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TIRUCCHANDA VIRUTTAM

Tirumalisai Alvar

Alvar’s Utsava Murthy

at his birth Place

Text transliterated in English,

meaning, notes with an introduction

By

B.S.S. Iyengar

Published by:

B.R. SESHADRI IYENGAR

President, Shri Parampara Sabha

Bangalore - 560 021

Tirucchanda Viruttam of Tirumalisai Alvar. Text transliterated

English, meaning, notes with an introduction

Author: B.S.S. IYENGAR

DTP:

MANASA Services

Bangalore - 560 041

Cover Design:

M. Mohan

Published by:

Shri Parampara Sabha

Bangalore - 560 021

1st Edition: 300 Copies (Feb 2004)

Price: Rs. 50/- (U.S. $ 5)

Printed at:

Geetanjali Graphics

Gokul, Bangalore - 560 004

Copies available at:

B.R.S. Iyengar

173/143, Milk Colony, Subramanyanagar

Bangalore - 560021. Ph: 23373388 ~

Grateful Thanks to:

1. Smt. Sujata & P. Suresh of Manasa

Services for their meticulous

D.T.P. Work.

2. Shri M. Mohan, Artist for the beautiful

cover design.

3. Shri Naga Sundar of Geetanjali Graphics

to whom we are eternally indebted.

Preface

At the age of six, I was initiated into Divyaprabandham by my illustrious Acharya Late Shri Ayi Narasimhachar Swamy of my native place Shrirangapattanam. Long ago, sixty-six years back I had learnt Tirucchanda Viruttam as a part of the Mudalayiram. Neither I had the leisure nor the interest to know the meaning of it. But always I was lured away by the muse of its lyrical beauty, whenever it was recited in the Goshti at Tirunarayanapuram by the Adhyapakas. Now, asked by my revered brother Shri BSS Iyengar to get this book printed with a preface, my attempt to acquaint myself with the text of Tirucchanda Viruttam drove me to a kind of curiosity to delve deep into the meaning of the two great works of the Nalayira Divyaprabandham. More I read more it drives me to ecstasy. Both the works of Tirumalisai Alvar, otherwise called Bhaktisara, Nanmukhan Tiruvandadi and Tirucchanda Viruttam are really unique, to read and to understand.

Even before editing this text with translation and notes, I feel that attempt should have been made to present the annotated edition of Nanmukhan Tiruvandadi which is equally fascinating. In both these works, Bhaktisara in his inimitable style brings out the essence of the Prasthanatraya. If Nanmukhan Tiruvandadi delineates the nature of the Paratattva and the means to attain it, in the work Tirucchanda Viruttam, the padarthas are enumerated and cosmology and cosmogony are described as mentioned in the Upanishads. According to the Alvar, Shriyahpati Shrimanarayana alone is the Supreme, the Paratattva, through which he establishes the eternal relationship between the Paramathma and Shridevi. The work also extols beautifully the Para, Vyuha, Vibava, Antaryami and Archa forms of the Supreme. According to the Alvar He (Lord) is the only savior. One might not have born in any of the four Varnas, might not have studied the four Vedas, might not have conquered the sense organs, might not have the knowledge of anything, but only the unswerving devotion to lord Shrimannarayana and surrendering to His lotus feet with firm determination are enough to qualify him to attain Moksha. He (Lord) will bestow His grace on His own upon His Bhaktha.

Apart from the enchanting muse of the lyric, most luring is the numbering Aarumarumarumai, Aindumaindumamdumai, etc. As the editor puts it, very difficult indeed to understand the work and the meaning and the significance of the various numbers mentioned therein, without the Vykhyana of the Peria Acchanpillai. Shri BSS Iyengar's lucid translation and crisp notes have definitely made things easier for the readers to understand this terse but enchanting work.

Due to his ill health, Shri BSS Iyengar is forced to stay at U.S.A. But his strong will and determination always contributed much to edit works on Shrivaishnavism to enrich the publications of Shri Parampara Sabha. I hope this latest work of the Sabha will really enthrall its readers. My pranamam to Shri BSS Iyengar.

B.R Seshadri Iyengar

President

Shri Parampara Sabha

173/143, 1st Main, Milk Colony,

Subramanya Nagar,

Bangalore - 560021

February 19, 2004

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