UPADESA RATHNA MAALAI: PART 15( PAASURAMS 50-52)

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Laying the foundation to praise the glory of Sri Vachana BhUshanam

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NamperumAL NammAzhwAr Nanjeeyar NampiLLai

yenpar --avarvar tamm yERRAtthAl--anbhudayOr

satthu thirunaamangaL thaamm yenRu nannenjE

yEtthu athanai solli nee inRu....(50)

 

(meaning): Oh My dear mind ! Please salute today

the great souls , who out of their affectionate

reverence gave the names NamperumAL, NammAzhwAr ,

Namjeeyar , NampiLLai to the Lord of Srirangam ,

Swami NammAzhwAr , the prime sishyar of ParAsara Bhattar

and his own dear sishyan VaradachAr respectively .

 

(Comments) : In this and the two subsequent paasurams,

MM lays the corner stone for building an edifice for

our appreciation of the greatness of Sri Vachana-

BhUshaNam , which was created by PiLLai LokAcchAr

as a RakshA grantham for aruLiccheyalkaLs. Lord RanganAthA

got His name NamperumAL from a devout Arayar ; Lord of

Rangam gave the name of NammAzhwAr for SatakOpan ;

ParAsara Bhattar gave the name of Namjeeyar to

VedAnthi Muni of MelkOte ; Namjeeyar gave the name

of NampiLLai to KalikanRi Daasar (VaradAcchAr ).

MM asks his mind to reflect on the generosity

of the poorvAchAryAs in coming up with such names

out of their premai .

 

How did NampiLLai get the name of LokAcchAr?

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Thunnu pukazh KanthAdai ThOzappar tamm uhappAl

Yenna UlahAriyanO yenRu uraikka --pinnai

UlahAriyan yenum pEr NampiLLaikku Ongi

vilahAmal ninRathu yenrum mEl...(51)

 

(Meaning) ThOzhappar of wide fame belonging to

the KanthAdai vamsam with joyful respect asked once

NampiLLai :" Are You THE teacher of the Universe

(LOkAchAryan)? " out of respect for his extraordinary

Scholarship and humility .From that day onwards ,

that name of LokAcchAryan stayed with NampiLLai

as a mark of his guNa visEsham .

 

(Comments): KanthAdai ThOzhappar belonged to

the AchArya Vamsam of Mudali AaNDAn and was

a contemproary of NampiLLai. Both lived on

the same street in nearby houses. NampiLLai

had many disciples , who sought his feet as

AchAryan.The Scholarly ThOzhappan from a great

AchArya paramparai had no one , who approached

him to become his sishyan.Thozhappan Swamy got

jealous over the popularity of NampiLLai and

talked bad about him in public .One day, Thozhappa

Swamy regretted over his harshness to NampiLLai and

wanted to go over to NampiLLai's house to seek

aparAdha KshAmaNam ( seeking forgivenness for

his misdeed) from NampiLLai. At he same time,

NampiLLai felt very bad that he had caused

a great AchAryan like Thozhappar to be angry

at him and porceeded to Thozhappar's house and waited

at the front of the house to fall at the feet of

Thozhappar , when he came out . Few minutes later,

Thozhappar came out to go to NampiLLai's house

to tender his apologies for his bad behavior and

he saw NampiLLai there at his porch falling at his feet .

Thozhappar was moved to tears over the humility

and guNa visEsahm of NampiLLai and hailed :

" Are You the LokacchAryan ? " .From that time on,

the name of LokAchAryan stayed with NampiLLai.

 

Vadakku Thiruvedhi PiLLai named his son LokAchAryan

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Pinnai Vadakku Thiruveedhi PiLLai --anbhAl

anna Thirunaamatthai aatharitthu --mannu pukazh

Maintharukku saatthuhayAl vanthu paranthathu--yengum

intha Thirunaamam inghu.......(52)

 

(Meaning): Later, NampiLLai's sishyar, Vadakku-

Thiruveedhi PiLLai gave the name of LokaachAryan

to his son out of his own deep reverence for his

AchAryan . This son - who became a very famous

AchAryan later - came to be revered as PiLLai

Lokam Jeeyar .

 

(Commnets): Vadakku Thiruveedhi PiLLai(VTP) had a wife,

who appeared to VTP in his conjugal bed as a sarpam (Snake)

and as a result , VTP's marriage was not consumated

for quite some time . When Vadakku Thiruveedhi PiLLai

conveyed this nightmarish experience to his AchAryan ,

the most merciful NampiLLai gave manthrAkshathai

and blessed his sishyan to be rid of the sarpa dhOsham

As a result of the blessings of NampiLLai ,

the marriage was consumated and two lovely children

were born to Vadakku Thiruveedhi PiLLai.

The first one was named LokAchAryan by the grateful

sishyan to record his AchArya Bhakthi .The second

one was named Azhagiya MaNavALa PerumAL NaayanAr

after Lord RanganAthA .

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan