Unlocking the Values 8

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THIRUPPAVAI JEEYAR

 

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EmperumAnAr used to chant ThriuppAvai daily during unjurvarthi.

 

Once on the 18th pAsuram 'vundhu madhakaLiTRan' he knocked at the doors of Sri Periya Nambi and out came

his daughter 'athuzhAi'.

 

Seeing her, he fell at her feet completely.

 

Overawed, she askd Nambi why this has happened? Pat came the response from Nambi, that EmperumAnaR must have been chanting

 

'vundhu madhakaLiTran..' pAsuram.

 

This pAsuram talks of Nappinnai pirATTi and on seeing Nambi's daughter, EmperumAn mistook her for Nappinnai pirATTi, being immersed in 'ThiruppAvai' and fell at her feet.

 

This 'aidihyam' shows the deep involvemnt of Vudayavar and that is why the name

'ThiruppAvai JEyar'

 

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This also reflects our pUrvAchAryas involvement with soul, mind and actions when chanting pAsuram-s.

 

Sri Periya Nambi's resposne shows how well he had fathomed EmperumAnar's mind.

 

Great indeed.

 

 

This is from Sri PeriyavAchAn pILLai's vyAkyanam for ThiruppAvai.

 

 

kaNBARoa KeatPARoa!

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The great souls proficient and erudite in sruthi, smrithi, idhihAsam and vEdantham would not think even of seeing or hearing the other works which are contradictory to these.

 

Sri PeriyavAchAn piLLai mentions Sri kUrathAzvAn as one such great soul.

 

Here one incident (aidihyam) is referred to.

 

Once, Sri KUrathAzvAn heard some aviadhika people reading a book titled 'ishta siddhi'

and he listened to it for sometime and reached his place. His father questioned him for the delay and AzvAn told the fact. For this his father AzhvAr told ,"Will a person erudite in sruthi, smrithi, idhihAsam and vEdantham would think of seeing or hearing such things'

'kalai aRak kaTRa mAndhar, kANbaRoA! kEaTparOA! thAm?' ThirumAlai 7

 

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PeriyavAchAn piLLai vyAkyanam.

 

This incident points to the facts that our pUrvAchAryas had followed

AzvAr-s verses in words and spirit.

 

Further, this also reiterates that we are to concentrate only on authentic pramANAm-s and be indifferent towards others.

 

The aidihyam-s thus act as a beacon in the world of commentaries and helps us to understand the commenatries and text from a different perspective.

 

dasan

vanamamalai padmanabhan