (unfailing desires), Satyasankalpa (unfailing will).



754.aindhum aindhum aindhumAgi * allavaRRuL AyumAy *
aindhu mUnRum onRumAgi * ninRa Adhi dhEvanE! **
aindhum aindhum aindhumAgi * andharaththu aNaindhu ninRu * aindhum aindhumAya ninnai * yAvar kANa vallarE? (3)


754. The 24 Philosophy (Tattvams)in VisiShTAtdvaitham.
Oh Lord!  who is competent enough to understand You and see with their own effort, You who is the ancient primary cause of the Universe (LeelA vibhUthi) constituting the FIVE elements, the FIVE senses, the Five organs in action? In addition to this, You pervade in the animate beings too. You further govern the subtle essence of the FIVE elements, the THREE principles and the UNIQUE mind. Not only here even in the Supreme abode (Nithya vibhUthi) You form the FIVE powers (PachOpanishads) together with its FIVE senses of knowledge and FIVE organs of action. You stand firmly as the FIVE types of experiences like the sound etc(shabdAdi bhOgyangal), including  the abode of enjoyment (bhOgasthAnam)their instrumental means (bhOgOpakaranam), the eternal attendants(Nithyasoories), sages and the liberated souls.                                                                 (3).
                                                                                
🌅5 elements –(panchabhootas) Space, wind, fire, water and earth.

🖐5 senses - (pancha gyAnEndriyas) auditory, touch, vision, taste and olfactory

🤚🏾5 organs of action – (pancha karmEndriyas) speech, hands, feet, excretion and reproduction 

2nd line – 5️⃣attributes of the elements, sound, touch, form, taste and smell.
3️⃣elements of principles – moolaprakruthi, mahat, ahamKAra
1️⃣– the single mind
All these culminate to form the (23 +1)24 principles of VISHISHTADVAITHA. These 24 tattvas along with jeevAtma and paramAtma make 26 tattvas in all.

📚5 Upanishads – Parameshti, PumAn, Visva, Nivriththi, Sarva (all these are the achith)
5 types of bliss - bhogyams, bhOgasthAnam, bhogopakaraNam, vaikunTa devAs and muktAs. (3)


755.mUnRu muppadhARinODu * Or aindhum aindhum aindhumAy * mUnRu mUrththiyAgi mUnRu * mUnRu mUnRu mUnRumAy ** thOnRu sOdhi mUnRumAyth* thuLakkam il viLakkamAy *
EnRen AviyuL pugundhadhu * en kolO? em IsanE! (4)

755.NEERMAI (quality of flowing from a higher level to a lower level)
Oh Lord! such is Your grace, that You entered my mind to be its master on your own accord even though I have not made any efforts to understand your intricacies. You form the alphabet source of the 💬THIRTY-THREE consonants of the Vedic language. 💬SIXTEEN vowels, and the additional 💬FIVE letters beginning with ‘La’, totalling to 54 letters. You are the embodiment of the 3️⃣THREE VedAs namely Rig, Yajur, and Sama. You are the inner meaning of the (3+3+3+3=12), the dwAdashAkshara MantrA 🙏🏼(Om Namo Bhagvathe VAsudevAya).  You are the light indicated by the THREE letter🕉 (OmkAra = akAram+ ukAram +makAram), Pranava Mantram. You stand as the steady beginning of the Pranava, the letter 🅰️AkAra. Such a supreme has entered my body and soul.  (4.)


756.ninRu iyanggum onRalA * urukkaL thORum AviyAy *
onRi uLkalandhu ninRa * ninna thanmai innadhenRu ** enRum yArkkum eNNiRandha * AdhiyAy! nin undhi vAy * anRu nAnmugaR payandha * Adhi dhEvan allaiyE? (5)

756. UNASSUMABLE 
Oh Lord! who can apprehend You with their own efforts?Even the sages find it difficult to presume You, who pervades as the soul and govern from within the stationary bodies like the 🗻mountains 🌱shrubs and 🌳trees, and the mobile bodies like 👫humans ,🦁animals and 🌝celestials. Oh! The primeval one, who made BrahmA arise from Your navell at the end of the cosmic deluge.  (5).



