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Dear Sri Mani,

This is an interesting anubhavam you have mentioned.
The full pasuram line you have taken is 
"thirithanthAkilum thEvapirAnudai kariya kOlath
thiruvuruk kANban nAn"

The meaning here, following the earlier pasurams,
is that Madhurakavi Azhvar has surrendered at his
acharya's (Nammazhvar's) lotus feet which he
considers further/higher than surrendering to the
Lord's lotus feet. In order that he reach there,
he had to go through the Lord (that is, the Lord
had to put him in that path), and so he says that
even if he were to leave his acharya's feet 
("thirithanthAkilum") and return on that path, he 
would see nothing but the Lord's wonderous 
thirumEni. After all, having seen/experienced His
great beauty it is impossible to come down to a
lower purpose.

However, I do like the anubhavam you have mentioned 
of this line, that it talks about experiencing 
the beauty and presence of the Lord through 
association with our acharyas.

The vyakyadars for the pasuram have also mentioned
that even if Madhurakavi Azhvar were to not want
attachment to Him, since his acharya is closely
associated with Him, the attachment is automatically
there. This is a valuable quality of an acharya.
Ana acharya is one who can take to the Lord those 
who have truly surrendered to the acharya and 
through the acharya to Him, irrespective of their
further qualifications.

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan


--- Mani Varadarajan <mani@xxxx>
wrote:
> So you can experience the
> Parabrahman directly
> through the presence of such an acharya (kariya-kOla
> thiru-uru
> kANban nAn).
>
> aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,
> Mani


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