Thirukkolur Ammal Varththaigal 81 - Concluded

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

81. thurai ve:ru seydhe:no: pagavaraip po:le:

 

In Thiruvayindrapuram lived a Srivaishnava called Villipuththur Bagavar. When he

went to the river to perform his daily anushatanams, he would always go to a

different part of the river and not to the place where most others would go.

 

One time the Brahmins who were in their area of the river asked Bagavar " O!

Swami. Why do you not perform your anushatanams in our place? " Bagavar replied

" We are Srivaishnavas that follow Swami Ramanuja. We perform these

nityanushatanams only as a service to Sriman Narayana. You are brahmins that

follow varna:shrama dharma. You perform the nityanushtanams as part of your

varna. Therefore, the two of us cannot mix " . Bagavar was either a brahmin who

had understood the true nature of the soul or was a sanyasi.

 

Thirukkolur Ammal is asking " Did I understand the greatness of service and

separate from those who follow only the dharma anushatana? "

 

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