SrIman Sudarsan : It is good to hear from you . As you indicated , the encounter with Deva DEvi is referred to by some accounts and is rejected by others . Granting that such an incident took place in this Naishtika BrahmachAri AzhwAr's life steeped in bhakthi for Lord RanganAtha , we have to remember that he was engaged in Nandavana Kaimkaryam , when this incident is said to have happened . He was engaged in carrying Morning garlands to Lord Ranganatha and awakening the Lord of the Universe . It is fair to imagine that the Ranganatha Pativratai AzhwAr sang ThiruppaLLiyezucchi for SuprabhAtham and woke up His Lord and offered His MaalA Kaimkaryam .ThiruppaLLiyezucchi recital in front of the Lord's sannidhi must therefore have been nithyAnusandhAnam for the AzhwAr and we are beneficiaries of that nithyAnusandhAnam even today at Srirangam with the auspicious sound of VeeNA Naadham . This Sevai might have been interrupted during His time of infatuation with Deva Devi , if we concede that such an event took place . Barring factual references , one has to make use of ykthi vAdham here . ThoNDaradipodi AzhwAr was such a VairAgyasAli and a Naishtika BrahmachAri at that , it is very hard for AzhwAr abhimAnis to include this colorful inccident in His life . This incident however has educational value about the power of Kaamam and the dhivya dampathy's intervention to set things straight . In summary , I lean towards the view that these two Prabhandhams arose from the AzhwAr before this incident , if it ever took place . NamO SrI RanganAthAya , V.Sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: "sudarshan madabushi" <mksudarshan2002@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:25 AM Subject: [Oppiliappan] question on biographical detail of Tondar-adi-podi AzhwAr > > Could someone knowledgeable please help me with this question: > > Tondaradipodi AzhwAr's 2 works "tirupalliezhucchi" and "tirumAlai" -- were > they composed before or after his encounter with Devadevi, the "femme > fatale" with whom, according to traditional biography (per the > "AchArya-guru-parampara" accounts), he had a brief, fateful but > life-transforming relationship? > > Warm Regards, > Sudarshan > > > > > Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger > at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=n/ > > ------------------------------------ > > Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan > http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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