vyAkhyAna chakravartthi- Sri PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai Thirunakshathram- AvaNi rOhiNi

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

AvaNi RohiNi- same as Kutti KrishNan's birthday - is the Thirunakshathram of

the vyAkhyAna chakravartthi Sri PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai. He is reported to be

avtaar of KrishNa Himself who appeared to enjoy the Divya Prabhandhams of

AzhwArs and give us the deep inner meanings of AzhwArs' works.

 

Sri PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai was born in 1228 CE (40 years older than Swamy

Desikan). He has written the following works in addition to the

commentary on 4000:

 

1.Commentary on Stotraratnam and ChathuslOki. .

2.Commentary on Jitante Stotra.

3.Commentary on Gadyatrayam.

4.Tanislokam. This is a commentary on few stanzas from Ramayana and

Mahabharatham.

5. Paasurappadi Ramayanam (Ramayanam from the lines of Naalaayira Divya

Prabhandhams)

7. MaaNikkamaalai

8.Rahasyatraya dipika.

9.Rahasyatraya vivaranam.

 

He was a disciple of SrI NampiLLai.

 

SrI MaNavALa mAmunigaL has composed this prabandham in his UpadEsa Ratthina

mAlai on Sri PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai:

 

PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai punpu ullavaikkum

theriya--vyAkkiyakaL seyvAl--ariya

aruLichceyal poruLai Aariyarkatkku ippOthu

aruLicheyal aaythtu aRitthu....(46)

 

(meaning by SrI V SatakOpan Swamin):Today, it is possible to provide

pravachanams (lectures) on the deeper meanings of all the four thousand

-thanks to the great effort of PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai(PVP),

who commented on all of them for our benefit.

 

Sri PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai and Swamy Desikan were reported to have discussed

pAsurams of AzhwArs and on prapatti when Swamy Desikan delivered his

compositions namely NyAsa-VimSati and NyAsa-Tilakam(as recorded in 3000

paDi).

 

adiyEn would also like to relish the anecdote on PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi

vyAkhyAnams of SrI PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai:

These vyAkhyAnams were eaten by ants.

 

SrI TA Varadhan had written about this earlier:

 

Given below is the extract for our enjoyment on SrI PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai's

Thirunakshathram. Let us pay obeisance to this

vyAkhyAna chakravartthi.

 

Sri TA Varadhan's post extract:

 

periyAzhvAr's anubhavam comes in vAkkuth thUymai pathigam -

5th paththu, 1st thirumozhi of periyAzhvAr thirumozhi - This

pathigam is very moving and is also important for another reason-

svAmi periyavAchchAn piLLai's vyAkhyAnam on periyAzhvAr thirumozhi

was lost right from the beginning to the part of the first pAsuram

of vAkkuth thUymai - In order to ensure that we have the fortune

of pUrvAchArya vyAkhyAnams, elders during vishadavAksigAmaNi svAmi

maNavALa mAmuni's time requested svAmi to write a vyAkhyAnam on

periyAzhvAr thirumozhi - svAmi did so - So, the vyAkhyAnam that

we currently have on periyAzhvAr thirumozhi till 5th paththu is

svAmi maNavALa mAmuni's only. svAmi maNavALA mAmuni had, as we all

know, great respect for previous AchAryAs and lived and practised

that respect to the utmost perfection - So perfect was he that

his vyAkhyAnam ends at the line where svAmi periyavAccAn piLLai's

vyAkhyAnam begins - in fact, we can just read through the

combined vyAkhyAnam and we will never know where svAmi maNAvALa

mAmuni's commentary ends and where svAmi periyavAccAn piLLai's

commentary begins - in fact here is how the vyAkhyAnam for the

first pAsuram starts - "mutharpAttu - vAk ithyAdhi - vAkkukku

asuththiyaavadhu - bhagavadsannidhiyilE asathyanchollukaiyum,

prayOjanaththai kaNisikkaiyum, parastOtram paNNukaiyum ......"

and continues - In the above, svAmi mANAvALa mAmuni's commentary

ends with the word prayOjanaththai - and svAmi periyavAchchAn

piLLai's commentary starts with the word kaNisikkaiyum! He did not

want to say even a word that duplicates what svAmi periyavAccAn piLLai

had said. Such is the reluctance of our AchAryAs, even of the

AchArya who is svAmi emperumAnAr himself reicarnated, to comment

on something that an earlier AchArya has commented upon! -

Such is their humility and bhakti towards AchAryAs and the respect

they had for vyAkhyAnams

 

Thanks to Sri TA Vardhan Swamin.

 

Sri PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Regards

Narayana Narayana

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

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