Thiruvellur paasurams

Annotated Commentary in English By:

Oppiliappan Koil
SrI VaradAchAri SaThakopan
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CONTENTS
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Introduction 1

Paasuram 1 16

Paasuram 2 18

Paasuram 3 20

Paasuram 4 22

Paasuram 5 23

Paasuram 6 25

Paasuram 7 27

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Paasuram 8 29

Paasuram 9 31

Paasuram 10 32

Thiruvellur and Srimad Azhagiya Singars 34

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 THE GLORY OF THE LORD OF THIRUVELLUR

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The Lord with SalihOthra Maharishi

The Lord of ThiruveLLUr appeared before SaalihOthra Maharishi and asked

“annam dEhi, Jalam dEhi, sthalam dEhi " (uNNum sORu, Paruhum neer and a
place to rest). He partook of the food and water offered with affection by
the Sage and rested in the site pointed out by him. The Lord who is saluted as
KodhaNda Raaman, VeerarAghavan and Vijaya Raaghavan got the answer for
his query, “EvvuLL?” (kim gruham) and rested at the site (home) selected by
the sage. He became kimgruhEsan or EvuuLL kidanthAn. SaalihOthra
Maharishi "released” the Lord from his heart cavity and let Him rest in the
exterior hall that he had chosen for Him for all to see.

The antharyAmi Brahmam, who rests in all of our heart lotuses decided to rest
in an external place and thus removes both the Aha IruLL and PuRa IruLL as
explained at the Pittsburgh conference by Sri RengarAjan. Thirumangai

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 experienced KimgruhEsan as “EvuuLL kidantha perumalai” (the great mountain
resting at ThiruevvuLL). The vimanam under which he rests came to be known
as VijayakOti vimAnam to associate it with the VijayarAghavan's amitha
parAkramam (unexcelled valor in battle).

In the room of that house (Vijaya kOti Vimanam) located in the forest known
as VeekshAraNyam, the Vijaya Sri of the Lord rests forever and led to this
kshEthram being called PuNyAvartha KshEthram.
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hrutthapanAsini theertam

Thirumangai in his Thirumadal enjoyed Him as "Yennudaya Innamaudhai, EvvuLL

PerumaLayai" (My great mountain at ThiruevuLL and my sweet nectar) and
Thirumazhisai saluted this Aadhi nedumaal as "NaahatthaNai --ThiruvevvuLL
kidakkum Aadhi nedumaal" and reminds us that this Lord will be easily
accessible to His bahkthAs, who seek the cool shade of His lotus feet. The

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corollary is that He would be inaccessible to those, who have no visvAsam in
Him as Aapath Bandhu and AnAtha Rakshakan. Those who had dvEshti
(resentment and hatred) towards Him were pulverized by the Lord even if they
had great boons such as akhila Jagadh adhika Bhuja Balam (the greatest
prowess in all the worlds) granted by other demi-Gods. His anugraham even to
the enemy RaavaNan has been described by the MahA Kavi KaaLi Daasan this
way to invoke His dayA swarUpam (KaruNA Kaakuthsa svabhAvam). Not only
did the Lord send RaavaNan back to his palace overnight to rest from his
battle fatigue, but He also cut off RaavANA's ten heads next day in a very
special manner that caused him minimum suffering. Sriman Purisai
KrishNamAchArya Swami points out this anubhavam of KaaLi Daasa, who gave
us the illustrious Raghu Vamsa Kaavyam:
tEna manthra prayukthEna nimEshArthAth apAdhayath

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sa RaavaNa sira: pankthim aj~nAthavruNa vethanAm

He is the most merciful Lord even to His sworn enemies. He therefore spared
the pain for RaavaNA by cutting all the ten heads in a fraction of a minute
instead of cutting those ten arrogant heads one by one and thereby letting
RavaNA feel the pain. KaaLidAsan reminds himself of the Lord's KaruNai this
way.

PRAYER TO THE DIVYA DAMPATHIS

Hrudh Paapa Naasani theertha TatasthA! Prabho! VibhO! Sarva loka Chakshu! Sarva
Saakshin!
DayAparA! SarvAvaya Soundharya mUrthE! SadhA SammOhana svarUpA!
NiravadhyA! SacchidhAnandha vigrahA! Bhaktha VatsalA! Sarva SEshin!
SarvantharAthma SvarUpinE! Sathya SankalpA! AthrupthyAmurtha rUpA! sarvArthi
samanA !PraNathArthihara ! Raghu nandanaa! VandhEham! Tvath paadha mUlam
aasrayAma: ManagaLam kuru!
Jagan mohanAkaara! Jagath Guru! Sankha chakra Saarnga GadhA panchAyudha
DharA! SaraNAgatha SulabhA! PundareekAkshA! PurANa PurushA! NaarAyaNA!
Sakala dhig paala makuta neerAjitha padhAravindhA! SaarvabhoumA!SeethA mohana
VigrahA ! Anantha Garuda VishvaksEnathi saparivArA! Nava peethAmbharadhAri!
KalyANa RaamA! Pattabhi RaamA! AkhilAnDa kOti BrahmAnDa naayAkA! Sarva

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 lOkAdhArA ! SarvOpanishadh artha saara! bhaktha nidhE ! Jaanaki ManOharA !
Bhaktha ThyAgaraaja Hrudh nivAsA ! HarE! Idham Yaj~nam paripUraya! Idham
Yaj~nam paahi!

