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Lord SrI Oppliappan

With the SaraNya Dampathi's blessings , I plan to leave for a very short trip to India on October 7 to participate in two of the AbharaNa SamarpaNam celebrations organized by the GodhA priyA Committee of Chennai . Many of you have taken part in supporting their Kaimkaryams to present the MaaNickka-Kondai , Maragatha KiLi , Gem-studded Jata Kothsu and the Mutthangis for the Uthsavars , Ponnappan and Sri BhUmi Devi ThAyAr . Thanks most sincerely for all of the assthikAs , who have
generously supported this Kaimkaryam . Finally , it is happening ! Please let your relatives in India to join in receiving the divya dampathi's blessings on this auspicious occasion scheduled for October 11 .

In addition to these kaimkaryams at Oppiliappan Koil , the GodhA priyA committee is presenting a special dress for Sri ANDAL 's RaaNi Sevai. A regal embroidered PaavAdai , upper garment with semi-precious stones woven into the dress , a Gem-studded ottiyANam , Jatakothsu , ear rings
and the crown of a queen inlaid with pearls and semi-precious stones , two dhiNdus , a green parrot stitched in green velvet , two blue sandals are part of the RaaNI sEvai . This is similar to the RaaNi sevai dress that RaaNi MangammaL of Pandya Kingdom presented once to Sri Andal at Sri VillipputthUr divya desam.

In my next two posts , I will translate this Tamil article of mine for this souvenir offering my salutation to the presiding deity of ThiruviNNagar Divya Desam , where I was blessed to be born under their Thiruvadi Nizhal .

Seeking your best wishes on this auspicious occasion and thanking all of you , who have supported the many Kaimkaryams so far ,

VEDA NAARAYANAN OF THIRUVINNAGAR
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1 .OUR SAMPRADHAYAM:
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Sri Bhagavadh RaamAnuja SampradhAyam of ours is one , which is the celebrated sampradhAyam rooted in the four Vedams ; further , it is the sampradhAyam that pays homage to the Chidachidh Visishta Brahmam , who is none other than Sri Vaikuntanaathan of ThiruviNNagar saluted by NammAzhwAr , Thrumangai and PeyAzhwAr with 47 pasurams.

Our sampradhAyam is the glorious one which identifies "thuyar theerkkum ThuzhAi ThirumudiyAn " as the One who blesses us to ascend the archirAdhi maargam to His parama-padham in the nithya VibhUthi . Swami Desikan salutes these blessings and says that through those blessings, He points the way for us to reach paramapadham thru the nine steps of the divine ladder ( vaan yERum vazhi kaNDOm ) .

2.KSHETRA MAHIMAI
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ThiruviNNagar is the Kshethram , where we we dip in the pure, sweet and cool waters ( vimala -madhura - seethalam) of AhOrAthri PushariNi and offer our worship to AkAsa Nagareesan in the middle of His TuLasee Vanam to get rid of all of our samsaric sorrows . MahA Bharatham states that those , who have not overcome the desires for vishaya sukhams can not reach AkAsa Nagaram (na tathra mUDA: gacchanthi purushA: vishayAthmakA :) .The Saama Veda manthram which forms the basis for this thought is as follows :

pavithram tE vithatham brahmaNaspatE
prabhurgAthrANi paryEshi visvatha: I
atapthanUrnam tadhAmO asnutE sruthAsa
idh vahantha: sam tadhAsatha II

(Meaning): O Supreme Lord ! O Master of the Vedas! Vast is Thy pure knowledge. O Lord of Lords! Thou pervadest all physical bodies . A baddha jeevan devoid of severe austerity can not comprehend your true svarupam . Only the true JnA~nis annealed in the furnace of Tapas can perceive and comprehend Thee !

