GPP-26(Sri IlaiyAzhwAr Vaibhavam-13)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

 

Sri Vara Vara munaye Namaha

 

 

 

Sri ILaiyAzhwAr Vaibhavam-13

 

 

 

Elaiyazhvar and Periya nambigal reached perumal koil, when thirukkachchi

nambigal welcomed them and prostrated Periya nambi. Periya nambi blessed

thirukkachchi nambi and with his purushakaram (recommendation) went to have the

darshan of “ulagamEththum Azhiyan aththiyoorAn” perarulAlan. Similar to

manakkal nambi doing upadesam to alavandaar the divine arthas which were passed

on to him from nathamunigal via uyyakondar and submitting him to the divine feet

of Periya perumal now Periya nambigal also fell to the feet of perarulAlan after

fulfilling the wishes of alavandaar after many obstacles.

 

 

 

Then Periya nambigal accompanied elaiyazhvar to his house. Elaiyazhvar made

arrangements for nambigal to stay in the first floor of the house and also

submitted the required things for nambigal to lead his life. Nambi stayed as

per the wish of elaiyazhvar in his house for six months and thought elaiyazhvar

the dravida veda prabhandams and darshana vishaya rahasya vishEshangal.

Elaiyazhvar was deeply enjoying his time in the shadow of the acharya when one

day, one srivaishnava who came to do service to elaiyazhvar (massage oil to his

hair) requested for some food. Immediately elaiyazhvar asked his wife if there

was some left over food in the house. Elaiyazhvar’s wife said that there was

absolutely no food in the house. Elaiyazhvar sent her out on a different errand

and then searched through the kitchen. He was amazed to find lot of food left

over there. Immediately he called his wife and with great anger said, “why did

you say there was no food? You have refused to give food

for a starving srivaishnava. ‘edumbaiyAl adarpuNdu eduminO tuttrendru

erandhavarkku elaliyE endru nenunsollAl maruththa neesaiyirE nee’ (you are a

cheap person who refused food for a person who was suffering from hunger and who

asked for a little food to satisfy his hunger)”. Another day there happened to

be a fight between elaiyAzhvar’s wife and Periya nambigal’s wife on a simple

issue of drawing water from the well. Coming to know about the incident Periya

nambigal without informing elaiyazhvar left to Srirangam (koil).

 

 

 

ElaiyAzhvar finished his anushtanams and came to prostrate Periya nambigal. He

was surprised to not find his acharya over there. He asked the people around,

“where is nambigal?” They replied that he has gone back to Periya koil.

Surprised to hear the same elaiyazhvar asked, “How is that possible? Why did he

leave without even telling me?” They replied, “A fight occurred between the two

wives for a simple matter of drawing water from the well. Coming to know of

this Periya nambigal scolded his wife and fearing for any further bhagavata

abhacharam immediately left to koil.

 

 

 

Hearing this elaiyAzhvar got very angry with his wife and said, “You have proved

the saying, “pApAnAmAkarastriyaha” to be true. Earlier you did bhagavata

apacharam with thirukkachchi nambigal and the srivaishnava. Now you have done

asahyAbhachAram fighting with the acharya’s wife. So now you leave back to your

parent’s house”. In this manner elaiyazhvar sent his wife back to her parent’s

house along with the required wealth for her sustenance, the rest of the life.

 

 

 

We will see how elaiyAzhvar entered into the sanyAsAsramam in the next posting.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

Adiyen,

 

Varadarajan Ramanuja Dasan

 

Sumithra Ramanuja DAsee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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