thoo nilA muRRam - part 40 - Sri ArA amutha AzhwAr

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thoo nilA muRRam - part 40 - Sri ArA amutha AzhwAr

 

Sri ArA amutha AzhwAr thiruvadikaLE saraNam

AchAryan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

Long ago the nAlayiram was unavailable in the boolOgam. How

ever the local bhakthAL of kumbakOnam used to do pArAyAnam of this

special pathigam of Sri nammAzhwAr on Sri ArA amuthan for several

years. This pathigam was passed on from generation to generation in

this Sri ArA amuthan sannithi (*). Sri nAdhamuni came to this

sannithi and was indulged in the sowntharyam of Sri ArA amuthan.

As a routine worship the kudanthai vAzh bhakthALs chanted the

pathigam of Sri nAmmAzhwAr on this Lord Sri ArA amuthan that starts

with "ArA amuthE adiyEn udalam" and continued. Sri nAthamunigaL was

mesmerized by these "thEn thuLi vArhthaigaL" in praise of Sri ArA

amuthan. When the bhakthALs ended the pathigam as,

 

"kuruhoor satagOpan

kuzhalin maliya sonna Or

AyiratthuLi patthum

mazhalai theera vallAr kAmar

mAnEy nOkkiyarkkE"

 

Sri nAthamuni was standing in front of the nectar that is never

saturated when one may have the anubavam. These 11 verses also made

him feel never saturated and his thirst was increased and never

quenched. He was inquisitively asking the bhakthALs, "devareer were

singing on Sri ArA Amuthan and it was athi aRputham. devareer have

also sang that there are 1000 songs (ie Or Ayiratthul patthum) and

so adiyEn would like to know the rest of the pAsurams on Sri

Amudhan as well". The thiru kudanthai bhakthALs replied to him that

there are actually 4000 pAsurams in all and that they know only

these 11 of them. The pari pooraNa krupa of Sri ArA amuthan

immdiately developed "ArAtha thAgam" or inquenchable thirst in Sri

nAthamuni's mind and made him long for these 4000 songs. He

immediately asked the kudanthai vAsis of the mArgam to known these

4000 verses. They could not help much.

 

Sri nAtha muni was very feeling very thirsty as he was very

seriously and constantly thinking of the upAyam to get these 4000

verses somehow. He fell asleep in this kOil itself. Sooner Sri ArA

amuthan appeared in his dream and told him that "You goto thiru

kuruhoor and do a thapas seeking Sri nammAzhwAr by chanting

"kaNNinun siRutthAmbu" and you will be blessed by Sri nammAzhwAr

himself for reviving these 4000 verses". AchArya guru pAram

pariyam talks about this episode. However the place is referred

as "kAttu maNNar kudi" (near here) should only be meant for thiru

kudanthai as Sri ArA amuthan is not the presiding deity of kattu

mannAr kudi. The guru pArampariyam specifically talks about Sri ArA

amuthan appearing in the dream and commanding and helping and being

instrumental in reviving 4000 through Sri nAtha muni. Sri nAtha

muni came to thiru kuruhoor and obtained the pathigam kaNNinum

siruthAmbu through kuruhoor vAzh bhakthALs. He chanted these verses

for several times (some say 10000 times and some say several

thousand times) and Sri nAmmAzhwAr gave prathyaksha darshanam as

commanded by Sri ArA amuthan and revived these 4000 verses to him.

The pathigam of 11 pasurams are considered so holy that if one can

meditate on it in Sri ArA amuthan sannithi and indulge in it

thoroughly knowing and conceiving the meanings in their mind, one

is set to have the anubavam and palans of singing all the 4000

verses.

 

Sri ArA amuthan induced this never saturated interest (ArA

amutha Arvam for 4000) in the mind of Sri nAtha muni, then showed

him the upAyam, as well commanded Sri nammAzhwAr to revive these

when the thapas was done by Sri nAtha muni. In all he was the cause

for these AzhwAr pAsurams to be available to us today. If not for

HIM we will not have these 4000; no thirup pAvai; no postings; and

no email forum as well. No grouping of 108 Divay dEsam is possible

as this special grouping is specifically done by 12 AzhwArs through

4000. Hence from Sri nAtha muni's time Sri ArA amuthan is called

as one of the AzhwAr himself as Sri ArA amutha AzhwAr. What a great

sahAyam to the tamil world and as well as all Srivaishnavas, Each

and one every one reading this in this net and thinking that they

are gaining from this net as a Srivaishnava is INDEBTED to Sri ArA

amuthan for this parOpakAram. If one say they are SrivaishnavaL

and cannot repay Sri ArA amuthan in this most neeeed time when will

they ever get to pay their debt ?

 

Sri kOmaLa vaLLi thAyAr samEtha Sri ArA amudhan thiruvadikaLE

saraNam

 

Sampath Rengarajan

 

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