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heart, all the incarnations of received the stature of the Thiruma:lirumjo:lai,
the Lord. It is because of this, ‘O:mka:ra’ . The verses of Thirukko:ttiyu:r, Sri:
that Sri: Villipuththu:r became Thirupalla:ndu are sung before Villipuththu:r, Thirukkurumgudi,
the gem and the center of all and after the Divyaprabandha Thirumala, Ayo:dhya,
creation. It was Sri: Periya:lwa:r recitations. Divyaprabandham Sa:lagra:ma Kshe:thram,
who made it so magnificent, is a collection of 4000 songs Badarika:shram, De:vapraya:ga,
for he was constantly engaged by 12 great devotees called as Dwa:raka, Uththara Madhura,
in the service towards the Lord A:lwa:rs, Sri: Periya:lwa:r is one Nandavrajam, Thiruppa:rkadal,
and His devotees. Hence, among them. Even today, he is Paramapadam.
Go:da:de:vi too praised her glorified as an amsa, a plenary
Sri: Periya:lwa:r’s extraordinary
town’s greatness as asiputhulai portion of Garuda, for he sang
God-experience and the intensity
paikamalathan theriyal a prabandham equivalent to the
of love for God in his devotion,
pattarpira:n. ve:das.
can be seen and understood if
Sri: Vishnuchiththa’s divine He is worshipped as one listens to Thiruppalla:ndu
names Periya:lwa:r, Pattarpira:n, along with the commentaries
Sri: Villipuththu:rko:n, given by a:cha:ryas.
Periya:lwa:r appeared in the
Kikiyaruththa:n, Puthuvaiko:n,
Kro:dha year, the jye:shta month Sri: Periya:lwa:r’s Message
etc.
on the 11 day of the waxing
th
God-relationship is not found
moon. The compositions by Family Honor
with God alone. It exists with
Periya:lwa:r on the Lord, offering
Sri: Periya:lwa:r’s parents every entity in this entire
blessings to Him, are called
Mukunda Bhattar, Padma:vathi universe. Hence Sri: Periya:lwa:r
Thiruppalla:ndu.
were Purushcha:das – those sang the mangalasa:sanams of
The primeval sound syllable whose tuft of hair is on the top of protection to the world – so that
‘O:m’ is always recited prior to the head instead of behind the everyone, free from faults, lives
and at the end of ve:dic chants. head. together as one family of God
If it is not done so, it leads to and as His relatives! All those
In his 473 songs, Sri:
defects and deficiencies. If not who consider the relationship
Periya:lwa:r sang praises,
recited in the beginning, the with God as foremost, are
glories and blessings to the
ve:dic enlightenment is not indeed blessed souls!
Lord in 20 divine temples
attained and if not recited at the
also called Divyade:sams. Footnotes:
end, the ve:dam does not persist
These were the temples of
with the reciter - it slips out, just [1] Ayo:nija – Not born from the
Sri: Rangam, Thiruvellarai,
like the water that flows out of a womb.
Thiruppe:rnagar, Kumbhako:nam,
holey pot.
Thirukkannapuram,
Periya:lwa:r’s Thiruppalla:ndu Thiruchiththiraku:tam,
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