Thondaradippodi AzhwAr Thirunkashthram -Today- Jan 6th (Margazhi kEttai)

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya Namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

Jan 6th (Maargazhi maasam, Kettai star) is

ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr Thirunakshathram. He is the

AzhwAr who considered himself as the dust at the

feet of Bhagawathas, and called himself so.

 

AzhwArs are those who have immersed themselves in

Bhagavath anubhavam and bhakti towards Sriya: Pathi

Sriman Narayanan, the unsurpassed and Supreme Lord.

There is also a reference in srimad Bhagawatham about

AzhwArs’ births:

 

kalau khalu bhavishyanthi nArAaNa parAyaNah:

kvachin kvachin mahAbhAgA drAmidEshu cha bhUrisa:

thAmaraparaNi nadhI yatra kruthamAlA payasvinI

kAvErI cha mahAbhAgA pratIcI cha mahAnadhI

 

(meaning: In the beginning of Kaliyuga persons

" exclusively " devoted to Sriman Narayanan and endowed

with spiritual knowledge will be born here and there

in the land of dravidas where flow the rivers

ThamaraparaNi, Kruthamala (Vaigai), Payasvini

(PaalaaRu) Cauveri, and Mahanadhi (PeriyaaRu).

 

NammAzhwAr, MadhurakaviAzhwAr were born in the banks

of ThamaraparaNi; PeriyAzhwAr and AndAL close to

Vaigai; Poygai, PuthathAzhwAr and PeyAzhwAr and

ThirumazhisaiPiraan near PaalaaRu;

ThoNdaradippodiAzhwAr, ThirumangaiAzhwAr on the banks

of Cauveri.

 

Let us pay our obeisance to ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr

(also called BhakthAngrirENu)

 

ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr, composed two works:

 

1. ThiruppaLLiyezhucchi (10 verses) and 2. Thirummalai

(45 verses)

 

Thiruppalliyezhucchi is almost a great multimedia

presentation of waking up the Lord of Srirangam, who

is having His YoganithrA; The rising Sun, the gentle

breeze, the fragrance of the flowers, the movement of

birds, the bees humming, etc are greatly described by

AzhwAr.

 

In Thirumaalai, the necessity to recite the Divya

naamams (divine names) of The Lord Ranaganathan to

remove the sins, and the greatest importance of

kaimkaryam to Bhagawaan and more importantly His

devotees, irrespective of their caste.

 

ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE saraNam

Regards

namo Narayana

adiyaarkku adiyaan- narayana dAsan madhavakkannan