SrI:
SrImathE rAmAnujAya namah:
Dear Sri KaNNan,
Here is what adiyEn had written few years ago, and supplemented
about Thirukkacchi Nambhi..
Tirukkachi NambigaL, who had the greatest special blessed privilege
of conversing with Sri Varadaraja PerumAL Himself. He was blessed
with this extraordinary privilege for performing the Thiruvaalavatta
(fanning) kaimkaryam to PerumAL with utmost bhakti and involvement.
In fact, NambhigaL (KaanchipoorNar) was born to Sri vaishnava
Vaisiya (Chettiar) kula Sri Veeraraghava Chettiar and Kamalai at
Poovirundhavalli. Though his parents were quite wealthy and were
successful businessmen, NambhigaL had his mind only on Bhagawath,
BhAgawatha kaimkaryam.
He became a sishya of Sri YamunAcharyar (Sri Alavandhar) along with
other sishyas namely, Periya Nambhi (Sri mahApoorNar),
ThirukkOttiyoor Nambhi, and others. Sri Alavandhar named NambhigaL
as pEraruLaaLa dAsar, while Sri Varadaraja PerumAL (PeraruLALan)
Himself named him as GajEndra dAsar. NambhigaL is the one who showed
Ramaujar to Alavandhar from afar at Kanchipuram Sri
VaradarajaperumAL temple. Ramanuja, after breaking up from
Yadavaprakasar, (when he was doing theertha kaimkaryam at Varadaraja
PerumAL Koil) approached Thirukkaccchi nambhigaL and learnt
tatvaartham from him. Thirukkacchinambhi is the one who asked (on
request from RamanujA) Sri Varadaraja PerumAL and obtained from Lord
Varadaraja the famous ' Six Words ' and passed them on to RamanujA.
The six words are: (as told by Lord Varadarja Himself to NambhigaL)
1 ahamEva Parathvam. I- "Lord Narayana" is the Paramatma.
2 dharsnam bhEda Eva cha. :Individual souls are different from
Paramatma.
3 upAyEshu prapatthisyAth- Prapatti (SaranAgathy- Complete
Surrender) is the means to attain mOksham.
4 antima smruthi varjanam- Last remembrance of the Lord on the death
bed is NOT necessary.
5 DhEhaavasaanE mukthisyAth- mOksham can be obtained the moment one
(prapannan) lays off the present mortal body
6 PoorNaachaarya smaashrayam- MahApoorNar (Periya Nambhi) is the
AchAryan for RamanujA, under whom RamanujA should take refuge.
Thus, Thirukkacchi became most important Sri Vaishnava link for ALL
OF Us. Though he was born in Vaisya kulam, he was great Srivaishnava
and bhAgwathA and he was greatly revered by YathirAjar.
I have read that PerumAL (Varadan) gave Thirukkacchi NambhigaL some
words upon Nambhi's request for tatvaartham from Him. They are:
1. Only by AchAryan's kattaksham, the disease of births and deaths
will get cured.
2. BhAgawtha sEshathvam is more enjoyed by the Lord than Bhagawath
sEshathvam. Serving Srivaishnavas and devotees of Sriman Narayanan
is more pleasing to the Lord than serving Him. (PeriyAzhwAr has
mentioned that Srivaishnavas of ThirukkOttiyoor can even sell AzhwAr
for their use./ living) (Lord Rama was quite fond of Shathrugnan out
of three brothers.
3. The Lord can NOT forgive and tolerate apacharam to BhAgawathAs,
and treating His devotees based on their caste, colour, welath,
Gothram etc..
Last day, PerumAl Himself offered NambhigAl Theertham and SadagOpam
and took him to Paramapadham. NambhigaL lived for 55 years and
remained a bachelor. NambhigaL composed Devaraja ashtakam, on
Devaraja PerumAl (pEraruLALan).
Sri Mani Varadarajan adds:
In the "periya thirumudi adaivu", a compendium of information
on selected acharyas dating from the 15th century, there is a
description of Tirukkacci Nambi which corresponds for the most
part to what you have written. While the periya thirumudi adaivu
has suffered over the years from interpolation and the like,
it is on the whole reliable. Here is what it has to say
about this mahAnubhAvar:
Tirukkacci Nambi, considered an 'amsa' of Sabari,
was born in Poovirundhavalli, also known as Dharmapuri,
located in the eastern part of 'PerumaaL Koyil'
(Kanchipuram Varadaraja Swami temple) in Thondai
Mandalam.
He was born in the year "SobhakRt", in the month of
"maasi" under the "mRgaSirA" constellation, into
a family of the "fourth" caste. His holy names
include Tirukkacci Nambi and Sri Kanci Purna [both
of these mean the same]. He lived in PerumaaL
Koyil and his daily worship (tiruvArAdhanam) was
to 'Perarulalan PerumaaL' (Varadarajan). His
acharya was Mahapurna (Periya Nambi).
His served the Lord by offering the divine
fan (thiruvaalavattam) to Lord Varadaraja. He
composed the Varadaraja Ashtakam, and was part
of Lord Varadaraja's inner circle, a close confidant.
He was the one who set Sri Ramanuja on the right
path.
Acharyan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayanan
dAsan
--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "kannan T. S." <iswaryakannan@...>
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> Srimate Ramanujaya Namaha
>
> if anyone could write about the history
> of thirukkachinambigal.
>
>
> Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam
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>
> thanking you
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