3. MY SOUBHAGYAM
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In this ThiruviNNagar ( Vaikuntam/AkAsa Nagaram ) of this earth , I was blessed to be born as the son of Poojya Sri Poundarikapuram Brahaspathi Sri Varadachar Swamy and the most merciful dharma mUrthy , PerugavazhundAn AlamElu ammAl . My additional blessings have been to claim Kaimkarya Sri Padma VeerarAghavan as my sister . Thanks to the strength of the Aseervadhams of these three, I have been blessed to become engaged in Bhagavadh and Bhaagavatha Kaimkaryams . Thanks to these and other AchArya anugraha VisEshams , I am fortunate to join the auspicious BhAgavatha ghOshti contributing to the souvenir for the Kaimkaryam to reflect upon the anantha KalyANa guNams of the Lord of ThiruviNNagar inspite of my lack of qualifications as a "seelamillA siRiyOn " . My prayers to this Bhagavatha GhOshti contributing to this high quality souvenir is to consider the disqualifications of this veritable mandha mathi and overlook the mistakes made during the course of this essay eulogizing Yennappan .

4.AN APPEAL TO VEDA NAARAYANAN AT THIRUVINNAGAR
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I approach him with " chamara vyakra hastham " ( with hands carrying the fan made of bushy tail of Chamara deer ) and offer my fan service to Him in the spirit of NammAzhwAr , the far seeing and world renowned poet celebrated by the pavamAna KhAndam saaman of Sama vedam (pariprAsishyadhathkavi). I appeal to Him to accept my prayer in the spirit of the following AgnEya KhAnda Manthram of Saama Vedam: " sa paavaka srudhee havam " .

The above manthram states :" O my supreme Lord! O the Most sacred among sacred ! Please destroy our sins just as the Agni burns off without trace the dust particles ( theeyinil thUsAhum ) and listen to my sincere prayerful appeal ( adiyEn seyyum viNNappatthai mey ninRu kEttaruL ). Following the foot steps of the Vedam identified by the Lord Himself to be the dearest one to Him ( vEdAnAm Sama vEdhOsmi ), I appeal to Him to bless this effort to eulogize this agatitha gaDanan as "palvahayum parantha perumAn". May we all hear clearly this "kELAtha maRayin geetham " amd enjoy the "kidayAtha pErinbam " that is all about the Sri VaikuntanAthan of Oppilliappan Koil divya desam .

5. THE MAHIMAI OF THIRUVINNAGARAPPAN
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Rg Vedam refers to His glories with a rhetorical question and answers it right away . The question is " kvO gAvO na raNyanthi ? kO visAni soubhagA ? ". It asks : " O Lord , who measured all the universe ! Please explain this to me. Is there a place , where your glories are not sung ? " You are "the Ongi ulahaLanda PerumAn " . NammAzhwAr pointed Your sacred feet as: " kaaNmingaLulahIr yenru kaNN muhappE nimirntha tALiNayan " . You are matchless (TannoppArillappan). Veadam gives the answer to its own question and states unambigouosly that there is no place in His Universe , where the Lord's mahimai is not celebrated .

Rg Vedic passage , " idham vishNurvichakramE trEdhA nidhadhE padham , samULhamasya paamsurE " once again points out that our Lord of ThiruviNNagar spread in all the directions and measured the Earth , AkAsam and the mid space (anthariksham) with His two steps . He then placed His third step in the deep dark mystery beyond the knowledge of mankind.NammAzhwAr intuited the mystery of this third step and recognized Him as the luminous MaayAvi , who is residing in his heart cave ( PaaviyEn manatthuraihinra Paramsudar ". NammAzhwAr also pointed out in one of his ThiruviNNagar paasuram that that ThiruviNNagar is the seat of the Lord , who rules over him ( yennai aaLvAnUr ) and the Lord of Thiruvinnagaram is not easy to be understood fully by any from the perspective of His limitless auspicious attributes .

NammAzhwAr through his four Prabhandhams , which are considered the essence of the four vedams received the special blessings of the Lord of ThiruviNNagar through his salutation in the spirit of this UttarArchika Saama manthram :

pahi nO Agna yEkayA paahya atha dhvitheethayayA
paahi gheerbhis thisrubhirUrjAm PathE paahi chathasrubhirvasO

(Meaning): O Lord ! Protect us with One vedam (Rg); Protect us by the second (Yajus); Protect us by the third (sAma ); Guard us , O All-pervading Lord with all the FOUR vedAs .