Sri Vaikunta nAtha! Raajeeva nayana! DandakAraNya Muni jana vandhitha PaadhA!
Raamachandra! PuNya Purusha! Padhmaju rANi naatha! ThiruveLLUr nelakonna
Raamabhadhraa! VeerarAghavaa! SaakEtha Naatha! SaraNyA! AagamAntha vihArA!
Sri NaathA !Hanumath hrudhi VaasA ! Sakala Vigna nivArakA! tappuloppulununna
dhAlimi jEsi yeppudu dayasEthanElukOvayAA ! KousalyA SupraJA! DaasarathE! tvath
paadharavindham saraNam gatha: Paahi idham Yajnam !
Vaarija NayanA ! Pathitha Paavana! VinathA sutha VaahanA !MaayAdhithA ! Mana
MohAnAkArA! Dharma seelA! Vandhanamu DasarathAthmajA! Vandhanamu
BhakthavathsalA! Vandhanamu Loka NaayakA! KodhandapANi! Jaya Jaya! Sakala
nighamAgama sEvitha mahA purushA! Kinnara Kimpurusha Siddha VidhyAdhara
gheeyamAna mahA keerthE! santhAna SoubhAghya dhana kanaka vahAnaashtaisvarya
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dhAyaka divya mUrthE ! Saptha hEma prAkArAnthara sObhAyamAna Sri Vaikunta

Kanakavalli samEtha Veeraraghavan

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divya Nagara nivAsa prabhO! Saracchandhra kOti sannibha Sesha TalpE sthitha Veera
rAghavA ! Idham Yajnam paahi! Maara kOti LaavaNyA! Idham Yajnam paahi! Sri
Vasumathi naathA! NaarayaNA! Paahi ! Paahi! Muni chinthitha
paadha sarOja Sri Hari ! Manju BhAshaNA ! Paahi ! Paahi ! AadhimulamE !
paripaalaya !

BhAnu vamsa TilakA ! SundarEsA ! Sobhana GhAthrA ! Aravindha NayanA ! Sri

ThyagarAja PrANa naathA ! PurNakaamA ! RaamA ! RaaghavA ! AchyuthA ! Oh
Raama Raama SarvOnnadhA ! KaruNA samudhrA! avanijAthipA ! Raajillu
ThyagarAjAthi VinuthA !Saraseeruha NayanA ! RamaNeeya charithrA !Raajaathi
Raaja ! Sura Raaja Vandhitha PaadhA !SrunghAra JaladhE ! RaamAbhirAmA ! AajAnu
Baahu ! Nee Sari samAnamevarillO! Veera RaaghavA ! Paahi idham Yajnam !
BrahmAnandha, NithyAnandha, SadhAnandha DhAyakA ! Sri RaamA ! Oh
JagannAthA ! RaaghEndhu VadanA ! Ravi Koti TejA ! amitha parAkramA ! Naaradha,
ParAsara, ThygarAjaapthA !

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PankajAkshi nelakonnayanga yugamunaku raajeeva nayana ThyagarAja vinuthamaina
nee naama rUpamulaku nithya Jaya MangaLam.
I place at the Lotus feet of Sri Kanakavalli SamEtha Sri VeerarAghavan these
naama KusumAnjalis of Saint ThyagarAjA and other Bhaktha SirOnmaNis.

The Heroic Veeraraghavan

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 THE NAALAYIRA DIVYA PRABHANDHAM
The NaalAyira Divya prabhandham has many passages saluting the glories of
Sri VeerarAghavan besides the specific paasurams on the Lord of ThiruveLLUr
I will provide below some excerpts for our anubhavam.

PERIYAZHWAR THIRUMOZHI (PT): 2.6.8 &9

PT 2.6.8: Minnidai Seethai poruttA ---Here AzhwAr asks the crow to bring in
the grazing staff for kaNNan, who is eager to go to the forest with His
friends to graze the cows and calves. AzhwAr salutes on this occasion Lord
VeerarAghavan, who cut the ten heads of RaavaNA for the offense that he
committed by kidnapping His slender-waisted wife and imprisoning Her. His
prowess in handling His KodhaNdam is praised with these words:
Tannihar onrillacchilai kaal vaLaitthitta minnu Mudiyar
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In the next paasuram, PeriyAzhwAr praises the parAkramam of Veeraraghavan

that led to the destruction of RaavaNA and the crowning of VibhishaNA as the
successor to the Kingdom at LankhA.

ANDAL's salutation to Sri RamachandrA has been covered in a previous year

Margazhi posting archived in the Bhakthi list.

PERUMAL THIRUMOZHI OF KULASEKARA AZHWAR

Kulkasekara PerumAL was a Raama Chaithanyar. Just as PeriyAzhwAr became
YasOdhA to enjoy the baalya leelais of KrishNA, KulasEkarar took on the role
of KousalyA devi and eulogized VeerarAghavan and sang lullabies (8th
Thirumozhi). He reminds us the valor of VeerarAghavan with the paasura
Vaakhyams: "Tenn ilankaik kOn mudikal sinthuvitthAi.” He states that the Lord
cut off the ten heads of evil RaavaNA and scattered them on the battle field
with one arrow.

The entire tenth Thirumozhi on Thillai ThirucchithirakUtam is a summary of

Srimadh RaamaayaNam and there, the AzhwAr salutes the heroic acts of
VeerarAghavan (Paasuram 2 : TatakA vatham; Paasuram 3: ParasurAma Garva

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Kaliyan with Kumudavalli

Bhangam; Paasuram 5 : VirAtha Vatham; pasuram 6: Vaali vatham; Paasuram 7 :

RaavaNa Vatham; paasuram 9: Sampuka vatham taking place in the Uttara
KhAndham).

THIRUMANGAI’S PAASURAMS ON THE HEROISM OF OUR LORD

Thiruppirithi: Periya Thirumozhi (PTM):1. 2.2

BadarikAsramam: PTM: 1.4.2

SaaLagrAmam: PTM: 1.5.1

ThiruvEnkatam: PTM :1.10.1, 2

ThiruveLLUr: 2.2, entire decad

ThiruvallikkENi: 2.3.7

KaazhicchIrAma ViNNagaram : 3.4.7

ThiruvAli: 3.7.3

Vaikuntha ViNNagaram : 3.9.4, 5

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 Thiru arimEya ViNNagaram : 3.10.6

Thiruk kAvaLampAdi : 4.6.4

Thirup Paarthan PaLLI : 4.8.5

Thiru veLLiyankudi: 4.10.6

Thiru narayUr: 6.8.5

ThiruvazhundUr: 7.8.7
" panthaNaintha Mel viralAL SeethaikkAhi--"
Thiruk kaNNapuram : 8.5.5 (
Yezhu maram tuLaipata--
Thirup pullANi: 9.4.5

Chakravarthi Thirumahan Vishayam :PTM 10.2 and 10.3, (20 Paasurams) :

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yEtthuhinROm Iraaman naamam--

Thiruk kurmthANtakam : Paasuram 15

Thiru nedumthANtakam : Paasuram 28

Thiruvaimozhi: NammAzhwAr:7.5.1-2
"KaRpAr RaamapirAnai allaal maRRum kaRparO"
Other paasurams in Thiruvaimozhi.

