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SriMathe RamAnujaya Namaha:

Dear Sheela Mamai,

Thanks for remembering to all of us about the Thirunakshtram of Madurakavi
Azhwar. A simple description about the Azhwar, which I collected longtime
back from various sources.

Place = Thirukollur
Other Names = Inkaviyaar, Azhwaarukku Adiyaan
Month = Chithirai
Star = Chithirai(Chithra)
Sign (Amsam)= Vainatheya(Garuda) 

In sanskrit Madhura means "Sweet", ofcourse Kavi means "Poet" i.e. the sweet
poet, a vainathEya (Garuda) incarnate, was born in the year Eshwara, chitrai
month and in chitrai nakshatram at ThirukkoLoor. He learnt Tamil and
sanskrit and became a great scholar in both the languages. He was a great
BhaktA of Sriman Narayana. He was on visits to the North India to obtain
divya Darshanams of Ayodhya,Badri,Dwaraka etc., 

He chose to stay at Ayodhya as he could not resist being attracted by the
Holiness of Sri Rama's birth place. From there, he was dragged by an
uncontrolled desire to follow the new Southern glorious Star/Light appeared
in the sky and found himself at the feet of the Greatest Azhwar "Sri
NammAzhwAr". After a brief encounter he prayed to NammAzhwAr requesting him
to protect and accept him as his disciple. From then on, he stayed with
NammAzhwAr and complied all pAsurams of NammAzhwAr. Madhurakavi was so much
devoted to NammAzhwAr, his Acharya, that he held him equal to Lord SriMann
Narayana. 

Madhurakavi Azhwar is the one who helped us by compiling the outpourings of
NammazhwAr; Not just that, he also sang 11 beautiful "andhadhi" style
pAsurams starting with 

"kaNNi nuNsiRuth thaampinaal kattuNNap
paNNi yaperu maayan,en Nnappanil,
naNNith then_kuru koorn^ampi yenRakkaal,
aNNik kum_amu thooRumen naavukkE.
......
.....
.....
anban thannai yadainthavar katkellaam
anban, then_kuru koorn^akar nampikku,
anba Nnaaymathu rakavi sonnasol
nambu vaarpathi, vaikundham kaaNminE."

Which do not have any parallel to any other pAsuram for Acharya Bhakti and
devotion. He sang these pasurams only in praise of his Acharya "nammAzhwAr"
and claimed, in the end, that one can attain mOkshA certainly and definitely
after reciting just these 11 pAsurams. 

Madhurakavi's eyes were full of tears for his (his Acharya's) success; The
11 pAsurams are counted as part of 4000 verses simply because the whole of
4000 pasurams is claimed to be Bhagavadh vishayam while Madhurakavi's is on
his Acharya which is the central gem that sheds lustre on the other jems of
the garland, so says Sri Manavala mAmunigal. It is the work that holds the
key to the treasure of other pAsurams. 

Sri MadhuraKavi Azhwar ThiruvadiagalE Saranam:

Adiyen RamAnuja dAsan,
K.M. Shantha Kumar.



-----Original Message-----
From: Sheela Belur [mailto:bvsheela@xxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 1:24 AM
To: ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ramanuja] Madhura kaviAlwar tirunakshatram


srimatE rAmAnujAya nama:

Dear Bhagavathas:

Tomorrow is Madhurakavi Alwar Tirunakshatram . Can someone post something
about this great Alwar and forget about other on-going controversies ...?

madhurakavi Alwar tiruvadigalE saranam.
rAmAnuja dAsi






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