Yet another UttharArchika Saaman recognizes the Lord of ThiruviNNagar as sathakrathu and describes how the priests of the Four Vedams skillfully eulogize Him in their roles as UdghAthA , hOthri , Adhvaryu and BrahmmA:

gAyanthi tvA gAyathriNOachanthyarkamakirNa:
BrahmaNAstvA Sathakratha udhvamsamiva yEmirE

(Meaning): O Supreme Lord of AkAsa Nagaram ! O performer of innumerable deeds as Sathakrathu to create, protect and dissolve this Universe ! The UdghAthAs of Saama Vedam sing about Thee ; the HothAs eulogize Thee with reverence ; the adhvaryus and the BrahmAs exalt Thee as jugglers , who lift aloft a pole and balance it on their forehead with skill .

6. THIRUVINNAGARAPPAN IS VISVATHOMUKAN
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ThiruviNNagarappan recognized by Thirumangai as His one and Only Lord (MaRROr dhaivam piRithaRiyEn ) is SarvathOmukan ( Omnippresent ). That Parabrahmam with garlands on His crown made up of just blossomed flowers ( pOthalar nedumudip puNNiyan ) , who is the sweet naadham in the Veda manthrams is saluted by the ancient Rg Veda manthram as follows:

tvamhi visvathOmuka visvatha : paribhUrasi , apa:
na sOsuchadhagam

(Meaning): O veda NaarAyaNA ! O ChandhOgA ( celebrated by the Saama Veda Upanishad, ChAndhOgyam ) ! O PouzhiyA ( Saluted by Rg Vedam )!, O TaittiriyA ( adored by Yajur Veda manthrams) !, O lord of ThiruviNNagar! Thou art the all pervading , Omnipresent , Omniscient One! Please remove our sins in its entirety .

O TannoppArillappA ! Thou art the One , who consumed the seven oceans, seven kula parvathams and the seven Universes and kept them safely in Your stomach during the destructive time of PraLayam (kaarkezhu kadalkaLum malaikaLumAyErkezhu ulahamumAhinavan) ; during those times of MahA praLayam , You devoured the Sun , the moon and the stars and kept them in Your stomach ( as amithAsanan , You became then , " nilavodu veyil nilavirusudarum ulahamumuyir-kalum unDavan ") . After this miraculous feat , You shone as the YekAksharan ( PraNava mUrthy/ aarkexhu vayiRRiniladakki ninRangOrezutthOru uruvAnAi ). In the spirit of Yajur Vedam's salutation ,

Brahma yaj~AnAm prathamam purasthAdhvi
seematha: suruchO vEna aava:
sa budhnyA upamA asya vishtA :
sathascha yOnimasathascha vi va:

(Meaning): O Veda NaarAyaNA ! Thou created , protected and consumed all of these sentients and the insentients . Thus Thou shineth as SarvOtthaman , Parama Poojyan and shine as the indweller (antharyAmi Brahmam )and direct them . You are recognized therefore as Sarvaj~nan and Param JyOthi .

7. FOREVER RESPLENDENT MANIVANNAN SHINING EVERYWHERE
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O ThiruviNNagarappA ! Yajur Vedam recognizes You as the power behind the Agni through Your Svayam JyOthi , incandescent Suryan's power to warm , the pervasive wind (as Vaayu) the energy principle behind the cooling rays of the Moon , the aadhAram for the purity of Sukran the gigantic principle understood as Brahman and the protecting doctrine supporting PrajApathi . Thus Thou art forever resplendent based on the Yajur Veda Manthram:

tadhEvAgnis tadhAdhithyas tadhvAyus tadhu chandramA :
tadhEva sukram tadh Brahma thaa aapa: sa PrajApathi :

Thou art sarvakaala svarUpi. All divisions of Time spring from Thee, the resplendent paripUrNan . No one hath comprehended Thee from above or across or in the middle.

Yet another Yajur Veda Manthram says:

sa nO bhandhurjanithA sa vidhAthA
dhAmAni Veda bhuvanAni VisvA

(Meaning): He is our only relative; He is our protective Father; He is the great One , who generated us; He is the One , who understnds every one and every thing ( Sarva~Jnan).

Another Yajur Manthram points out that He is the One, who blessed us with the differnet Vedams and revealed their esoteric meanings and became Veda NaarAyaNan :

ruchO naamAmsi yajugumshi naamAsmi
saamAni naamAmsi

8. ALL PERVASIVE GOLDEN LORD (PONNAPPAN)
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The Lord of ThiruviNNagar , who is present every where as " palavahaiyum Paranatha PerumAn " is witness to all happenings (Sarva Saakshi). Atharva Vedam salutes His Sarva Saakshithvam as follows:

aa pasyathi prathi pasyathi parA pasyathi pasyathi
divamantharikshamAdh bhUmim sarvam tadh dEvi pasyathi

(Meaning): He sees every thing in front ; He sees everything behind Him; He sees everything far and wide; He sees all that is in AkAsam , BhUmi and anathariksham .