I conclude this posting with the Paasura Vaakhyam of Thirumazhisai, who lived
next door to ThiruveLLUr. He had a special affection for the Lord's sevai as
Sesha saayee:
naahatthaNaik Kudanthai vehhA THIRUEVVULL naahatthaNai Arangam pRranbil,
-naahatth aNaip paaRRk kadal kidakkum aadhi nedumAl, aNaippAr karutthanAvAn
Here, Azhwar puts at the center ThiruveLLUr emperuman and sandwiches Him
between Emperumaans of Thiruk Kudanthai AarAvamudhan, Thiru vehhA"s
yathOktha kaari, Srirangam RanganAthan, Anbil Vadivazhahiya Nampi and
KsheerAbdhi Saayee. Here, As Sri Ram Gopalaswamy referred to in one of his
private notes, Param, Vibhavam, Archai and AntharyAmi sthithis are all
saluted.

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Let us meditate on this Parama Purushan at ThiruveLLUr on this Sudarsana
Jayanthi morning in the words of Thirumazhisai, where he explains as to how
he spent his time on earth and how he has MahA VisvAsam in the Lord as His
savior.
“Theritthezhudhi vaasitthum kEttum vaNangi vazhipattum poositthum pOkkinEn
pOthu”

MEANING
I spent my time on His earth writing, reading and listening about His
charithrAmrutham and worshipping Him.
Thirumaal Talaikkonda Nangattkku, yEngE varum Tthee vinayE?

MEANING
For us, who have accepted the supermacy/parathvam of Sriman NaarAyaNA,

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how could any harm come our way ?

THE SPECIAL STATUS OF SESHA SAYANAM IN DIVYA DESAMS

Among the 108 divya desams, 27 EmperumAns offer us Sayana Sevai. At 60
divya Desams, our EmperuAn is in ninRa thriukkOlam (Standing posture) and in
the remaining 21 divya desams sung by our AzhwArs, He is in veeRRiruntha
ThirukkOlam (Seated Posture) as Parama Padha Naathan in Sri Vaikuntam.

ThruveLLUr and Srirangam : VeerarAghavan in Yoga NidhrA. The two divya

Desams of ThiruveLLUr and Srirangam have a special status. We will
understand the special connection between these two divya desams in a while.

EIGHT DIFFERENT SAYANAMS OF THE LORD AT THE 27 DIVYA DESAMS

As an aside, I will summarize the different kinds of sayanam of the Lord with
particular emphasis on the Bhujanga Sayanam posture as in Srirangam and
ThiruveLLUr. This information might be useful to you, when you go on divya
desa yaathrais as Sriman Paarthasaarathy Dileepan and Sriman Anbil
Raamaswamy have done thru their visits to 106 of the 108 Divya desams. The
other two, ParamaPadham and ThirppARk Kadal are not accessible to us as
human beings.

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 There are 8 kinds of Sayanam pose that the Lord blesses us with at these 27
sayana kshEthrams.

These 8 kinds are:

1. UdhyOga Sayanam (Thirukkudanthai AarAvamudhan)

UdhyOga Sayanam
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2. Darbha Sayanam (ThiruppullANi)

Darbha Sayanam

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3. Sthala Sayanam (Thirukkadal Mallai),

4. Bhoga Sayanam (Thillai Thirucchitthira kUtam),

5. maaNikka Sayanam (Thiruneer malai),

6. Veera Sayanam (ParimaLa RanganAthan at Thiru InthaLUr)

7. Vadaopathra Sayanam (SrivillippuththUr) and

8. Bhujanga Sayanams at the 20 remaining divya Desams.

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Bhujanga Sayanam

THE 20 BHUJANGA SAYANA DIVYA DESAMS

The 20 emperumAns of ArchAvathaaram blessing us with Bhujanga Sayana
Sevai are :

1. Srirangam Ranganathan

2. ThiruevvuLL Veeraraghavan

3. Thiruvananthapuram Padmanaabhan

4. Thiru Anbil Vadivazhagiya nampi

5. Thiru AathanUr ANdaLakkumayan

6. ThirukkarampanUr PurushOtthaman

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 7. Tiruk Kavitthalam Gajendra Varadhar

8. ThirukkOttiyUr Sowmya NaarAyaNan

9. ThirukkOLUr Vaittha Maa Nidhi PerumAL

10. Thirucchirup PuliyUr : AruL Maa Kadal PerumAL

11. Thirut Therriamblam : SenkaNNmaal

12. Thirup PaaRkkadal : KsheerAbdhi Naathan (VyUham)

13. Thiruppirithi (Joshi Mutt):Parama Purushan

14. Thirup PuLingudi: Kaaicchina vEndhan

15. ThiruppuLLambhUthamkudi:Valli Raaman

16. ThiruppErnahar: Appak kudatthAn

17. ThiruvAttARu: Adhikesavap PerumAL

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18. Thiruvillip PutthUr: Vata pathra Saayi

19. ThiruvehhA: YathOktha kaari

20. ThiruveLLIyankudi: Kolavilli Raaman

SRIRANGAM AND THRUVELLUR

Sri Raamachandran was born as a son of a human being for the purposes of
destruction of RaavANA and other RaakshasAs. He is an avthAram of Sriman
NaarAyaNA resting in the middle of the two Cauveris at Srirangam Island.
During the Vibhava avathArAm as Sri Raaman, He worshipped His kula
Dhaivam, Sri RanganaathA at AyOddhi and at the end of His avathAram
entrusted VibhishaNA to perform AarAdhanam for Sri RanganaathA. During
Vibhava avathAram, Sri RaaamA worshipped Sri MaalOlan at AhObilam and
composed Sri Nrusimha PanchAmrutha shtOthram to gain the blessings of
Bhagavaan NarasimhA.

