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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Dear BhAgavatas,

 

Quite some time ago adiyEn started a project of studying

and translating excerpts out of the purvacharya vyakhyanams

for Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar's glorious Kanninun

Siruththambu.

 

There are four acharyas who have written vyakhyanams for

this magnificent work in praise of an acharya - Sri

Nanjeeyar, Sri Nampillai, Sri Periyavaccan Pillai and

Sri Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Nayanar. As the task was

great adiyEn has now decided to translate excerpts from

the vyakhyanams of Sri Nanjeeyar and Sri Nampillai alone.

Hopefully this task will stimulate the reader to seek

out the far better writings available on this subject,

based on all acharyas vyakhyanams.

 

Simultaneously I will post the excerpts in simple Tamil

for those who are interested, in the http://www.acharya.org

website. These will be available in PDF format.

 

In this post, adiyEn will include the avatharikai excerpts.

The tamil version of the avatharikai translation is

available at http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/kst/ksta.pdf

 

In subsequent posts, adiyEn will post excerpts from one

pasuram at a time. Any errors are invariably mine and I

look forward to corrections and suggestions from the

learned members.

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

http://www.acharya.org

 

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Madhurakavi Azhvar aruli seytha

Kanninun Siruththambu Avatharikai Saram

 

Excerpted from Sri Nanjeeyar and Sri

Nampillai's vyakhyanams

 

In this world, all souls have three kinds of

purposes or goals. Matters concerning this world

or other worlds are ephemeral and therefore

constitute the lowest goal. The experiences of

the soul provide fleeting pleasure and therefore

constitute the middle goal. He who is the source

of eternal joy to the souls is the highest goal.

 

The sages took to establishing the Sastras which

light the path to reaching the highest goal. The

path shown by the Sastras lead to Him and the

Azhvars directly submerged in that. The path that

is beyond that, is the attachment to a bhAgavata

of the Lord and this was seen by Sri Madhurakavi

Azhvar.

 

The same thing can be seen with Shatrughna amongst

the four brothers in Sri Ramayanam. The four of

them exemplified four dharmas. Sri Rama showed

that a person has to fulfill the words of his

forefathers. Sri Lakshmana showed the dharma that

a bhakta has to be attached to his Lord forever.

Sri Bharatha showed that a bhakta has to do

exactly what is desired by his lord. Sri

Shatrughna showed that one has to do the bhAgavata

kainkaryam of being attached to a bhAgavata of the

Lord such as Sri Bharatha.

 

Srivaishnavas are those who even ignoring the Lord

in His Srivaikunta, are attached to Sri Krishna;

and even in this avatar they ignore everything after

the killing of Kamsa and are attached to that Sri

Krishna who stole butter, was caught by Sri Yasoda

pirAtti, got tied down by her and stood fearing her.

Swami Nammazhvar determined that such Srivaishnavas

are the lords and guides for all souls. Sri Madhura-

kavi Azhvar follows this guideline and taking that

attachment to a bhAgavata is the best thing to do

under all situations, is attached to Swami

Nammazhvar.

 

In all his works, it is in "payilunsudaroLi" and

"nedumARkkadimai" pasurams that Swami Nammazhvar

shows that service to a bhAgavata is the height

of all goals and Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar simply

follows that guideline.

 

Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar sees in his acharya's lotus

feet everything that Sri Nammazhvar saw in Him and

His bhaktas and enjoying that greatly, speaks about

it in these verses.

 

Madhurakavi Azhvar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Nanjeeyar Nampillai Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

 

 

 

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