SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Earlier, jnAnam (knowledge) on all matters, devotion (bhakti) on the Lord alone were described on Sriman NAthamuni. Bhakti is contemplation or meditation mixed with love. Here, AzhwAr touches upon a bit about the life of Sriman nAThamuni through which he describes the limitless jnAnam and bhakti of Acharya and thus explains he is part of the Guru parampara for him (Alavandhar) and others in Srivaishnava sampradaya in this second sloka. thasmai namO maDhujidh anghri sarOja thathva j~nAna anurAga mahima athishayantha sImnE | nAThAya nATha munayE athra parathra cApi nithyam yadhIya caraNau sharaNam madhIyam || - SR 2 thasmai- Such [as described earlier the one who is the embodiment of jnAna, vairAgya, bhakti] madhujith- of Bhagawaan who conquered Madhu asurA angrisarOja- the lotus feet tattva- true nature?s jnAna anurAga- knowledge and intense love mahimAdhisaya- glorious [peerless] greatness antha seemnE- the zenith [of above- namely, jnAna, anurAga, mahimAdhisaya] nAThAya nAtha munayE- to The Master [nAThan] of Srivaishnavas- Sriman nAthamuni nama: my obeisance; yadhIya charaNou- whose [Sriman nAThamuni] Feet; athra pathra api cha- in this world [leelA vibhUthi] and in this SrI vaikuNta [paramapadham where there is no need for the upAyam- means] madhIyam charaNam- my refuge- upAyam [the way] and upEyam [the Goal]. [thasmai- such?] For Sriman NAthamuni, the jnAna vairAgya, bhakti were inherently in him in wonderful, marveloous manner [athyAscharyam]- such greatest Acharya is now described as the ultimate pinnacle of its height of jnAna, vairAgya, bhakti in him in this verse. How? It implies: Sriman Narayanan alone is Supreme entity [Iswara] and thereby the Parathatthvam; the other philosophies like Advaita are incorrect and do not explain the overall scheme of things per Vedas and saasthrAs ? Thus Sriman nAThamuni blessed us with such unparalleled crystal clear concepts with his nyAyatattva grantha [work]- says Swamy Desikan. Thus compatible with such great qualities, he had complete detachment [vairAgya] towards the worldly pleasure and materialistic pursuits and thus he was resplendent with greatest amount of bhakti [intense love and devotion] for the Lord Sriman Narayanan. Being blessed with the power of meditation, yoga, he focused on the Lord with the intense love and devotion i.e. bhakti. Through Karma, jnAna yoga, he could visualise and realise the jeevathma?s glories and swaroopam and knowing and realising that only through the divine thirumEni- dhivya mangaLa vigrham of Sriman Narayanan alone, he was able to attempt to have saakshAthkAram [could enjoy the Lord literally within] and thereby the bhakti grew exponentially day and by day. That?s the time our blessed Acharya was blessed by the Lord through few Srivaishnavas in KattumannarkOil where they recited ArA amudhE ? eleven pAsurams from NammAzhwAr Thirumaynozhi [5.8]? ArA amudhE.. He immersed in the Lord?s insatiable beauty when he heard these verses; Aaraa anudhE! AdiyEn udalam ninpaal anbaayE" - Aaaraa amudhE! Oh insatiable nectar! EmperumaanE! What a Divinely Beautiful form is Your body! However many times I enjoy that naver satisfies me, Lord! You are giving me immense satisfaction that is limitless and unbounded. Due to my love for You, my physical body also has been melting along with my heart longing to see You. Oh ThirumaalE! You have been literally killing me with Your azhagu; I have been blessed to enjoy here at Thirukkudanthai by seeing Your Most Beautiful form; en naan seygEn? yaarE kaLaigaN? Ennai en seyginRaay? Unnal allAl yaavaraalum onRum kuRai vENdEn.. To hold Your Lotus Feet, there is nothing that I can do; what is the link between the action and me? Who is the support for me except You? dhariyEn iniun chaaraNam thandhu en sanmam kaLaiyaayE.. when he had heard all these sweetest great pAsurams, his heart was melting with devotion and anubhavam and he longed for the rest of the pAsurams as he heard them saying at the end that these ten out of 1000? [AyiratthuL ivai patthum], he realised that he will be immensely benefited if he gets them all. Thus he could reach the Ultimate zenith of devotion? kaNNinunchiRutthambu was made available to him. He uttered the 11 pAsurams of KanninuchiRutthambu of Sri MadhurakaviAzhwAr [who had sung in praise of his acharya NammAzhwAr] 12000 times without interruption; Sriman nAryanan decided to save the world thorugh this Acharya and instructed NammAzhwAr to be the Acharya for Sriman nAThamuni and thus Sriman nAThamuni was blessed to receive, enjoy the grace of Sri SaTakOpar- NammAzhwAr- and receive not just his 1000; but all 4000 of all AzhwArs in addition to initiating him with manthra, tattvArthams. Though he [Sriman nAThamuni] had the capacity to perform bhakti yoga, SrI nammAzhwAr instructed him to perform prapatti [Saranagati] with five angas uttering the greatest esoteric Dwaya mantra as such a perfroamnce in accordance with saasthrAs would yield mOkshaanubhavam at the end of the same life unlike bhakti yoga [where one may have to take few more births]. Thus his anurAgam [intense love] has reached the ultimate point. The Lord has greatest love for his devotees - priyO hi jnAninOthyarttham aham sa cha mama priya: and blessed them with the best arrangement to make their devotion increase exponentially. Who else would have been blessed by the Lord like Sriman nAThamuni? Probably none at all. Thus he was blessed with Parathatthva jnAnam, Parama hitham (Prapatti); and Parama purushaartham. Thus he became the pinnacle of jnAnam too. It was indeed to help us, the suffering jeevans, that Nathamuni performed this thapas and had the darsanam of NammAzzhwAr , who blessed Natha Muni with the nAlAyira Divya Prabhandham and the sakala SaasthrAs as well as the knowledge along with the performance of Prapatti and also about the life history of the other AzhwArs (AzhwAr paramparai). That jnAnam is complete and reaches its crescendo only when one realises that the best way is Prapatti at the Lotus feet through utterace of Dwaya mantra and that is mentioned with the word angri sarOja tattva- [The Lotus Feet]- writes SrI UttamUr Swamy very clearly and beautifully. prApyam and prApakam are both Lotus Feet thus. Thus granting such jnAnam reminds [one of the First and Prime Acharya] Sri Hayagrivan- Madhusudhanan- the One who conquered and killed Madhu asurA and hence refer Him as madhujith.. Now I have realised that it is SwEthASwatharOpanishad which states: mumukshurvai SaraNamaham prapadyE.. and thiNkalzhal sErE.. and thuyaraRu sudar adi.. all mention His Lotus Feet. Thus Sriman nAThamuni was blessed to be shining with the jnAna anurAgam [knowledge and intense love]. With the relevant jnAnam and the way to reach Him through Prapatti with no further births made him great sadAcharya for others who became his sishya and thus he became nAThan for all. when upAyam was not clear, only athra (here in this world); and after getting upadesam from Manakkaal nambhI through the instruction (niyamanam) of Sriman nAThamuni ? Sri Uyyakkondaar- now, it is paratha cha api.. in Paramapadham as well. Also yadheeya charaNou- may be interpreted as : yadheeya- may infer UyyakkoNdaar and charaNou- his sishya- namely maNakkaal nambhi.. thus mentioning his acharya [implied] in this verse- enjoys SrI UttamUr Swamy. Alavandhar ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. 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