Sri RaamA stopped at ThiruppullANi and received a special bow from Adhi
JagannAthan (ArchA mUrthy) of that divya dEsam. There, He rested on
Darbha grass bed to seek the help of Samudhra Raajan to build the bridge

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Srirangarajan as Veeraraghavan in ThiruveLLUr

The reason why I refer to the behavior of Sri RaamA as “a Human being"
offering worship to ArchA mUrthys is to point out that He wanted the fellow
human beings to consider Him as a mere human being. He has said
"AathmAnam Maanusham manye Raaghavam DasarathAthmajam”.

That the Para Vaasudevan, Sriman NaarAyaNan resting at Srirangam took the
avathAram of Sri Raghuveeran of ThiruveLLUr is indicated by one of the
PaadhukhA sahasra SlOkams of Swami Sri Desikan :

nirvruttha Raakshasa chamU mrugayA vihArO

RangEsvara: sa Kalu Raagava Vamsa GOpthA I
Vamsa kramAth upanatham padham aadhadhAnO
maanyam puna: tvayi padham nidhadhE svakeeyam II
-- NiryAthana Paddhathi : Slokam 22

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Oh, PaadhukhE ! Lord RanganAthA incarnated as VeerarAghavan for
avathAram purposes and traveled to LankhA to kill all the RaakshasAs and
their king, RaavaNA, and then returned to AyOddhyA claim his hereditary
crown; thereafter, He returned His lotus feet back to you.

Swami Desikan is referring here to the fact that VeerarAghavan did not wear
the PaadhukhAs during His vana Vaasam and LankhA vijayam because He had
given them to His brother BharathA for 14 years to rule over the Land. When
He returned triumphantly to AyOddhi after destroying RaavaNA, He had the
union with His beloved PaadhukhA.

Based on this slOkam, we can take the poetic liberty of recognizing that Sri
RanganaathA and Sri VeerarAghavan are one and their Bhujanga Sayanam pose
provides additional support for this view. The pattAbhishEkam before
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AchArya VasishtA can be equated to the MahA SamprOkshaNam at

ThiruveLLUr conducted by AchAryAs and Yathi Saarva BhoumAs. The special
honoring of the 350 AdhyApAkAs of Divya Prabhandham can be closely
connected to the salutation to Naatha Muni as suggested by the inner meaning
of another Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA sahasra SlOkam:
BharathAya param namOsthu tasmai
prathamOdhAharaNAya Bhakthi bhAjam I
Yadhupagyam asEshatha: PruthivyAM
prathithO Raaghava PaadhukhA prabhAva: II
--PrasthAva Paddhathi : SlOkam 2
MEANING:
The world came to know about the full magnitude of the power of Sri Raama
PaadhukhAs only because of Bharathan who ruled the land as its deputy during
the Lord's stay in the forest for 14 years. Therefore, I offer my deep
salutations to BharathAzhwAr.
COMMENTARY:
Swami Desikan states in Sankalpa- SooryOdhayam that the word Bharatha is
the symbolic name for Naatha Muni, since he was the first one to combine

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Bhaavam, Raagam and Taalam (Bharatham) for the Divya Prabhandha sEvai and
taught that to his nephews, which later got established as arayar sEvai at
Srirangam and other divya desams. By the way, there will be an arayar sevai
for ThiruvELLUr paasurams of Thirumangai during the MahA SamprOkshaNa
uthsavam on Sri Naatha Muni's birthday. Deva Ghana PerumAL Arayar Sri
Raam aBharathi will take part in the Arayar Sevai tomorrow (July 4) in front
of the Divya Dampathis at ThiruveLLUr.

Just as BharathA illustrated the greatness of Raama Paadhukhai (SatAri),

Naatha Muni, the other BharathA made known the greatness of Satari Suri
(nammAzhwAr).

Thus the glories of Raghuveera-Ranganatha Satari (PaadhukhA/NammAzhwAr)

was revealed to the world by Bharatha during RaamAvathAram and by Naatha
Muni in Kali yugam. The Paaramparya trustee of ThiruveLLUr temple, His

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Holiness, SrimathE Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha Divya PaadhukhA Sevaka, SrivaNN
SatakOPa Sri NaarayaNa Yatheendhra MahA Desikan will be presiding over the
JeerNOtthAraNa MahA SamprOkshaNa Kaimkaryam. The 473 Kalasa
Thirumanjanam will take place during the MahA SamprOkshaNam.

I am thankful to the saraNya Dampathis to become part of this SapthAham

Kiamkaryam to share with You the glories of Sri Kanakavalli SamEtha Sri
VeerarAghava Parabrahmam. May Sri Kanakavalli SamEtha Sri VeerarAghava
Parabrahmam bless adiyen along with adiyEn's achAryan in the kaimkaryam to
share the meanings of Thirumangai's paasurams on them blessing us all at
ThiruveLLUr.

THIRUVELLUR PAASURAMS OF THIRUMANGAI

Thirumangai arrived at Thiru EvvuL after performing MangaLASAsanams at
Ahobilam and Thiruvenkatam. At Thiru YevvuL, Kaliyan enjoys the Lord as
VeerarAghavan. Kaliyan's anbhavam of ThiruvenkatamudayAn as
KrishNaavathAran is till fresh in his memory and hence the first paasuram on
the Lord of Thiru YevvuL visualizes the reclining Lord there as both Raama and
KrishNa avathAran.

