Guest guest Posted December 4, 2001 Report Share Posted December 4, 2001 SrI: NamO NarayanA: Dear Sri Vaishnavas: AdiyEn would like to share a brief thought on the Divya Prabhandham - particularly on the Naalayiram. We all know there are different theories On arriving at the total of 4000 of the Azhwar's Sacred hymns. However, if Poorvachariyars have named it as Naalayira Divya Prabhandham, then there should be some meaning to it. In AdiyEn's view, the title Naalayiram May NOT refer to the number 4000. AdiyEn feels that Naalayiram could mean: 1. Nangaiyum aarayum [it is our general practice that we always ask " Naalu per " , or see " Naalu pakkam " .... In this context, Naalayiram could have been named to state that the Azhwar's Sri Sookthies have been penned - after a research on various aspects of defining Paramatma, Jivatma .... 2. Nangaiyum aarayum Another reason could be, as Azhwar's Sri Sookthies are also referred as Tamizh Marai, Naalayiram could mean that Nangu Vedhangalai Aarayum. It is a fact that Azhwars have given the meanings of 4 Vedas in Tamil and hence could be named as Naalayiram 3. Nangaiyum Aarayum AdiyEn also feels that since Azhwar's Sri Sookthies establishes Visistadvaitha - as against other Mathams at that time, this could also mean to say that Nangaiyum aaraindhu [meaning, after checking on other samayams]. We have the lives of Thirumazhisai Azhwar who has studied the other samayams and then established the supremacy of Visistadvaitha. Similarly, other Azhwars speak of Buddha, Samanam etc., in their paasurams. To sum this up, AdiyEn feels that the term " Naalayiram " vis-à-vis the title in Naalayira Divya Prabhandam may only mean that these great paasurams are here after a thorough research and to establish the supremacy of Sriya:Pathi Sriman Narayanan. AdiyEn would like to have feedback from Sri Vaishnavas and my humble apologies if there is any error in my views. dAsan Anand 4th December 2001 Srimad Azhagia Singar Thiruvadigale Saranam Shrimate Shri Seetha Ramachandra Parabrahmane Nama ___________ chant NAMO Narayana ___________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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