Magnanimity II-3

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naDuvil thiruvEdhi bhaTTAr- pin-pazhagarAm perumAL jEyar-swAmi nam-piLLai.

 

 

Continuing on the consultation from a srEaishNavite of how his

AchAryan would interprert a particular point, let us dwell into an

incident among three great souls. Perhpas, this may not strictly fall

within the parameters of magnanimity but whenever I read this, it is

very moving .

 

naDuvil thiruvEdhi bhaTTAr was a third generation descendant of Sri

kUrathAzhwAn. Sri nam-piLLai was sparkling in his kainkaryam during

the same period. The fame and name Sri nam-piLLai got from His

greatness of knowledge and character did not attracrt Sri naDuvil

thiruvEdhip piLLai perhpas due to his august lineage.

 

He was holding a royal office in the kingdom. One day he was

proceeding to the royal durbAr when pin-pazhagiarAm perumAL jEyar was

coming across. He asked him to join him. Considring the divine lineage

Sri pin-pazhagiyarAm perumAL jEyar joined him.

 

The king on seeing them gave due respects and asked a question " If

Sri RamA had led a life of a perfect human being and did not display

Godly quaities , then how could He have blessed jatAyU to -gacha

lOkAnanuthamAn"--and for this nothing occurred to naduvil thiruvEdhi

bhaTTar. Meanwhile, the king had to attend to some other work.This

gave opportunity for consultation. He consulted pin-pazhagiyarAm

perumAL jEyar "jEyA, piLLai periya vudaiyArukku mOksham koduthadhai

eppadi nirvahippAr?" --jEyA, How would nampiLLai interpret this

cohesively? was his question.

 

Pat came the reply "sathyEana lOkAn jeyathi" enRu nirvahippAr. He

will determine this with the help of this slOkam. Sri rAmA by

following the path of truth reigns all the worlds and with this power

he bestows this blessing to periya vuDaiyAr.

 

The king on hearing this highly commended and appreciated and

presented him with gifts of clothes,jewels and money. Tears rolled

from the eyes of naduvil thiruvEdhi bhaTTar. He rquested jEyar to

lead him to nam-piLLai and surrendred not only the gifts but himself

at his feet. He said these are the gifts i got for a fraction of your

words. YOu should accept me in your ghOsthi was his reply.

 

'nithya samsAriyAiyAna rAjA dhEvarErudaiya dhivya sUkthiyilEa sindhina

sollukku thORRuk kodutha kodai idhu;..dhEvarEr thiruvadigaLai

izhandhadhu mAthramanRikkEa asUyai paNNith thirindha ivvAthmAvai

dhEvarErukku samarpikkalAvadhu vEAREA eankku oru kai mudhal illai.

AgaiyAlEa adiyEanai avasyam angEgarikka vEANum" enRu kaNNum

kaNNErumAi koNdu piLLai thiruvadigaLilEa sEavithuk kidakka, piLLaiyum

bhaTTarai vAri aNaithuk koNdu vishEsha kaDaksham seidharuLi, tham

thiruvuLLathil thEangik kidandha artha vishEshangaLai ellAm onRu

vidAmal ellAm ivarkku prasAdhitharuLinAr.

 

"Not just realising that i have all along was missing your feet, I had

been envious. Saying this with tears rolling down his eyes, Sri

naduvil thiruvEdhip piLLai fell at the feet of Sri nampiLLai who

embraced him and blessed him with all the rahasyams.

 

The greatness of naduvil thiruvEdhip piLLai on three counts. 1.

consulting nampiLLai's disciple without ego. 2. On getting the gifts

straghtaway went and submitting it to nampiLLai and 3. Finally

surrendering totally to him-confessing all his doings/undoings.

 

The greatness of pinpazhagarAm perumAL jEyar i. accomapnaying naduvil

thiruvEdhip piLLai giving respect to the lineage.

ii. Without hesitating clarifying the doubts from the vast resources Sri nampiLLai had granted him

 

The greatness of swAmi nam-piLLai Accepting Sri naduvil thiruvEdhip

piLLai without hesitation and inhibition. Teaching him all artha

vishEsham.

 

If we read all the above in the backdrop of the contemporary world of

cds/cassettes/ patents and copy rights, the gretness of heart and

broadness of mind will sparkle like the lamp on a hill

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan