Acharya vaibhavam - 50- SrI MahaapoorNar- also called as Periya nambhi - who indoctrinates Ramanuja!

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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

Let us continue to enjoy the acharya paramparai.

After Sriman Nathamuni, Sri Pundareekakshar [also

called as Uyyakkondaar], Sri Raamamisrar also called

as maNakkaal nambhi], Yamunamuni or Sri Alavandhaar,

comes Sri MahaapoorNar [Periya Nambhi] in our Acharya

parampara.

 

Swamy Desikan says in YathirAja Sapthathi sloka 9.

 

dAyA nighnam yatheendrasya dEsikam poorNamaasrayE |

yEna viswasrjO vishNO: apooryatha manOraTha: ||

 

I place myself at MahapoorNar (Periya Nambhi) whose

extreme daya enslaves him to itself (daya) (he

becoming an abject servant of Daya quality) who gave

us the Great Ramanuja, thereby making the hope of the

Prime creator realized.

 

[From asmadhAcharyan’s Tamil commentary of Swamy

Desikan’s YathirAja Sapthathi – translated into

English by Sri CG Balaji Swami]

 

He was born in the year Hevilambi in 998 CE in the

month of Margazhi and in the constellation of Kettai

nakshatram at Srirangam. He had six disciples.

 

ParamaathmA has granted the body and its associated

characteristics to all Jivas, so that they could

perform Prapatti as a sure means of salvation to get

rid of all their sins committed from time immemorial

and to attain the bliss of His divine communion. The

Jivas will therefore have to choose Sriranganatha as

their sole saviour (para-tattvam) and should seek

refuge at His feet to elevate themselves spiritually.

 

Srivaishnava sampradayam through its great acharyas

like Sri Shatakopar, Sriman Nathamuni, Sri

Yamunacharya has preached the essence of tattvams so

as to enable every layman to exalt himself into the

divine abode. Many people ennobled themselves by

following the path of Prapatti and seeking refuge at

the feet of the divine couple. During this time,

atheists and adverse philosophers interpreted the

Vedic passages incorrectly and satsampradayam started

fading out. Pseudo philosophers (pashandi-s) began

flourishing while the divine glories, auspicious

attributes and divine form of the Lord began to get

masked.

 

Periya Perumal on seeing this decided to rectify this

immorality and decided that it was only Sri Ramanuja

who had the capacity to re-establish the supremacy of

Srivaishnava sampradayam. He therefore sent word

through His archaka to Periyanambi to be present in

His service immediately. Periyanambi, who reported

immediately, was ordained thus “You shall preach all

the vedantha shastrartha-s (esoterics of vedanta)

to Ramanuja, that were elucidated by Alavandar and

prepare him as an instrument to embellish and fortify

our siddhantam”.

 

Periyanambi out of compassion decided that he would go

to Kanchipuram in person to meet Ramanuja and to

execute the inclination of the Lord, instead of

Ramanuja having to come to Arangam. He set out to

Kanchipuram on his mission and reached Madhurantakam

on the way.

 

Meanwhile, Thirukkkacchi Nambhi [sri SailapoorNar] He

became a sishya of Sri YamunAcharyar (Sri Alavandhar)

along with other sishyas namely, Periya Nambhi (Sri

mahApoorNar), ThirukkOttiyoor Nambhi, Thirumalai

Nambhi, Thiruvaranga PerumAL Arayar and others.

 

Thirukkacchi Nambhi is the one who showed Ramaujar to

Alavandhar from afar at Kanchipuram Sri

VaradarajaperumAL temple. Ramanuja, after breaking up

from Yadavaprakasar, (when he was doing theertha

kaimkaryam at Varadaraja PerumAL Koil) approached

Thirukkaccchi nambhigaL and learnt tatvaartham from

him. Thirukkacchinambhi is the one who asked (on

request from RamanujA) Sri Varadaraja PerumAL and

obtained from Lord Varadaraja the famous ' Six Words '

and passed them on to RamanujA.

 

The six words are: (as told by Lord Varadarja Himself

to NambhigaL)

 

ahamEva param tattvam darSanam bhEdhamEva Cha |

dEhAvasAnE mukhthi: syAdanthimasmruthi varjanam |

mOkshOpAya prapatthisCha mahaapoorNa samAsraya: ||

 

1 ahamEva Parathvam. I- " Lord Narayana " is the

Paramatma.

2 dharsnam bhEda Eva cha. :Individual souls are

different from Paramatma.

3 upAyEshu prapatthisyAth- Prapatti (SaranAgathy-

Complete Surrender) is the means to attain mOksham.

4 antima smruthi varjanam- Last remembrance of the

Lord on the death bed is NOT necessary.

5 DhEhaavasaanE mukthisyAth- mOksham can be obtained

the moment one (prapannan) lays off the present mortal

body

6 PoorNaachaarya smaashrayam- MahApoorNar (Periya

Nambhi) is the AchAryan for RamanujA, under whom

RamanujA should take refuge.

 

Thus, Thirukkacchi became most important Sri Vaishnava

link for ALL OF US. Though he was born in Vaisya

kulam, he was greatly revered by YathirAjar.

 

Varadaraja Perumal of Kanchi had thus instructed

Ramanuja through Thirukachchinambi to seek refuge at

the feet of Periyanambi [read no.6 of the above para].

 

 

Ramanuja then set out to Arangam and reached

Madhurantakam on the way and met Sri Periya Nambhi.

Periyanambi then indoctrinated Ramanuja with the

mantrarthas and later at Thiruvarangam initiated him

fully into the esoterics of Vedanta.

 

In this way Periyanambi was replete with compassion

(Dayapurnar – Full of Karunai) for Ramanuja. He

uplifted innumerable subjects of the Lord through

Udayavar, and shone as Dayapurnar, full of compassion

and mercy. Swamy Deshikan seeks refuge at the feet of

Periyanambi who, fulfilled the command of the Periya

Perumal (Sriranganatha) and attained the position of

bhagavat acharya. It is only due to this that he is

said to have attained ‘purnatvam’ (completeness).

 

Swami MahaapoorNar ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm

Regards

namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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