SrI: Dear Sri Govindarajan Swamin: adiyEn namaskArams:: The very idea of sharing pictures to the group is to encourage/motivate the bhakthAs and bhAgavathAs to attend the festival during next year and enjoy the divine anubhavam and receive the blessings of divyadampathis. Sri Sundara ParipoorNAya nama: adiyEn, senthil.b --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "govindarajan sr" <srgovind1954@...> wrote: > > Dear Sri Senthil, > I take pleasure in thanking you for bringing out an > excellent capture of the "NampAduvAn Charithram" > The photographs have also been captured well. > Thanks a lot. > S.R.Govindarajan > > > On 12/12/08, B. Senthil Kumar <b.senthil2002@...> wrote: > > > > SrI: > > > > Dear BhagavathAs:: adiyEn namaskArams:: > > > > Due to grace of divyadampathis, and anugraham of theRku veedu - > > Sri KuRunga naachiyaar samEtha Sri Vadivazhagiya Nambi, adiyEn > > attended the Kaisika ekadasi festival at Thiru-k-kurungudi. > > > > As you all know that, this "NampAduvAn Charithram" was narrated > > by Sri Varaha Perumal to Bhoomi Piraattiyaar in Varaha Puranam. > > NampAduvAn was born in low - chandala - kulam, but was a great > > bhAgavatha, devotee of Sri KuRungudi Nambi. It was his usual that > > on every ekAdasi, he used to observe "*jAkratha vratham*" - without > > sleeping full night, singing the glory of Lord and thinking about him-. > > > > On one karthigai ekAdasi, NampAduvAn left to KuRungudi nambi > > temple to observe his fast and render some pAsuram using various > > paN's on Sri KuRungudi Nambi. > > > > But unfortunately, he was caught by a BrahmarAkshasu on the way to > > Nambi temple, and it threatened him that it is going to consume him > > as food. > > > > NampAduvAn argued with Brahmarakshasu that, he would return back > > soon after his vratham and darshan of Kurungudi Nambi, then it can took > > him as food. But BrahmarAkshasu was not in a position to believe > > NampAduvAn. BrahmarAkshasu argued that, no one in this world would > > come back as food. - > > Is there any possibility that a deer could escape > > after it was caught up by a lion? - > > > > Then NampAduvAn started promising Brahmarakshasu that, if he is > > not going to return back, he would get sin of those who treat their guests > > with difference in hospitality, etc.,.,etc., > > > > But for none of NampAduvAn's promises, BrahmarAkshasu was NOT > > satisfied, and simply replied --- > > The promise is like When a cow was caught up by a lion, the Cow > > promised Lion that it would return back after feeding it's calf > > (offspring)! > > So I am not going to leave you! > > > > At last NampAduvAn promised that "Who ever thinks/say that > > Supreme Lord Sriman Narayanan is EQUIVALENT / ON PAR > > with OR INFERIOR with other dEvathAs, that PAPAM would > > catch me!" > > > > After hearing this BrahmarAkshasu was annoyed by saying that, > > "Oh BhagavatharE!, What a promise you made!, None would dare > > to say like that. Now I believe on you, and soon return back. I will > > wait for you till our return" > > > > NampAduvAn happily went to Sri Kurungudi temple, observed his > > jAkratha vratham, rendered pAsurams on Sri Vadivazhagiya Nambi > > using various paN's. The last pAsuram that he rendered on Nambi was > > based on *KAISIKA PAN*. > > > > After NampAduvAn completed his ekAdasi vratham, while on the > > way to BrahmarAkshasu was interrupted by Sri KuRungudi Nambi > > HIMSELF as an old man. HE advised NampAduvAn to take another > > path to escape from BrahmarAkshasu. But NampAduvAn was not > > in a position to defer from his promise to BrahmarAkshasu. Hence > > Nambi said --- > > " It's usual in this lOkam that, to save one's own life from an enemy, > > you can promise on various things, but it's not necessary to fulfill that > > vows" > > > > But NampAduvAn argued that he would stand on DHARMA, and is > > going to fulfill the vow that he had made to BrahmarAkshasu. > > On hearing that, Nambi was happy and blessed NampAduvAn! > > > > NampAduvAn returned to BrahmarAkshasu and requested to consume > > him as food. Rather BrahmarAkshasu deferred from that point, and > > requested NampAduvAn to grant phalan of the pAsurams that he > > rendered on Nambi using various paN's. > > > > *NampAduvAn* - "As per the promise, I returned back to you. Now you > > should not defer from our deal " > > *BrahmarAkshasu* - "Oh BhagavatharE!, Please grant the phalan of > > at least half of the pAsurams that you rendered on Sri Nambi" > > *NampAduvAn - *" I didn't praised Kurungudi Nambi based on any phalan. > > Now you have to consume me and Don't defer from your promise" > > *BrahmarAkshasu* - "Oh BhagavatharE!, Please grant the phalan of > > the *last pAsuram based on KAISIKA PAN *that you rendered on Sri Nambi" > > *NampAduvAn - *"Initially you seemed to be aggressive and threatened me > > that you are going to consume my flesh as food, but now you are > > requesting for the phalan to rescue from your curse. Can you tell Who are > > you? What is your Poorvikam? What is your gOthram? " > > > > *BrahmarAkshasu* - "Oh BhagavatharE! My name is Soma Sarma. I was > > a great vidwan in conducting Yagnams. Due to ahankAram, I made mistake > > while reciting the mantrams and was cursed by dEvars to became > > Brahmarakshasu. They also told that, I would be relieved from this curse > > after I met a devotee - from chandala kulam - of Sri Nambi at Thiru > > Kurungudi. > > Hence I request you to kindly grant me the phalan of the last pAsuram > > on Kaisika paN and relieve me" > > > > After the above request, NampAduvAn granted the phalan of the pAsuram > > based on Kaisika paN and relieved the Brahmarakshasu from its curse!. > > > > The above would be enacted as drama in front of Sri Vadivazhagiya Nambi > > during every Kaisika Ekadasi at KAISIKA MANTAPAM. > > > > AdiyEn would like to share some pictures taken during the Kaisika nAtakam > > at Thiru-k-Kurungudi on Kaisika Ekadasi day - 09-Dec-08. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/b.senthil2002/KaisikaEkadasi# > > > > Namo Sri Sundara ParipoorNAya: > > adiyEn, > > senthil. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! 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