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srImathE rAmAnujAya namah
thirumangai AzhvAr thiruvadigaLE saraNam.

dear bhAgavathAs,

Over the next few days, the VEDICS/rAmAnuja list volunteers
will be providing with material related to thiru-k-kUdalUr,
and the most beautiful perumAL there - jagadrakshaka
perumAL, or vayyam kAththa perumAL. The first in
that series is from periya thirumozhi, 5th paththu,
2nd thirumozhi.

1. thAn tham perumai aRiyAr
thUdhu vEndhar-k-kAya vEndhar Ur pOl
kAnthaL viral menkalai nanmadavAr
kUndhal kamazhum kUdalUrE.

thAn tham perumai aRiyAr -
One who does not know His own greatness

vEndhar-kku thUdhu Aya vEndhar -
the place of the One who was the messenger
of the kings (pAndavAs)

Ur - if one asks which is His place,

kAndaL viral men kalai nal madavAr
kUndhal kamazhum kUdalUrE -
it is kUdalUr, which is the place filled
with aroma of the hair-do's of ladies
who have beautiful fingers like the
kAndaL flower.

-- paraphrasing of vyAkhyAnam of 
srI. PB aNNangarAchArya svAmi.

The vEdAs declare in many places that the LOrd
is all knowing (sarvagjnan), and all-powerful
(sarvashakthan). However, it seems that He
Himself does not know of His greatness. Only
when others tell Him that "You are so great!
You have such great qualities" does He come to
know of His greatness Himself.

What is His greatness? the all-powerfulness, and
the supreme greatness (parthvam) is not His
greatness. His wonderful quality of being
accessible, approachable, and commandable by
His devotees (Evi kAriyam koLLalAmpadi
thannai thAzha vittu koNdu irukkum iruppu!),
like the pANdavAs did when they sent Him as
their messenger to the kauravAs.

Such a great Lord, who has all-powefulness
AND all-approachability (parathvam and
saulabhyam), has chosen thiru-k-kUdalUr
as His abode.
----

This pAsuram is so apt to the current scenario.
This perumAL - jagad-rakshaka-perumAL (the One
who is the guardian of the world!) put Himself
in such a poor situation. His temple was
dilapidated, his roofs were full of trees and
creepers. His AzhvAr sannadhis were run down.
His own consort's sannadhi - thAyAr sannadhi -
collapsed. His temple was not even open for
an extended period of time each day.

Why did He do this to Himself? Cannot he just
fix all the things so that He lives like
the king that He is? 

Apparently He did not want to do that. He wanted
His devotees to be with Him, to come to Him,
and lovingly do service to Him. Once His
devotees started caring about Him, and started
coming to Him, He multplied their miniscule
efforts Himself, and started to make things happen.

Such a great Lord, in order to give opportunity
for His devotees to love Him and to care about
Him, put Himself in such a dilapidated temple.
(The first thing we do when our home leaks
is to fix the leak. What about the LOrd's
house?) He suffered so much for us to care about
Him, and perform service to Him, and for us to
"feel good" performing such a service to Him.

Isn't He great? Isn't He the most wonderful 
Lord? Isn't He one who does not know His own
greatness? It is indeed true what our AzhvAr
says. The Lord of thiru-k-kUdalUr certainly
does is "thAn tham perumai aRiyAr"

--
This Lord's temple is being renovated. Details of
the renovation can be found on
http://www.vedics.net/cbin/vedApp.pl?appName=tkudalur
If anyone is interested in participating in this service, 
please do visit the website.


AzhvAr emperuAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam,
irAmAnusan adiyArgaL




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