Fw: GhAnam ketta Perumal-6

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With the opportunity of getting upadesam from Swami Ramanujar,

Thiruukkurungudi Divya Desam got the name of ‘Dakshina Badri’. In

Badri, Perumal Himself became a student and did the upadesam to

Himself (Narayanan did upadesam to Himself as naran). Here, Perumal

got the upadesam from a naran (Swami Ramanujar). Let us look into the

anubhavam of Thirumazhisai Azhwar on this Divya Desam.

The pushkarani is called as Karandam Adu Poigai. Naradar witnessed the

following incident when he was in Thirukkurungudi,

Karandam, a pakshi (bird) jumped in to the water chanting the name of

Perumal. Immediately, its soul was taken by Vishnu Dhoodars to

Paramapadam. Hence the pushkarani is known as karandam adu poigai

(karanda nartana saras).

It is believed that SriVainkutam is close to SriVaikuntam.

Thirumazhisai Azhwar has used the name of the poigai in his pasuram.

Panampazhams (fruit ) fall into this poigai. The fishes in this poigai

think that it is actually a crane that is trying to eat them. Hence

they keep flying in the water. Actually, Nambi cannot be affected by

anything. But Azhwars are very worried that Nambi will be affected by

some external factors because of Drishti (as He is very beautiful and

full of kalyana gunams). Azhwar starts with the poigai ends with the

fact that this Perumal was the One who actually took Narasimha

avataram. Here is the beautiful pasuram,

‘karaNdamaadu poykaiyuLka rumpaNnaippe rumpazham, puraNduveezha

vaaLaipaayku Runkudin^e dunthakaay, thiraNdathOLi raNiyansi

NnankoLaaka monRaiyum, iraNdukooRu seydhukandha sinkamenpa thunnaiyE’

 

Nammazhwar totally enjoyed the beauty of Nambi. Here is an interesting

conversation between him and his friends.

Friends: Why are you always mad of Nambi? Is He so accesible to you?

Azhwar: Yes, pretty much as He is very close to my place

(Thirukkurugur). He lives in Thirukkurungudi

Friends: Is He is so beautiful?

Azhwar: His beauty cannot be explained fully. Azhwar believed that

Nambi had varna kalapam (colour) just to disturb Azhwar more with His

most inherent beauty.

Friends: Understandable, but is He that great?

Azhwar: He is the king of the king of Nityasuris. He is the king of all the devatas.

Friends: All the above are ok, but what did He do you?

Azhwar: He is my master. The very fact that He has put me in this

state (always thinking about Him) is a great thing that He has done

to me.

Now, the friends could not argue with Nammazhwar (Parankusa Nayaki).

Here is the beautiful pasuram,

‘nambiyaiththen kuRungkudi_ninRa, ach chemponEthika

zumthirumoorththiyai, umparvaanava raathiyanchOthiyai, empiraanaiyen

chollimaRappanO.’

Nammazhwar did not stop with just this pasuram. He continued to enjoy

the beauty of Nambi in ThiruvAymozhi further. This is a very

important concept of worship that was touched up on later by our

Acharyas. We will enjoy that anubhavam in the next posting,

aDiyEn,

ramanan

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