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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

An interesting event occured between Sri Anandazhvan
and Sri Bhattar surrounding this pasuram.

One time a Srivashnava had spent some time in Thirumalai
with Anandazhvar and then gone to Srirangam. While 
sitting at Bhattar's upanyasam, he happened to sneeze
and said "thiruvEnkatam". In those days, it was the
habit of devotees to say the name of a divyadesam 
when sneezing, etc. Immediately, Bhattar responded
"karuvilE thiruvilAdhAr Ar" - meaning, who is the one
who does not have the "thiru"?. Bhattar was refering
to Thondaradippodi Azhvar's Thirumalai pasuram,

"madhiL thiruvarangam ennA
karuvilE thiruvilAdhAr"

His thought was that the person who sneezed should
have said thiruvarangam and not thiruvEnkatam. While
Bhattar's passion for Srirangam is great, Anandazhvan's
passion for thieuvEnkatam was no less. In fact, Guru
Parampara states that no one can say thiruvarangam
like Bhattar and no one can say thiruvEnkatamudaiyAn
like Anandazhvan. So, when the devotee told Anandazhvan
about this episode, he sent a message back to Bhattar 
saying "veruvAdhAL vAy veruvi vEnkatamE enRALO, 
thiruvarangam enRALO" - refering to this Periya
Thirumozhi pasuram.

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan


--- Padmanabhan <aazhwar@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> thiruvarangam or  thiru-vENkaTam
> 
> Sri thirumangai AzhwAr's extreme devotion is being
> described by her mother. The status of parakAla nAyaki's
> bakthi pAravasyam towards sri ranganAthan of srirangam is
> narrated by her mother.
> 
> It is mentioned by the mother that parakAla nAyaki
> without fear openly says "vENkaTamEA! vENkaTAmEa" 
> 
> Now, what is this? The devotion is towards thiruvarangam
> Lord. But the words are about thiru-vENkaTam.
> 
> It is said that the Almighty descends from parama-padham
> to thiru-varangam via thriumalai. He stands in thirumalai
> and then settles down at thiruvarangam. The thiruvarangam
> is likened by our pUrvAchAryAs to thriu-nADu and the
> kAvEri to vrajA. 
> 
> AzhwAr's bakthi pAravasyAm is so intense that it
> commences  from the roots-- thiruvENkaTam. That is what
> sri thiruppAN AzhwAr also did in amalanAdhippirAn by
> talking of thirumalai in the third pAsuram.
> 
> Sri peiryavAchAn piLLai summarises this crisply "periya
> perumALuDiaya, inguthai varavAREA pidithu ARRAmaikku
> vudalampaDi kANum piRandhadu pravaNAdhisayam' 
> 
> "veruvAdhAL vAi veruvi 'vENkaTamEA! vENkaTAmEA"
> enginRALAl.." 5-5-1;
> 
> dAsan
> vanamamalai padmanabhan
> 



                
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