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After his kaimkaryam to Thayar and Perumal, Thirukkachi Nambigal came

to Ramanujar’s house late in the afternoon, and had lunch.

Unfortunately, Ramanujar was not at home. By the time Ramanujar

reached home, he saw that the house was being cleaned with water, and

his wife cooking new food for him. After hearing that Thirukkachi

Nambigal had come home and had lunch, he asked for the left over food

of Nambigal. Ramanujar’s wife was very narrow minded and struck with

varnashrama dharma. Hence she had thrown off the food cooked for

Thirukkachi Nambigal. Ramanujar got really upset by this kind of

treatment by his wife. Known as Varadan, who grants all the varams to

bhaktas, He was not able to fulfill two wishes of Swami Ramanujar, one

to have Thirukkachi Nambigal as his AchArya, and the second to eat the

left over of food eaten by Nambigal. What did Varadan have in store

for Swami Ramanujar?

Ramanujar had some clarifications, and hence approached Thirukkachi

Nambigal to help him in getting the answers from DevAdhirAjan. After

the visiri kaimkaryam, Thirukkachi Nambigal was standing in front of

Varadan. Our PoorvAchAryAs are known for vairAgyam. At any point of

time, they have never stood even before Perumal and asked something.

Thirukkachi Nambigal was also like that. Varadan was able to

understand what Nambigal really wanted. At this juncture, he did

second thyAgam. The first thyAgam was to descend from Paramapadam to

fulfil the wish of Brahma. More than that, now he came out of His

ArchA samAdhi to give 6 most profound and very valuable statements

for not just Swami Ramanujar, but for the entire samsaric world. He

decided that Ramanujar was the one who could uplift the atmAs

suffering in samsara. Here are those very important statements,

ahamEva param tattvam (I am the Supreme truth) darshanam bhEdaEvaca

(Difference between Supreme beings and souls is the underlying truth,

which is Visishtadvaita. This is the most fundamental concept in our

sampradAyam. Swami Ramanujar clearly highlited the difference in cit,

acit and IshwarA from vEdAs.) upAyeshu prapattisyAt ( SaranAgati is

the best means for Moksham) anthima smruti varjanam (No need for

final thoughts on me after surrending to me completely) sharIrAvasAnE

mukthisyAt (After performing surrender to me, the soul will reach the

state of mOksha after shedding off this body in this birth)

PoornAchArya samAshraya: (Asked Swami Ramanujar to get initiated into

our sampradAyam through Periya Nambigal)

What was the third thyAgam done by DEvadhirAjan, which was also very

crucial for our sampradAyam? Let us look at the answer for this

question in next posting.

aDiyEn,

ramanan

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