thAvaLandhu

thAvaLandhu

thirunAngur thiruppathi 11: 9. thiruk kAvaLampAdi

tAvaLandu ulahamuTTrum taDamalar poihai pukku
nAvaLa navinrangEtta nAhattin naDukkam teerttAi |
mAvaLam peruhimannu maraiyavar vAzhum nAngai
kAvaLam pADimEya kaNNanE kaLaikaN neeyE ||

gajEndra wanted to offer the best of lotus to Him. He roamed all over the places in search of such a flower. At last he found it in a big lotus pond. But Alas! he was caught by a crocodile as he plucked the flower. The elephant cried out to Him calling His thousand names. BagavAn did ‘anugraha’ to him and removed his duhKa. He resides in tirukkAvaLampADi where there are vaidikas who enhance the spiritual wealth of the city which is already full of material wealth.

AzhwAr requests BagavAn to remove the duhKa of samsAra as he is caught by the crocodile of five indriyas. Oh! emberumAn! You stay in tirukkAvaLampADi to protect people like us who seek no other as their rakShaka.

maNNiDandu EnamAhi mAvali vali tolaippAn
viNNavar vENDa chenru vELviyil kuraiyirandAi |
tuNNena mATTrAr tammai tolaittavar nAngai mEya
kaNNanE kAvaLam taNpADiyAi kaLaikaN neeyE ||

He took varAha avatAra and lifted Boomi pirATTi from the aNDa Bitti; He took vAmana avatAra to bet from mahAbali three feet of land at the behest of dEvas; Thus You destroy Your enemies—who are in reality the enemies of Your Baktas—and do a quick job of it. Oh! emberumAn! Oh! kaNNa! You reside in kAvaLampADi in order to bless Your dAsas. I have no other refuge except You.

uruttezhum vAli mArvil oru kaNaiyuruvavOTTi
karuttuDai tambikku inbakkadirmuDi araSaLittAi |
peruttezhu palavum mAvum pazham vizhundozhuhum nAngai
karuttanE kAvaLam taNpADiyAya kaLaikaN neeyE ||

emberumAn! karuttanE! kAvaLandaNpADiyAi! You killed vAli—a great hero who had fought many wars bore many scars in his chest—by one arrow which pierced his chest. You gave the kingdom and crown to his brother sugreeva who had the desire to get both. (karuttuDai tambi) You reside in kAvaLampADi where there are plenty of jack fruit and mango trees bearing huge fruits that fall down due to their weight, split open shedding the honey that flows like a river.

munai muhattarakkanmALa muDihaL pattaruttu veezhttu Angu
anaiyavarku iLaiyavarkE arasaLittaruLinAnE |
SunaihaLil kayalhaLpAya SurumbutEn nuharu nAngai
kanaikazhal kAvaLam taNpADiyAi kaLaikaN neeyE ||

Oh! kAvalandaNpADiyAi!—You killed rAvaNa, the great king of lankApuri by cutting his ten heads off with Your powerful arrows and gave his brother viBeeShaNa who has surrendered to Your tiruvaDi the kingdom and crown. You reside in tirukkAvaLampADi where there are lots of flowering trees. The bees drink the honey making loud noise on hearing which the kayal fish jump out of fear.

paDavaravuchchi tanmEl pAindu palnaDangaLSeidu
maDavaral mangaidannai mArvahattu iruttinAnE |
taDavarai tangu mADattahu puhazh nAngai mEya
kaDavuLE kAvaLam taNpADiyAya kaLaikaN neeyE ||

Oh! kaDavuLE! kAvaLandaNpADiyAi! You are an expert dancer exhibiting Your skill on the hoods of angry kALiya. You are an excellent consort of lakShmi for You have given her a permanent abode in Your tirumArbu. You happily reside in tiru nAngai where there are mountain like strong huge buildings that speak of its reputation. You are my only resort!

mallaraiyaTTumALa kanjanaimalaindukonru
pallarasavinduveezha bAradappOr muDittAi |
nallaraN kAvin neezhal naraikamazh nAngaimEya
kallaraN kAvaLam taNpADiyAi kaLaikaN neeyE ||

emberumAn! You crushed the huge powerful mallAs; killed the mighty king kamsa; caused the death of thousand kings in the BArata yuddha. You reside in tirukAvalandaNpADi of nAngoor where there are stone—forts and forests as natural forts the aroma of which spread everywhere.

moottavarku arasuvENDi munbu toodezhundaruLi
mAttamar pAhan veezha madakari maruppoSittAi |
pootamarSOlaiyOngi punal parandozhuhum nAngai
kAttanE kAvaLam taNpADiyAi kaLaikaN neeyE ||

Oh! nAngai emberumAn! kAttavanE! You went as a messenger (hanging a tag from Your neck) to duryOdana on behalf of Your Baktas (the pANDavas) in order to speak for yudhiShTira (desiring to get kingdom for him who has the right for it). You killed both kuvaLayApeeDa, the mad wild elephant and its mahout. You reside in kAvaLandaNpADi of nAngoor where there is wealth of forest and water and stands as rakShaka to all.

EviLam kannikkAhi imaiyavarkOnai chcheTTru
kAvaLam kaDidiruttu karpaham koNDupOndAi |
poovaLam pozhilhaL Soozhnda purandaran Seida nAngai
kAvaLam pADimEya kaNNanE kaLaikaN neeyE ||

kaNNanE! You sent garuDa to bring the tree (karpaham) from indra’s garden (which satyaBAma wanted but was refused by indrANi) and plant it in her house after defeating indra in a fight and destroying his garden. It is said indra built the city of nAngoor in order to make it like swarga with beautiful gardens. He resides in the divya dESa called tirukkAvaLampADi.

SandamAi samayamAhi samaya aimbootamAhi
andamAi AdiyAhi arumarai avaiyumAnAi |
mandamAr pozhilhaL tOrum maDamayilAlu nAngai
kandamAr kAvaLam taNpADiyAi kaLaikaN neeyE ||

chandamAi—The metric rulers of poetry. They ara gAyatri, triShTub, anuShTub, jagati, pankti etc. samayam—There are rulers for chandas like number of lithers etc.

samaya aimbootamAhi—The pancha Bootas like AkASa, vAyu, agni, water and earth. Each has its own characteristic guNas. They are established by Him. He is the creator, destroyer and all the vEdas. He resides in kAvaLandaNpADi where there are abundant pArijAta trees. The peacocks dance beautifully enhancing the charm of the forests. The scent from the forests makes the city very aromatic where resides emberumAn who Himself is ‘sarvagandhah’.

mAvaLam peruhimannu maraiyavar vAzhum nAngai
kAvaLam pADimEya kaNNanai kaliyanSonna |
pAvaLam pattum vallAr pArmiSaiyarasarAhi
kOviLa mannartAzha kuDainizhal polivartAmE ||

tirumangia AzhwAr has sung these ten beautiful pASuras on the emberumAn residing in kAvaLampADi of tiru nAngoor. This divya dESa is rich because of the vaidikas, because of the forest and water wealth, because of emberumAn residing there. Those who read these ten pASuras will become a king on this earth ruling justly under a white royal umbrella receiving tributes from the neighbouring kings and princes.