speciality of azwar aruLich cheayl over other shAstrAss

[Guest guest]

Dear bAgawathALs,

There are several incidents in our ahchArya guru pArampariyam that

had

taken place to show the truth that azwar aruLichcheyaL is considered as

the

most prmoinent and also superior literature of all. This relate to the

recent

quote by Sri varadhan from PBA and subsequent questions by Sri PD on the

understanding and the validity of the same in certain manner. This post

is

not to hurt anyone's feelings. Sri varadhan and Sri PD

please forgive me if these continued posts are in anyway hurting your

feelings.

This post is simply meant to present a beautiful incidence from our

poorvacharyaaLs

that will show us that azwaar aruLich cheyaL was indeed considered as

the most

prominent and important and holy literature of all in their mind.

Sri koorath azwar's son Sri Rangaraja battar was serving periya

perumal

and our sri sampradayam as a pravarththar. That time a srivaishnava came

to Srirangam

from north and battar met him at thiruk kauveri. When asked about the

news from north

the visting sriviahsnava said that there is "vedathi" near thiru narayan

puram and

is teaching all the advaithic philosphy to all masses as simiular to

your

services for sri vishitaadvaidam. Later when the sriviashnava went to

north

he told the vedanthi that he met with Sri battar at srirangam.

He also told him that Sri battar is more proficient

than vedanthi. when asked by vedanthi he replied

sri battar knows tharkkam, vyAkaranam and meemamsai and all other

shaastraas.

some time later the srivishnava returned to srirangam and told sri

battar

about his conversatrion with vedanthi. battar asked him "what did

youtell him

as to what shaastras i knew". srivaishnava repeated. Sri battar replied

" swami,

you didnot mention to vedanthi of those most important subsatnace i have

learnt

and instead you have told him about the other shaaatraas. Next time when

you meet

him please tell him that i have unederstood thiru nedunthaandakam".

Vedanthi didnot

know this when he was told. Later battar went to this place and debated

the vedanthi

for 9 days as per periya perumal's advice. On the 10 th day periya

perumal appeared

in his dream and said i wanted him to know your expertise in all the

other shaastras so far.

tomorrow you may use thiru nedinthaandakam and alawandaar's srisukthi

and will win him.

Thus the vedanthi accepted defeat with the thirunedunthaandakam arulich

cheyal

and its vyaakyaanma itself and pleaded to sri battar to accept him as a

shishyaal

and became a sriviashnavaL under him. The moral of this acahraya

vaibavam is

such that not only our poorvachaRyaaLs but also periya perumal of

srirangam

had in THEIR mind that azwar aruLichceyal is the most important shastram

of all.

 

Sri Rangaraja battar thiruvadikaLE charaNam

thiru nedunthAndakam thantha parakAlaN thriuvadikaLE charaNam

Sri RanganAyika samEtha Sri Rangantha perumAL pAdukE charaNam

Sampath Rengarajan

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri.Rengarajan,

 

Your last post recounts a very interesting tale and you conclude with its

moral as follows:

 

The moral of this acahraya

>vaibavam is

>such that not only our poorvachaRyaaLs but also periya perumal of

>srirangam

>had in THEIR mind that azwar aruLichceyal is the most important shastram

>of all.

>Sampath Rengarajan

 

Now, I find this sort of conclusion hard to endorse.

 

The way you have expressed it, it seems as though there is a competitive

cleavage between Vedic 'sruti' as "pramANam" and "azwar aruLichceyal" !!

 

I was taught the "taniyan" to "kanninUn-siru-thAmbu ....":

 

"vErOnrUm nAn ariyEn vEdam tamizh seyda

mAran sadagOpan vangUrugoorErengal

vAzhvAm enrEthUm madhurakavIyAr

emmai AzhwAr avarE aran"

 

Now the above says that "mAran" served the 'veda-sAstrA-s' in Tamil for our

benefit !! It does not mean that "sruti-s" thereby became any inferior to

"azwar aruLichceyal" in the process !! I find it fantastic that you use the

superlative statement: "azwar aruLichceyal is the most important shastram

>of all."

 

One must certainly equate "azwar aruLichceyal" with "vEda-sAstra"; but how

can one grant a superior status to the former on the basis of mere dizzy

love for Tamil as a language that Sri.Rengarajan is obviously suffering from

!! Mark the verse in "kanninUn-siru-thAmbu" which clearly uses the phrase

"vEdam tamizh seyda" (aruLichceyal) !!

 

I was taught that the verse "vErOnrUm nAn ariyEn", in ESSENCE, echoes the

sentiments of souls otherwise unable to know or experience the truths of

"vEdic-sAstrA-s" but who are nonetheless enabled, through the Grace and

Kindness of the great "AzwArmAran-sadagOpan's aruLichceyal", to be

blessed with the same "anUbhAvam" (much as "madhura-kaviyAr" was)!!

 

This I thought was the essence of the above verse !!

 

Now the way you categorically state it all, Sri.Rengarajan --- "azwar

aruLichceyal is the most important shastra of all." --- it seems like we

poor souls have got it all completely wrong !

 

Have I understood you properly ?

 

sudarshan