SrI: 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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