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காைசயாைட ேயா க் காதல்ெசய்தானவ ர்

நாசமாக நம்பவல்ல நம்பிநம்ெப மான்

ேவயினன்ன ேதாள் மடவார் ெவண்ைண ண்டானிவெனன்

ஏசநின்ற எம்ெப மான் எவ் ள்கிடந்தாேன

kAsayAdai mUdiyOdik kAdhalseythAnavanUr

nAsamAga nambavalla nambinamperumAn
vEyinanna thOL madavAr veNNaiyuNdAnivanenRu
EsaninRa emperumAn evvuL kidanthAnE
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Veeraraghavan - both Rama and Krishna - pin

MEANING:

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Sri Raamachandran of all auspicous attributes and the embodiment of
dharamam is our Sarva Swami (NamperumAn). His guNams are all trustworthy
and hence He is our "nambavalla Nambi ". His words never prove to be in vain.
No body can find fault with Him for not fulfilling what He promised. He
destroyed the kingdom of RaavaNan, who hid himself under the ochre robe of
a SanyAsi and arrived quickly at the ParNasAlaa of Raman, when He was not
there and addressed Sitaa PirAtti with words full of Kaamam after identifying
himself as the mighty king of Lankaa (Kaasai aadai moodi Odi kaathalm
seythaan). Lord Ramachandra laid to waste the kingdom of Lankhaa and killed
RaavaNan for the Mahaa aparAdham of behaving inappropriately to SithA
PirAtti, who had sought refuge in Him (Kaathal seythAn avan Uhr naasamaaha
seythan). While the Lord strived to avoid any complaint about Him in
RaamaavathAram through His straitlaced acts, He was the object of frequent

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complaints from beautiful gopis with slender shoulders reminding one of young
bamboos. The Gopis accused Him of stealing butter from their houses for His
enjoyment. That Lord, who took Raama-KrishNAvathArams is resting now at
Thiru YevuLL dhiya dEsam.

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 PAASURAM 2.2.2:

ைதயலாள்ேமல் காதல்ெசய்த தானவன் வாளரக்கன்

ெபாய்யிலாதெபான் கள் ஒன்பேதாெடான் ம் ,அன்

ெசய்த ெவம்ேபார் தன்னில் அங்ேகார்ெசஞ்சரத்தால்உ ள

எய்த ெவந்ைத எம்ெப மான் எவ் ள்கிடந்தாேன

thaiyalALmEl kAthalseythathAnanvan vALarakkan

poyyillAthapon mudikaL onpathOdonRum, anRu
Seytha vempOrthannil anggOrsenjaraththAluruLa
Eythaventhai emperumAn evvuL kidanthAnE.
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Fought a fierce battle with Ravana

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Yennappan, EmperumAN Raamachandran, who engaged RaavaNan at Lankai in a

fierce battle and cut off RaavaNan's crowned heads with arrows that spit fire
and made them roll on ground (angu anRu seytha vem-pOr tannil ohr semm
saratthAl poy ilAtha ponn mudhikaL onpathinOdu onRum uruLa yeythinAn
Yenthai). RaavaNan was fierce looking at the battle with his sharp sword and
his ten crowned heads (VaaLL arakkan poy ilAtha ponn mudikal onpathOdu
onRum). The Lord resting today at Thiru YevvuL as Veera Raaghavan displayed
matchless valour in His battle with the asura svabhAvan, RaavaNan for the
unpardonable offense of mistreating the Sthree LakshaNa PoorNai, SeethA
PirAtti (ThayyalAL mEl kaathal seytha dhAnavan poNN mudikaL uruLa Saram
yeythAn).

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RaavaNan did not show the respect for SithA PirAtti as Para thAram (wife
of another Man) as well as PirAtti (The Empres sof the Universe) and paid for
it with his life in the battle field at Lankaa. Such is the matchless valour of
the Lord of Thiru YevvuLL.

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ன் ஓர் வானரத்தின் வாயில் ெமாழிந் ,அரக்கன்

மன் ர்தன்ைன வாளியினால் மாள னிந் ,அவேன

பின் ஓர் ஆதிமன்னர்க்காகிப் ,ெப நிலத்தார்

இன்னார் தெனன நின்றான் எவ் ள் கிடந்தாேன

Mun Or thUthu vAnaraththin vAyil mozinthu, arakkan

mannUr thannai vALiyinAl mAlA muninthu, avanE
Pin Or thUthu AthimannarkkAgip, perunilaththAr
innAr thUthanenaninRAn evvuL kidanthAnE
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He sent Hanuman as His Ambassador

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The very same Sriman Narayanan, who sent HanumAn during

RaamAvathAram as His ambassador to RaavaNan's court and later destroyed
the arrogant RaavaNan and his kingdom with His mighty arrows went as a
matchless ambassador to the court of the deceitful DuryOdhanan during His
avathAram as KrishNa. As the friend of the PaanDavaas, KrishNa argued for
the rights of the PaandavAs and became known as PaaNDava dhUthan. This
Saarvabhouman rests today in archAvathAram at Thiru YevvuLL as Sri
VeerarAghavan.

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பந்தைணந்த ெமல்விரலாள் பாைவதன் காரணத்தால்

ெவந்திறல் ஏேர ம் ெவன்ற ேவந்தன் ,விாி கழ்ேசர்

நந்தன் ைமந்தனாகவாகும் நம்பி நம்ெப மான்

எந்ைத தந்ைத தம்ெப மான் எவ் ள் கிடந்தாேன

panthaNaintha melviralAL pAvaithan kAraNaththAl

venniRal ErEzum venRa vEnthan, viripugazsEr
Nanthan mainthanAgavAgum nambinamperumAn
Enthai thanthai thamperumAn evvuL kidanthAnE
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MEANING:

For the sake of winning the hand of beautiful Nappinnai, the Lord resting
today at Thiru YevvuLL fought with and subdued the seven wild bulls (Paavai
tann KaaraNatthAl vemm thiRal yEzhu yERum venRa VEndhan). His fame
spread far and wide (viri puhazh sEr) as the son of NandagOpan (Nandhan
Maindhan) and as KalyANa guNa PoorNan and our Lord (Nambi,
NamperumAn). Now, He is giving His sevai at Thiru YevvuLL and is the Lord
of many generations of our kulam (Yenthai tanthai tamm PerumAn).

