Thirukkacchi Nambhi thirunakshathram today- Let us pay pur obeisance to this mahaan - the pivotal link to our Srivaishnavam

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

Today Maasi Miruha seersham is the Thirunakshathram of

Tirukkacchi NambigaL, who had the greatest special

blessed privilege of conversing with Sri Varadaraja

PerumAL Himself. He was blessed with this

extraordinary privilege for performing the

Thiruvaalavatta (fanning) kaimkaryam to PerumAL with

utmost bhakti and involvement. In fact, NambhigaL

(KaanchipoorNar) was born to Sri vaishnava Vaisiya

(Chettiar) kula Sri Veeraraghava Chettiar and Kamalai

at Poovirundhavalli. Though his parents were quite

wealthy and were successful businessmen, NambhigaL had

his mind only on Bhagawath, BhAgawatha kaimkaryam.

 

Thirukkacchi Nampi ( Sri Kaanchi PoorNar) thus is

known as " VaradhAngri SadhA sangha rasAyana PaarAyaNar

" (i-e)., One , who is always engaged in affectionate

sevai/kaimkaryam to the sacred feet of the Lord

VaradharAjan.

 

He became a sishya of Sri YamunAcharyar (Sri

Alavandhar) along with other sishyas namely, Periya

Nambhi (Sri mahApoorNar), ThirukkOttiyoor

Nambhi, and others. Sri Alavandhar named NambhigaL as

pEraruLaaLa dAsar, while Sri Varadaraja PerumAL

(PeraruLALan) Himself named him as GajEndra dAsar.

NambhigaL 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)

 

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

Paramatma.

2 dharsnam bhEdam 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.

 

I have read that PerumAL (Varadan) gave Thirukkacchi

NambhigaL some words uopn Nambhi's request for

tatvaartham from Him. They are:

 

1. Only by AchAryan's kattaksham, the disease of

births and deaths will get cured.

2. BhAgawtha sEshathvam is more enjoyed by the Lord

than Bhagawath sEshathvam. Serving Srivaishnavas and

devotees of Sriman Narayanan is more pleasing to the

Lord than serving Him. (PeriyAzhwAr has mentioned

that Srivaishnavas of ThirukkOttiyoor can even sell

AzhwAr for their use./ living) (Lord Rama was quite

fond of Shathrugnan out of three brothers.

3. The Lord can NOT forgive and tolerate apacharam to

BhAgawathAs, and treating His devotees based on their

caste, colour, welath, Gothram

etc..

 

Last day, PerumAl Himself offered NambhigAl Theertham

and SadagOpam and took him to Paramapadham. NambhigaL

lived for 55 years and remained a bachelor). NambhigaL

composed Devaraja ashtakam, on Devaraja PerumAl

(pEraruLALan). Sri V. Satakopan Swami and team has

released the ebook on this wonderful verses. Please

read here

http://www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/Devaraja.pdf

and be blessed by Thirukkacchi NambhigaL.

 

Sri Mani Varadarajan adds:

 

In the " periya thirumudi adaivu " , a compendium of

information on selected acharyas dating from the 15th

century, there is a description of Tirukkacci Nambi

which corresponds for the most part to what you have

written. While the periya thirumudi adaivu has

suffered over the years from interpolation and the

like, it is on the whole reliable. Here is what it has

to say about this mahAnubhAvar:

 

Tirukkacci Nambi, considered an 'amsa' of Sabari, was

born in Poovirundhavalli, also known as Dharmapuri,

located in the eastern part of 'PerumaaL Koyil'

(Kanchipuram Varadaraja Swami temple) in Thondai

Mandalam.

 

He was born in the year " SobhakRt " , in the month of

" maasi " under the " mRgaSirA " constellation, into a

family of the " fourth " caste. His holy names include

Tirukkacci Nambi and Sri Kanci Purna [both

of these mean the same]. He lived in PerumaaL Koyil

and his daily worship (tiruvArAdhanam) was to

'Perarulalan PerumaaL' (Varadarajan). His acharya was

Mahapurna (Periya Nambi).

 

His served the Lord by offering the divine fan

(thiruvaalavattam) to Lord Varadaraja. He composed

the Varadaraja Ashtakam, and was part

of Lord Varadaraja's inner circle, a close confidant.

He was the one who set Sri Ramanuja on the right path.

 

Tirukkacchi nambigal tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam!

Regards

Namo narayana

dasan

 

 

 

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