Sriman Nathamuni and Periya AzhwAr Thirunakshathrams

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SrI:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

Today 6th July is Sri NathamunigaL Thirunakshathram; and day before July

4th was our PeriyAzhwAr's. (VishNu chitthar- The One who has VishNu is

his chittham always).

 

Let us humbly place our heads at the feet of Sri Nathamuni, who is the

connecting link with the Sweet Divyaprabhandham, through his penance of

reciting very many times (~12000) the "kaNNinunchiRutthaambhu- the ten

verses on Sri Sadgopar, NammAzhwAr, composed by MadhurakaviAzhwAr. Sri

Nathamuni was blessed with a darshan of NammAzhwAr, the copiled version

of 4000 Divya prabhandham, handed over by NammAzhwAr to NathamunigaL and

nammAzhwAr's vigraham, too. What a blessing!

 

What a penance! What an AchAryA! His grandson is ALavandhaar (Sri

Yamunacharya.)

 

Swami Desikan wrote a verse dedicated to Sri nathamunigaL in his

Yathirajasapathathi, whose meaning is as follows:

 

nAthEna muninA tEna bhavEyam nathavAnaham I

yasya naigamikam tattvam hasthAmalakathAm gatham II

 

I humbly salute the leader of our SampradhAyam; he is the one who made

it possible for the deep, difficult to understand meanings of the VedAs

for us to understand. (through Divya Prabhandham). It is like the

nellikkani (a small fruit) on the palm, which is so conspicuous and is

self revealing ( that it is he who is the AchAryA who has blessed us

with this treasure and is the link in our lineage of our AchAryAs)

 

PeriyAzhwAr Thirunakshthram:

 

All of us know a lot about His birth, His life, His PallANdu, His

anubhavam as YasOdhA. His bhakti/living only in thoughts of KrishNA.

 

I just wish to write his one pAsuram, where he writes about the way

death strikes; secondly, about the way KrishNan comes and hugs the

mother.

 

1. "vaayoru pakkam vaanghi valippa vaarttha neerkuzhi kaNgaL mizhaRRa/

thaay oru pakkam, thandhai oru pakkam thaaram oru pakkam araRRa/ thee

yoru pakkam vandhu sEra...............

 

Look at the way: We all think, we are going to live with this youth

always. even after seeing our dears dying in front of our eyes; The

death srikes unannounced; with terrible sufferings and mental agonies.

The mouth and lips twist to their sides- the sulliva flowing out with no

control- the pale, vacuum look in your eyes- full of water- (due to

pain? separation? end? no one knows- (when we know- we can not

describe-) - the mother, the father (if they are alive), the wife- (the

children- Grand children) they all weep and cry near you, by your side-

(the son also looking at the calender- because he had taken 10 days

leave only! today is the ninth day; the old (the "kizham") fellow is

still gasping!); finally- You have become "it"- the achEthanA- Then the

fire is waiting with its tongue, wanting to taste your dirty, foul

smelling, dead body.

 

Hence, PeriyAzhwAr says: when there is a capacity to think, act, move,

talk, hear, and decide!, Think of Him- KrishNA! "appOdhaikku ippOdhE

solli vaitthEn!" For those days- I have booked in advance! krishNA! You

should take care! (as also promised by You in Varaaha avataar!)

 

2. When YasOdhA was sitting on the ground, churning the milk

(buttermilk), the little darling, Kutti KaNNan crawls to her back, holds

her sari (cloth) and lifts Himself us- and stands up- and with those

small, tender, lovely, lotus lie Hands, hug her neck and looks at her

face sideway! periyAzhwAr enjoys this scene! "kuttan vandhannai puRam

pulghuvaan/ Govindhan ennai puRam pulghuvaan". Even YasOdhA would NOT

have enjoyed as much as PeriyAzhwAr did.

 

A small dedication at the feet of PeriyAzhwAr and Sri NathamunigaL.

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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