Bhagavad Ramanuja Vaibhavam- 1.46- Mahaa PoorNar- Periya Nambi..

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Let us enjoy some more on Sri Mahaa poornar- Swami Periya Nambi- Acharyan of

Bhagavad Ramanuja)

 

Paraman has granted the body and its associated characteristics to all Jivas, so

that they could perform Prapatti as a sure means of salvation to get rid of all

their sins committed from time immemorial and to attain the bliss of His divine

communion. The Jivas will therefore have to choose Sriranganatha as their sole

saviour (para-tattvam) and should

seek refuge at His feet to elevate themselves spiritually.

 

Srivaishnava sampradayam through its great acharyas like Sri Shatakopar, Sriman

Nathamuni, Sri Yamunacharya has preached the essence of tattvams so as to enable

every layman to exalt himself into the divine abode. Many people ennobled

themselves by following the path of Prapatti and seeking refuge at the feet of

the divine couple. During this time, atheists and adverse philosophers

interpreted the Vedic passages incorrectly and satsampradayam started fading

out. Pseudo philosophers

(pashandi-s) began flourishing while the divine glories, auspicious attributes

and divine form of the Lord began to get masked. Periya Perumal on seeing this

decided to rectify this immorality and decided that it was only Ramanuja who had

the capacity to re-establish the supremacy of Srivaishnava sampradayam. He

therefore sent word through His archaka to Periyanambi to be present in His

service immediately.

 

Thirukkacchi nampi was a key disciple of AaLavandhAr. He was doing fan service

to Lord VaradarAjan at Kaanchi and the Lord of Kaanchi broke His archA samAdhi

(silence) to speak to Thirukkacchi Nampi during those Thiruvaalavatta Kaimkaryam

sessions. RaamAnujA admired Thirukkacchi Nampi for his access to the Lord and

asked Nampi to get answers

from the Lord Himself for questions that were troubling him .

 

Nampi agreed to present those questions to Lord Varadarajan .

The Lord's answer to RaamAnujA's questions are known as

the six statements referred to below:

 

(1) ahamEva parathvam. We, Sriman Narayanan the supreme One (Parathvam).

(2) darsanam bhEdhameva cha Our darsanam is BhEdham.

(3) Prapatthi is THE MEANS for Moksham.

(4) Moksham will be gained at the time of shedding of the mortal coils for a

Prapannan.

(5). Anthima Smruthi( Thoughts on the Lord during the last moments of life ) is

not essential for the One , who has performed Prapatthi.

(6) Take refuge at the feet of Periya Nambi as AchAryan

 

RaamAnujA was thrilled to hear the instructions from the Lord Himself and

hastened to meet Periya Nambi living at Srirangam.

 

Periyanambi, who reported immediately, was ordained thus “You shall preach all

the vedantha shastrartha-s (esoterics of vedanta) to Ramanuja, that were

elucidated by Alavandar and prepare him as an instrument to embellish and

fortify our siddhantamâ€.

 

Periyanambi out of compassion decided that he would go to Kanchipuram in person

to meet Ramanuja and to execute the inclination of the Lord, instead of Ramanuja

having to come to Arangam. He set out to Kanchipuram on his mission and reached

Madhurantakam on the way.

 

Both RaamAnujA and Periya Nampi met each other half way at MadhurAnthakam .

Periya nampi initiated RaamAnujA into Sri VishNavite fold through

PanchasamskAram and manthra upadEsams.

Acharyan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan