GPP-6(Last part of Sriman Nathamunigal vaibhavam)

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Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

Sri Vara Vara munaye Namaha

 

Dear bhagavathootamas,

Adiyen humble pranams. Today is Sri Alavandaar’s thirunakshatram(Adi-

uttirAdam). In this posting we will enjoy the avadharam of aalavandar as Sri

Nathamunigal’s words and will see in detail the life history of Sri aalavandaar

in the forthcoming postings. Let us all think of the great acharya and recite

his stotra ratnam and chatusloki today and enjoy the anubhavams of Sri

Aalavandaar.

Sri Aalavandaar thiruvadigalE sAraNam

 

(GPP contd)

During this time, there were eight sishyas under Sriman Nadhamunigal, having the

qualities as per the verses "sareeram vasu vigyAnam vAsa: karma gunAnaSoon -

kurvarththAnyEthyaster sasishyo nEkarasmrutha:". They were Uyyakondar,

KurugaikAvalappan, Nambi karunAgara dAsar, AruthinvudaiyAr, Thirukkannamangai

Aandan, VanamAmalai devi Andan, Uruppattor Aachchan Pillai and

SOgaththoorAzhwan. "Aho dvyasya mAhAtmiyam AhO vEryamahObalam. Mantra

rAthnamsu pakaram vEdasAram sanAtanam" is the verse from the sAstras which

explains the greatness of the mantra Ratnam dvayam. Sriman Nadhamunigal taught

his sishyas the great arthas of dVayam, ThrivuvAimozhi and other prabhandhams

and the vEda shastras. He also explained the inner meanings of Sri purusha

nirnayam and nyasam which were considered as the crux of the Rahasya Arthas.

After this he stayed in meditation on "KariyakOla thiruvuru" i.e bhagavan

sriman Narayana The king who heard about the yoga of Sriman Nadhamunigal came

to visit him along with his queens. They first had the darshan of Mannanar and

then came to see Nadhamunigal. On seeing Nadhamunigal in deep meditation

towards the lord, they were highly astonished and started to return back.

Nadhamunigal came out of his meditation and as per "thiruvudai mannarai kAnil

thirumAlai kandene ennum”, he thought them to be Lord Krishna and Gopikas and

followed suit to Gangaikondacholapuram. On hearing this, his sishyas including

Uyyakondar and KurugaikAvalappan followed the footsteps of their acharya to the

same place and requested him for the reason why he did like that. Nadhamunigal

explained "krishnanum, pendugalumAga ninaiththu avargaludane vandhen" (I thought

the king to be Lord Krishna and the queens to be Gopikas and hence followed

them)

 

After some days the king again came to have the darshan of Mannanar and when he

was about to start his return journey, he placed his legs on one of his

servants head and climbed to the back of the elephant. Seeing this sriman

Nadhamunigal wondered that it was like emperuman (Sarweswaran) placing his

lotus feet on the heads of Brahma, Rudran and others and climbing over Periya

Thiruvadi (GarudAzhwan). Such was the famous experience of Sriman

Nadhamunigal. He then stayed in Yoga for some more time and ordered Kurugai

KAvalappan to practice Yoga Rahasyam and taught him the procedures for

ashtAngayOga. He also said the same to Uyyakondar, who refused saying “pinam

kiddakka manam punaralaamo? enda sareerA vasanathtil abyasikka amaiyum. (Will

anyone smell the deadbody? The yoga rahasyam has to be only practiced in the

last days) Hence Nadhamunigal entrusted him with the job of spreading the

message of shastras, Thiruvaimozhi and other prabandams.

 

Nadhamunigal then told his son Ishwaramuni that he will be blessed with a boy

and that boy should be named as “Yamunai Thuraivar”. He then instructed

Uyyakondar and Kurugai Kavalappan to pass on his teachings on

DharshanathAthparyam and yogarahasyam to Yamunai Thiraivar. He then went into

his Yoga again.

 

Once again the king with all his parivars came for hunting and Nadhamunigal's

daughter came reporting that "Two men with bow and arrow along with a women and

a monkey came in search of you to our house and

asked "Where is Nadhamuni?" On hearing this, sriman Nadhamunigal immediately

came to a conclusion that they should be none other than Sri Ramapiran along

with PirAtti, Elaya PerumAl and Iyndhuvyakaranapandithan (Hanuman) as per the

verses Akradha pralaya: Rama: Seetha madhyesumadyamA – Prushtadhashtuta

nushpAnir LakshmanO anujakAmahO. Having this in mind, Nadhamunigal

immediately started in the direction of Rama Parivaar's path. He kept asking

the people he met on the way for the whereabouts of the persons described

above. Their reply was also positive, stating that, they indeed saw the

described persons going in the same path. Thereby Nadhamunigal followed the

path and reached the border of Gangaikondacholapuram, but was unable to find

the Rama parivAr. Notwithstanding the loss, he lost his self and started

weeping. Due to this great sorrow he attained paramapadam. "Paranthu

Vaishnavam lOkam nithyAnandham sukAvaham - thathrasam vAhinEn divyAm virajAm

vEda sambhavAm - sarvE vEdamayAs subA: aprAkrthamayAnithyA:

punarAvruththivarjithA: EkAnthinassadhA brahma dyAninOyOginOhiye, deshAnthath

paramam stAnam yadvai pashyanthi soorayaha:" Such was the lOkA attained by

sriman Nadhamunigal.(The great Sri Vaikuntam). Sita PirAtti, after being

separated from Sri Ramapiran stayed in Ashokavanam for almost ten months. But

sriman Nadhamunigal, even before seeing and enjoying, left his life, not

withstanding the misery of separation from Sri Ramapiran. Uyyakondar,

KurugaiKavalappan and Ishwara Muni came to know of the news that their acharyan

had reached the lotus feet of emperuman and hence immediately rushed to the spot

to see the sarama thirumEni (mortal remains) of sriman Nadhamunigal. They were

embedded in deep sorrow, when they saw their acharya's sarama thirumeni, but

slowly recovered from the shock by consoling themselves. Finally the sarama

kainkaryam, along with Brahma mEdha samskAram was done by sri Ishwara Muni and

then Nadhamunigal's mortal remains were laid to peace.(Pallipaduthudal). Then

they went back to Veeranarayana puram and completed the other jobs which have

to be done. Kurugai KAvalappan started his yoga in a place very near to where

Sriman Nadhamunigal used to generally stay in yogam.

 

Sriman Nadhamunigal's thirunakshathram (Birth Star) - Aani Anusham.

 

Thaniyan-

 

"VyOmnaha parasthathsavidham samEdha lakshmyA niyOgathgurukAdhirAja:

Samanthara rAthnan thvaya mAhayasmai nAdhaya thasmai munayE namOstu"

 

End of Sriman Nadhamunigal Vaibhavam

Sriman Nadhamunigal thiruvadigalE saraNam

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen,

Varadarajan Ramanuja Dasan

Sumithra Ramanuja Dasyai

 

 

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