Sri MadhavakkaNNan's extraordinary Kaimkaryam

[Guest guest]

Dear BhakthAs :

 

What a grand finale it has been to the extraordinary

kaimkaryam by our dear Sri MadhavakkaNNan ! In some

calendars , today is the birthday of both Sri MaNavALa

Maamuni ( Iypaasi Moolam ) and Thirukkuruhai PirAn PiLLAn

( Iypassi PoorAdam ). Moolam is 10-25 Naazhikai

and PoorAdam thereafter .

 

The one who intrepreted Bhagavadh Vishayam

before Sri RanganathA and the one who wrote

the first commentary on NammAzhwAr's Thiruvaimozhi

(Bhagavadh Vishayam ) at the request of his AchAryA ,

Sri RaamAnujA are coming together TODAY . We received

Sri M.KaNNan's "Saatthumurai" in the krama it deserves

to be concluded ! Such kaimkaryams do not simply

happen .Purva SamskAram (latent impressions) from

previous janmAs are the causative factors for such

anugraham .After completing this Kaimkaryam , Sri

M.KaNNan should feel like a Krutha Kruthyan . I join

with all BhakthAs , who have immensely enjoyed the postings

on NammAzhwAr's Thiruvaimozhi to wish Sri MaadhavakkaNNan and

his family long life to do many such kaimkaryams ,

vajra sariram , service to his AchAryA and professional

success . May Lord Lakshmi HayagrIvA's paripUrNa anugraham

be with our Sri M.KaNNan always and bless him with

many other Kaimkaryams for the cause of Sri VaishNavism !

 

What NammAzhwAr celebrated in his Thiruvaimozhi was

the Brahma soothrAs . These are 545 in number and when

you add them (5+4+5) , we get a figure of 14 suggesting

Chathurdasa Bhuvanams (Fourteen Universes ).NammAzhwAr's

Thiruvaimozhi , just as Brahma soothrams cover everything

in our Lord's 14 lokams .

 

The Brahma SoothrAs have four quarters (padaas):

 

(1) Samanvaya dealing with the nature of Brahman

(2) AvirOdhA devoted to the dismissal of the views

of Schools of thought , which are opposed to

those of Vedas and Upanishads (Vedanthic views).

(3) Sadhana dealing with the means of attaining MokshA

(4) Phala describing the nature of MokshA and its fruits

 

When we reflect upon the Thiruvaimozhi Paasurams ,

we can map them across the four chapters of Brahma

Soothrams . Sri MadhavakkaNNan brought forth lovingly

these connections in a sampradhAyic manner preserved

by successive AchAryAs from Sri RaamAnujA onwards .

 

NammAzhwAr passionately longed for Sriman NaarAyaNA ,

" apunarjanma Saayujathan " ( One who grants the boon of

release from the cycles of births and deaths )and saluted

Sriman NaarAyaNA as "niradhisaya-oujjvalya- sougandhya-

soukumArya-lAvaNya-Lakshmi BhUmi NeeLadhi divya Mahishi

sevitha ,divya bhUshaNa bhUshitha -SeshasEshAsana Garuda

divya Parijana sEvitha CharaNa naLina YugaLan ".The celebration

of the anantha KalyAN aguNams of Sriman NaarAyaNan housed

in the Thiruvaimozhi paasurams and the intensity of

the Bhakthi (parama Bhakthi) led to the final patthu .

AzhwAr's wishes were fulfilled . He joined with his Lord

in paramapadham .

 

This great anubhavam is ecstatically celebrated by

NammAzhwAr this way : " yenn avaa aRa soozhndhAyE "

First , AzhwAr claims that his yearning

to join his Lord was even larger than his Lord's sankalpa

Jn~Anam (Jn~Ananadhamaya DevarAjan) in magnitude.

AzhwAr quickly admits in a state of wonder in the last

pasuram that his Lord encompassed him fully and quenched

this deep yearning for samslEsham to his full satisfaction .

Azhwaar in all humility admits now that

he became a small drop in the vastness of nectar

ocean of the Lord's nithya VibhUthi at Sri Vaikuntam .

AzhwAr concedes joyously that his pent-up and long

time ambition of gaining Moksham and eternal service

to Sri VaikuntanAthan has now been totally fulfilled .

 

We have been tasting this nectarine narration by

Sri MadhavakkaNNan all these days and weeks about

NammAzhwAr's incomparable journey , where he lamented

" mudal taniyunnaiunnai yeaninALL vanthu kUduvan naan ?".

Here AzhwAr asks the tannoppArilappan , who is

the Jagadh KaaraNan , Jagadh Sareeran , Jagadh NiyanthA

as to when he is going to join Him in His Parama Padham .

AzhwAr insists that he must join Him , where the Lord

has aprAkrutha divya mangaLa vigraham .The Lord hears

AzhwAr's alaRal ( intense and soulful cry for union )

and blesses the AzhwAr with anthamil pErinbham ,

Moksham . The joyous AzhwAr describes himself as

" avAvaRRu veedu PeRRa KuruhUr SatakOpan " .AzhwAr

declares that his status is that of one , whose longings

are over and he has secured Moksham , which is

the limitless (niravadhika) MahAnandham known as

BrahmAnubhavam .

 

With the parama kriupA of the Divya Dampathis ,

this kaimkaryam has been completed and once again ,

we pray for the blessings of AchAryAs and AzhwArs

for additional Kaimkaryams by our Sri MadhavakkaNNan .

 

Subhamasthu ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradaachAri Sadagopan