angkaNedumathiL
Sri Ramayanam in short - Thirucchiththirakoodam
angaN neDu madiL puDai Soozh ayOddi ennum aNi naharattu ulahanaittum viLakkum SOdi
vengadirOn kulattukku Or viLakkAi tOnri vin muzhudum uyya koNDa veeran tannai |
SengaN neDun karumuhilai rAman tannai tillai nahar tiruchittira kooDam tannuL
engaL tani mudalvanai emberumAn tannai enru kolO kaN kuLira kANum nALE || One ||
AzhwAr here narrates the concise story of Sree rAmAyaNa. First comes the description of ayOdhya. Then comes the birth of Sree rAma avatAra of nArAyaNa in the soorya vanSa. The reason for His avatAra is to remove the duhKa of dEvAs caused by rAvaNa. Then there is the description of rAma who resides in tillai nagar tiruchittira kooTa in archA avatAra.
vandu edirnda tADahai tan urattai keeri varu kurudi pozhi tara van kaNai onru Evi
mandirangoL marai munivan vELvi kAttu vallarakkar uyir uNDa maindan kANmin |
SendaLir vAi malar nahai SEr SezhundaN SOlai tillai nahar tiru chittira kooDam tannuL
andaNarhaL oru moovAyiravar Etta aNi maNi Asanattu irunda ammAn tAnE|| Two ||
Sage viSwAmitra requested daSarata to send rAma and lakShmaNa to protect his yAga. rAma was asked to kill tATaka even though she is a woman. Then SubAhu and mAreecha are the two rAkShasAs who were disturbing his yAga. Of them SubAhu was killed and mAreecha escaped narrowly. Then comes the description of tiruchittira kooTa where green trees abound and where about three thousand BrAhmaNAs sing hymns to Bagavan sitting on the throne. tirumangai AzhwAr also says chittira kooTa is a place where three thousand BrAhmaNAs sing hymns to BagavAn.
Sevvari nar karu neDungaN SeedaikkAha china viDaiyOn Silai iruttu mazhu vALEndi
vevvari nar chilai vAngi venri koNDu vEl vEndan pahai taDinda veeran tannai |
devvar anja neDum puriSai uyarnda pAngar tillai nahar tiru chittira kooDam tannuL
evvari venjilai taDakkai irAman tannai irainjuvAr iNai aDiyE irainjinEnE || Three ||
AzhwAr describes seeta pirATTi. Then comes His breaking the SivadanuS. After marriage on their way to ayOdhya they encounter paraSurAma who had gone round the world to conquer kShatriyAs. When he challenged rAma, the latter defeated him, took his bow along with his tapas. This Hero who is feared by enemies resides in chittira kooTa. The Baktas always worship Him. i worship those BaktAs of BagavAn.
tottalar poonjuri kuzhal kaikESi SollAl tonnaharam turandu turai gangai tannai
pattiyuDai guhan kaDatta vanam pOi pukku baradanukku pAdukamum araSum eendu |
chittira kooDattu irundAn tannai inru tillai nahar tiru chittira kooDam tannuL
ettanaiyum kaN kuLira kANa peTTra iru nilattArku imaiyavar nEr ovvAr tAmE || Four ||
Now AzhwAr narrates how kaikEyi asked daSarata the boons and sent rAma to the forest renouncing His rightful kingdom. Then guha helps Him to cross the Ganges. Barata comes to request Him to come back to ayOdhya and be the king. rAma refuses to do so in order to justify daSarata’s words. He gives Barata the pAduka and the right to be the king. Then He reaches chittira kooTa mountain and stays there. AzhwAr says though rAma’s period is long time back, we can still see Him in tillai chittira kooTa. Those who see Him and feel the purpose of eyes is fulfilled, are even greater than nityasooris.
vali vaNakku varai neDun tOL virAdai konru vaNtamizh mA muni koDutta varivil vAngi
kalai vaNakku nOkku arakki mookkai neekki karanODu tooDaNan tan uyirai vAngi |
chilai vaNakki mAn mariya eidAn tannai tillai nahar tiru chittira kooDam tannuL
talai vaNakki kai kooppi Etta vallAr tiridalAl tavam uDaittu daraNi tAnE || Five ||
rAma kills the rAkShasa called virAda. Then He goes to agastya ASrama and receives the danuS and arrows. When rAma took away the bow from paraSurAma, the dEvAs come and praise Him. rAma gives the danuS to varuNa and asks him to keep it safely and return at proper time. When He comes to the forest varuNa goes to agastya ASrama and gives him the bow and arrows that rAma took from paraSurAma.
