Thirukkolur Ammal Varththaigal - 0

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srI:

srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:

thirukkOLUrammAL vArththaigaL

(thirukkOLUr peNpiLLai rahasyam)

One time Swami Ramanujar was going to Thirukkolur. In the outskirts of

the divyadesam, a lady came and bowed to him. Swami asked her "From

where are you coming?" She replied that she was coming out of

Thirukkolur. Upon hearing it, Ramanujar said "Sharing one person's

cloth between seven people and eating anything (that is, struggling),

everyone tries to enter Thirukkolur, as mentioned by Azhvar - 'thiNNam

en iLamAn pugum Ur thirukkOLUrE'. How is it that for you it is a place

to leave?" The lady replied "adiyEN nAyanthE-nAyanthE!" and gave the

81 statements called Thirukkolur Ammal Varththaigal.

She then said "If I had the same knowledge as of those mentioned in

the 81 statements, then I could stay in Thirukkolur. I do not possess

such a knowledge. Does it matter if a rabbit's droppings were in

the field or on the side?" She then added "If you were to visit

Thirukkolur then all the festivals of Vaiththamanidhi Perumal and

Madhurakavi Azhvar would occur grandly".

Hearing her words, Ramanujar was pleased and visited the lady's home,

asked her to cook a meal and ate it (normally this would not be done

by a sanyasi) and gave her prasadam and divine water.

This was mentioned by Periya Vanamamalai Jeeyar having heard it from

Thiruvaymozhippillai.

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/ThirukkolurammalVarththaigal/

 

 

 

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