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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 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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