Let us look at the sambandham of Azhwars with Thirukkurungudi Nambi. Unlike
most of the other Divya Desams, this Kshetram has strong links to the life of
Azhwars. Nammazhwar?s parents, Kari and Udayanangayar prayed to this Perumal
for putra bhagyam. When Nambi asked about the kind of child they wanted, the
parents replied that they wanted a child like Nambi. This ofcourse is not
possible logically. He is known ?otthAr, mikkAr?? by Azhwar. None can be found
equal to Nambi. In order to answer the prayers of Kari and Udayanangayar, Nambi
Himself was born as Nammazhwar. This is the first strong link to the Azhwar
Goshti for Nambi. Parankusan is known as the ?Prapanna Jana kootasthan? in our
sampradayam. He is the head of the prapanna jathi. Hence, our sampradayam
logically starts here. Parakalan is known as the kadai kutty Azhwar, meaning
the last in terms of history. After singing loads of pasurams, Parakalan asked
for moksham to Srirangam Perumal. Srirangam Perumal asked him to go to
His southern house (Therkku Veedu) and perform kaimkaryam. Kaliyan went to
Thirukkurungudi and performed kaimkaryam before getting to SriVaikuntam. Hence,
if we logically look at the goshti we can conclude that Thirukkurngudi Nambi is
directly linked to Azhwar Goshti.
Since Nambi Himself was born as Nammazhwar, here is another way of looking at
the sambandham with Azhwar Goshti and also the Acharya Goshti. All the Azhwars
form a part of Nammazhwar?s Thirumeni.
Head - BhootathAzhwar
Eyes - Poigai and PeyAzhwar
Face - PeriyAzhwar
Neck - Thirumazhisai Azhwar
Shoulders - Kulasekar Azhwar
Chest - ThiruppAnAzhwar
Womb - Thirumangai Azhwar
Feet (Thiruvadigal) ? Madhurakavi Azhwar and Ramanujar
Specifically, in Azhwar Thirunagari (Thiukkurugur), Swami Ramanujar is the
Thiruvadi of Nammazhwar. There is no separate vigraham for Nammazhwar in the
area around Nava Thiruppathi other than Azhwar Thirunagari. One can find a
small vigraham of Nammazhwar in the satAri of Vaanamaamalai Divya Desam.
Here is the third case scenario where we can draw a strong link between
Thirukkurungudi Nambi and Azhwar Goshti.
With the fact that Nammazhwar is none but Thirukkurungudi Nambi, He sung 4
Divya Prabandham works, with each one as the sAram (juice) of each vedam.
Parakalan, who lived his last days here was the one who did 6 works
representing the angAs of that Tamizh vedam. Since both these Azhwars had
strong ties to this Perumal(not just by mangalAsAsanam, but in thier lives), it
can be concluded that Thirukkurungudi Nambi has sambandham with complete Azhwar
Goshti.
All the above are just the sambandham of Azhwars to Perumal. Azhwars are
considered to be small stones (Koozhang kal) when compared to our Acharya
Goshti (Parvatham).
It is well known that sambandham of Azhwar fetches the sambandham of Acharyan.
This was what happened to Thirukkurungudi Nambi. Let us see how Nambi became a
SriVaishnvan in the next posting,
aDiyEn,
ramanan
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