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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:
Dearest all,

Let us enjoy Swami Nammazhwar life today..
[From asmadhAcharyan His Holiness PaRavakkOttai
Andavan Swami?s tamil commentary on Yathiraja
Sapthathi- Translated into English by Sri CG Balaji
swami of Bangalore] Nammazhwar was born to a devout
couple by name Kaariyar and Udaya Nangai with the
divine anugraham of the Lord of Thirukkurungudi, on
the forty-sixth day of Kali yugam, which is around 9th
century CE, in the year of Pramadi, month of Vaikaasi,
Pournami, Friday in the constellation of Vishakha, as
the divine incarnation (amsham) of Sriman Narayanan
and Sri Vishwaksena Azhwan, the chieftain of the
Lord?s army, at a place called Thirukkurugur situated
in the land of Pandyas, on the banks of Tamraparni
river. Even after twelve days, the baby didn?t have
milk, didn?t cry, didn?t move and did not open its
eyes. It was then taken to the temple of Polindu NinRa
Piraan at Thirukkurugur and named as Maaran.

At the temple the baby crawled towards the tamarind
tree (Puliyamaram), which was considered as the amsham
of Adi Sheshan, and sat under the
tree in a yogic posture and started meditating which,
lasted for 16 continuous years without any food, water
or sleep. Vishwaksena Ahzwan then in ekaantham
(solitary environment) administered the sacraments of
Panchasmaskaram on Maaran and initiated him into the
manthrams and their esoteric meanings. Maran was known
as ?Shathakopan? since he resisted the ?shatha vayu?
or the binding wind that encompasses a newly born.

He also came to be known as ?Vakulabharana? when he
accepted the garland of Magizhumpoo presented to him
by Polindu Ninra Piraan. With his powerful and
profound writings he subdued many other faiths and
philosophies and came to be known as ?Parankusha? and
having born at Thirukkurugur, also came to be known as
?Thirukkurugaippiran?.

It is said that just as the name Rama always refers to
Sri Sita Rama, similarly the name Azhwar, though
twelve in number, always refers to Shathakopa. Lord
Krishna in his Geetha says ?Vaasudevas sarvamithi
samahAthmA sudhurlaba: which means, ?One who is
totally dedicated and surrendered to Vasudeva is very
rare to be found?. May be it is because of the reason
that the Lord during his incarnation as Lord Krishna
couldn?t see Nammazhwar who, throughout his life saw
Kannan or Lord Krishna, in whatever he ate or drank
and remained with his mind contemplating on the Lord
all the time.

Nammazhwar is also said to have lamented upon his
fate, for, had he born a few days earlier in dwapara
yugam then he would have had the bhagyam of seeing
Kannan directly during his manifestation on the Earth
as Lord Krishna.

Madhurakavi Azhwar, who incarnated in dwapara yugam
before Maaran, was touring the northern lands on a
pilgrimage. During this time at Ayodhya, when he
looked towards the southern direction and paid his
respects to the Lord there, he saw a strange
brilliance flashing in the sky. He followed that
brilliance and carried himself southward and finally
reached Thirukkurugur and saw the great luminary who
laid meditating under the tamarind tree. He clapped
his hands and Azhwar awoke from his yoga nidra hearing
the sound and opened his eyes and glanced at
Madhurakavi Azhwar. Madhurakavi Azhwar immediately
addressed Maaran with a question

setthathin vayiRRil siRiyadhu piRandhaal etthait
thinRu engE kidakkum ?

that is, ?If a young one is born out of a dead one,
what will it eat (have) and where will it live?? If a
Jeevatma that is atomic in nature enters into a body
created due to the influence of a lifeless primordial
nature or prakruthi, then what will it experience and
where will it live? To this maaRan replied

atthai thinRu angE kidakkum..

that is, it shall have the same and there it shall
live?. That is, due to its association with the body,
it shall experience happiness and sorrow and shall
live there saying ?inbutREn; vaadinEn?.

After hearing this, Madhurakavi Azhwar immediately
adopted Sri Nammazhwar as his acharya and prostrated
before him and requested Maaran to impart to him the
esoteric manthras. Maaran accepted his request and
after initiating him into the high truths, appointed
him as a scribe to record all his divine works.

Such Greatest AzhwAr, by being away and separated from
the Lord, born in this earthly world, longed to have a
darshan of Emperumaan Sriya: pathi. He suffered with
terrible pangs of love and languishing with a nAyikA
bhAvam, as Paraangusa nAyaki. Due to the grace of
Divya Dampati, He was blessed with growing Para
bhakti, ParajnAnam and Parama bhakthi, and was shown
the arcchiraadhi maargam too (refer 10.9), welcomed by
Nithya sUris. 

After living for 35 years he wished to reach His abode
(and so did the Lord, too).  Madhrakavi's eyes were
welled with tears and was immensely  pleased and
excited when he saw his AchAryA became one with the
Lord and united with Him. Simultaneously, he was also
blessed with a swarNa vigrahA (Golden statute) of
nammazhwAr which he consecrated at the Tamarind tree.
He performed daily ArAdhanA to his AzhwAr and even
ignored the Lord Sriman nArAyaNana since then. (He
composed KaNNinun chiRutthaambhu? 11 verses on our
Kulapathi Swami NammAzhwAr about which we will enjoy
later. 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan


 
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