Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Srimathe Vara Vara Munaye Nama: Srimathe Anantharya Mahagurave Nama After reading Sri.TCA Venkatesan's article, I thought I will inform the members of the list that I have been maintaining a website on Thirumalai Anathazhvar at http://ananthazhvan.freeservers.com . My father has written few articles in Tamil on Ananthazhvar Vaibhavam which are available both in the HTML and pdf format. I will be very grateful if you can visit and give your comments. adiEn madhurakavi dhaasan T.A.S.Vijayaraghavan TCA Venkatesan wrote: > Sri: > Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: > Srimathe Vara Vara Munaye Nama: > Srimathe Anantharya Mahagurave Nama: > > Dear BhAgavatOttamAs, > > I had recently posted this article in Bhakti-list > and I am reproducing it here. > > Acharya Bhakti - 1 > > In talking about Acharya Bhakti one cannot but > remember Sri Tirumalai Anandazhvar and his bhakti to > his acharya Sri Ramanujar. His was no less than that > shown by Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar to Swami Nammazhvar, > as seen by the following episode. Interestingly both > Sri Anandazhvar and Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar's > thirunakshaththirams are the same "chiththiraiyil > chiththirai". > > Sri Anandazhvar went to Tirumalai upon Sri Ramanujar's > directive to do kainkaryam to Lord Srinivasa ("ozhivil > kAlam ellAm udanAy manni"). Particularly, he was doing > pushpa kainkaryam to the Lord every day ("sinthupoo > makizhum thiruvEnkadam"). One day he got delayed going > to the temple while he was making the garland. Lord > Srinivasa noting his absence asked that he come to the > temple immediately. Sri Anandazhvar refused stating > that he will come only when the garland was finished. > Lord Srinivasa then told Anandazhvar that he should > leave Tirumalai immediately as he was not obeying Him. > To which Anandazhvar replied that he was there not > upon His command but due to his acharya's command and > as such Lord Srinivasa had no right to ask him to > leave. And that he would rather disobey His command > than disobey his acharya's directive. Anandazhvar also > pointed out that Lord Srinivasa arrived at Tirumalai > after Sri Varahap Perumal and as such had no right to > be telling others to leave. Lord Srinivasa pleased by > Sri Anandazhvar's acharya bhakti blessed him and > stated that his devotion to his acharya was like that > shown by Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar; and that henceforth > he and his descendants should refer to themselves as > "madhurakavi dAsan". This is the reason all of Sri > Anandazhvar's descendants (Anandanpillai's) refer to > themselves that way. > > Anandazhvar Madhurakavi Azhvar Tiruvadigale Saranam > Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Tiruvadiagale Saranam > > adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan > TCA Venkatesan > > ===== > Email: mailto:vtca@xxxx > TCA Venkatesan: http://www.acharya.cc > -- > Srivaishnava Sampradhayam: http://www.acharya.org > For latest changes to this site, click on > http://www.acharya.org/whatsnew.html > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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