The AzhwArs recognize ThiruviNNagarappan as the essence of the four VedAs ( Veda NaarAyaNan )and plead with Him for the boon of nithya kaimkaryam in His Parama Padhasm and to banish the two kinds of vinais ( paapams and puNyams ). The Atharva Veda Manthram containing these thoughts is :

yaj~nam bhrUmO yajamAnamrucha: sAmAni bhEshajA
yajUgumshi hothrA bhrUmastE nO munchanthvamhasa:

(Meaning ) : We recite with svaram , the Rg veda manthrams for eulogizing , Saama veda manthrams for singing about Your glories , Atharva veda manthrams for removing all kinds of afflictions , physical and mental , and Yajur veda manthrams for the performance of YaagAs and pray to You to banish all of our accumulated karmAs .

Yet another Atharva veda manthram prays to the omnipotent (sarva sakthan ) Lord of AkAsanagaram to bless the supplicants with undiminishing wealth of nithya kaimkarya soubhAgyam as the Creator, protector and dissolver of this Universe and its chEthanams and achEthanams :

Vrushabham vAjinam vayam pourNamAsam yajAmahE
sa nO dadhAthvakshithAm rayimanupadhasvatheem

9. SALUTATIONS TO MUTTHAPPAN
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At the end of the Atharva vedam , there is a manthram that begs the Lord to make the supplicant's dhyAnam , upAsanai and Kaimkaryam fruitful by standing on their side as a friend and guide them :

yogE yogE tavastaram vAjE vAjE havAmahE
sakhAya IndrammUtayE

AzhwArs as supplicants placed all of their Bhakthi-laden paasurams at the sacred feet of their Lord . In the rahsyArtham , mutthukkaL (pearls) refer to AzhwAr's paasurams. Bhagavan of ThiruviNNagar accepts these pearls strung together as pearl garlands and earned the name of Mutthappan . These garlands are known as MukthAvaLis . They shine at His chest , neck and at His ankles as nUpura AbharaNam . There , they stay shining and with their sacred luster remove the Kali dhOshams of all chEthanams , who bow unto these lotus feet of the Lord .Swami Desikan refers to the power of the mukthAvaLis in banishing all the accumulated karmAs this way in one of the slokams of the MukthA paddhathi of Sri Ranganatha divya PaadhukA sahasram:

prachurakiraNapUrA: PaadhukhE ! samsrithAnAm
kali kalushamasEsham kshALayanthiva mukthA :

The Lord at ThiruviNNagar blesses us with His sevai as Mutthappan wearing the mukthAvaLis of AzhwArs on His subha Tanu and grants MokshAnugraham to those , who seek His sacred feet as their sole refuge.

10. THIRUVINNAGARAPPAN IS JAGADHAADHARAN
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The most sacred part of the four Vedams is Purusha Sooktham . The key passage in Purusha Sooktham is " Purusha yEvadhagum SARVAM " . He is the One , who pervades every chEthanam and AchEthanam both inside and outside . ThiruviNNagarAn has the combination of Bruhathva-BrumhaNathva attributes. He is the grandest and the largest in svarUpam (bruhathvam). Through His anantha kalyANa guNams , He has BrumhaNathvam. He is filled with endless glories . He is the One , who empowered BrahmA with the powers of creation .He is the supreme jyOthi (ParamjyOthi), the light of lights . He is worshipped as ParadEvathai by all the DevAs as thier supreme Lord.He is the most sacred of sacred doctrines ( pavithrANAm pavithram ) and the most auspicious among auspicious entities ( mangaLAnAM cha MangaLam ). He is the One with the unmmatchable glories of sacred feet pointed to us by the Mantra rathnam, the Dhvaya Manthram . As revealed to us by the Mutthakam of AchArya RaamAnujA ( anathikramaNeeyam hi charaNa grahaNam ) , when we hold firmly His sacred feet , He will not shake us and run away from us because of His infinite DayA for us . The limitless compassion that He ahs for us is summed up by the last Saaman of Saama vedam :

svasthi na IndrO vruddhasravA : svasthi na
PooshA Visva vEdA , Svasthi nasthArkshyO ArishtanEmi:
svasthi nO Bruhaspathir dadhAdhAthu , svasthi nO
Bruhaspathir dadhAdhAthu

