Madhurakavi Alvar's message -Thiruttu /Stealing

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Dear SriVaishnavas

Adiyen would like to add few of my little knowledge about the Kanninun

SiruThambu Pasuram..

 

Main one is Acharya Bhakthi as explained by Sr.Mukundan and Sri.Mani. I want

to add abou the "thiruttu " in the pAsuram

in the pAsuram of

"Nambinen pirar Nan porul thannay"

 

Here Alwar talks about NanPorul Thiruttu, Normally we talks about nAn,

enathu etc..where in we attach the achievements and other tings attach by us

to ourselves and also We consider JeevAthmA as our property..

 

Porul means - normal achith, and

nan Porul - Chith (JeevathmA)

Pirar nanPorul - JeevAthma belongs to ParamAthma

 

Our poorvAchariars consider this as a big thiruttu, the reason is

Normally if teh stolen item is of less value or the place/person form which

the item was stolen is very mean, then it can be condoned with,

Here the item stolen (JeevAthma) is so valuable compared to normal achiths

and worldly things and also look into the source from where we have stolen

is Devadhi Rajan (Raja's Raja) and so on both accounts the theft can not be

condoned simply..

Adiyen feel only way to get rid of this thiruttu is through Sranagaty at the

Acharyan's feet.

 

I wish to quote one more incidence from Madhura Kavi Alwar's life after

Nammalwar..

 

Once in Madhurai there was a competetion amonf poets to find out the best

piece of work. in that contest M.Alwar was there(dont know why ? and how)

and Alwar was more worried about how we talk about some Poets in line with

Sadagopan.

Then M.Alwar wrote a small Olai one pasuram of ThiruVoimozhi

"Kannan Kazhal inai

nannum manam udayir...."

and placed that in the one side of the sclae, where in the other side was

totally filled with the verses of all the Poets.. You know the results...It

was so tilted towards Alwar pAsuram.. and on seeing it the poets got

bewildered and then individual poets wrote a praisy words towards Alwar,

surprisingly all the poets wrote the same .

Bear with me , I will post it the next part....

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

Guna Venkat

 

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"Mani Varadarajan" <mani

<ramanuja>

Friday, April 26, 2002 3:38 PM

[ramanuja] Madhurakavi Alvar's message - acharya who is a

BRAHMA-NISTHA

 

 

> Mukundan,

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> Thanks for the great summary of Madhurakavi Alvar's message.

> May I suggest one modification -- it is not just that we must

> show absolute faith and dedication in a random acharya, but that

> faith and dedication in an acharya who is a BRAHMA-NISTHA

> can be even sweeter than faith in Bhagavaan. Such a brahma-nishtha

> (established in the anubhava of Parabrahman Sriman Narayana) was

> Nammalvar, and Madurakavigal found him sweeter than Kannabiraan.

> The reason is obvious -- if the acharya in your presence is

> a brahma-nishtha, he is WITH the Parabrahman, but at the same

> time is with you. So you can experience the Parabrahman directly

> through the presence of such an acharya (kariya-kOla thiru-uru

> kANban nAn).

>

> May we all be graced with acharyas who are brahma-nisthas!

>

> aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

> Mani

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> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam

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