Thirukkolur Ammal Varththaigal - 58

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Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Thirukkolur Ammal Varththaigal (Thirukkolur Penpillai Rahasyam) 58. nil enRu peRREnO idaiyARRUr nambiyaip pOlE In our sampradhayam, the anticipation of the devotees to experience the Lord is greatly praised. Nammazhvar in his thiruvaymozhi pasuram 7-10-4says "kaNNapirAn than malaradip pOdhugaLE eppOdhum manaththu Ingu ninaigap peRa vAykkum kol". We also see the great anticipation thatAkrura showed on his way to meet Krishna. There is an event relatedto this that is shown in Idu vyakhyanam.At Srirangam, the Lord enjoys four brahmotsavams each year. A devoteefrom Idaiyatrukudi called idaiyARRUr nambi would come to every utsavamon the first day itself (angurArppaNam) and attend till the last day.Once he returned home, he would keep thinking of nothing but theutsavam. This was both his

sustenance and pleasure. If someone toldhim that it was time to eat, he would ask in reply whether the nextutsavam has neared.When he became 100 years old, due to old age, he lost his strength.During one brahmotsavam, he was unable to go to Srirangam on the firstday itself. As such, he made it there only on the sixth day. Meanwhile,seeing that His devotee was not there on day one, Namperumal wondered"Idaiyatru Nambi has not made it to the first day of our utsavam".Seeing him on the sixth day, Nameprumal became very happy and told him"I would like to give you a boon". Nambi did not ask Him anything.Instead he mentioned "Through the body You gave me, I worshipped forthese many years. Now that old age has come, this body is no longercapable of travel". Namperumal replied "From now on, stay here itself"(just as he had told Ramanuja to stay at Srirangam - "atraiva srIrangesukhamAsva"). And as Namperumal reached the

next street in procession,Nambi left this world and reached His divine abode.Thirukkolur Ammal is asking "Did I worship Him and think about nothingelse like Idaiyatru Nambi did and was told by Namperumal to stay atHis place?" Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsanhttp://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/ThirukkolurammalVarththaigal/

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