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SrImathE rAmAnujAya namah:
Dear Sri KaNNan,

Here is what adiyEn had written few years ago, and supplemented 
about Thirukkacchi Nambhi..

Tirukkachi NambigaL, who had the greatest special blessed privilege 
of conversing with Sri Varadaraja PerumAL Himself. He was blessed 
with this extraordinary privilege for performing the Thiruvaalavatta 
(fanning) kaimkaryam to PerumAL with utmost bhakti and involvement. 
In fact, NambhigaL (KaanchipoorNar) was born to Sri vaishnava 
Vaisiya (Chettiar) kula Sri Veeraraghava Chettiar and Kamalai at 
Poovirundhavalli. Though his parents were quite wealthy and were 
successful businessmen, NambhigaL had his mind only on Bhagawath, 
BhAgawatha kaimkaryam. 

He became a sishya of Sri YamunAcharyar (Sri Alavandhar) along with 
other sishyas namely, Periya Nambhi (Sri mahApoorNar), 
ThirukkOttiyoor Nambhi, and others. Sri Alavandhar named NambhigaL 
as pEraruLaaLa dAsar, while Sri Varadaraja PerumAL (PeraruLALan) 
Himself named him as GajEndra dAsar. NambhigaL is the one who showed 
Ramaujar to Alavandhar from afar at Kanchipuram Sri 
VaradarajaperumAL temple. Ramanuja, after breaking up from 
Yadavaprakasar, (when he was doing theertha kaimkaryam at Varadaraja 
PerumAL Koil) approached Thirukkaccchi nambhigaL and learnt 
tatvaartham from him. Thirukkacchinambhi is the one who asked (on 
request from RamanujA) Sri Varadaraja PerumAL and obtained from Lord 
Varadaraja the famous ' Six Words ' and passed them on to RamanujA.  

The six words are: (as told by Lord Varadarja Himself to NambhigaL)  

1 ahamEva Parathvam.  I- "Lord Narayana" is the Paramatma.
2 dharsnam bhEda Eva cha. :Individual souls are different from 
Paramatma.
3 upAyEshu prapatthisyAth- Prapatti (SaranAgathy- Complete 
Surrender) is the means to attain mOksham.
4 antima smruthi varjanam- Last remembrance of the Lord on the death 
bed is NOT necessary.
5 DhEhaavasaanE mukthisyAth- mOksham can be obtained the moment one 
(prapannan) lays off the present mortal body 
6 PoorNaachaarya smaashrayam- MahApoorNar (Periya Nambhi) is the 
AchAryan for RamanujA, under whom RamanujA should take refuge.

Thus, Thirukkacchi became most important Sri Vaishnava link for ALL 
OF Us. Though he was born in Vaisya kulam, he was great Srivaishnava 
and bhAgwathA and he was greatly revered by YathirAjar.

I have read that PerumAL (Varadan) gave Thirukkacchi NambhigaL some 
words upon Nambhi's request for tatvaartham from Him. They are:

1. Only by AchAryan's kattaksham, the disease of births and deaths 
will get cured.
2. BhAgawtha sEshathvam is more enjoyed by the Lord than Bhagawath 
sEshathvam. Serving Srivaishnavas and devotees of Sriman Narayanan 
is more pleasing to the Lord than serving Him. (PeriyAzhwAr has 
mentioned that Srivaishnavas of ThirukkOttiyoor can even sell AzhwAr 
for their use./ living) (Lord Rama was quite fond of Shathrugnan out 
of three brothers. 
3.  The Lord can NOT forgive and tolerate apacharam to BhAgawathAs, 
and treating His devotees based on their caste, colour, welath, 
Gothram etc.. 

Last day, PerumAl Himself offered NambhigAl Theertham and SadagOpam 
and took him to Paramapadham. NambhigaL lived for 55 years and 
remained a bachelor. NambhigaL composed Devaraja ashtakam, on 
Devaraja PerumAl (pEraruLALan). 

Sri Mani Varadarajan adds:

In the "periya thirumudi adaivu", a compendium of information 
on selected acharyas dating from the 15th century, there is a 
description of Tirukkacci Nambi which corresponds for the most 
part to what you have written.  While the periya thirumudi adaivu 
has suffered over the years from interpolation and the like,
it is on the whole reliable. Here is what it has to say
about this mahAnubhAvar:

        Tirukkacci Nambi, considered an 'amsa' of Sabari,
        was born in Poovirundhavalli, also known as Dharmapuri,
        located in the eastern part of 'PerumaaL Koyil' 
        (Kanchipuram Varadaraja Swami temple) in Thondai 
        Mandalam.

        He was born in the year "SobhakRt", in the month of
        "maasi" under the "mRgaSirA" constellation, into
        a family of the "fourth" caste.  His holy names
        include Tirukkacci Nambi and Sri Kanci Purna [both
        of these mean the same].  He lived in PerumaaL
        Koyil and his daily worship (tiruvArAdhanam) was
        to 'Perarulalan PerumaaL' (Varadarajan).  His
        acharya was Mahapurna (Periya Nambi).  

        His served the Lord by offering the divine
        fan (thiruvaalavattam) to Lord Varadaraja.  He
        composed the Varadaraja Ashtakam, and was part 
        of Lord Varadaraja's inner circle, a close confidant.
        He was the one who set Sri Ramanuja on the right
        path.

Acharyan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayanan
dAsan




--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "kannan T. S." <iswaryakannan@...> 
wrote:
>
> Srimate Ramanujaya Namaha
> 
>              if anyone could write about the history
> of thirukkachinambigal.
> 
> 
> Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam 
> 
> 
> thanking  you
> 
> 
>               
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