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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Dear TCA,

This reminds me of nAchiyAr Thirumzohip pAsuram

'mantharam nATTi anRu madhurak kozhum sARu koNDa sundhrath thOL vudayAn' 9-1

 

The Lord installed the manthra-malai and got the essence and took it -The

essence is of course pirATTi.

 

dASan

vanamamalai padmanabhan

 

> TCA Venkatesan

> [ramanuja] A Day in the Life of Our Acharyas - 97

> Sri:

> Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

> Once, Bhattar was explaining the 30th pasuram of

> Thiruppavai.

> When he came to words "mAdhavanai kEsavanai" in the

> pasuram,

>

> ...

 

 

 

 

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