SoorpaNaka comes as a beautiful lady disguising her rAkShasi roopa and requests rAma to marry her. Though it is lakShmaNa who cut her nose and ears off it is said here rAma did it. Since lakShmaNa always does according to rAma’s intentions it is not wrong to say so. When Kara and dooSaNa come with a huge army rAma kills them all single-handed. Then He kills mAreecha who comes as a golden deer. He resides in chittira kooTa. Those who worship Him wander the earth purifying it.
danam maruvu vaidEhi piriyaluTTru taLarvu eidi chaTAyuvai vaihundattu ETTri
vanamaruvu kavi araSan kAdal koNDu vAliyai konru ilangai nahar arakkar kOmAn |
Sinam aDanga mArutiyAl SuDuvittAnai tillai nahar tiruchittira kooDam tannuL
inidu amarnda ammAnai irAman tannai EttuvAr iNai aDiyE EttinEnE || Six ||
seeta was abducted by ravaNa when rAma and lakShmaNa were near mAreecha. rAma lamented over her loss. They met jaTAyu who fought with rAvaNa and lost his wings. They do pittru karma to him and sent him to paramapada. According to his instructions they meet sugreeva the king of vAnarAs hiding from vAli. rAma kills vAli and restores the kingdom to sugreeva. He sent his army in all directions to find out the whereabouts of seeta. hanumAn sees her in Lanka and burns the city terrorizing rAvaNa and others. rAma resides in chittirakooTa. Those who worship Him are His dAsAs. AzhwAr says i am the dAsa of dAsAs.
kurai kaDalai aDalambAl maruha eidu kulai kaTTi maru karaiyai adanAl Eri
eri neDuvEl arakkaroDum ilangai vEndan innuyir koNDu avan tambikku araSum eendu |
tirumahaLODu inidu amarnda Selvan tannai tillai nahar tiru chittirakooDam tannuL
araSamarndAn aDi SooDum araSai allAl araSAha eNNEn maTTra araSu tAnE || Seven ||
rAma went with sugreeva and others to wage war against rAvaNa. They crossed the sea by building a bridge over it. The war broke between the vAnarAs and rAkShasAs. rAma killed not only rAvaNa but also all the asurAs. He made viBeeSaNa the king of Lanka. AzhwAr says he considers placing rAma’s tiruvaDi on his head as the greatest kingdom than ruling over a small territory.
ambon neDu maNi mADa ayOddi eidi araSu eidi ahattiyan vAi tAn mun konrAn
tan perum tol kadai kETTu mithilai chelvi ulahu uyya tiruvayiru vAitta makkaL |
SempavaLa tiraL vAi tan charidai kETTAn tillai nahar tiru chittira kooDam tannuL
emberumAn tan charidai SeviyAl kaNNAl paruhuvOm innamudam madiyOm anrE || Eight ||
rAma reached ayOdhya with viBeeSaNa, sugreeva and others. He accepted the kingdom from Barata. He listened to the comments of the people and sent seeta to the forest. She lives in vAlmiki’s ASram. She gave birth to the twins kuSa and lava who studied under vAlmiki Maharshi. He taught them Sree rAmAyaNa which they sang in the city of ayOdhya and in front of rAma. This rAma resides in chittira kooTa. We shall hear His story and see Him in archA avatAra. This is the sweetest amruta; the other amruta we don’t seek.
Seri tava chambuhan tannai Senru konru Sezhu maraiyOn uyir meeTTu tavattOn eenda
nirai maNi pooN aNiyum koNDu ilavaNan tannai tambiyAl vAnETTri munivan vENDa |
tiral viLangum ilakkumanai pirindAn tannai tillai nahar tiru chittirakooDam tannuL
uraivAnai maravAda uLLam tannai uDaiyOm maTTru uru tuyar aDaiyOm anrE || Nine ||
Sree rAma killed the Soodra tapasvi and brought back alive the dead son of a BrAhmaNa; wore the gem garland which sage agastya gave Him; sent Satrugna to kill lavaNAsura; renounced lakShmaNa due to the curse of sage doorvAsa; resides in chittirakooTa where we can see Him and worship Him. And never feel the loss of not seeing rAmAvatAara.
anru charAcharangaLai vaihundattu ETTri aDal arava pahai yEri aSurar tammai
venru ilangu maNi neDuntOL nAngum tOnra viN muzhudum edir vara tan tAmam mEvi |
Senru inidu veeTTrirunda ammAn tannai tillai nahar tiru chittirakooDam tannuL
enrum ninrAn avan ivan enru Etti nALum irainjuminO eppozhudum toNDeer neerE|| Ten ||
After renouncing lakShmaNa Sree rAma wanted to go to His realm. The people of ayOdhya requested Him that they should be allowed to go wherever He goes. He agreed and asked them to follow Him. The trees, birds and animals too followed rAma to sarAyu river. Their rAma went into the river followed by them. He gave them a realm equal to paramapada and Himself went to His sthAna received by all the residents thereof. With four arms BagavAn sat on the throne revealing His glories. He is residing in this chittirakooTa as He is in paramapada. So let us worship Him here.
tillai nahar tiru chittira kooDam tannuL tiral viLangu mArutiyODu amarndAn tannai
ellaiyil Seer tayaradan tan mahanAi tOnriTTradu mudalA tannulaham pukkadu eerA|
kolliyalum paDai tAnai koTTra voLvAL kOzhiyar kOn kuDai kulaSEKaran Sor Seida
nalliyal in tamizh mAlai pattum vallAr nalam tihazh nAraNan aDi keezh nannuvArE || Eleven ||
kulaSEKara AzhwAr in these prabandAs has sung Sree rAmAyaNa in short from Sree rAma’s birth upto reaching paramapada. He is forever residing in tiruchittrakooTa. hanumAn wanted to remain in this world as long as rAma’s kathA exists. But rAma could not bear the separation of His BaktAs. So He too has come from paramapada to chittrakooTa staying with hanumAn. With this kulaSEKara AzhwAr ends perumAL tirumozhi.
perumAL tirumozhi muTTriTTru
Sree kulaSEKara AzhwAr tiruvaDihaLE SaraNam
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