Tirukkacchimambhi Thirunakshathram

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Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

Today Maasi Miruha seersham (or is it rOhiNi?) is Thirunakshathram of

Tirukkachi NambigaL, who had the greatest special blessed privilege of

conversing with Sri Varadaraja PerumAL Himself. He was blessed with this

extraordinary privilege for performing the Thiruvaalavatta (fanning)

kaimkaryam to PerumAL with utmost bhakti and involvement. In fact,

NambhigaL (KaanchipoorNar) was born to Sri vaishnava Vaisiya (Chettiar)

kula Sri Veeraraghava Chettiar and Kamalai at Poovirundhavalli. Though

his parents were quite wealthy and were successful businessmen,

NambhigaL had his mind only on Bhagawath, BhAgawatha kaimkaryam.

 

He became a sishya of Sri YamunAcharyar (Sri Alavandhar) along with

other sishyas namely, Periya Nambhi (Sri mahApoorNar), ThirukkOttiyoor

Nambhi, and others. Sri Alavandhar named NambhigaL as pEraruLaaLa dAsar,

while Sri Varadaraja PerumAL (PeraruLALan) Himself named him as GajEndra

dAsar. NambhigaL is the one who showed Ramaujar to Alavandhar from afar

at Kanchipuram Sri VaradarajaperumAL temple. Ramanuja, after breaking up

from Yadavaprakasar, (when he was doing theertha kaimkaryam at

Varadaraja PerumAL Koil) approached Thirukkaccchi nambhigaL and learnt

tatvaartham from him. Thirukkacchinambhi is the one who asked (on

request from RamanujA) Sri Varadaraja PerumAL and obtained from Lord

Varadaraja the famous ' Six Words ' and passed them on to RamanujA. The

six words are: (as told by Lord Varadarja Himself to NambhigaL)

 

1 ahamEva Parathvam. I- "Lord Narayana" is the Paramatma.

2 dharsnam bhEda Eva cha. :Individual souls are different from

Paramatma.

3 upAyEshu prapatthisyAth- Prapatti (SaranAgathy- Complete Surrender) is

the means to attain mOksham.

4 antima smruthi varjanam- Last remembrance of the Lord on the death bed

is NOT necessary.

5 DhEhaavasaanE mukthisyAth- mOksham can be obtained the moment one

(prapannan) lays off the present mortal body

6 PoorNaachaarya smaashrayam- MahApoorNar (Periya Nambhi) is the

AchAryan for RamanujA, under whom RamanujA should take refuge.

 

Thus, Thirukkacchi became most important Sri Vaishnava link for ALL OF

US. Though he was born in Vaisya kulam, he was greatly revered by

YathirAjar.

 

I have read that PerumAL (Varadan) gave Thirukkacchi NambhigaL some

words uopn Nambhi's request for tatvaartham from Him. They are:

 

1. Only by AchAryan's kattaksham, the disease of births and deaths will

get cured.

2. BhAgawtha sEshathvam is more enjoyed by the Lord than Bhagawath

sEshathvam. Serving Srivaishnavas and devotees of Sriman Narayanan is

more pleasing to the Lord than serving Him. (PeriyAzhwAr has mentioned

that Srivaishnavas of ThirukkOttiyoor can even sell AzhwAr for their

use./ living) (Lord Rama was quite fond of Shathrugnan out of three

brothers.

3. The Lord can NOT forgive and tolerate apacharam to BhAgawathAs, and

treating His devotees based on their caste, colour, welath, Gothram

etc..

 

Last day, PerumAl Himself offered NambhigAl Theertham and SadagOpam and

took him to Paramapadham. NambhigaL lived for 55 years and remained a

bachelor (?). It is also told that he appeared as PiLLailOkaachaariaar

later. NambhigaL composed Devaraja ashtakam, on Devaraja PerumAl

(pEraruLALan). Sri V. Sadagopan has written a lovely post on Devaraja

ashtakam in Feb 96. Please read here and be blessed by Thirukkacchi

NambhigaL, by paying obeisance to him. (please correct for any mistakes)

 

http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/feb96/0098.html

 

Thirukkacchi NambhigaL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

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Sri Madhavakkannan wrote:

> Today Maasi Miruha seersham (or is it rOhiNi?) is Thirunakshathram of

> Tirukkachi NambigaL, who had the greatest special blessed privilege of

> conversing with Sri Varadaraja PerumAL Himself. He was blessed with this

> extraordinary privilege for performing the Thiruvaalavatta (fanning)

> kaimkaryam to PerumAL with utmost bhakti and involvement. In fact,

> NambhigaL (KaanchipoorNar) was born to Sri vaishnava Vaisiya (Chettiar)

> kula Sri Veeraraghava Chettiar and Kamalai at Poovirundhavalli. Though

> his parents were quite wealthy and were successful businessmen,

> NambhigaL had his mind only on Bhagawath, BhAgawatha kaimkaryam.

 

Dear Madhavan,

 

Thank you very much for this timely reminder about this

great acharya's tirunakshatram. I would like to supplement

your excellent summary with this short addition.

 

In the "periya thirumudi adaivu", a compendium of information

on selected acharyas dating from the 15th century, there is a

description of Tirukkacci Nambi which corresponds for the most

part to what you have written. While the periya thirumudi adaivu

has suffered over the years from interpolation and the like,

it is on the whole reliable. Here is what it has to say

about this mahAnubhAvar:

 

Tirukkacci Nambi, considered an 'amsa' of Sabari,

was born in Poovirundhavalli, also known as Dharmapuri,

located in the eastern part of 'PerumaaL Koyil'

(Kanchipuram Varadaraja Swami temple) in Thondai

Mandalam.

 

He was born in the year "SobhakRt", in the month of

"maasi" under the "mRgaSirA" constellation, into

a family of the "fourth" caste. His holy names

include Tirukkacci Nambi and Sri Kanci Purna [both

of these mean the same]. He lived in PerumaaL

Koyil and his daily worship (tiruvArAdhanam) was

to 'Perarulalan PerumaaL' (Varadarajan). His

acharya was Mahapurna (Periya Nambi).

 

His served the Lord by offering the divine

fan (thiruvaalavattam) to Lord Varadaraja. He

composed the Varadaraja Ashtakam, and was part

of Lord Varadaraja's inner circle, a close confidant.

He was the one who set Sri Ramanuja on the right

path.

 

tirukkacci nambigal tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam!

 

Mani