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பாலனாகி ஞாலேம ம் உண் பண் ஆ ைல ேமல்

சாலநா ம் பள்ளிெகாள் ம் தாமைரக் கண்ணன் ,எண்ணில்

நீலமார் வண் ண் வா ம் ெநய்தலந்தண்கழனி

ஏலநா ம் ைபம் றவில் எவ் ள் கிடந்தாேன

bAlanAgi njAlamEzum uNdu paNdu Alilai mEl

sAlanALum paLLikoLLum thAmaraik kaNNan, eNNil
nIlamAr vaNduNdu vAzum neythalanthaNkazani
ElanARum paimpuRavil evvuL kidanthAnE

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BAlanAgi Alilai mEl paLLikoNdAn - Vadapathra sAyee

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In the previous Paasuram, Kaliyan saluted the Lord of Thiru YevvuLL as the
Sarva Swami of Nappinai and resting next to Her in the bridal chambers; in
this Paasuram, Kaliyan visualizes the Lord as VaDapathra Saayee, who rested
on the leaf of a pupil tree as He floated on the waters of PraLaya kaalam. Our
Lord swallowed and kept safely all the seven worlds in a small portion of His
stomach (PaNDu yEzh Jn~Alam uNDu). If one attempts to visualize this
wonderous child that performed such a miracle, it would
be impossible to reconstruct in one's mind. He took the form of an infant,
swallowed all the worlds and rested on the precarious floating leaf for the
entire time of deluge. Such an incredulous Lord with eyes beautiful like the
just blossomed red lotus is resting today at Thiru YevvuLL surrounded by cool
fields and verdant forests. Azhwar's anubhavam of the small inocent looking
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infant floating without fear on the dangerous waters of PraLaya Kaalam is

exquisite : " BaalanAhi Jn~Alam yEzhum uNDu paNDu Aalilai mEl saala naaLum
paLLi koLLum ThAmarai KaNNan ".

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ேசாத்தநம்பிெயன் ெதாண்டர்மிண் த்ெதாடர்ந்தைழக்கும்

ஆத்தனம்பி ெசங்கணம்பி ஆகி ம் ேதவர்க்ெகல்லாம்

த்தநம்பி க்கணம்பி என் னிவர் ெதா

ஏத் ம் ,நம்பி எம்ெப மான் எவ் ள் கிடந்தாேன

sOththanambiyenRu thoNdamiriNdiththodarnthazaikkum
Aththan nimbi sengkaN nimbi yAgilum dEvarkkellAm
mUththa nimbi mukkaNnambi yenRu munivarthozuthu
Eththum nimbi yemperumAn - evvuL kidanthAnE

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dEvarkkellAm mUththa nambi

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The Lord engaging in Yoga Nidhraa at Thiru YevvuL is the eldest of all
devathais (Devarkku yellAm Moottha Nambi); He is the primordial Being. He
is worshipped and eulogized by the three eyed Siva and the Maharishis at all
times (MukkaNN Nambi, Munivar yenRum thozhuthu yEtthum
Nambi). He recieves anjali from the assembly of devotees, who are
ParamaikAnthis (those who will not look at any other gods); they perform
AarAdhanam for Him and salute Him as the most trust worthy, dependable
KalyANa GuNa PoorNan. That Lotus eyed is also the Lord for us and is resting
at Thiru YevvuLL.

COMMENTS:
All paasurams except the Phala Sruthi (10th) Paasuram of Thirumangai
ends with the refrain of "YevvuLL KidanthAnE". There is an astonishment in
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the voice of Thiru Mangai to recall tha tthe Lord who distinguished Himself in
so many ways is now easily accessible to all of us in His sayana ThirukkOlam as
Archaa Moorthy at Thiru YevvuLL. In this paasuram, Thirumangais' sense of
celebration of the Lord reaches a cresendo as witnessed by his addressing the
Lord as "Nambi" six times: (1) "ThoNDar miNDi thodarnthu Nambi
sOttham" (the bhakthAs who do not look at any other gods join together and
fold their hands with anjali mudhra and salute Him as Parama kalyANa guNa
poorNan/Nambi), (2) "azhaikkum Aattha Nambi" (One who is hailed as the
most trust worthy Nambi), (3) "Semm KaNN Nambi" (the GuNa PoorNan with
the lotus soft eyes), (4) "DEvarkku yellAm Moottha Nambi" (the eldest of
the DEvAs), (5) “MukkaNN nambi"

(The KalyANa GuNa PoorNan, who is the antharyAmi Brahman inside Sivan and
who destroys the worlds during Mahaa PraLayam with His third eye), (6)
“Munivar yenRum thozhuthu yEtthum Nambi" (The Nambi, who is hailed
always by the Maharishis). Such a Nambi is our EmperumAn and He is
reclining on Aadhi Seshan at Thiru YevvuLL.

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திங்களப் வான் எாிகாலாகித் ,திைசமிகனார்

தங்களப்பன் சாமியப்பன் பாகத்தி ந்த,வண் ண்

ெதாங்கலப் நீள் யான் சூழ்கடல்சூழநின்ற

எங்களப்பன் எம்ெப மான் எவ் ள் கிடந்தாேன

thingaLappu vAn erikAlAgith, thisaimiganAr

thanggaLappan, sAmiyappan, pAgaththiruntha vaNduN
Thingal appu nINmudiyAn sUzkazal sUdaninRa
enggaL appan emperumAn evvuL kidanthAnE

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He is the Indweller of Everything,

Thanks, Glimpsesofkrishna.com

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Here Kaliyan celebrates the Omniscient, Omnipotent, all pervasive Lord's

relationship with us as our Father and Master ("YengaL Appan, EmperumAn
YevvuLL kidanthAnE"). He recognizes the Lord thru His saaniddhyam makes it
easy for all dEvAs to wear His Thiruvadi on their heads to gain their desired
wishes ("Soozh kazhal SooDa ninRa YengaL Appan, Empiran"). He is the
indweller of the Moon (Thingal/Chandran) and for the Pancha bhUthams (appu,
AakAsam, Vaayu, Agni and Earth/ appu vaann yeri kaal aahi). He is the Father
of the chathurmukha Brahmaa (Tisai muhanAr Appan). He is the sarva Seshi,
SarvEswaran (Saami Appan); He is the One who has given His right side to His
grandson, Rudhran, who wears the Lotus feet of His grandfather for the
fulfillment of the goals of his tapas. This Lord resting on Aadhi Seshan at
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Thiru YevvuLL adorns a beautiful garland made up of freshly picked flowers,

which are the habitat of the honey-sucking bees.

