Chapter 3
Thiruvallikkeni - (வில் பெரு)
திருவல்லிக்கேணி
In Chennai, there is an area called Thiruvallikeni where Sri Parthasarathy resides. According to history, in response to the request of King Tondaiman Chakravarthy, the Lord of Thiruvengadam manifested as Krishna with His family and blessing his devotees. Hence, the main deity is named Venkata Krishnan. He is enshrined in the form of Parthasarathy.
சென்னையில் திருவல்லிக்கேணி என்பது ஒரு பகுதி. இங்கு ஸ்ரீ பார்த்தசாரதி எழுந்தருளி இருக்கிறார். தொண்டைமான் சக்கரவர்த்தியின் வேண்டுகோளுக்கிணங்கித் திருவேங்கடமுடையானே கண்ணனாகக் குடும்பத்தோடு ஸேவை சாதித்தார் என்பது வரலாறு. அதனால் மூலவருக்கு வேங்கடகிருஷ்ணன் என்று திருநாமம். இவர் பார்த்தசாரதி திருக்கோலத்தில் எழுந்தருளி இருக்கிறார்.
Verses: 1068 to 1077
Grammar: Eḻuchīrk Kaḻinediladi Āsiriya Viruththam / எழுசீர்க் கழிநெடிலடி ஆசிரிய விருத்தம்
Recital benefits: Will rule the world of Gods
- Verse 1:
1068. The lord fought and killed Kamsan, the wrestlers and the elephant Kuvalayabeedam and its mahout, removed the curse of Shivā, the destroyer of the three forts, helped Arjunā and drove the chariot in the Bhārathā war, defeating the enemies of the Pāndavās, and as Rāma, he obeyed the orders of his stepmother and gave up the kingdom of Ayodhya to his younger brother Bharathan. He stays in Thiruvallikkeni and I saw him there. - Verse 2:
1069. Our god, the bull-like son of Nandan, the ruler of the sky, the faultless fruit that sages enjoy, the first one on earth, as sweet as nectar, the Vedās, the sweet taste of the Vedās, and their fruition that the sages enjoy stays in Thiruvallikkeni where peacocks as beautiful as women dance on the lovely porches. I saw him there. - Verse 3:
1070. The lord, Yama for the Asurans, drank the poisonous milk from Putanā’s breasts and killed her when she came as a mother to cheat him and took the form of Mohini when the milky ocean was churned took the nectar and gave it to the gods as the Sāranar and the Siddhas praised him in amazement. He stays in Thiruvallikkeni and I saw him there. - Verse 4:
1071. Our lord Kannan saved the cows and the cowherds when they worshiped him saying, “O dear lord! Give us your grace and protect us and our cows from the storm!”, carried Govardhanā mountain as an umbrella and saved them from the storm sent by Indra, as he was angry because they had not performed their pujas to him immediately. He stays in Thiruvallikkeni and I saw him there. - Verse 5:
1072. Thirumāl, the king of the world, the beloved of Lakshmi, the husband of Nappinnai, the cowherd girl, and a companion for all, who went as a messenger to the Kauravās for the Pāndavās and was the help of my father and the father of my father, stays in Thiruvallikkeni temple and I saw him there. - Verse 6:
1073. Kannan came and helped Draupadi when Duhshasanan, the younger son of blind Dhrtarashtran and younger brother of the king of kings Duryodhanān took her to the Kauravās’ assembly and tried to disgrace her, drove the chariot in the Bhārathā war for Arjunā and killed all the hundred Kauravās in the battle, widowing their women whose hair was fragrant with sandal. He stays in Thiruvallikkeni and I saw him there. - Verse 7:
1074. As Rāma he fought with Rāvana, the king of Lankā, while Bharathan, Satrughnan, Lakshamanan and Sita prayed for him night and day. He stays in Thiruvallikkeni and I saw him there where kuravam flowers bloom in a cool thick grove where the rays of the sun do not enter and cuckoo birds sing and peacocks dance. - Verse 8:
1075. When Prahladan, the son of Hiranyan came home from school and recited god's thousand names, his father, the Asuran Hiranyan, was enraged. Prahladan claimed the god would appear wherever a devotee wished and Hiranyan, without thinking, broke open a pillar, and the god came out in the form of a heroic lion with teeth like crescent moons, fiery eyes and a gaping mouth and killed him. I saw that divine one in Thiruvallikkeni. - Verse 9:
1076. When the elephant Gajendra entered a pond where fish frolicked, in the forest to pick some fresh flowers to worship the god, a crocodile caught his legs, and, terrified, he raised his trunk and called Kannan. The god came riding on Garudā and threw his discus, killed the crocodile and saved Gajendra. I saw him, as beautiful as a peacock, in Thiruvallikkeni filled with large palaces and surrounded by groves dripping with honey. - Verse 10:
1077. The famous poet Kaliyan, the chief of Thirumangai filled with beautiful palaces, composed a garland of ten pāsurams on the god of Thiruvallikkeni filled with mandapams, tall palaces with porches, forts, ponds and cool groves constructed by the southern king of the Thondai country. If devotees learn and recite these ten pāsurams, they will reach the world of the gods in the sky and rule there happily.