Dear Swamin!
Really the article is simply superb. Adiyen expects
more articles on this kind so that people like
adiyEn who have lesser jn~anam could learn the
meaning very easily and enrich the knowledge
in our samprdhAyam.
adiyen
senthil.b
--- tavaradhan <tavaradhan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA
> SRIMATHE BALADHANVI MAHAGURUVE NAMAHA
> SRIMAD VARAVARAMUNUYE NAMAHA
>
> Periyavachanpillai -14/09/2006
>
> Srimad Krishna Samahvaya Namo Yamuna Sunave
> Yat Katakshaika Lakshyanam Sulabha Sridhara Sada
>
> [Salutation to Srimad Krishna(Periyavachan Pillai),
> the son of Sri
> Yamuna. Sridhara will be easily accessible to those
> who become the
> target of the glances of Sri Periyavachan Pillai].
> This is the
> taniyan of Sri Periyavachan Pillai who occupies an
> unique and
> distinct position among Sri Vaishnava Acharyas. His
> greatness is not
> only beyond description but also far beyond
> conception of any human
> being. Let me, however, try to pay a glorious
> tribute on the
> occasion of his birthday(Tirunakshatram) which falls
> on 14-09-
> 2006,Thursday following several essays written by
> our illustrious
> ancestors of profound and renowned scholarship and
> purify both my
> heart and pen.
>
> Sri Periyavachan Pillai was born in the year
> Sarvajit(A.D. 1167)
> during the month of Aavani, the star being Rohini.
> His father's name
> was Sri Yamuna and his mother was called Srimathi
> Nachiyar, at
> Shanganallur at Thanjavur District.
>
> The original name given to him by his parents was
> Sri Krishna. He
> learnt Vedas etc. as per the custom prevailing in
> those days and
> became a master of both Samskrit and Tamil language
> and literature.
> Later on he became the right hand of Sri Nampillai,
> even as
> Lakshmana was the right hand of Sri Rama.
>
> About his birth there is a faith among the
> Srivaishanavas, which is
> very interesting to note. Tirumangai Azhwar during
> his pilgrimage to
> different Divya Desams visited Tirukannamangai.
> There he sang
> mellifluous songs, eulogizing Sri Krishna, the
> preciding deity of
> that Divya Desam. Sri Krishna developed a very
> great fancy for those
> songs, lured by their melody and expressed his
> strong desire to learn
> those songs. Tirumangai Azhwar remarked,
>
> "Meimmai Sollin Venshangam Onru Endiya Kanna!
> Ninthannakum Kurippagil Karkalaam Kaviyin
> Porulthane"
>
> (Periya Tirumozhi 7-10-10)
>
> (To be frank with you Oh Krishna! Wielding white
> conch if you so
> desire in your Archavathara State you can only learn
> the meaning of
> my poem). Thereby obviously Kaliyan meant that the
> Lord should be
> born again in this mortal world to learn his poem.
> The Lord
> understanding the implication of this statement of
> Kaliyan was born
> in this world as Sri Periyavachan Pillai on the same
> day as Krishna
> was born (Rohini star-Gokula Astami). Hence his
> name was also
> Krishna. Tirumangai Azhwar was born as Nampillai,
> his birth month
> and day being Karthikai and Krithika Star as that of
> Tirumangai
> Azhwar. Sri Nampillai was also named
> TirukkaliKanri Dasar, another
> name for Tirumangai Azhwar. So Tirukhannamangai
> deity, Sri Krishna
> was born as Sri Periyavachan Pillai and Tirumangai
> Azhwar's
> incarnation was Sri Nampillai. (The date of birth,
> the name of Sri
> Nampillai and Sri Periyavachan Pillai with that of
> Thirumangai Azhwar
> and Sri Krishna are responsible for this very
> fanciful conjucture).
>
> Much about the life history of Sri Achan Pillai is
> unknown but his
> excellences cannot be described even by the thousand
> hooded Aadisesha
> or the thousand headed Lord himself. He has the
> unique distinction
> of writing versatile lucid and very sweet commentary
> on the four
> thousand songs of Azhwars called Nalayira Divya
> Prabhandam. He has
> also written an excellent and scholarly commentary
> on select verses
> of Sri Ramayanam and Bharata. His jovial and novel
> treatment of the
> sweet commentary on Sri Ramayanam called Tani Sloka
> Vyakyanam is
> unparalled in the world literature. His depth of
> knowledge in all
> Shastras under the sun is manifest in these
> commentaries. He has
> also commented on the Gadyatrayam of Sri Ramanuja,
> Chatusloki and
> Stotra Ratnam of Sri Yamunacharya and Jitante
> Stotra. His main idea
> was to carry the force of wisdom enshrined in all
> these epics Divya
> Prabhandham etc to all people who possess meager
> knowledge and he is
> successful in his attempt. For this purpose he did
> not use Sanskrit
> language for his commentary but only a suitable
> admixture of both
> Samskrit and Tamil words which were in common use in
> those days.
> This helped the people belonging to different strata
> of the society.
> Even women in those days were able to understand and
> assimilate the
> inner meanings of the epics stanzas and Nalayira
> Divya Prabhandam
> with the help of these commentaries. His authorship
> of Paranda
> Rahasyam and Manikka Malai is still a open question.
>
> However in his super commentaries all the
> Rahasyarthas do find a
> place, embedded very well. Thus he has earned two
> sobriquets,
> Vyakhyana Chakravarthi and Abhaya PradaRaja(for his
> excellent
> commentary on Vibhishana Sharanagathi slokas which
> he richly
> deserves).
>
> Sri Nampillai understanding the unique capacity of
> his disciple Sri
> Achan Pillai commanded him to write a commentary on
> Tiruvoimozhi. He
> fulfilled this duty by writing an excellent
> commentary on 1102
> stanzas of Tiruvoimozhi called 24000 padi (One padi
> consists of 32
> syllables). Two other disciples of SriNampillai by
> name Vadakku
> Tiruveedi Pillai and Naduvil Tiruveedi Pillai
> Bhattar also wrote
> commentaries on Tiruvoimozhi without getting the
> sanction of their
> Acharya, Sri Nampillai. This irritated the teacher
> very much.
> Naduvil Tiruveedi Pillai Bhattar's commentary was
> totally repudiated
> by Sri Nampillai and having dipped the palm leaf
> manuscripts in water
> threw it inside an ant hill where as Vadakku
> Tiruveedi Pillai's
> commentary was thrown to the background and not
> allowed for public
> consumption for a certain period. From this we can
> understand the
> unique love of Sri Nampillai towards Sri Aachan
> Pillai.
>
> Let me take one example from Periya Tirumozhi to
> illustrate the
> excellence and fascinating character of Sri Aachan
> Pillai's
> commentary.
>
>
>
>
> "Oliya vennai undan enru Vuralodu Aaicchi
> On Kayitral Viliya Aarkha Aapundu Vimmi Azhuthan
> Men malar mel Kaliya vandu Kallunna Kamar Thenral
> Alar Tootra
> Nalir Vai Mullai Muruvalikkum Naraiyur Ninra
> Nambiye"
> (Periya Tirumozhi 6-7-4)
>
> In this stanza Sri Kaliyan describes both the town
> Tirunaraiyur
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