(Meaning): May the Master of vast knowledge, May mighty God bless us with prosperity ! May the nourisher of All , the author of All vedAs bless us with prosperity ! May he , the giver of All comforts like the horse and cattles bless us with prosperity ! May Veda NaarAyaNan , the Lord of All elements of nature vouchsafe us prosperity ! May the same Veda NaarAyaNan standing as ThiruviNNagarAn , the Lord of All the elements of nature vouchsafe us prosperity !

11. BHUMI NAATHAN IS THE BHUMAN OF UPANISHADS
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The ChAndhOgya Upanishad passage saluting the blissful svarUpa visEsham of the Parabrahmam recognizes Him s the Infinite Bliss principle underlying His creations . This revelatory passage of ChAndhOgya Upanishad is :

yO vai BhUmA tath sukham naalpE sukamasthi
Bhumaiva sukam BhumA tvEva vijigyAsithavya
ithi BhUmAnam BhagavO vijigyAsa ithi

The above passage from the Upanishad of the Upanishads states that "the Brahman (Infinite) is bliss . There can not be any bliss in something other than that is in this Infinite Brahman . This Infinite Brahman should be the sole goal of our serious learning . Rest of them are all bhinna vasthus and can not lead to bliss " .

Rg Vedam salutes this Infinite Brahman standing as ArchA at ThiruviNNagar at His leelA vibhUthi and as Parama Padha Naathan at His divine abode this way:

sam bAhubhyAM dhamathi sam pathatrairdhyAvA
BhumI janayan DEVA YEKA:-- VISVASYA BHUVANASYA
RAAJAA ---

This sole and supreme Lord of Lords is our SaraNyan , Our father , Mother , Bhandhu at ThiruviNNagar and everything . He is anaadhi as explained by the Upanishad : " sa yEva saumya idam agrE aasith ".By knowing Him , " yena asrutham srutham bhavathi" . This is purushArtha vivEkam that leads us to " sUri tulya svAtanthryam ".

12. SUMMARY OF THE FRUITS OF THIRUVINNAGARAAN'S SEVAI
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The last slOkam of Swami Desikan's Parama Padha sOpAnam summarizes beautifully the fruits of the enjoyment of ArchAi and the anubhavam of the Sri Sookthis of AzhwArs and AchAryAs on ThiruviNNagarAn . This slOkam is:

balAdh aakarshidhbhi: bahubhi: aparAdhai: vihitayA
parAvrutthyA nithya bhava jaladhi pankE nipatathAm I
prathimnA sampannA Bhagavadhanukampaika vapushA
pratheechee dhrushDEyam Paramapadha sOpAna padhavee II

(Meaning): For us , who are pulled powerfully by the many of our aparAdhams and turn us away from BhagavAn and land us deep in the mud of samsAram , the glory of His KrupA pulls us out of these miseries and aligns us to climb the steps of the ladder of His Parama Padham . This has been asserted by the Veda PramANams as the Truth .

May we offer our soulful prayers to Sri Bhumi Devi SamEtha ThiruviNNagarappan with all humility on the occasion of this AbharaNa samarpaNa Kaimkaryam and seek the blessings of the SaraNya Dampathis to lead us to Their Parama Padham !

6. THIRUVINNAGARAPPAN IS VISVATHOMUKAN
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ThiruviNNagarappan recognized by Thirumangai as His one and Only Lord (MaRROr dhaivam piRithaRiyEn) is SarvathOmukan ( Omnippresent ). That Parabrahmam with garlands on His crown made up of just blossomed flowers ( pOthalar nedumudip puNNiyan ) , who is the sweet naadham in the Veda manthrams ( irukkil innisai aanavan) is saluted by the ancient Rg Veda manthram as follows :

tvamhi visvathOmuka visvatha : paribhUrasi , apa:
na sOsuchadhagam

(Meaning ) : O veda NaarAyaNA ! O ChandhOgA ( celebrated by the Saama Veda Upanishad, ChAndhOgyam ) ! O PouzhiyA ( Saluted by Rg Vedam )!, O TaittiriyA ( adored by Yajur Veda manthrams) !, O Lord of ThiruviNNagar! Thou art the all pervading , Omnipresent , Omniscient One! Please remove our sins in its entirety .

