Swami Nammazhwar's Glories... - 3- setthadhin vayiRRil siRiyadhu piRandhaal etthai thinRu yengE kidakkum? - if the little one born out of dead, what will it eat and where will it live?

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SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

 

Let us enjoy Swami Nammazhwar life today..

[From asmadhAcharyan His Holiness PaRavakkOttai

Andavan Swami’s tamil commentary on Yathiraja

Sapthathi- Translated into English by Sri CG Balaji

swami of Bangalore] Nammazhwar was born to a devout

couple by name Kaariyar and Udaya Nangai with the

divine anugraham of the Lord of Thirukkurungudi, on

the forty-sixth day of Kali yugam, which is around 9th

century CE, in the year of Pramadi, month of Vaikaasi,

Pournami, Friday in the constellation of Vishakha, as

the divine incarnation (amsham) of Sriman Narayanan

and Sri Vishwaksena Azhwan, the chieftain of the

Lord’s army, at a place called Thirukkurugur situated

in the land of Pandyas, on the banks of Tamraparni

river. Even after twelve days, the baby didn’t have

milk, didn’t cry, didn’t move and did not open its

eyes. It was then taken to the temple of Polindu NinRa

Piraan at Thirukkurugur and named as Maaran.

 

At the temple the baby crawled towards the tamarind

tree (Puliyamaram), which was considered as the amsham

of Adi Sheshan, and sat under the

tree in a yogic posture and started meditating which,

lasted for 16 continuous years without any food, water

or sleep. Vishwaksena Ahzwan then in ekaantham

(solitary environment) administered the sacraments of

Panchasmaskaram on Maaran and initiated him into the

manthrams and their esoteric meanings. Maran was known

as “Shathakopan” since he resisted the “shatha vayu”

or the binding wind that encompasses a newly born.

 

He also came to be known as “Vakulabharana” when he

accepted the garland of Magizhumpoo presented to him

by Polindu Ninra Piraan. With his powerful and

profound writings he subdued many other faiths and

philosophies and came to be known as “Parankusha” and

having born at Thirukkurugur, also came to be known as

“Thirukkurugaippiran”.

 

It is said that just as the name Rama always refers to

Sri Sita Rama, similarly the name Azhwar, though

twelve in number, always refers to Shathakopa. Lord

Krishna in his Geetha says “Vaasudevas sarvamithi

samahAthmA sudhurlaba: which means, “One who is

totally dedicated and surrendered to Vasudeva is very

rare to be found”. May be it is because of the reason

that the Lord during his incarnation as Lord Krishna

couldn’t see Nammazhwar who, throughout his life saw

Kannan or Lord Krishna, in whatever he ate or drank

and remained with his mind contemplating on the Lord

all the time.

 

Nammazhwar is also said to have lamented upon his

fate, for, had he born a few days earlier in dwapara

yugam then he would have had the bhagyam of seeing

Kannan directly during his manifestation on the Earth

as Lord Krishna.

 

Madhurakavi Azhwar, who incarnated in dwapara yugam

before Maaran, was touring the northern lands on a

pilgrimage. During this time at Ayodhya, when he

looked towards the southern direction and paid his

respects to the Lord there, he saw a strange

brilliance flashing in the sky. He followed that

brilliance and carried himself southward and finally

reached Thirukkurugur and saw the great luminary who

laid meditating under the tamarind tree. He clapped

his hands and Azhwar awoke from his yoga nidra hearing

the sound and opened his eyes and glanced at

Madhurakavi Azhwar. Madhurakavi Azhwar immediately

addressed Maaran with a question

 

setthathin vayiRRil siRiyadhu piRandhaal etthait

thinRu engE kidakkum ?

 

that is, “If a young one is born out of a dead one,

what will it eat (have) and where will it live?” If a

Jeevatma that is atomic in nature enters into a body

created due to the influence of a lifeless primordial

nature or prakruthi, then what will it experience and

where will it live? To this maaRan replied

 

atthai thinRu angE kidakkum..

 

that is, it shall have the same and there it shall

live”. That is, due to its association with the body,

it shall experience happiness and sorrow and shall

live there saying “inbutREn; vaadinEn”.

 

After hearing this, Madhurakavi Azhwar immediately

adopted Sri Nammazhwar as his acharya and prostrated

before him and requested Maaran to impart to him the

esoteric manthras. Maaran accepted his request and

after initiating him into the high truths, appointed

him as a scribe to record all his divine works.

 

Such Greatest AzhwAr, by being away and separated from

the Lord, born in this earthly world, longed to have a

darshan of Emperumaan Sriya: pathi. He suffered with

terrible pangs of love and languishing with a nAyikA

bhAvam, as Paraangusa nAyaki. Due to the grace of

Divya Dampati, He was blessed with growing Para

bhakti, ParajnAnam and Parama bhakthi, and was shown

the arcchiraadhi maargam too (refer 10.9), welcomed by

Nithya sUris.

 

After living for 35 years he wished to reach His abode

(and so did the Lord, too). Madhrakavi's eyes were

welled with tears and was immensely pleased and

excited when he saw his AchAryA became one with the

Lord and united with Him. Simultaneously, he was also

blessed with a swarNa vigrahA (Golden statute) of

nammazhwAr which he consecrated at the Tamarind tree.

He performed daily ArAdhanA to his AzhwAr and even

ignored the Lord Sriman nArAyaNana since then. (He

composed KaNNinun chiRutthaambhu” 11 verses on our

Kulapathi Swami NammAzhwAr about which we will enjoy

later.

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

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