Pushpa, ThyAga, BhOga ....12

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After his kaimkaryam to Thayar and Perumal, Thirukkachi Nambigal came to

Ramanujar’s house late in the afternoon, and had lunch. Unfortunately, Ramanujar

was not at home. By the time Ramanujar reached home, he saw that the house was

being cleaned with water, and his wife cooking new food for him. After hearing

that Thirukkachi Nambigal had come home and had lunch, he asked for the left

over food of Nambigal. Ramanujar’s wife was very narrow minded and struck with

varnashrama dharma. Hence she had thrown off the food cooked for Thirukkachi

Nambigal. Ramanujar got really upset by this kind of treatment by his wife.

 

Known as Varadan, who grants all the varams to bhaktas, He was not able to

fulfill two wishes of Swami Ramanujar, one to have Thirukkachi Nambigal as his

AchArya, and the second to eat the left over of food eaten by Nambigal. What did

Varadan have in store for Swami Ramanujar?

 

Ramanujar had some clarifications, and hence approached Thirukkachi Nambigal to

help him in getting the answers from DevAdhirAjan. After the visiri kaimkaryam,

Thirukkachi Nambigal was standing in front of Varadan. Our PoorvAchAryAs are

known for vairAgyam. At any point of time, they have never stood even before

Perumal and asked something. Thirukkachi Nambigal was also like that. Varadan

was able to understand what Nambigal really wanted. At this juncture, he did

second thyAgam. The first thyAgam was to descend from Paramapadam to fulfil the

wish of Brahma. More than that, now he came out of His ArchA samAdhi to give 6

most profound and very valuable statements for not just Swami Ramanujar, but for

the entire samsaric world. He decided that Ramanujar was the one who could

uplift the atmAs suffering in samsara. Here are those very important statements,

 

ahamEva param tattvam (I am the Supreme truth)

darshanam bhEdaEvaca (Difference between Supreme beings and souls is the

underlying truth, which is Visishtadvaita. This is the most fundamental concept

in our sampradAyam. Swami Ramanujar clearly highlited the difference in cit,

acit and IshwarA from vEdAs.)

upAyeshu prapattisyAt ( SaranAgati is the best means for Moksham)

anthima smruti varjanam (No need for final thoughts on me after surrending to

me completely)

sharIrAvasAnE mukthisyAt (After performing surrender to me, the soul will

reach the state of mOksha after shedding off this body in this birth)

PoornAchArya samAshraya: (Asked Swami Ramanujar to get initiated into our

sampradAyam through Periya Nambigal)

 

What was the third thyAgam done by DEvadhirAjan, which was also very crucial for

our sampradAyam? Let us look at the answer for this question in next posting.

 

aDiyEn,

 

ramanan