O TannoppArillappA ! Thou art the One , who consumed the seven oceans, seven kula parvathams and the seven Universes and kept them safely in Your stomach during the destructive time of PraLayam ( kaarkezhu kadalkaLum malaikaLumAyErkezhu ulahamumAhinavan) ; during those times of MahA praLayam , You devoured the Sun , the Moon and the stars and kept them in Your stomach ( as amithAsanan) , You became then , " nilavodu veyil nilavirusudarum ulahamumuyir-kalum unDavan ") . After this miraculous feat , You shone as the YekAksharan ( PraNava mUrthy/ aarkezhu vayiRRiniladakki ninRangOrezutthOru uruvAnAi ). In the spirit of Yajur Vedam's
salutation ,

Brahma yaj~AnAm prathamam purasthAdhvi
seematha: suruchO vEna aava:
sa budhnyA upamA asya vishtA :
sathascha yOnimasathascha vi va:

7. FOREVER RESPLENDENT MANIVANNAN SHINING EVERYWHERE
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tadhEvAgnis tadhAdhithyas tadhvAyus tadhu chandramA :
tadhEva sukram tadh Brahma thaa aapa: sa PrajApathi :

Thou art sarvakaala svarUpi. All divisions of Time spring from Thee, the resplendent paripUrNan . No one hath comprehended Thee from above or across or in the middle.

Yet another Yajur Veda Manthram says:

sa nO bhandhurjanithA sa vidhAthA
dhAmAni Veda bhuvanAni VisvA

(Meaning): He is our only relative; He is our protective Father; He is the great One , who generated us; He is the One , who understands every one and every thing (Sarva~Jnan).

Another Yajur Manthram points out that He is the One, who blessed us with the differnet Vedams and revealed their esoteric meanings and became Veda NaarAyaNan :

ruchO naamAmsi yajugumshi naamAsmi
saamAni naamAmsi

8. ALL PERVASIVE GOLDEN LORD (PONNAPPAN )
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The Lord of ThiruviNNagar , who is present every where as " palavahaiyum Parantha PerumAn " is witness to all happenings ( Sarva Saakshi ). Atharva Vedam salutes His Sarva Saakshithvam as follows:

aa pasyathi prathi pasyathi parA pasyathi pasyathi
divamantharikshamAdh bhUmim sarvam tadh dEvi pasyathi

(Meaning): He sees every thing in front; He sees everything behind Him; He sees everything far and wide; He sees all that is in AkAsam , BhUmi and anathariksham .

The AzhwArs recognize ThiruviNNagarappan as the essence of the four VedAs ( Veda NaarAyaNan ) and plead with Him for the boon of nithya kaimkaryam in His Parama Padham and to banish the two kinds of vinais (paapams and puNyams). The Atharva Veda Manthram containing these thoughts is:

yaj~nam bhrUmO yajamAnamrucha: sAmAni bhEshajA
yajUgumshi hothrA bhrUmastE nO munchanthvamhasa:

(Meaning): We recite with svaram , the Rg veda manthrams for eulogizing, Saama veda manthrams for singing about Your glories , Atharva vedamanthrams for removing all kinds of afflictions , physical and mental , and Yajur veda manthrams for the performance of YaagAs and pray to You to banish all of our accumulated karmAs of both kinds .

