thUmbudai

thUmbudai

thirunAngur thiruppathi 11: 8. thiru maNikkoodam

toombuDaipanaikkaivEzham tuyar keDuttaruLi mannu
kAmbuDaikkunramEndi kaDumazhaikAtta endai |
poombunal ponni muTTram puhundu pon varaNDa engum
tEmbozhil kamazhum nAngoor tirumaNikkooDattAnE ||

Our emberumAn—who saved gajEndra from the wicked crocodile; who saved the AyarpADi folks and cattle from the onslaught of heavy rain caused by indra. He resides in tirumaNikkooDam where ponni river brings along her current heaps of gold and where the trees bear flowers whose fragrance spread everywhere.

kavvaivALeyiTTru vanpEi kadirmulai Suvaittu ilangai
vavviya iDumbai koora kaDungaNai turandu endai |
kovvaivAi mahaLir kongai kungumam kazhuvippOnda
deivaneer kamazhum nAngoor tirumaNikkooDattAnE ||

Our swAmi killed pootana (the wicked rAkShasi) when she come screaming and shouting to kill Him. He did so by sucking the milk along with her life. Sree rAma killed the whole clan of rAkShasas in lankApuri and eradicated them like one eradicates plague. He resides in tirumaNikkooDam where young women take bath in kAvEri. The kumkum paste smeared on their beautiful breasts dissolve in the water making it red and aromatic.

mAttozhil maDangacheTTru marudiranaDandu vantAL
SEttozhil Sidaittu pinnaiSevvittOL puNarnda endai |
nAttozhil maraivallArhaL nayandaram payanda vaNkai
teettozhil payilum nAngoor tirumaNikkoDattAnE ||

Our swAmi killed kESi—an asura in the form of a horse--; crawled to fell the twin maruda trees; subdued the might of seven bully to marry nappinnai pirATTi. He resides in tirumaNikkooDam where vaideekas not only chant vEdas but practice the dharmas said there in and also perform the sacrifice that vEdas administer them to do

teettozhil—can be interpreted in two ways—fire sacrifice and wicked acts. Since it is said they follow dharma (aram payanda) only the first meaning is applicable here.

tAngarum Sinattuvan tAL taDakkai mAmaruppuvAngi
poongurundoSittu puLvAipiLandu erudaDarta endai |
mAnganinuharndamandi vanduvaNDiriya vAzhai
tEngani nuharum nAngoor tirumaNikooDattAnE ||

Our swAmi does the act of ‘virOdhi nirasana’—conquest of enemies like—He pulled out the tusk of the huge and angry kuvaLayApeeDa, tore open the mouth of kESi, broke the kurunda tree, subdued the seven bulls, split open the beak of bakAsura. He resides in tirumaNikkooDam where there are mango groves and plantain crops. The monkeys eat the mangoes, jump on to the plantain trees (which made the bees that verse drinking honey from the plantain flowers fly away ) and started eating plantain fruits.

karumahaL ilangaiyATTi pilangoL vAitirandu tanmEl
varumavaL Seviyum mookkum vALinAl taDinda endai |
perumahaL pEdaimangai tannoDum pirivilAda
tirumahaL maruvum nAngoor tirumaNikooDattAnE ||

emberumAn cut off the ears and nose of SoorpaNaka, the rAkShasi who exercised her power over lankApuri since she is the sister of rAvaNa the king. He resides in tirumaNikkooDam with Boomi pirATTi (who patiently bears the offences done to her by people) and periya pirATTi.

vALinAl tadinda endai –Though it was lakShmaNa who cut off the ears and nose of SoorpaNaka all the AzhwArs superimpose the act on rAma since it is said the younger brother is the right of rAma (rAmasya dakShinO bAhuh)

keNDaiyum kuraLum puLLum kEzhalum ariyummAvum
aNDamum SuDarum allAvATTralumAya endai |
oNDiral tennanODa vaDavaraSOTTam kaNDa
tiNDiralALar nAngoor tirumaNikooDattAnE |

emberumAn takes many avatAras to subjugate the wicked and protect the virtuous. He takes forms like fish, dwarf, swan, boar, man-lion, half horse (horse headed form). Not only is He so compassionate He is the niyanta and antaryAmi to all objects like sun, moon, etc and whatever is here. He resides in tirumaNikkooDam where live vaideekas who drove away the pANDiya and chOLa king from the battle field.

kunramum vAnamum maNNum kuLirpunal tingaLODu
ninra venjuDarum allA nilaihaLumAya endai |
manramum vayalum kAvum mADamum maNangoNDu engum
tenralvandu ulavum nAngoor tirumaNikooDattAnE ||

He is the mountains, sky, Boomi, water, sun, moon and other luminaries in the sky and everything else in this world. He resides in maNikkooDam where the southern breeze blows bringing sweet smell from the forests through the broad streets, fields, forests, buildings and houses and all the places of this holy city.

Sangaiyum tuNivum poyyum meyyum ittaraNiyOmbum
pongiya muhilum allAporuLhaLumAya endai |
pangiya muhattu tEral paruhiya vALaipAya
SengayaluhaLu nAngoor tirumaNikooDattAnE ||

Doubt—‘Is it like this of is it like that?’—such doubtful knowledge certainly—it is like this only’—there is no doubt about the knowledge.

poyyum—He is the detestable falsehood (to those who don’t believe Him).

meyyan---He is the pleasurable truth (to those who believe Him).

He is thus the giver of all kinds of knowledge and is the truth and falsehood. He is also the giver of anugraha without any discrimination and without any asking, without any expectation in return. He is in short everything in this world. He resides in tirumaNikkooDam where there are lotus ponds in which vALai fish live playing and jumping after drinking the pollen fallen in the water. When they suddenly jump, the red fish are frightened and swim away from the spot.

pAvamum aramum veeDum inbamum tumbam tAnum
kOvamum aruLum allAkkuNangaLumAya endai |
moovaril engaLmoorti ivanena munivarODu
dEvar vandu irainjum nAngoor tirumaNikooDattAnE ||

All these above are ordained by Him. Understanding the nature of these and the nature of BagavAn who has ordained these, the riShis and dEvas praise Him and worship viShNu of the trimoortis.

tingaL tOi mADa nAngoor tirumaNikkooDattAnai
mangaiyar talaivan vaNDAr kaliyan vAyolihaLvallAr |
pongu neerulahamANDu ponnulahANDu pinnum
vengadir paridivaTTattu ooDupOi viLanguvArE ||

emberumAn resides forever in the tirupati called tirumaNikkooDam where there are tall buildings the roof of which touch the bottom of the moon. About Him tirumangai AzhwAr has sung these ten pASuras. Those who meditate on the meaning of these will rule over this vast earth surrounded by seas and finally reach paramapada and live happily doing nityakainkarya to BagavAn.