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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:
Dearest all,

Let us continue to enjoy Swami Nammazhwar's glories. 

bhakthAmrutham visva-janAnumOdhanam
SarvArTadham SrI SaThakOpa Vaangmayam
Sahsra saakhOpanishad samAgamam
namAmyaham DhrAvida vEda saagaram"

" adiyEn salutes that Ocean of Tamil Vedam , who
blessed us with the dhivya prabhandham revered as
ThiruvAimozhi, which is like the nectar to BhakthAs of
SrIman NaarAyana and is welcomed and relished by all ;
it houses all the esoteric meanings of the three
rahasyams , and is inertwined tightly with the
thousand upanishads. adiyEn prostrates before those
auspicious utterances of SrI SaThakOpan , the
veritable ocean of Tamizh Vedams".

Embaar was a cousin of Sri Ramanujar.

His name was Govinda. He studied under Yadava prakasa
along with Ramanuja. It is Govindhar who rescued
Ramanuja from the plot- the Guru Yadavaprakasa hatched
to kill Ramanuja. Subsequently, as he was taking bath
in a river, a Sivalinga (an icon in the phallic form
of Siva) mysteriously landed on his palm. He became a
Saivite for a while and stayed at kaaLahasthi praying
and offering puja to that lingam?

Yadhavava Prakashar and the disciples return after the
Kashi pilgrimage and are shocked to see Ramanujar
still alive in the temple.

Ramanujar without disclosing anything said that he
felt good to see him again. And enquired as to where
his cousin Govindan was.

Yadhava Prakasha replied not to worry. He is fine. He
found a lingam in Kashi. On seeing that he has
converted himself to Saivism. He has settled in
kaaLahaSthi, under the name of "uLLangai koNarndha
naayanaar"..

Later? on after Ramanuja was gaining more pupularoty
with increasing number of sishyas, he requested his
acharya ?cum ? maternal uncle, Tirumalai Nambi to
bring back the great devotee and the intelligent Boy
Govindha, who is also his another nephew as he is
stuck to Devathaantharam.. (a devotee of demi god).

Thirumalai nambhi along with his disciples went to
KaaLahasthi the sivasthalam and started delivering
upanyasams (discourses) next to where Govindha was
offering his prayers by pffering flowers to the Siva
linga. He started with the great epic Ramayana on
which Swamy Thirumalai Nambhi was quite well versed
(as Ramanuja himself had learnt Ramayana esoteric
concepts from Thirumalai Nambhi). No luck?

Then he started with Srimath Bhagawatham and then
continued on Gitaa.. Nothing helped.

Later on he commenced ShrI SaTakOpa?s Tamil Veda-
Thiruvaaymozhi.. Already Govindha was getting
transformed but did not give up? When the ThiNNan
veedu ten was started, there is a pAsuram, which says:

dhEvum epporuLum padaikkap poovil naanmukhanaip
padaittha devan 
EMPERUMAANUKKALLAAL POOVUM POOSANAIYUM THAGUME?

A wonderful pAsuram! The One who created everything ?
including all demi gods and all beings, sentient,
non-sentient- is Chathurmukha BrahmA (he is the one
who created even Sivan); and it is the Lord Sriya:
Pathi Sriman Narayanan ? the Primordial Chief who as
the indweller enabled BrahmA to do so? Eseentially it
is VishNu who does it all..

That Chauthur mukha BrahmA is created on the lotus
flower from the Divine Navel of EmperumAn Sriman
Narayanan- Jagath Rakshakan; Sarva Swamin; akila
jagath swAmin? and the AzhwAr asks: The flowers and
Prayers (ArAdhanam)- can they be meant for someone
else? (They are meant only for Him- the Only One-
Unparalleled!)

Govindhar jumped down (as he was collecting flowers
for the linga pooja), ?thagaathu; thagaathu.. ? CAN
NOT?.

He fell down at the feet of Thirumalai Nambhi? with
tears rolling down his cheeks and cried for saving him
to chenage him to be a Vaishnavite?
Rest is History.

That is the greatness of Thiruvaaymozhi
More morrow

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan


 
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