ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr Thirunakshathram (Maargazhi Kettai)

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya Namah:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

Dec 24th (Maargazhi maasam, Kettai star) is ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr

Thirunakshathram. He is the AzhwAr who considered himself as the dust at the

feet of Bhagawathas, and called himself so.

 

AzhwArs are those who have immersed themselves in Bhagavath anubhavam and

bhakti towards Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan, the unsurpassed and Supreme

Lord. There is also a reference in srimad Bhagawatham about AzhwArs’ births:

 

kalau khalu bhavishyanthi nArAaNa parAyaNah:

kvachin kvachin mahAbhAgA drAmidEshu cha bhUrisa:

thAmaraparaNi nadhI yatra kruthamAlA payasvinI

kAvErI cha mahAbhAgA pratIcI cha mahAnadhI

 

(meaning: In the beginning of Kaliyuga persons "exclusively" devoted to

Sriman Narayanan and endowed with spiritual knowledge will be born here and

there in the land of dravidas where flow the rivers ThamaraparaNi,

Kruthamala (Vaigai), Payasvini (PaalaaRu) Cauveri, and Mahanadhi

(PeriyaaRu).

 

NammAzhwAr, MadhurakaviAzhwAr were born in the banks of ThamaraparaNi;

PeriyAzhwAr and AndAL close to Vaigai;

Poygai, PuthathAzhwAr and PeyAzhwAr and ThirumazhisaiPiraan near PaalaaRu;

ThoNdaradippodiAzhwAr, ThirumangaiAzhwAr on the banks of Cauveri.

 

Let us pay our obeisance to ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr (also called

BhakthAngrirENu)

 

ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr, composed two works:

 

1. ThiruppaLLiyezhucchi (10 verses) and 2. Thirummalai (45 verses)

 

Thiruppalliyezhucchi is almost a great multimedia presentation of waking up

the Lord of Srirangam, who is having His YoganithrA; The rising Sun, the

gentle breeze, the fragrance of the flowers, the movement of birds, the bees

humming, etc are greatly described by AzhwAr.

 

In Thirumaalai, the necessity to recite the Divya naamams (divine names) of

The Lord Ranaganathan to remove the sins, and the greatest importance of

kaimkaryam to Bhagawaan and more importantly His devotees, irrespective of

their caste.

 

ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE saraNam

Regards

Narayana Narayana

adiyEn Narayana dAsan Madahavakkannan

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