AzhvAr Arulamudham

PERIYAZHVAR TIRUMOZHI *PERIAZHWAR THIRUMOZHI* PASURAMS 118- 127 2.1- APPUCHCHI KAATTUDHAL- MEANS- SHOWING SCARY FACES  Children intend scaring elders and their friends, in turn they pretend getting scared. Here Azhwar enjoys considering himself an idaichi. 118: mechchoodhu shankam idaththaan* nalvEyoodhi* poychchoodhil thORRa* poRaiyudai mannarkkaay* paththoor peRaadhu anRu* bhaaratham kai seytha* aththoodhan appoochchi kaattukinRaan* ammanE! appoochchi kaattukinRaan. 118. The Lord who holds a "Conch" that is reveared by everyone on his left hand, and plays delightful music on His flute, went as a messenger for the sake of the persevearent "Pandavas" who lost everything in the gamble and who could not even get a meagre 10 villages, fought the great Mahabharatha war. That dhootan is now showing "appUchchi". 119: malaipurai thOL mannavarum* maaradharum maRRum* palar kulaiya* nooRRuvarum pattazhiya* paarththan silai vaLaiyath* thiNthErmEl munninRa* seNGgaN al...

PERIYA TIRUMOZHI 1.6 PASURAMS 998 TO 1007   *TIRU NAIMISHARANYAM*, *UTTAR PRADESH* *MANGALASHASANAM* (DEVARAJAN AND PUNDAREEKAVALLI) AzhvAr was constantly instructing his heart to reach the chosen abodes of the lord. Suddenly considering his total helplessness  (ananyagathithvam) and remembering the way he lead his previous life, surrenders himself at the divine feet of the lord at naimiSAraNyam under PiraaTTi’s (recommendation) purushaAkAram.  This is one among the eight swayam vyaktha kshEtrams. Here the lord stand as the forest itself as denoted by the word  ‘AraNya’ meaning forest. ‘nEmi’, refers to the outer ring of the chakra. Brahma threw the grass chakra, on request by the sages to choose a place for doing penance. The place where it fell is called ‘naimishAraNya’, as stated in brahmAnda purAna. VarAha PurANa states that lord Vishnu threw his discus to sweep away the demons in just a minute  (nimisha = minute). Naimisharanya is also known as “Nimsar” or ...