GPP-24(Sri IlaiyAzhwAr Vaibhavam-11)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

 

Sri Vara Vara munaye Namaha

 

 

 

Dear bhagavatas,

 

 

 

This series of translation of “ArAyira padi guru paramparA prabhavam” to know

about the life history of our poorvacharyas has been discontinued for quite

sometime due to the difficulty in translating the very tough part of Sri

Alavandaar’s thiruppallipaduththal. We have requested help from some scholars

for the same. Since it is taking time we will now proceed to continue with rest

of the translation reserving the thiruppallipaduththal part for a later time.

>From this posting we will continue to enjoy the divine happenings in the life of

our beloved acharya Sri elaiyAzhvar (EmperumAnAr)

 

 

 

Sri ILaiyAzhwAr Vaibhavam-11 (ElaiyAzhvar becomes the disciple of Periya

nambi)

 

 

 

After Alavandaar attained the divine feet of emperuman, the kingdom of

Srivaishnavism remind barren like a kingdom without a king. So the disciples of

alavandaar along with Periya nambigal organized a meeting to decide who will

follow alavandaar to uplift the divine srivaishnava sampradayam. While everyone

were in the thought of selecting the next acharya to the darshanam, Periya

nambigal got to their notice, alavandaar’s special grace on elaiyAzhvar and the

incident how the fingers of alavandaar unfolded hearing the commitments of

elaiyAzhvar. With deep belief in alavandaar, the disciples decided to make

elaiyazhvar as the next pravarthakAcharya (acharya to spread the philosophy to

one and all) and requested Periya nambigal to go and visit elaiyazhvar and train

him in a suitable way to adorn the post of pravarthakAcharya.

 

 

 

Periya Nambigal along with his family went to the divine sannadhi of Namperumal

and requested for permission to leave to perumal koil. Getting the permission

from namperumal nambigal proceeded towards perumal koil. Due to divine ishwara

sankalpam on the way, in madhurAnthakam, A-rikAththa rAmar koil nambigal and

elaiyazhvar happened to meet each other. Here in perumal koil elaiyazhvar, as

per the words of pErarulAlan through thirukkachchi nambigal decided to become

the disciple of Periya nambi, got the permission of pErarulAlan prostrated

perumal and thirukkachchi nambigal and proceeded towards koil (srirangam) to get

the divine grace of Periya nambi. On the way, to the great surprise of both

elaiyazhvar and Periya nambigal both of them met in the Ari kAththa rAmar

sannadhi. Amazed to have the darshan of Periya nambi on the way elaiyazhvar

fell to his feet, happy to have attained the result even before reaching the

place he proceeded to. Periya nambigal was also very happy and

thankful to perumal and his acharya for fulfilling his wishes so soon and hence

lifted elaiyAzhvar with great joy. ElaiyAzhvar requested nambigal to show him

the right path by doing hithopadhesam (teaching him the good) and thereby saving

him. Periya nambigal wanted to do the same in hasthigiri since that place has

its own speciality and has been highly regarded as, “asthi hasthigirir nAma

thatra sailavarO mahAn I vidhAthrApyarchithO vishnus thasya sailasya moordhani I

punyakOtithi vikyAtham vimAnam punya varthanam II”

 

 

 

But elaiyazhvar remembering the sad incident of loosing the darshan of

alavandaar due to delay in time and also recollecting nammazhvar’s paasuram

“minnin nilaiyila” didn’t want any delay and hence requested nambigal to do the

respective upadesam immediately at that very place. Pleased with the deep

interest of the disciple Periya nambigal accepted and with great happiness

lifted elaiyAzhvar’s hand and seated him under the magizha tree inside the

temple premises.

 

 

 

In the next posting we will see how Periya nambigal did panchasamskarams to

elaiyazhvar.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

Adiyen,

 

Varadarajan Ramanuja dAsan

 

Sumithra Ramanuja dAsee