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னிவன் ர்த்தி வராகி ேவதம் விாித் ைரத்த

னிதன் , ைவவண்ணன் அண்ணல் ண்ணியன் விண்ணவர்ேகான்

னிவன் ேசயன் தாெனா வனாகி ம் தன்ன யார்க்கு

இனியன் ,எந்ைத எம்ெப மான் எவ் ள் கிடந்தாேன

Munivan mUrththi mUvarAgi, vEdham viriththuraiththa

Punithan pUvai vaNNan, aNNal, puNNiyan, viNNavarkOn
Thaniyan, sEyan, thAnoruvan Agilum thannadiyArkku
Iniyan enthai emperumAn - evvuL kidanthAnE

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viNNavar kOn - Devanathan in Raja Sevai

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Yenthai (My Father), EmperumAn (Sarva Swami) is YevuuLL kidantha
Moorthy. He is easy of access (Bhaktha sulabhan) to those who seek His
rakshaNam (AasrithAL). He is delectable to enjoy for His adiyArs (Tann
adiyArkku iniyan) He is far away from those who do not seek His rakshaNam
(DhUrAth dhUratara:). He is "ViNNavar kOnn" (the Lord of the DEvAs:
AmararkaL adhipathy) ; He is "PuNNiyan" (sakala dharama savroopi, the
most auspicious) ; He is "ANNal" (Sarva vidha Swami). He is the NiyanthA
(Commander) ; He is "Poovai VaNNan" (KaayAmpoo VaNNan/having the most
beautiful blue hue like KaayAm Poo). He is "Vedam viritthuraittha
Punithan" (Parama Parisuddhan /dharma-adharma vivEki, who is the HayagrIva
avathAran instructing Brahma dEvan on Vedams). "thAnn sEyan Oruvan
aahilum, Taniyan" (Although He blesses the muktha janangaL with His
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Saamyam, He is distinctly different Tatthvam form ChEthanam and

achEthanam). He is "Munivan Moorthy Moovar aanavan" (He is the Aadhi
Moorthy who had the sankalpam of " bahu syaamm" for creating the universe
and became first VyUha VaasudEvan and later the other three :SankarshaNa,
Pradhyumna, Aniruddhan). That Lord of such vaibhavam is resting
on AadhisEshan at the dhivya dEsam of Thiru YevvuLL.

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பந்தி க்கும் ெமல்விரலாள் பாைவ பனிமலராள்

வந்தி க்கும் மார்வன் நீலேமனி மணிவண்ணன்

அந்தரத்தில் வா ம் வாேனார் நாயகனாயைமந்த

இந்திரற்கும் தம்ெப மான் எவ் ள் கிடந்தாேன

pantirukkum melviralAL pAvai panimalarAL

vanthirukkum mArvan nIlamEni maNivaNNan
antharaththil vAzum vAnOr nAyaganAyamaintha
inthiraRkum thamperumAn evvuL kidanthAnE

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MEANING:
The Lord at ThiruvaLLUr is the Lord
of the slender fingered Mahaa
Lakshmi, whose abode is the cool
Lotus (Panthu irukkum Paavai Pani
MalarAL). She leaves that abode
to stay permanently at the broad
chest of Her Lord (Pani MalarAL
vanthu irukkum Maarvan). He is like a
blue gem in hue (Neelam mEni MaNi
VaNNan). He is the Lord of even
Indhran, who is the king of all
celestials (antharatthil vaazhum
VaanOr NaayakanAi amaintha
IndhiraRkkum TammperumAn). That
Sarva Swamy (Tamm PerumAn) rests
on His soft bed of Aadhi Seshan at
Thiru YevvuLL dhivya dEsam. vAnOr nAyagan

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இண்ைட ெகாண் ெதாண்டேரத்த எவ் ள் கிடந்தாைன

வண் பா ம் ைபம் றவின் மங்ைகயர்ேகான் க யன்

ெகாண்ட சீரால் தண்தமிழ் ெசய்மாைல ஈைரந் ம் வல்லார்

அண்டமாள்வதாைண அன்ேறல் ஆள்வர் அம லேக

iNdai koNdu thoNdarEththa evvuL kidanthAnai

vaNdu pAdum paimpuRavil manggaiyar kOnkaliyan
koNda sIrAl thNdamizsey mAlaiyI rainthum vallAr
aNdamALvaThAnai anREl ALvar amarulagE
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HH’s Veeraraghavan MangalaasAsanam

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PHALA SRUTHI PAAURAM MEANING:
This Paasuram is a celebration of Lord VeerarAghavan as the grantor of all
desired pahalans in this and the other world (Ihikaamushmika phalans). In
Vibhava avathAram as Lord Raamachandran, He was the Emperor and was not
easy to get close to by ordinary citizens but during His archAvathAram as
Veera Raaghavan, He becomes Sarva Sulabhan. He is Vaidhya VeerarAghavan
and hence treats the variety of illness that chEthanams have by being close to
them. At THiru YevvuLL, His devotees approach Him with flower garlands
in hand and eulogize Him ("ThoNDar iNDai koNDu YevvuLL kidanthAnai
yEttha"). This dhivya dEsam has extraordinary beauty and is known for its
verdant groves, where the honey bees are enjoying the fragrant flowers
(VaNDu Paadum PaimpuRavil); the dhvirEpams (Bramarams/VaNDu) are
performing Hari Naama sankeerthanams at Thiru YevvuLL. Thirumangai

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Mannan enjoyed the anantha kalyANa guNams of the EmperumAn of Thiru
YevvuLL and created the ear pleasing ten Paasurams as SamarpaNam for the
Lord (Mangayar kOnn Kaliyan koNDa seerAl Tamizh sey Maalai yeer einthum).
Kaliyan instructs us that those of us, who are adept in reciting these ten
paasurams will rule this world (Maalai yeer Indhum vallAr aNdam AaLvathu
AaNai); if ruling this world is not what they relish (anDam AaLvathu AaNai
anREl), then they are destined to enjoy ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham in Sri
Vaikuntam.

