Chapter 6
Thennarangam 3 - (கைம் மான)
திருவரங்கம் 3
The āzhvār elaborates on all the glories of Thiruvarangan (Lord Ranganatha).
திருவரங்கனின் பெருமைகளையெல்லாம் ஈண்டு விளக்குகிறார் ஆழ்வார்.
Verses: 1398 to 1407
Grammar: Kaliviruththam / கலிவிருத்தம்
Recital benefits: Will not get affected by the results of bad karma
- Verse 1:
1398. In Thennarangam surrounded by the beautiful ocean I saw the lord who is as strong as an elephant, a dark emerald that lies on Adisesha on the milky ocean. He, Thirumāl, my lord who is sweet to me always, taught the Vedās to the sages and protected the cows and the cowherds from the storm. - Verse 2:
1399. In Thennarangam I saw Thirumāl, the lord of Thirupper (Koiladi), Thirukkurungudi, Thiruthangā, and the good lord of Thirukkarampanur (Uttamar Koil) who was still hungry even after he swallowed the dark seven oceans, seven mountains and seven worlds. - Verse 3:
1400. In Thennarangam I saw the lord, a cowherd who took the form of a boar and split open the earth to bring the earth goddess from the underworld, who measured the earth and sky with his two feet and stays always like sweet honey and nectar in the hearts of his devotees. - Verse 4:
1401. In Thennarangam surrounded by the beautiful ocean I saw the lord who rests on Adisesha on the large ocean, kicked the Asuran when he came as a cart and killed him, split open the chest of the Rākshasa Hiranyan, and measured the world with his two feet. - Verse 5:
1402. The lord who is the ocean, fire and the big earth, burned Lankā, the kingdom of the Rākshasas, and swallowed the sacrificial food that the Vediyars made for Indra, the king of the gods. I have not seen him in other places where his devotees saw him, I saw him only in Thennarangam. - Verse 6:
1403. He killed Kamsan and he swallowed the earth and spit it out. When angry Shivā came with his son Karthikeya and his escort to help Vānāsuran in the battle the lord riding on his lovely-winged eagle fought with them and made them all retreat from the battlefield. He is the Karpaga tree that gives whatever anyone wants, and the path of tapas for those who have controlled their anger. I saw him in Thennarangam. - Verse 7:
1404. Devotees think only of Thirumāl who is the path of tapas always and he has come to me and abides in my mind. The lord who measured the world and the sky with his two feet stays in the Thiruvenkatam hills and in Thirukkovalur surrounded by groves blooming with bunches of flowers. He is faultless and I saw him in Thennarangam. - Verse 8:
1405. I saw the highest lord in Thennarangam who does not give his grace to Buddhists with their orange clothes or to dirty Jains and only gives his grace to the devotees who approach him, my relatives, me, my father, my mother and the gods in the sky. - Verse 9:
1406. I saw the dark cloud-colored lord of Thennarangam, a shining emerald, who has removed my false thoughts and makes me control my mind. If people think of his true form, the clever lord is truth for them. - Verse 10:
1407. Kaliyan the famous poet composed ten musical Tamil pāsurams praising the god of beautiful Thennarangam who lovingly grazed cows. If devotees learn and recite these ten famous pāsurams well the results of their bad karmā will not come to them.