thiruakkachinambigal history

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Srimate Ramanujaya Namaha

 

if anyone could write about the history

of thirukkachinambigal.

 

 

Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam

 

 

thanking you

 

 

 

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SrI:

SrImathE rAmAnujAya namah:

Dear Sri KaNNan,

 

Here is what adiyEn had written few years ago, and supplemented

about Thirukkacchi Nambhi..

 

Tirukkachi NambigaL, who had the greatest special blessed privilege

of conversing with Sri Varadaraja PerumAL Himself. He was blessed

with this extraordinary privilege for performing the Thiruvaalavatta

(fanning) kaimkaryam to PerumAL with utmost bhakti and involvement.

In fact, NambhigaL (KaanchipoorNar) was born to Sri vaishnava

Vaisiya (Chettiar) kula Sri Veeraraghava Chettiar and Kamalai at

Poovirundhavalli. Though his parents were quite wealthy and were

successful businessmen, NambhigaL had his mind only on Bhagawath,

BhAgawatha kaimkaryam.

 

He became a sishya of Sri YamunAcharyar (Sri Alavandhar) along with

other sishyas namely, Periya Nambhi (Sri mahApoorNar),

ThirukkOttiyoor Nambhi, and others. Sri Alavandhar named NambhigaL

as pEraruLaaLa dAsar, while Sri Varadaraja PerumAL (PeraruLALan)

Himself named him as GajEndra dAsar. NambhigaL is the one who showed

Ramaujar to Alavandhar from afar at Kanchipuram Sri

VaradarajaperumAL temple. Ramanuja, after breaking up from

Yadavaprakasar, (when he was doing theertha kaimkaryam at Varadaraja

PerumAL Koil) approached Thirukkaccchi nambhigaL and learnt

tatvaartham from him. Thirukkacchinambhi is the one who asked (on

request from RamanujA) Sri Varadaraja PerumAL and obtained from Lord

Varadaraja the famous ' Six Words ' and passed them on to RamanujA.

 

The six words are: (as told by Lord Varadarja Himself to NambhigaL)

 

1 ahamEva Parathvam. I- "Lord Narayana" is the Paramatma.

2 dharsnam bhEda Eva cha. :Individual souls are different from

Paramatma.

3 upAyEshu prapatthisyAth- Prapatti (SaranAgathy- Complete

Surrender) is the means to attain mOksham.

4 antima smruthi varjanam- Last remembrance of the Lord on the death

bed is NOT necessary.

5 DhEhaavasaanE mukthisyAth- mOksham can be obtained the moment one

(prapannan) lays off the present mortal body

6 PoorNaachaarya smaashrayam- MahApoorNar (Periya Nambhi) is the

AchAryan for RamanujA, under whom RamanujA should take refuge.

 

Thus, Thirukkacchi became most important Sri Vaishnava link for ALL

OF Us. Though he was born in Vaisya kulam, he was great Srivaishnava

and bhAgwathA and he was greatly revered by YathirAjar.

 

I have read that PerumAL (Varadan) gave Thirukkacchi NambhigaL some

words upon Nambhi's request for tatvaartham from Him. They are:

 

1. Only by AchAryan's kattaksham, the disease of births and deaths

will get cured.

2. BhAgawtha sEshathvam is more enjoyed by the Lord than Bhagawath

sEshathvam. Serving Srivaishnavas and devotees of Sriman Narayanan

is more pleasing to the Lord than serving Him. (PeriyAzhwAr has

mentioned that Srivaishnavas of ThirukkOttiyoor can even sell AzhwAr

for their use./ living) (Lord Rama was quite fond of Shathrugnan out

of three brothers.

3. The Lord can NOT forgive and tolerate apacharam to BhAgawathAs,

and treating His devotees based on their caste, colour, welath,

Gothram etc..

 

Last day, PerumAl Himself offered NambhigAl Theertham and SadagOpam

and took him to Paramapadham. NambhigaL lived for 55 years and

remained a bachelor. NambhigaL composed Devaraja ashtakam, on

Devaraja PerumAl (pEraruLALan).

 

Sri Mani Varadarajan adds:

 

In the "periya thirumudi adaivu", a compendium of information

on selected acharyas dating from the 15th century, there is a

description of Tirukkacci Nambi which corresponds for the most

part to what you have written. While the periya thirumudi adaivu

has suffered over the years from interpolation and the like,

it is on the whole reliable. Here is what it has to say

about this mahAnubhAvar:

 

Tirukkacci Nambi, considered an 'amsa' of Sabari,

was born in Poovirundhavalli, also known as Dharmapuri,

located in the eastern part of 'PerumaaL Koyil'

(Kanchipuram Varadaraja Swami temple) in Thondai

Mandalam.

 

He was born in the year "SobhakRt", in the month of

"maasi" under the "mRgaSirA" constellation, into

a family of the "fourth" caste. His holy names

include Tirukkacci Nambi and Sri Kanci Purna [both

of these mean the same]. He lived in PerumaaL

Koyil and his daily worship (tiruvArAdhanam) was

to 'Perarulalan PerumaaL' (Varadarajan). His

acharya was Mahapurna (Periya Nambi).

 

His served the Lord by offering the divine

fan (thiruvaalavattam) to Lord Varadaraja. He

composed the Varadaraja Ashtakam, and was part

of Lord Varadaraja's inner circle, a close confidant.

He was the one who set Sri Ramanuja on the right

path.

 

Acharyan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayanan

dAsan

 

 

 

 

ramanuja, "kannan T. S." <iswaryakannan

wrote:

>

> Srimate Ramanujaya Namaha

>

> if anyone could write about the history

> of thirukkachinambigal.

>

>

> Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam

>

>

> thanking you

>

>

>

> _________

> NEW - 360 – Your one place to blog, create, publish and

share! http://uk.360.

>