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SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all

What an overwhelming appreciation and encouragement!
This really inspires adiyEn. Thanks very much for your
emails. 

Naalaayiram (4000 divine verses of Azhwars) is
organized as follows:
1. FIRST 1000- 
PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi; 
ThiruppAvai; 
Naacchiyaar Thirumozhi; 
PerumAL Thirumozhi; 
Thirucchandha Viruttham; 
Thirumaalai; 
Thiruppalliyezhucchi; 
Amalanadhipiran; 
KaNNinunchIrutthaambhu; - 
nine works. 
(Total- 947 pAsurams)
2. Second 1000- Periya Thirumozhi;
ThirukkuRunthANdakam; 
ThirunedunthANdakam; - three works (Total- 1134
pAsurams)
3. Third 1000- Thiruvaymozhi alone- (1102 pAsurams)
4. Fourth 1000- mudhal, iraNdaam and mooNraam
nooRanthAdhi; 
Thirumazhisai 
AzhwAr¡¦s naanmukhan ThiruvanthAdhi; 
Thiruviruttham; 
Thiruvaasiriyam; 
Periya ThiruvanthAthi; 
ThiruvezhukkuRRirukkai; 
SiRiya Thirumadal; 
Periya Thirumadal; 
Iraamaanusa NooRanthAthi (11 works- Total- 817
pAsurams)

TOTAL- 4000.

And the 4000 is the Tamil Vedas; the praNavam 
(Thiruppallandu) is the beginning of 4000.

Due to the above the PeriyAzhwAr's works have been
taken first in 4000. 
The first Ayiram (first 1000) is also considered as
PraNavam; 
while second 1000 is considered as nama sabhdham;
The Third 1000- is considered as Narayana sabhdham and
the last 4000 is considered as the Aya sabhdham, Hence
the whole 4000 is the elaboration of thiruashtAkshara
manthram.

The divya prabandam, which is the divine collection of
4000 verses of AzwArs, is thus comparable to the very
Vedas and Upanishads themselves.

NammAzhwAr is also considered as the Chief of all
AzhwArs and is also reported as the One constituted by
other AzhwArs as the parts of his form. BhUthathAzhwAr
as siras (head), Poigai and pEyAzhwAr as his eyes,
PeriyAzhwAr as his Thirumukham (face), Thirumazhisai
vandha jOthi as his neck, KulasEkara PerumAL and
ThiruppANan as His two hands, 
ThirumangaiAzhwAr as his chest and Thondaradippodi as
his navel. Madhurakavi as his Thiruvadi (Lotus Feet)
and Emperumaanaar Sri RamanujAchArya as Divya pAdukAs
of NammAzwAr.  

Swami Desikan has equated Lord Sri RanganAtha PadukA
to NammAzhwAr Sri SatakOpar in toto. Hence, all Sri
vaishNava temples, the Emperumaan?s Divya PadukA is
called ?sataari? or ?satakOpam?. 

NammaAzhwAr is the most outstanding AzhwAr both in
terms of his extensive composition of the verses and
the contribution that he has made for the
VisishtAdvaita Srivaishnava philosophy and religion.
Hence he is held at the highest position and esteem by
our Srivaishnava acharyans and everyone else as
Prapanna jana santhAna kooTasThar. He is our Kula
pathi, the founder seer of our Srivaishnavam. 

[Reproduced below is from asmadhAcharyan His Holiness
PaRavakkOttai Andavan Swami?s tamil commentary on
Yathiraja Sapthathi- Translated into English by Sri CG
Balaji swami of Bangalore]

According to Srivaishnava Guru paramparA, Lord
VishvaksEnar forms the bridge to the Celestial Acharya
and the Acharyas who appeared in human form for our
sake. Senapathi VishvaksEnar himself came down to
Alwar Thirunagari, and gave pancha samskAram and
initiated Swami SatakOpa [Nammazhwar].

Swami Desikan in his 4th verse of YathirAja saptathi:

yasya saarasvatham srOthO vakuLAmOdhavasitham |
srutheenAm viswa mAyAlam SatArim thamupAsmahE ||

We mediate on ShaTaari, (NammAzhwAr) whose garland of
VakuLa flowers gets its fragrance exuded into the
fluent flow of poetry - a work of literature at which
the Vedas, having been tired of imparting codes of
life, even ineffectively, can safely rest and relax
now, since AzhwAr's works will suffice and do the same
job more effectively!

VishvaksEnar revealed the meanings of the three
rahasyAs and yOgam to SatakOpan and thus became the
Achaarya for the latter. SatakOpan was blessed to wear
the Mahizhampoo garland of the Lord of Thirukkuruhoor
and as a result the prabandhams that came out of his
mouth carry the never-fading fragrance of those
flowers sanctified by the Lord. The blessed
prabandhams of the AzhwAr in Tamil instruct one and
all about the deep meanings of VedAntha in an easy
-to-understand manner. As a result of this unique
service by the AzhwAr to the Sanskritic VedAs , they
take a much needed rest . The flood of the paasurams
form the AzhwAr's lips flow and uplift us and bless us
with all kinds of auspiciousness.

Thus as a paramAchaarya , SatakOpan thru his most
merciful service deserves our uninterrupted meditation
on him and his most brilliant aruLiccheyalgaL.

Let us enjoy Swami Nammazhwar's life and works morrow
AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan



       
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