Nampillai

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Fm: Velukkudi Krishnan

25th Nov 99.

 

VedAnta vEdya amruta vAri rASe: vedArtha sArAmrutapUramagryam !

AdAya varshantam aham prapadye kArunya pUrNam kalivairidasam. !!

 

Dear Bhagavatas,

Karthigai karthigai is the tirunakshatram of Tirumangai alwar which we =

do remember. It also is the tirunakshatram of the great acharya without =

whom, we cannot enjoy nammalwar's tiruvoimozhi as we do today. He is =

NambUr Varadacharya Swamy - popularly known as Nampillai the author of =

Idu 36000 padi. It is said that 24000 padi of Periavachan pillai is on =

the same count of Sri ramayanam. This is elaborate than that. Tirumangai =

alwar only incarnated as Nampillai while Lord Krishna incarnated as =

Periavachan pillai (avani rohini). This was as per the promise given by =

Krishna at tirukkannamangai to tirumangai alwar. Due to this, Nampillai =

is also known as karlikanri dasar. You would all have enjoyed how Idu =

descended to us - the guruparampara in the verses of upadesa ratina =

malai. The name 'ulagAriyan' was coined to Nampillai by kandadai =

thozhappar. Later on this name came to Pillai lokacharya the author of =

18 rahasya granthas.

 

There can be many perumals but only one NAMperumal. There can be many =

pillais but only one NAMpillai, there can be many jeers but only one =

NAMjeeyar. They are all unparalleled.=20

 

6000 padi of pillan is as per the count of Sri vishnu puranam. 9000 padi =

of Namjeeyar (acharyan of Nampillai) is as per Sri bhasyam. 36000 padi =

is as per SrutaprakASika.

 

Nampillais 36000 padi is a live kalakshepam which was written down word =

by word by vadakku tiruveedipillai (father of Pillai lokacharya and =

azhagiya manavala perumal nayanar.) Nampillais period is between 1147 AD =

to 1252 AD. He was around 27 when Bhattar reached moksham. There are =

reference in the commerntaries that Nampillai had heard the kalakshepams =

of Bhattar.

 

Nampillai tiruvadigale Saranam.=20