Guest guest Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 naDuvil thiruvEdhi bhaTTAr- pin-pazhagarAm perumAL jEyar-swAmi nam-piLLai. Continuing on the consultation from a srEaishNavite of how his AchAryan would interprert a particular point, let us dwell into an incident among three great souls. Perhpas, this may not strictly fall within the parameters of magnanimity but whenever I read this, it is very moving . naDuvil thiruvEdhi bhaTTAr was a third generation descendant of Sri kUrathAzhwAn. Sri nam-piLLai was sparkling in his kainkaryam during the same period. The fame and name Sri nam-piLLai got from His greatness of knowledge and character did not attracrt Sri naDuvil thiruvEdhip piLLai perhpas due to his august lineage. He was holding a royal office in the kingdom. One day he was proceeding to the royal durbAr when pin-pazhagiarAm perumAL jEyar was coming across. He asked him to join him. Considring the divine lineage Sri pin-pazhagiyarAm perumAL jEyar joined him. The king on seeing them gave due respects and asked a question " If Sri RamA had led a life of a perfect human being and did not display Godly quaities , then how could He have blessed jatAyU to -gacha lOkAnanuthamAn"--and for this nothing occurred to naduvil thiruvEdhi bhaTTar. Meanwhile, the king had to attend to some other work.This gave opportunity for consultation. He consulted pin-pazhagiyarAm perumAL jEyar "jEyA, piLLai periya vudaiyArukku mOksham koduthadhai eppadi nirvahippAr?" --jEyA, How would nampiLLai interpret this cohesively? was his question. Pat came the reply "sathyEana lOkAn jeyathi" enRu nirvahippAr. He will determine this with the help of this slOkam. Sri rAmA by following the path of truth reigns all the worlds and with this power he bestows this blessing to periya vuDaiyAr. The king on hearing this highly commended and appreciated and presented him with gifts of clothes,jewels and money. Tears rolled from the eyes of naduvil thiruvEdhi bhaTTar. He rquested jEyar to lead him to nam-piLLai and surrendred not only the gifts but himself at his feet. He said these are the gifts i got for a fraction of your words. YOu should accept me in your ghOsthi was his reply. 'nithya samsAriyAiyAna rAjA dhEvarErudaiya dhivya sUkthiyilEa sindhina sollukku thORRuk kodutha kodai idhu;..dhEvarEr thiruvadigaLai izhandhadhu mAthramanRikkEa asUyai paNNith thirindha ivvAthmAvai dhEvarErukku samarpikkalAvadhu vEAREA eankku oru kai mudhal illai. AgaiyAlEa adiyEanai avasyam angEgarikka vEANum" enRu kaNNum kaNNErumAi koNdu piLLai thiruvadigaLilEa sEavithuk kidakka, piLLaiyum bhaTTarai vAri aNaithuk koNdu vishEsha kaDaksham seidharuLi, tham thiruvuLLathil thEangik kidandha artha vishEshangaLai ellAm onRu vidAmal ellAm ivarkku prasAdhitharuLinAr. "Not just realising that i have all along was missing your feet, I had been envious. Saying this with tears rolling down his eyes, Sri naduvil thiruvEdhip piLLai fell at the feet of Sri nampiLLai who embraced him and blessed him with all the rahasyams. The greatness of naduvil thiruvEdhip piLLai on three counts. 1. consulting nampiLLai's disciple without ego. 2. On getting the gifts straghtaway went and submitting it to nampiLLai and 3. Finally surrendering totally to him-confessing all his doings/undoings. The greatness of pinpazhagarAm perumAL jEyar i. accomapnaying naduvil thiruvEdhip piLLai giving respect to the lineage. ii. Without hesitating clarifying the doubts from the vast resources Sri nampiLLai had granted him The greatness of swAmi nam-piLLai Accepting Sri naduvil thiruvEdhip piLLai without hesitation and inhibition. Teaching him all artha vishEsham. If we read all the above in the backdrop of the contemporary world of cds/cassettes/ patents and copy rights, the gretness of heart and broadness of mind will sparkle like the lamp on a hill dAsan vanamamalai padmanabhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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