திருமங்ைகயாழ்வார் திருவடிகேள சரணம்

Thirumangai Azhwar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

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 THIRUVELLUR AND SRIMATH AZHAGIYA SINGARS

The Anandaanubhavams of the sevai of Sri Kanakavalli (Vasumathi) Sametha

Sri Veeraraghavan of ThiruveLLUr during their Thirumanjana Uthsavam fill my
heart with great joy.

The sampradhAyic way of performing Thirumanjanam for the divya dampathis

here with the recitation of Thirumanjana Kattiyam has been preserved
meticulously by the Azhagiyasingars, Paramaparai dharma karthAs of this
ancient temple.

The sacred feet of many Azhagiya Singars have adorned the Thiruveethis of
ThiruveLLUr. Many were born here, many carried this divya desa EmperumAn's
name or have their BrindhAvanams here at ThiruveLLUr. It is no wonder
therefore that the Vaidhika Sri is shining brightly today at this divya desam.
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As one reflects on these illustrious Acharya paramaparai with 45

simhaasanAdhipathis to date, we can not fail to be impressed by the fact that
NINE out of the 45 chose the name of Sri VaNN SatakOpa VEERARAGHAVA
YATHEENDHRA MAHAA DESIKAN out of reverence for the Archaa mUrthy
of THIRUVELLUR DIVYA DESAM. The 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th and the 42nd
AchAryAs have their BrindhAvanams at this divya desam, which I had the
BhAgyam to visit this time.

The first Azhagiya Singar to carry ThiruveLLUr EmperumAn's ThirunAmam

was H.H. the 13th Jeeyar, who was crowned as the peetAdhipathi in
September, 1632. He served MaalOlan for 44 years and one month. His reign
was exceeded only by Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar, who founded the Ahobila
Matam and performed AarAdhanam for MaalOlan for 59 years and seven
months. The 13th jeeyar was born at ThiruveLLUr and belonged to the
Vangipuram vamsam that gave us additional illustrious AchAryAs later.

The other Azhagiya Singars who carried with reverence the name of the
ThiruveLLUr EmperumAn and adorned the peetam of Ahobila Matam are :

(2) Fifteenth Pattam

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(3) Seventeenth Pattam

(4) Twentieth Pattam

(5) Twenty Third Pattam

(6) Twenty Seventh Pattam

(7) Thirty Second Pattam

(8) Thirty Seventh Pattam and

(9) Forty Third pattam.

Many other Azhagiya Singars, who adorned the peetam of Ahobila Matam
were born in or around the divya desam of ThiruveLLUr and as such had great
reverence for Sri Veeraraghavan of VeekshAraNya KshEthram. For instance,
the Sixth Azhagiya Singar, H.H. Shashta ParAnkusa Yatheendhra Mahaa

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Desikan was born in Karalapaakkam, a famous agrahAram close to ThiruveLLUr.
This is the great AchAryA, who settled new agrahaarams like Injimedu,
ThayyAr, Purisai near ThiruveLLUr with Ubhaya VedAntha Simhams. These
villages housed stalwarts of Sri Bahgavadh RaamAnuja SiddhAntham. Some of
their descendants adorned the AchArya Peetam later.

The Eleventh PeetAdhipathi was born at ThiruveLLUr and ascended the

Acharya Peetam of Ahobila Matam during July 1559. He reigned for nearly 39
years and blessed his sishya paramparai.

The twelfth pattam Azhagiya singar belonged to the same ThiruveLLUr

Vangipuram Vamsam and ruled for 34 years.

The other Ahobila Matam Azhagiya Singars, who were born in villages around
ThiruveLLUr are: H.H. the 15 th Jeeyar (YesanUr Tattai). My grandfather
belongs to the Tattai Vamsam and settled later at Poundarikapuram and moved
on to Oppiliappan Koil afterwards.

H.H. the 17th Jeeyar born at SohatthUr. H.H. the 18th Jeeyar born at
ThiruveLLUr (Veeravalli Vamsam). H.H. the 20th Jeeyar at PiLLaippAkkam of
Tattai Vamsam, H.H. the 21st Jeeyar at ThyaaRu of Vangipuram Vamsam, H.H.
the 34th Jeeyar (Atthipattu Azhagiya Singar), H.H. the 37th Jeeyar

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 (PiLLaippAkkam Azhagiya Singar), H.H. the 42nd Jeeyar ( Injimedu Azhagiya
Singar). Other villages that blessed us with other Azhagiya Singars like
ParanthUr, KaLatthUr, Parutthippattu also are not too far from ThiruveLLUr-
Kanchipuram arc.

It was a blessing to spend the EkAdasi-Friday (Oct 16) of BahudhAnya

PurattAsi at the sacred feet of the Divya Dampathis of ThiruveLLUr, witness
their Thirumanjanam and have their MahA prasadhams.

It is a blessing for many of us to have taken part in the Mahaa

SamprOkshaNam of the Divya Dampathis during July of this Year and
contribute towards the growth of the principal for the Ubhaya Vedanthaa
Trust set up by Sri K.G.K. Swamy to continue without interruption the Veda
PaarAyaNam and divya prabhandham recitations during the two
BrahmOthsavams at ThiruveLLUr.
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