Sri
Parthasarathi thunai [The chat
continues] Adiyen: One day nambigal came
to you and asked, ?Oh! Lord devadhirAja my disciple wants to know if he is
assured moksha? and you replied, ?What is the doubt in that? When he has the
abhimAnam of a great bhagavata like you will he not attain moksha?? [maranamAnAl
vaikundam, ?jnAna anushtAnamivai nandrAgavE udaiyanAna guruvai adaithakkAl ...
thirumAmagal kozhunan thAnE vaikundam tarum?] The next day nambigal returned
back with another question,?Oh! my lord now my disciple has another
question. Is moksha assured for
me?? and you replied, ?Why should I grant you moksha you haven?t got the
abhimAnam of any bhagavata? ?But emperumAnE I have been fanning you for so many
days shouldn?t adiyen be granted moksha?? asked nambigal but you blankly said,
?neer veesineer nAm pEsinOm adukku edu seriyAgivittadhu? (You did fanning
service to me and I talked with you why should I grant moksha?) Immediately
understanding your thiruvullam, nambigal rushed to get the abhimAnam of a
bhagavata. PErarulAlan: Poor innocent
Nambi Adiyen: Nambigal posed himself
to be a bullock-cart driver and did service to periya Nambi for 6 months. When one day due to heavy rain his
clothes got wet and with krupai on the poor sincere driver periya nambigal
decided to give his dry clothes to him and hence called, ?Oh! My boy!? The very
instant this fell in nambi?s ears he started to dance in joy (?aliyal nam payyal
ennAr ammavO kodiyavArE?). Periya
Nambigal saw the face of the driver and was taken aback ?Oh! Nambi where you in
service to adiyen?? and thirukachchi nambi told periya nambi about the talk with
you. Then nambigal continued his
kainkaryam to you with greater enthusiasm since now he has been credited with
the abhimAnam of a parama bhAgavata and hence surely assured of nithya
kainkaryam in the divine abode of emperuman. PErarulAlan:
Do you know how nambi first came to do
fanning service to me? Adiyen:
Sure Oh
lord! That bhagavata didn?t forget to tell us that too. Nambigal who developed interest in doing
kainkaryam first went to namperumal and requested him to grant him his
thirualavatta kainkaryam. But
namperumal refused saying that he already stays in between two kaveris and hence
there was no necessity for anyone to fan, the air already being cool. Though namperumal refused nambi?s
service due to his affection towards nambi he came to poovirundhavalli and gives
divya darshan lying beautifully on the divine serpant along with Sridevi and
bhoodevi with brahma in the nAbi kamalam. The serpant is placed on top of the
koormAsanam indicating the way emperuman lay on the thiruparkadal and the very
same emperuman took koormAvadhAram during the amrutha mathanam to help the
devas. The bhagavata told us all
these only infront of ranganatha inside the sannadhi. Not only us but also the ranganatha
listened about the greatness of the great bhagavata/acharya with immense
pleasure. PErarulAlan:
I have
no regret since I am listening the same now from your
mouth. Adiyen: Oh! Lord, Next nambigal
went to thiruvEnkatamudaiyan and requested for kainkaryam but thiruvenkata
mudaiyan refused saying that he is staying in ?kuliraruvi venkatam? which is
already cold and hence fanning will cause only more trouble. So he finally sent
nambigal to you. But not being able to get separated from nambi
thiruvenkatamudaiyan came to poovirundhavalli and gives divine darshan even
today. PErarulAlan:
I am
amidst the agni kundam. I had to
emerge out of brahma?s hOma kundam.
So it is very hot here. Adiyen: True emperumAnE! And
that is why thirukachchi nambigal from that day started to do fanning service to
you this being the very apt place for that service. Oh Lord nambigal has shown that
kainkaryam is for your pleasure and not just do something for the sake of doing
it. What is the need of fanning
when it is already cold just because we want to do some kainkaryam?
PErarulAlan:
That?s
right But I happily accept any kainkaryam my bhaktha does with
love. Adiyen: That is why kulasekara
azhvar says, ?padiyAi kidandhu vun pavalavAi
kAnbEnE? PErarulAlan:
Oh! How
sweet is the arulicheyal of my dear azhvar. Adiyen: And that is why you go
at the back of arulicheyal ghosti like a mesmerized person with great thirst to
listen to azhvar?s paasurams. PErarulAlan: Yeah! Now continue with
your experience with our dear Nambi Adiyen: Yes my lord. Then the bhagavata told us about the
prime matter. PErarulAlan:
What?
What? [Emperuman
now seemed to be very excited, as he knew what was going to come
next] Adiyen: EmperumAnE! Adiyen is
able to sense your enthusiasm (?soozhindhadhanil periya en avAvara
soozhindhAyE?) but what to do adiyen finds no words to really talk about our
dear emperumAnAr. While thinking
about the great acharya my tongue ceases to talk. What can mere words convey and what can
adiyen say when even great mahans like thiruvarangathamudhanar and mAmunikal say
that they are not eligible to talk about swamy emperumAnAr. But still let me purify myself by
repeating the thirunAmams Ramanuja! ethirAjA! udaiyavarE!
emperumAnArE! PErarulAlan:
Oh!
Leave alone your eligibility. Just
tell me about my dear ramanuja. You
know that ranganatha cheated me by sending araiyar here and took away my near
dear ramanuja from me. I was
helpless but the face of my dear child on that day when he left me Oh! It still
comes in front of my eyes. Only
then did I realize the mental state of dasaratha when vishvAmitra requested him
to send me (Rama) with him. But for
lOka kshEmArtham all this was necessary. Adiyen: Oh! Lord adiyen wanted
to talk about the way swamy ramanuja reached you but you are talking about his
departure to srirangam. PErarulAlan:
hmm! Ok
tell me what the bhagavata told, Adiyen: While thirukachchi nambi
remained in your kainkaryam he used to daily pass through sriperumbudur while he
travelled from poovirundhavalli to kanchi. At that time, due to your divine
sankalpam the kataksham of nambi fell on a shrewd Srivaishnava boy,
elaiyAzhvar. Slowly both of them
got involved with each other and started discussing about bhagavat
vishayams. Nambi used to tell the
boy about his kainkaryams to you and all about your kalyana gunas.
PErarulAlan: hmm... Adiyen: After his father attained paramapadham,
elaiyazhvar decided to continue his studies in kanchi and requested nambigal for
advice regarding the same. Nambi
told him that it was a good decision.
While in kanchi elaiazhvar developed a ruchi for kainkaryam and requested
thirukachchi nambigal to request you to grant him some kainkaryam. Nambigal requested you the same and you
replied that ?theertha kainkaryam from the sAlai kinaru? was your favorite
service. From that day onwards,
elaiyAzhvar continued to do the same. PErarulAlan:
It was
all good old time that lies fresh in my memory even today. I cherish those
days. Adiyen: Then elaiyAzhvar had
some philosophical doubts that he cleared from you through
nambigal. PErarulAlan:
Yes
those 6 verses Adiyen: That bhagavata with
great joy told us all these and finally completed that after such great
kainkaryams at the end nambigal was unable to go to kanchi due to bad health but
varadan (you) came running to meet thirukachchi nambigal like a son rushing to
see his father in bed. PErarulAlan:
How can
I keep quiet when my dear nambi was in sorrow (Arthi)? (?aham smarAmi math
bhaktham nayAmi paramAm gathim?) [The chat
will continue in the next posting] Azhvar
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
ramanuja dAsee
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