A Day in the Life of Our Acharyas - 97

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Once, Bhattar was explaining the 30th pasuram of

Thiruppavai.

When he came to words "mAdhavanai kEsavanai" in the

pasuram,

he did the following. He showed his mouth when explaining

the

word "mAdhavanai" and acted as if he was going to spit when

 

he was explaining the word "kEsavanai".

 

Bhattar explained the Lord's thirunamas thus. As the Lord

churned the milky ocean, a number of things came out and He

distributed to them to different people. When the poison

came out, He gave it to Shiva. When the nectar came out, He

distributed that to the Devas. When Sri Mahalakshmi came

out,

He kept Her for Himself. When Bhattar explained this, he

said "The true nectar that came out was Thayar. The Lord

kept Her for Himself and gave the remainder (amrut), which

is

what is left after the essence has been taken out, to the

Devas ('kaNNudhal nanjchuNNak kaNdavanE, viNNavar amudhuNa

amudhil varum peNNamudhuNda emperumAnE' - Periya Thirumozhi

6-1-2)".

 

The name "mAdhava" shows that He is the consort of Thayar.

The name "kEshava" shows that He is the Lord of the Devas.

Therefore, Bhattar showed his mouth when explaining the

name 'mAdhavanai' ('aNNikum amudhURum'), and acted as if to

spit when explaining the name "kEsavanai" ('like we would

do

with the remainder after the essence is extracted').

 

 

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

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