Dear TCA,
This reminds me of nAchiyAr Thirumzohip
pAsuram
'mantharam nATTi anRu
madhurak kozhum sARu koNDa sundhrath thOL vudayAn'
9-1
The Lord installed the manthra-malai and
got the essence and took it -The essence is of course
pirATTi.
dASan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:30
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Subject: [ramanuja] A Day in the Life of
Our Acharyas - 97
Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
Once, Bhattar was
explaining the 30th pasuram of Thiruppavai. When he came to words
"mAdhavanai kEsavanai" in the pasuram, he did the following. He showed
his mouth when explaining the word "mAdhavanai" and acted as if he was
going to spit when
he was explaining the word
"kEsavanai".
Bhattar explained the Lord's thirunamas thus. As the Lord
churned the milky ocean, a number of things came out and He distributed
to them to different people. When the poison came out, He gave it to Shiva.
When the nectar came out, He distributed that to the Devas. When Sri
Mahalakshmi came out, He kept Her for Himself. When Bhattar explained
this, he said "The true nectar that came out was Thayar. The Lord kept
Her for Himself and gave the remainder (amrut), which is what is left
after the essence has been taken out, to the Devas ('kaNNudhal nanjchuNNak
kaNdavanE, viNNavar amudhuNa amudhil varum peNNamudhuNda emperumAnE' -
Periya Thirumozhi 6-1-2)".
The name "mAdhava" shows that He is the
consort of Thayar. The name "kEshava" shows that He is the Lord of the
Devas. Therefore, Bhattar showed his mouth when explaining the name
'mAdhavanai' ('aNNikum amudhURum'), and acted as if to spit when explaining
the name "kEsavanai" ('like we would do with the remainder after the
essence is extracted').
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale
Sharanam
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