Thirukkolur Ammal Varththaigal - 37

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Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Thirukkolur Ammal Varththaigal (Thirukkolur Penpillai Rahasyam) 37. avan uraikkap peRREnO thirukkachchiyAr pOlE Sri Kanchi Purna (Thirukkachchi Nambigal)'s name was Gajendra Dasa. Hewas born in a family of merchants. His father once gave him a large sumof money and asked him to invest it and grow it. Nambigal spent it all in the service of the Lord and His devotees. After a couple of years,his father asked him about the money and where he had invested it.Nambigal said that he had invested it in the divine abode of the Lord.His father became angry with him and so Nambigal left his household andwent to Srirangam, where he began to do service at the divine feet ofhis acharya Swami Alavandar. Later, per his acharya's order, he returned to Kanchi and started doing fan service to Sri

VaradarajaPerumal. When the two were alone, Sri Varadaraja would some times talkto him.At that time, Ramanuja who was known as Ilaiyazhvar at that time, wasresiding in Kanchi as well. He wanted to become Nambigal's disciplebut Nambigal did not accept it stating that as a a Vaisya he could notaccept Ilaiyazhvar who was a brahmin as his disciple. Ramanuja thenasked Nambigal if he could ask Varadaraja about the questions in hismind. Nambigal agreed and that night placed Ramanuja's request to theLord.Varadaraja gave six answers to Nambigal and told him that those wouldanswer the questions in Ramanuja's mind. The six replies were:Sriman Narayana is supremeThe jIvAtma is different from the paramAtmaComplete surrender is the means to salvationMoksham will be attained by one who has surrendered at the end of his birthFor one who has surrendered, remembrance of the Lord at his deathbed

is not necessaryRamanuja shiuld take refuge with Maha Purna (Periya Nambigal) and take him as his acharyaThirukkolur Ammal is asking "Did I have the fortune of conversing withthe Lord like Thirukkachchi Nambigal did?"Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsanhttp://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/ThirukkolurammalVarththaigal/

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