Swami Nammazhwar's Glories... - 7 - Embaar (Ramanuja's cousin) was transformed because of Thiruvaaymozhi..

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SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

 

Let us continue to enjoy Swami Nammazhwar's glories.

 

bhakthAmrutham visva-janAnumOdhanam

SarvArTadham SrI SaThakOpa Vaangmayam

Sahsra saakhOpanishad samAgamam

namAmyaham DhrAvida vEda saagaram "

 

" adiyEn salutes that Ocean of Tamil Vedam , who

blessed us with the dhivya prabhandham revered as

ThiruvAimozhi, which is like the nectar to BhakthAs of

SrIman NaarAyana and is welcomed and relished by all ;

it houses all the esoteric meanings of the three

rahasyams , and is inertwined tightly with the

thousand upanishads. adiyEn prostrates before those

auspicious utterances of SrI SaThakOpan , the

veritable ocean of Tamizh Vedams " .

 

Embaar was a cousin of Sri Ramanujar.

 

His name was Govinda. He studied under Yadava prakasa

along with Ramanuja. It is Govindhar who rescued

Ramanuja from the plot- the Guru Yadavaprakasa hatched

to kill Ramanuja. Subsequently, as he was taking bath

in a river, a Sivalinga (an icon in the phallic form

of Siva) mysteriously landed on his palm. He became a

Saivite for a while and stayed at kaaLahasthi praying

and offering puja to that lingam…

 

Yadhavava Prakashar and the disciples return after the

Kashi pilgrimage and are shocked to see Ramanujar

still alive in the temple.

 

Ramanujar without disclosing anything said that he

felt good to see him again. And enquired as to where

his cousin Govindan was.

 

Yadhava Prakasha replied not to worry. He is fine. He

found a lingam in Kashi. On seeing that he has

converted himself to Saivism. He has settled in

kaaLahaSthi, under the name of " uLLangai koNarndha

naayanaar " ..

 

Later… on after Ramanuja was gaining more pupularoty

with increasing number of sishyas, he requested his

acharya –cum – maternal uncle, Tirumalai Nambi to

bring back the great devotee and the intelligent Boy

Govindha, who is also his another nephew as he is

stuck to Devathaantharam.. (a devotee of demi god).

 

Thirumalai nambhi along with his disciples went to

KaaLahasthi the sivasthalam and started delivering

upanyasams (discourses) next to where Govindha was

offering his prayers by pffering flowers to the Siva

linga. He started with the great epic Ramayana on

which Swamy Thirumalai Nambhi was quite well versed

(as Ramanuja himself had learnt Ramayana esoteric

concepts from Thirumalai Nambhi). No luck…

 

Then he started with Srimath Bhagawatham and then

continued on Gitaa.. Nothing helped.

 

Later on he commenced ShrI SaTakOpa’s Tamil Veda-

Thiruvaaymozhi.. Already Govindha was getting

transformed but did not give up… When the ThiNNan

veedu ten was started, there is a pAsuram, which says:

 

dhEvum epporuLum padaikkap poovil naanmukhanaip

padaittha devan

EMPERUMAANUKKALLAAL POOVUM POOSANAIYUM THAGUME?

 

A wonderful pAsuram! The One who created everything –

including all demi gods and all beings, sentient,

non-sentient- is Chathurmukha BrahmA (he is the one

who created even Sivan); and it is the Lord Sriya:

Pathi Sriman Narayanan – the Primordial Chief who as

the indweller enabled BrahmA to do so… Eseentially it

is VishNu who does it all..

 

That Chauthur mukha BrahmA is created on the lotus

flower from the Divine Navel of EmperumAn Sriman

Narayanan- Jagath Rakshakan; Sarva Swamin; akila

jagath swAmin… and the AzhwAr asks: The flowers and

Prayers (ArAdhanam)- can they be meant for someone

else? (They are meant only for Him- the Only One-

Unparalleled!)

 

Govindhar jumped down (as he was collecting flowers

for the linga pooja), “thagaathu; thagaathu.. – CAN

NOT….

 

He fell down at the feet of Thirumalai Nambhi… with

tears rolling down his cheeks and cried for saving him

to chenage him to be a Vaishnavite…

Rest is History.

 

That is the greatness of Thiruvaaymozhi

More morrow

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

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