Chapter 7
Praising Prayāg Rāj - (தங்கையை மூக்கும்)
கண்டம் என்னும் திருப்பதி
Among the sacred places in the northern land is the fragrant city called Kandan, located on the banks of the Ganga. Here, the Lord is known as Purushottaman. This hymn praises the glories of this town. The Divya Desam where the Lord resides offers greater blessings to the devotees than the Lord himself. The Lord, who resides in holy places such as Mathura, Saligrama, Srivaikuntam, Dwaraka, and Ayodhya, resides in this town. The āzhvār says, "Worship Him and attain salvation."
வட நாட்டிலுள்ள திருப்பதிகளுள் கண்டமென்னும் கடி நகர் ஒன்று. இது கங்கைக் கரையிலுள்ளது. இங்கு புருஷோத்தமன் என்ற பெயரோடு பகவான் எழுந்தருளி இருக்கிறான். அவ்வூரின் பெருமைகளை இத்திருமொழி கூறுகிறது. பகவானைக் காட்டிலும் அவன் வாழும் திவ்யதேசமே அடியார்களுக்குப் பெரும்பேறு அளிக்கவல்லது. வட மதுரை, + Read more
Verses: 391 to 401
Grammar: Aṟuchīrk Kaḻinediladi Āsiriya Viruththam / அறுசீர்க் கழிநெடிலடி ஆசிரிய விருத்தம்
Recital benefits: Will reach the ankled lotus feet of dark ocean hued Lord Krishna
- Verse 1:
391. Dasharatha’s son, Rāma who cut off the heads of Rāvanan and the nose of his sister Surpanakha stayed in Thirukkandam and rules as his fame spreads everywhere. If a devotee goes there where our lord Purushothaman stays and merely says, “Ganges, Ganges!” his bad karmā will disappear and he will receive the virtue of joining his hands to worship the god on the banks of the Ganges. - Verse 2:
392. Divine Thirukkandam, the Thiruppadi where the water of the southern Ganges flows mixed with kondrai blossoms that decorate the matted hair of Shivā shining with goodness and with thulasi that adorns the feet of Nāranan is where Thirumāl Purushothaman stays. That dark sapphire-colored one grew to the sky and measured it for Mahābali, frightening the cool moon and the hot sun. - Verse 3:
393. Divine Thirukkandam is where the Ganges flows carrying shining diamonds from the hand of the four-headed Nānmuhan onto the feet of the four-armed god to stay in the matted hair of Sankaran who bows to the lord's feet. It is the Thiruppadi where Purushothaman stays who blows the roaring valampuri conch and cuts off the heads of his enemies with his fiery discus. - Verse 4:
394. Divine Thirukkandam is on the banks of the famous Ganges that descends from the Himalaya mountains and flows to the shore of the large sea, shaking the mountains with its roaring that spreads all over the earth. It is the Thiruppathi where our lord Purushothaman stays carrying his Nāndagam sword that sent his enemies’ armies to the land of Yama and helped the gods in the sky rule their lands. - Verse 5:
395. Divine Thirukkandam is on the banks of the Ganges and has the power to take away the sins of seven births in one moment. It is in that Thiruppadi that our Thirumāl Purushothaman stays who carries a plough, pestle, bow, shining discus, conch, axe and sword. - Verse 6:
396. Divine Thirukkandam is on the banks of the Ganges with rolling waves where paddy fields flourish and rishis bathe and do powerful tapas. It is in that Thiruppadi that Purushothaman, the king of Mathura, stays who stopped the rain with Govardhanā mountain using it as an umbrella when the thick clouds poured rain with the sound “chala, chala” and thundered. - Verse 7:
397. Beautiful Thirukkandam is on the bank of the Ganges whose fragrant water flows mixed with Karpaga flowers, with the sweet-smelling sandal paste of young girls bathing in it and with the fragrant musth of the Indra’s wonderful elephant Airavadam. It is in that Thiruppadi that lord Purushothaman who controlled the elephant Kuvalayāpeedam and, fighting with the king Kamsan, kicked and killed him stays holding a bow. - Verse 8:
398. Beautiful Thirukkandam is on the banks of the Ganges where the cowsheds accommodate large number of cows and the fragrance of sacrifices spreads on both banks and their smoke continually rises in long streams. That Thiruppadi is the place of Hari Purushothaman, who took the land of Duryodhanā and gave it to his brothers-in-laws. and He is the king of Dwaraka surrounded by the roaring ocean and strong walls - Verse 9:
399. Purshothaman who resides in SālakkiRāmam, Vaikuntam, Dwaraka, Ayodhya, Thiruvadari (Badrinath) and northern Madhura resides in the divine Thirukkandam where the flooding Ganges flows shaking the mountains with its roar and splitting the earth and making the trees on its banks fall. - Verse 10:
400. The lord who is all three gods, who measured the world with three footsteps, the One who has three attributes the Purushothaman who gives his grace to his devotees stays in Divine Thirukkandam on the bank of the Ganges surrounded by flourishing groves - Verse 11:
401. Vishnuchithan, the chief of Villiputhur who has no troubles in his life, composed with devotion ten Tamil pāsurams on Purushothaman, the god of Thirukkandam where the Ganges flows with abundant, gurgling water. Those who recite these pāsurams, will go to Vaikuntam and stay beneath Thirumāl’s ankleted feet.