A Day in the Life of Our Acharyas - 104

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

In Nachchiyar Thirumozhi 13-6, Andal refers to the Lord as

"kodiya kadiya thirumAl". Nammazhvar too refers to Him as

"aruLAdha thirumAlArkku" in Thiruvaymozhi 1-4-7.

 

The earlier acharyas had explained this as "Nammazhvar is

refering to Thayar ('thiru mAl') as he is thinking of Him,

as She is the one who mediates on behalf of the chetanas

to the Lord."

 

Nanjeeyar had a doubt about this and asked Pillan the

following question: "We need Her mediation to obtain His

grace. However, here Azhvar is refering to the fact that

He is not giving him His grace. So, why refer to Her at

this juncture?"

 

Pillan replied "He learned how to ignore Azhvar and

torture him, from Her. Therefore, it is alright to refer

to Her along with Him at this time".

 

Nanjeeyar then checked with Bhattar about this explanation.

 

Bhattar replied "Azhvar's state is that, to reach the

Lord, one has to go through Her. Since, She is responsible

for attaining the Lord, it is ok to say that Azhvar

is angry with Her when He is unattainable".

 

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

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