Yet another Atharva veda manthram prays to the omnipotent (sarva sakthan) Lord of AkAsanagaram to bless the supplicants with undiminishing wealth of nithya kaimkarya soubhAgyam as the Creator, Protector and Dissolver of this Universe and its chEthanams and achEthanams :

Vrushabham vAjinam vayam pourNamAsam yajAmahE
sa nO dadhAthvakshithAm rayimanupadhasvatheem

9. SALUTATIONS TO MUTTHAPPAN
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At the end of the Atharva vedam , there is a manthram that begs the Lord to make the supplicant's dhyAnam , upAsanai and Kaimkaryam fruitful by standing on their side as a friend and guide them :

yogE yogE tavastaram vAjE vAjE havAmahE
sakhAya IndrammUtayE

AzhwArs as supplicants placed all of their Bhakthi-laden paasurams at the sacred feet of their Lord . In the rahsyArtham , mutthukkaL (pearls) refer to AzhwAr's paasurams . Bhagavan of hiruviNNagar accepts these pearls strung together as pearl garlands and earned the name of Mutthappan . These garlands are known as MukthAvaLis . They shine at His chest , neck and at His ankles as nUpura AbharaNam . There , they stay shining and with their sacred luster remove the Kali dhOshams of all chEthanams , who bow unto these lotus feet of the Lord . Swami Desikan refers to the power of the mukthAvaLis in banishing all the accumulated karmAs this way in one of the slokams of the MukthA paddhathi of Sri Ranganatha divya PaadhukA sahasram:

prachurakiraNapUrA: PaadhukhE ! samsrithAnAm
kali kalushamasEsham kshALayanthiva mukthA :

10. THIRUVINNAGARAPPAN IS JAGADHAADHARAN
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The most sacred part of the four Vedams is Purusha Sooktham . The key passage in Purusha Sooktham is " Purusha yEvadhagum SARVAM " . He is the One , who pervades every chEthanam and AchEthanam both inside and outside . ThiruviNNagarAn has the combination of Bruhathva-BrumhaNathva attributes. He is the grandest and the largest in svarUpam (bruhathvam). Through His anantha kalyANa guNams , He has BrumhaNathvam .He is filled with endless glories . He is the One , who empowered BrahmA with the powers of creation .He is the supreme jyOthi (ParamjyOthi), the light of lights . He is worshipped as ParadEvathai by all the DevAs as their supreme Lord. He is the most sacred of sacred doctrines ( pavithrANAm pavithram ) and the most auspicious among auspicious entities ( mangaLAnAM cha MangaLam ). He is the One with the unmmatchable glories of His sacred feet pointed to us by the Mantra rathnam , the Dhvaya Manthram . As revealed to us by the Mutthakam of AchArya RaamAnujA ( anathikramaNeeyam hi charaNa grahaNam ) , when we hold firmly His sacred feet , He will not shake us and run away from us because of His infinite DayA for us . The limitless compassion that He has for us is summed up by the last Saaman of Saama vedam :

svasthi na IndrO vruddhasravA : svasthi na
PooshA Visva vEdA , Svasthi nasthArkshyO ArishtanEmi:
svasthi nO Bruhaspathir dadhAdhAthu , svasthi nO
Bruhaspathir dadhAdhAthu

11. BHUMI NAATHAN IS THE BHUMAN OF UPANISHADS
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The ChAndhOgya Upanishad passage saluting the blissful svarUpa visEsham of the Parabrahmam recognizes Him as the Infinite Bliss principle underlying His creations . This revelatory passage of ChAndhOgya Upanishad is :

yO vai BhUmA tath sukham naalpE sukamasthi
Bhumaiva sukam BhumA tvEva vijigyAsithavya
ithi BhUmAnam BhagavO vijigyAsa ithi

The above passage from the Upanishad of The Upanishads states that "the Brahman (Infinite) is bliss . There can not be any bliss in something other than this Infinite Brahman . This Infinite Brahman should be the sole goal of our serious learning . Rest of them are all bhinna vasthus and can not lead to bliss" .

Rg Vedam salutes this Infinite Brahman standing as ArchA at ThiruviNNagar at His leelA vibhUthi and as Parama Padha Naathan at His divine abode this way :

sam bAhubhyAM dhamathi sam pathatrairdhyAvA
BhumI janayan DEVA YEKA:-- VISVASYA BHUVANASYA
RAAJAA ---

12. SUMMARY OF THE FRUITS OF THIRUVINNAGARAAN'S SEVAI
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(Meaning): For us , who are pulled powerfully by the many of our aparAdhams and turn us away from BhagavAn that land us deep in the mud of samsAram , the glory of His KrupA pulls us out of these miseries and aligns us to climb the steps of the ladder of His Parama Padham . This has been asserted by the Veda PramANams as the Truth .

Sri Bhumi Devi sametha ThiruviNNagarappan
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

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