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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Today- Aani anusham- is the Thirunakshathram of our
most merciful, most compassionate Acharyan- the link ?
the Master- nAthan- without whom we all would have
been anAthars (orphans)- Sriman Nathamuni? Let us
enjoy the great pastimes, greatness and glories of
this Acharya saarvabhouman and offer our prostrations
at his feet again and again (puna: puna: praNamya:)

Let us humbly place our heads at the feet of Sri
Nathamuni, who is the 
connecting link with the Sweet Divyaprabhandham,
through his penance of 
reciting very many times (~12000) the
"kaNNinunchiRutthaambhu- the ten 
verses on Sri Sadgopar, NammAzhwAr, composed by
MadhurakaviAzhwAr. Sri 
Nathamuni was blessed with a darshan of NammAzhwAr,
the compiled version of 4000 Divya prabhandham, handed
over by NammAzhwAr to NathamunigaL and nammAzhwAr's
vigraham, too. What a blessing! 

What a penance! What an AchAryA! His grandson is
ALavandhaar (Sri 
Yamunacharya) 

Swami Desikan wrote a verse dedicated to Sri
NathamunigaL in his Yathirajasapathathi, whose meaning
is as follows:

nAthEna muninA tEna bhavEyam nathavAnaham I
yasya naigamikam tattvam hasthAmalakathAm gatham II

I humbly salute the leader of our SampradhAyam; he is
the one who made it possible for the deep, difficult
to understand meanings of the VedAs for us to
understand. (through Divya Prabhandham). It is like
the nellikkani (a small fruit) on the palm, which is
so conspicuous and is self revealing ( that it is he
who is the AchAryA who has blessed us with this
treasure and is the link in our lineage of our
AchAryAs) 
 
Swami Desika also pays his obeisance to Sriman
Nathamuni in adhikara sangraham:

kaaLam valampuriyanna naRkaathal adiyavarkku
thaaLam vazhangi thamizh maRai innisai thandha vaLLal
mooLum thavaneRi moottiya naathamuni kazhalE
naaLum thozhudhu yezhuvOm namakku Ar nigar
innaanilaththE.

Sri Nathamuni blesses us with the Tamizh MaRai (Tamil
Veda- namely Divya prabandham). He had set to various
raga, thaalam and arranged thorugh his disciples mElai
agatthAzhwAn and Keezhai agatthAzhwAn to dane singing
these prabandhams with raga and thaaLa.. Thus
propagating the verses in musical manner as sort of
sEvai to Lord Ranganathan {which is being followed
even today during Adhyayana uthsavam- as Araiyar Sevai
at Srirangam and other temples as well). 

Swami further states that such most benevolent, most
merciful, vaLLal [as he had given us the invaluable
treasure in the name of Alwar?s 4000 and also the link
for our Srivaishnava acharyas thereby he himself is
gift to our sampradayam) Sri Nathamuni's lotus feet
alone is our only refuge. Swami is proud and roars
that since we have the divya Prabandam given by Sri
Nathamuni and since we have such greatest Acharya in
our lineage which goes down to prakritham acharya,
there is absolutely none equal to us.

namakku aar nigar in naanilatthE? Aar? None.. 
Naatha muni wrote 3 scholarly works  
( 1 ) Nyaya Tattva which contains the following 5
chapters viz., ( i ) Jnaana (Knowledge), (ii) Prameya
( Objects of cognition), (iii)Pramaatru (the
Cognizer),(iv) Karma (Action) and (v) Nyaaya (Logic)  
( 2 ) Yoga Rahasya which is said to have contained the
nuances of devotion (Bhagavad Upaasana) to the Lord
through Dhyaanam (meditation) and  
(3 ) Purusha Nirnaya. But none of them is available
today. He also composed the Tanian for Tiruvoimozhi
called "Bhaktaamrutham".  

His grandson, Yamuna muni later known as Aalavandaar
was just 12 years of age when Natha muni passed away.
And, it is this Aalavandaar who inaugurated the matrix
of Sri vaishnavam by his spiritual leadership.  

Namoh Chintayaathbhutha Aaklishta Gnaana Vairaaghya
Raasaye | 
Naathaaya Munaye Ekaantha Bhagavad Bhakti Sindhave || 
(meaning)Salutations to Naatha muni who is having
single minded devotion to the Lord and who is the
treasure of both Gnaana and Vairaaghya.  
Familial lineage and Guru-Sishya Parampara from Sri
Naatha muni to Sri Raamaanuja muni. 

The familial Parampara of Sri Naatha Muni is as
follows:  

Sri Easwara Muni.  
His son was Sri NAATHA MUNI.  
His son was Easwara Bhatta Aazhvaan.  
His son was Yaamuna Muni.  
His son was Sottai Nambi.  
His son was Ennaachaan.  
His son was Pillaiappar.  
His son was Thozhappar. 

The Guru- Sishya Parampara from Sri Naatha Muni to Sri
Raamaanuja Muni is as follows: (The primary Sishyas
name is given in Block Capital letters while the names
of other Sishyas is given in Ordinary letters)  

SRI NAATHA MUNI- His Prime Sishya was- PADMAAKSHAR aka
PUNDARIKAAKSHAR, UYYAKKONDAAR. His other Sishyas were:


(1)     Kurugai Kaavalappan  
(2)     Nambi Karunaakara Daasar  
(3)     Yeru Thiruvudaiyaan  
(4)     Tiruk Kanna Mangai Aandaan  
(5)     Vaana Maa Devi Aandaan  
(6)     Uruppattur Aachaan and  
(7)     Sogathur Aachaan  

Reference: Sri Anbil Ramaswamy mama's book Hinduism
rediscovered.. 
Sriman Nathamuni kazhalE Thozhudhu yezhuvOm?
Namo Narayana
dAsan

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