Dear BhakthAs:
In the last posting we discussed about the bhOgam of kAvEri.
Before continuing to discuss the bhOgam and the vaibhavam of PerumAl, let us get
in to the sutram part. ThiruppAnAzhwar was a mahAn born in the so called lower
caste of the society, the pAnar kulam in ThiruUraiyoor. He used to stand on the
bank of kAvEri and sing on the vaibhavam of PerumAl by playing veenai. Loka
Saranga Muni was the one who was performing kaimkaryam ot Srirangam PerumAl.
Oneday, when he was about to fetch the water from kAvEri for PerumAl kaimkaryam,
he noticed the Azhwar. Loka Saranga muni was born in the so called upper caste
of the society. In order to distract the Azhwar he threw a stone at him. Azhwar
was still immersed in enjoying RanganAthar. The muni did not get water from
kAvEri. When he went back to the sannidhi, the doors got closed. RanganAthar
explained the greratness of the Azhwar, and asked him to bring the Azhwar.
(Please note: There may be different versions to the story, but aDiyEn would
like to concentrate only on the sutram part and the actual anubhavam of Divya
Desam and PeumAl.). As per the order of RanganAthar, muni came back to take
Azhwar with him. Azhwar refused to step in to Srirangam, as he thought that the
place?s sanctity would be gone if he stepped into that place. Loka Saranga Muni
pleaded, and finally decided to carry ThiruppAnAzhwar on his shoulder to the
place of RanganAthar.
The speciality of this Azhwar is very unique. He was totally immersed in the beauty of RanganAthar. He enjoyed every part of RanganAthar before finally reaching to enjoy His eyes. He was so deeply immersed in the beauty of RanganAthar?s eyes that he did not even want to see any other thing after that. He did not even sing a phalasruti pAsuram at the end of his work. ?kaattavE kaNda paatha kamalam nallaadai yunthi, thEttaru muthara pantham thirumaar_pu kaNdam sevvaay, vaattamil kaNkaL mEni muniyERith thanipu kunthu, paattinaal kaNdu vaazhum paaNar_thaaL paravi NnOmE? Not everyone can see the eyes of RanganAthar. Moreover, just knowing Him itself is not easy as mentioned by vEdAnta. ThiruppAnAzhwar was able to enjoy the beauty of His eyes by the nirhEtuka Krupai of RanganAthar. There was another person who got this rare opportunity. This was not because of the direct sambanfdham with PerumAl, but by the sambandham of Swami Ramanujar. Swami Ramanujar brought Pillai UrangAvilli (One that used to be the ThirumEni kAval for the king) before RanaganAthar, and asked RanganAthar to show the beauty of his eyes. Looking at the beauty of RanaganAthar?s eyes, Pillai UrangAvilli dAsar became a sishyan of Swami Ramanujar, and started performing SriVaishnava kaimkaryam. If we look at this part of the sutram that we are discussing, PerumAl makes sure that if one offends a BhaAgavatA, the same person should go and plead before that BhAgavatA rather than PerumAl interfering in that. PerumAl wants both of them to be with Him as both are His children. Moreover, there is no constraint for worshipping PerumAl in terms of kulam of birth. aDiyEn would like to mention about another mahAn before we get to enjoy the bhOgam of PerumAl in Srirangam. He was also from pAnar kulam, and used to sing on the most beautiful PerumAl to fullness (the words are not aDiyEn?s words, but because of the name of the PrumAl). His name was NampAduvAn, and the PerumAl?s name is Sundara Paripooranan. The name of ther Divya Desam is Thirukkunkugi, a beautiful vAmanA Shetram in Pandiya nAdu. aDiyEn, ramanan
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