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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest all,

Let us continue to enjoy Thirumangai AzhwArs wonderful
verses on Thiruvenkatamudiayaan. Now after
ThirukkuRunthANdakam, let us enjoy three verses of
ThirunedunthANdakam.. verse no 8,9 and 16th. All these
three verses refer to ThiruvEnkatam. 

kalayaami kalidhvamsam kavim lOkadhivaakaram
yaSya kObi: prakaaSaabir aavidhyam niHatham thama:

I meditate on the Poet, who is like the Sun for the
whole world, to destroy the darkness of ignorance
(a~jnAnam) with his word and who destroys the Kali
dhOsham.

[extract from Sri Satakopan mama?s write up on
ThiruneduthANdakam]Sri Parasara Bhattar the
illustrious son of Swamy KooratthAzhwAn] had defeated
an Advaitic Scholar at Melkote by using TNT as the
basis for discussion and converted him to
Visishtadvaitam . He accepted latter as his prime
disciple and gave him the name of Namjeeyar. Bhattar
returned to Srirangam with Namjeeyar and visited Sri
Ranganatha at his sanctum sanctorum. He had the good
fortune of conversing with the Lord of Srirangam like
Thirukkacchi Nambi could speak with Sri Varadaraja.
Both Rangantha and Varadaraja broke their archaa
Silence to speak to their special devotees . 

Bhattar told the Lord  as to what happened at Melkote
and how he used TNT todefeat the Advaita Vedantin in a
scholastic debate. Sri Ranganatha asked Bhattar to
repeat the winning arguments. The Lord was very
pleased with Bhattar's defense  and blessed him. This
event is celebrated even today at Srirangam on the eve
of Adhyayana Utsavam by the Arayar,Who  enacts the
incident at Melkote before Sri Ranganatha. This
festival at Srirangam  is known as
Thirunedumthaandakam. 

Guru Parampara states  that the Divya Dampathis of
Srirangam adopted Parasara Bhattar as their son. The
name of Parasara was given by Sri Ranganatha Himself.
Parasara is the author of Vishnu Puranam and the
father of Veda Vyasa. Kuratthazhwar had named his son
Ranganatha and the name given by the Lord (Parasara )
stuck over time. Since this Parasara was the Purohita
for the Divya Dampathis, he  was also  known as Sri
Rangesa Purohita  or Parasara Bhattar. His lineal
descendants are known as Veda Vyasa Bhattar and
Parasara Bhattar even today.

Thirunedumthaandakam : This sublime work of
Thirumangai has 
30 verses. It is known as the Vedantha Sastram.It
starts off with the description of Tattva, Hita and
Purushaartha and continues with the celebration of 
the five forms [para, vyooha, vibhava, archaa and
haardha roopams] of the Lord described in Paancharatra
Agama. 

Todays? verse is no 8 of TNT

neeragatthaay! neduvaraiyi Nnucchi mElaay!
 nilaatthingaL thuNdagatthaay! niRaindha kacchi
ooragatthaay, oNthurain^eer veqhaa vuLLaay!
 uLLuvaa ruLLatthaay, ulaga mEtthum
kaaragatthaay! kaarvaanath thuLLaay! kaLvaa!
 kaamarupooNG kaaviriyin thenpaal mannu
pEragatthaay, pEraathen nenci NnuLLaay!
 perumaan_un thiruvadiyE pENi NnEnE. 8


Verse 8: Salutations to the Archa Murthys at Neeragam,
Thiruvenkatam , Nilaatthingal Thundam, Ooragam, 
Thiru Vehhaa , Kaaragam, Kaaarvaanam,Thirupper and
Antaryami
Swaroopam. He states clearly that he seeks the Lord?s
Lotus feet 
for protection and offers his Saranaagati.

Oh Lord who is at Thiruneeragam! The One who is at the
top of Thirumala [mountain]! The One who is at
NilaathingaL [the One who has crescent moon on his
head- namely Rudran and the Lord who resides in him as
well as the indweller!] The Lord of the most divine
Thirukkacchi Divya Desam! The Reclining Lord of
Thiruve:kaa divya desam in Kaanchi! The object of
meditation and the Lord who resides in the heart of
devotees who perform dhyAnam on Your Lotus Feet! Lord
of Thirukkaaragam! Lord of Kaarvaanam dviya desam !
[Thirunneeragam, Thirukkaaragam and kaarvaanam are
three divya desams]. 

Thus, not only does He reside in these divya desams;
He also resides on the heart of yogins and devotees
who perform unceasing meditation on His lotus feet; He
also obeys the command of His devotee [Thirumazhisai
AzhwAr asking Him to walk behind himself and his
sishya kaNikaNNan at Thiruve:kk divya desam.]. 

What a verse!

Thirumangia AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana


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