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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Dear BhAgavatas,

 

I will start posting a series of articles on Sri Madhurakavi

Azhvar's Kanninun Siruththambu pasurams; these will be based

on excerpts from Sri Nanjeeyar and Sri Nampillai's vyakhyanams

to this great work by Madhurakavi Azhvar.

 

Any errors in this effort are mine alone and I request you all

to correct me if you see any.

 

I will start with the avatharika of the pasuram in this post

and proceed with one pasuram at a time.

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

 

hastasthatAladvitayam prapadye shathArivAgvyAsamudAra kIrttim |

mAdhuryasamshlishtakavitvayuktam mahattvasambhAvita buddhitattvam ||

 

Kanninun Siruththambu Avatharika Saram

Excerpted from Sri Nanjeeyar and Nampillai's Vyakhyanam

 

In this world, all souls have three kinds of purposes

or goals. Matters concerning this world or other worlds

are ephemeral and therefore constitute the lowest goal.

The experiences of the soul provide fleeting pleasure

and therefore constitute the middle goal. He who is the

source of eternal joy to the souls is the highest goal.

 

The sages took to establishing the Sastras which light

the path to reaching the highest goal. The path shown

by the Sastras lead to Him and the Azhvars directly

submerged in that. The path that is beyond that, is

the attachment to a bhAgavata of the Lord and this

was seen by Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar.

 

The same thing can be seen with Sri Shatrughna amongst

the four brothers in Sri Ramayana. The four of them

exemplified four dharmas. Sri Rama showed that a person

has to fulfill the words of his forefathers and others.

Sri Lakshmana showed the dharma that a bhakta has to

be attached to his Lord forever. Sri Bharatha showed

that a bhakta has to do exactly what is desired by his

lord. Sri Shatrughna showed that one has to do the

bhAgavata kainkaryam of being attached to a bhAgavata

of the Lord such as Sri Bharatha.

 

Srivaishnavas are those who even ignoring the Lord in

His Srivaikunta, are attached to Sri Krishna; and even

in this avatar they ignore everything after the

killing of Kamsa and are attached to that Sri Krishna

who stole butter, was caught by Sri Yasoda, got tied

down by her and stood fearing her. Swami Nammazhvar

determined that such Srivaishnavas are the lords and

guides for all souls. Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar follows

this guideline and taking that attachment to a

bhAgavata is the best thing to do under all

situations, is attached to Swami Nammazhvar.

 

In all his works, it is in "payilunsudaroLi" and

"nedumARkkadimai" pasurams that Swami Nammazhvar

shows that service to a bhAgavata is the height of

all goals and Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar simply follows

that guideline.

 

Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar sees in his acharya's lotus

feet everything that Sri Nammazhvar saw in Him and

His bhaktas and enjoying that greatly, speaks about

it in these verses.

 

I seek refuge at the lotus feet of Madhurakavi Azhvar

I seek refuge at the lotus feet of Nanjeeyar and Nampillai

I seek refuge at the lotus feet of Nammazhvar, Ramanuja

and Manavala Mamuni

[Guest guest]

Dear Venkatesan,

 

Thank you for this effort.

 

Some of us may like to memorise the pasurams. It facilitate us a great deal

especially in terms of pronunciation, if the pasurams can also be written

in Tamil. You can use e-kalappai, freely available from www.tamil.net for

non-commercial use. It uses the English keyboard and takes less than 15

minutes to master.Should you need further assistance you can email me.

 

with best regards,

Sathia.

 

, "vtca" <vtca> wrote:

> Sri:

> Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

>

> Dear BhAgavatas,

>

> I will start posting a series of articles on Sri Madhurakavi

> Azhvar's Kanninun Siruththambu pasurams; these will be based

> on excerpts from Sri Nanjeeyar and Sri Nampillai's vyakhyanams

> to this great work by Madhurakavi Azhvar.

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