757. nAham Endum mEru verpai nAham Endum maNNinai nAham Endum Aha mAham Endu vArpunal |
mAham Endu mangul tee Or vAyu aindu amaindu kAttu EhamEndi ninra neermai nin kaNE iyanradE (6)

757.THE ULTIMATE SUPPORT
Oh Lord! who is held by the serpent AdhishEsha! 🏔Mount MERU that holds the heavenly abode through its brilliance, ☸️Ashtadiggajas (the elephants of the eight directions) that holds the earth including the Aadhisesha, the supreme abode devoid of sorrows, the ever flowing Ganga borne by the sky, the clouds in the sky, the *VaishvAnaRAgni - You protect and reside in all these and You are the one who is responsible for holding all these and supporting everything.                                  (6.)
*The form of Agni that resides in the bodies of creatures and in association with PrANa and apAna digest the four kinds of food.


758.onriraNDu moortiyAi urakkamODu uNarchiyAi onriraNDu kAlamAhi vElai jnAlam AyinAi |
 onriraNDu teeyumAhi AyanAya mAyanE onriraNDu kaNNinAnum unnai Etta vallanE || (7)

758. Oh Lord! You are the primary form of ‘VishNu’, in addition to the other two forms of ‘Brahma’ and ‘Rudra’. You administer the inactive state of ignorance and the active state of knowledge. You have under your control the time frame formed by the ‘3️⃣THREE Gunas’, satva, rajas and tamas. You are the supreme ruler of this earth surrounded by oceans. You are the controller of the* THREE types of Fire. You were born as the amazing child KRISHNA in the cowherd family. Can Even the three eyed RudrA who bestows knowledge praise You?                                                                            (7).
*The three types of fire mentioned here are household fire 🔥(GArhapatya), Offering fire 🔥(AahavanEya), Southern fire 🔥(dakshiNa).


759.AdiyAna vAnavarkkum aNDamAya appurattu AdiyAna vAnavarkkum AdiyAna Adinee |
AdiyAna vAna vANar anda kAlam nee uraitti AdiyAna kAlam ninnai yAvar kANa vallarE || (8)

759. Oh Lord! You are the chieftain of all the Devas involved in creation, sustenance and dissolution  of this universe and beyond. You are the chief of the Nithyasoories. You predetermine the end of the Adi Devas including Brahma and Siva.  Who can understand You, the primitive controller of the Final deluge?                                                                                                                                                         (8)


760.tAdulAvu konrai mAlai tunnum SenjaDai chivan neediyAl vaNangu pAda ninmalA nilAya Seer | 
vEda vANar keeda vELvi neediyAna keLviyAr neediyAl vaNanguhinra neermai nin kaN ninradE (9)

760. Lord Rudra adorned with pollen laden golden shower (Kondrai) flowers and reddish locks of hair revere Your pristine Feet with Vedic rituals. Oh Lord! You are the one worthy of being worshipped by the Vedic exponents who conduct Yaga by singing the sAma Veda in a formal manner. (9)


761.tannuLE tiraittu ezhum taranga veN taDangaDal tannuLE tiraittu ezhundu aDanguhinra tanmai pOl | 
ninnuLE pirandu irandu nirpavum tiribavum ninnuLE aDanguhinra neermai nin kaN ninradE || (10)

761. Similar to the ocean which has the surging whitish wave within itself, rises up and settles into itself, the entire animate and inanimate things that emerge and disappear from You are innate unto You. Such is Your unique nature Oh Lord!                                                                                               (10)


762.SollinAl toDarchchi nee SolappaDum poruLum nee SollinAl SolappaDAdu tOnruhinra SOdi nee | 
SollinAl paDaikka nee paDaikka vandu tOnrinAr SollinAl Surunga nin guNangaL Solla vallarE || (11)

762.You stimulated the human pursuit in obtaining the Values (the four PurusArthAs) through the VedAs. You are the one spoken about through the Vedas, IthihAsAs and PurAnAs. Though You cannot be realised through the Vedas, You are the emerging radiance. The Devas including the Brahma created the world with the help of the Vedas initiated by You. Even they are incapable of describing Your qualities in brief.                                                                                                         (11)


763.ulahu tannai nee paDaitti uLLoDukki vaitti meeNDu ulahu tannuLE piratti OriDattai allaiyAl |
ulahu ninnoDu onri nirka vEru niTTri AdalAl ulahil ninnai uLLa Suzhal yAvar uLLa vallarE || (12)

763. You, create the world, and make it condense into Your stomach at the time of dissolution.  Overlooking Your supremacy, You descend and take birth in this world. You make Yourself difficult for us to comprehend the nature of Your state. Even though this Universe forms a part of Your entity, yet You stand unique with Your distinct divine form. Hence Who is competent enough to comprehend Your wonderous nature?                                                                                                      (12)

AzhvAr ThiruvadigalE sharanam.

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