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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

--- Gunaseelan V <gunav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ... and if you see all the
> conversations between our
> Nanjeeyar and Bhattar, it was so great , like
> Nanjeeyar will ask normal
> doubts as neechan like Adiyen can think about and
> our Bhattar will give
> fitting reply which will clear all doubts and with a
> stich of humour also..

This is indeed true. The interaction of Bhattar
with Nanjeeyar gave raise to many outstanding
explanations and ideas. Nanjeeyar was a great
disciple - one who was not afraid to question
his acharya on many issues. And Bhattar was
adept at answering them. One can probably 
record a book on all their interactions and it
would make great reading and provide grand
insights into our sampradhayam.

One such episode came to adiyEn's mind and I
will share it with the bhAgavatas.

Once Bhattar was doing an upanyasam on Periya
Thirumozhi and was talking about the pasurams
on Pullambhuthankudi. Specifically, he was
talking about pasuram 5.1.2 which ends as

paLLachcheRuvilkayalugaLap pazhanakkazhaniyathanuLpOy
puLLuppiLLaikkiraithEdum puLLampoothankudithAnE

Here Azhvar is describing the natural beuaty of
this divyadesam. There is a ditch next to the
fields which is filled with water and many fish
are moving about. Here a bird is watching and
searching for a fish for its young. Such is the
natural abundance of this place. At this point
Nanjeeyar asked Bhattar "ugaLAdhiruppa thEduvAnEn?"
That is, if there are so many fish moving about,
why would the bird have to search? Bhattar replied:
"Since the place was rich in water and food, all 
the fish had grown to a large size - so large that
they were barely able to move about. So, the bird
should not have to search for food - if it was
looking for food for itself. But as it was looking
for food for its young (piLLaikku irai), it wanted
some small fish to feed them. That's why it was
searching".

It is said by our acharyas there was none to ask
questions like Nanjeeyar and that there was none
to answer them like Bhattar.

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

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