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puNdarIkAkshar (uyyakkondAr) – thiruveLLarai
Glories of uyyakkoNdAr
uyyakkoNdAr’s original name was puNdarIkAkshar. He was nAthamunigaL’s Sishya and learnt nAlAyira dhivya prabandham from him. He was born in thiruveLLarai. He was born in the month of chiththirai on kArththigai star. We have learnt that nAthamunigaL was an expert in yOga SAsthram. uyyakkoNdAr and kurugaik kAvalappan were important Sishyas of nAthamunigaL. When nAthamunigaL wanted to teach yOga SAsthram to his Sishyas, uyyakkoNdAr replied, “piNam kidakka maNam puNarvAr undO?” This means – How is it suitable to talk about auspicious things like marriage in a house where there is death?” uyyakkondAr asked, “When the people in this samsAram are suffering, how can I alone learn yOga SAsthram and enjoy emperumAn through that?”. He vowed, “I will learn with excellence all the nAlAyira dhivya prabandha pAsurams and teach those to the people in this world so that they can be liberated from their suffering”. Hence, he is aptly called ‘uyyakkoNdAr’ which means ‘one who came to provide salvation to others’.
uyyakkoNdAr vazhi thirunAmam
vAlaveyyOnthnnai venRa vadivazhagan vAzhiyE
mAl maNakkAl nambithozhum malarppadhaththOn vAzhiyE
seelamigu nAthamuni sIruraippOn vAzhiyE
chiththiraiyil kArththigai nAL siRakkavandhOn vAzhiyE
nAliraNdum aiyaindhum namakkuraiththAn vAzhiyE
nAlettin utporuLai nadaththinAn vAzhiyE
mAl aranga maNavALar vaLamuraippOn vAzhiyE
vaiyam uyyakkoNdavar thAL vaiyagaththil vAzhiyE
uyyakkoNdAr vazhi thirunAmam – Explanation
vAlaveyyOnthnai venRa vadivazhagan vAzhiyE – Here it is mentioned as ‘bAla veyyOn’, meaning rising/ young sun. May uyyakkoNdAr who has a beautiful form that surpasses the brightness of the young sun, live long!
mAl maNakkAl nambithozhum malarppadhaththOn vAzhiyE – mAl means love. uyyakkoNdAr’s Sishya is maNakkAl nambi. This line says – Long live uyyakkoNdAr, who possesses lotus-like divine feet that are worshipped by maNakkAl nambi, who holds deep love and devotion for him. The specialty of this line in uyyakkoNdAr’s vAzhi thirunAmam is that it celebrates the AchArya by mentioning the name of his Sishya.
seelamigu nAthamuni sIruraippOn vAzhiyE – Long live uyyakkoNdAr, who proclaimed to the world the greatness of nAthamunigaL, who had the most excellent qualities.
chiththiraiyil kArththigai nAL siRakkavandhOn vAzhiyE – The star – kArththigai has attained prominence because of his appearance on chiththirai month on kArththigai. May uyyakkoNdAr who was born on chiththirai month on kArththigai, live long.
nAliraNdum aiyaindhum namakkuraiththAn vAzhiyE – This line and the line following this are both connected. ‘nAliraNdu’ (4*2) refers to the ashtAksharam – eight letters, nArAyaNa manthram. ‘aiyaindhu’ (5*5) refers to the – twenty five letters in dhvaya mahA manthram. May uyyakkoNdAr who taught us the thirumanthiram and dhvaya mahA manthram live long.
nAlettin utporuLai nadaththinAn vAzhiyE – ‘nAlettu’ (4*8) refers to the thirty-two letters in charama SlOkam. Instructions given by emperumAn in SrI bhagavath gIthA “sarvadharmAn parithyajya mAmEkam SaraNam vraja I aham thvAm sarvapApEbhyO mOkshayishyAmi mA Sucha: II” consists of thirty-two letters. thirumanthram, dhvaya mahAmanthram and charama SlOkam are very important upadhESams in SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam. These are instructed during pancha samskAram by the AchAryan. May uyyakkoNdAr who understood the in-depth meanings of these manthrams and accordingly liberated the people of this world, live long.
mAl aranga maNavALar vaLamuraippOn vAzhiyE – SrIman nArAyaNan who resides in thiruvarangam is SrIranganAthar who is also called as azhagiya maNavALar. May uyyakkoNdAr who proclaimed the greatness of that periya perumAL who is emperumAn, live long.
vaiyam uyyakkoNdavar thAL vaiyagaththil vAzhiyE – May the divine feet of uyyakkoNdAr, who led the world in a way that brought salvation to this world, live on this earth for many years to come.
Thus concludes the vAzhi thirunAmam of uyyakkoNdAr.
AzhwAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE SaraNam
adiyEn chithrA rAmAnuja dhAsi
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