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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

Sri Vara Vara munaye Namaha

 

Sri ILaiyAzhwAr Vaibhavam-13

 

Elaiyazhvar and Periya nambigal reached perumal koil, when thirukkachchi 
nambigal welcomed them and prostrated Periya nambi. Periya nambi blessed 
thirukkachchi nambi and with his purushakaram (recommendation) went to have the 
darshan of ?ulagamEththum Azhiyan aththiyoorAn? perarulAlan. Similarto manakkal 
nambi doing upadesam to alavandaar the divine arthas which were passed on to 
him from nathamunigal via uyyakondar and submitting him to the divine feet of 
Periya perumal now Periya nambigal also fell to the feet of perarulAlan after 
fulfilling the wishes of alavandaar after many obstacles.

 

Then Periya nambigal accompanied elaiyazhvar to his house. Elaiyazhvar made 
arrangements for nambigal to stay in the first floor of the house and also 
submitted the required things for nambigal to lead his life. Nambi stayed as 
per the wish of elaiyazhvar in his house for six months and thought elaiyazhvar 
the dravida veda prabhandams and darshana vishaya rahasya vishEshangal. 
Elaiyazhvar was deeply enjoying his time in the shadow of the acharya when one 
day, one srivaishnava who came to do service to elaiyazhvar (massage oil to his 
hair) requested for some food. Immediately elaiyazhvar asked his wife if there 
was some left over food in the house. Elaiyazhvar?s wife said that there was 
absolutely no food in the house. Elaiyazhvar sent her out on a different errand 
and then searched through the kitchen. Hewas amazed to find lot of food left 
over there. Immediately he called hiswife and with great anger said, ?why did 
you say there was no food? Youhave refused to give food
for a starving srivaishnava. ?edumbaiyAl adarpuNdu eduminO tuttrendru 
erandhavarkku elaliyE endru nenunsollAl maruththa neesaiyirE nee? (you are a 
cheap person who refused food for a person who was suffering from hunger and 
who asked for a little food to satisfy his hunger)?. Another day there happened 
to be a fight between elaiyAzhvar?s wife and Periya nambigal?s wife on a simple 
issue of drawing water from the well. Coming to knowabout the incident Periya 
nambigal without informing elaiyazhvar left to Srirangam (koil). 

 

ElaiyAzhvar finished his anushtanams and came to prostrate Periya nambigal. He 
was surprised to not find his acharya over there. He asked the people around, 
?where is nambigal?? They replied that he has gone back to Periya koil. 
Surprised to hear the same elaiyazhvar asked, ?How is that possible? Why did he 
leave without even telling me?? They replied, ?A fight occurred between the two 
wives for a simple matter of drawing water from the well. Coming to know of 
this Periya nambigal scolded his wife and fearing for any further bhagavata 
abhacharam immediately left to koil.

 

Hearing this elaiyAzhvar got very angry with his wife and said, ?You haveproved 
the saying, ?pApAnAmAkarastriyaha? to be true. Earlier you didbhagavata 
apacharam with thirukkachchi nambigal and the srivaishnava. Nowyou have done 
asahyAbhachAram fighting with the acharya?s wife. So now you leave back to your 
parent?s house?. In this manner elaiyazhvar sent his wife back to her parent?s 
house along with the required wealth for her sustenance, the rest of the life.

 

We will see how elaiyAzhvar entered into the sanyAsAsramam in the next posting.

 

(To be continued)

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen,

Varadarajan Ramanuja Dasan

Sumithra Ramanuja DAsee

 

 

 



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