Swami:
In respect of this pasuram, I was told that the
"Pullu" is a metphor for a Guru who will give to his deciple only so much as he
can swallow and digest.
Dasan
D Bala sundaram
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Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 11:48
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Subject: [Oppiliappan] RE: [ramanuja]
Born Genius Sri parasara Bhattar
Sri: 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 therewas
none to answer them like Bhattar.
Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar
Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi
dAsan
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