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srImathE rAmAnujAya namah
srImathE anantArya mahAguravE namah
srImathE vara vara munayE namah


dear devotees,

srI sreekanth had asked the following questions on kaisika purANam.
I have tried to answer his doubts. As always all mistakes are mine,
and mine only, and anything good is attributable to my AchArya.

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Q2. in the vyakhyanam of slokam 10
"munpu neerum namaum kurunkuTiyAka kaTTiyiruntha
asramatthile", kindly help me with the aithihyam
mentioned in the words, "kurunkutiyaka kattiyiruntha
asramam"
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The words "kurunkutiyAka kaatyiruntha aasramam" refers to the sthala
purANam of this divyadEsam. When our Lord took varAha avatAra, it is
said that He stayed in this place along with pirAtti in a small hut
(kuRun kudil), and hence, the name for this place is 
thiru-k-kuRun-kudi. Also, since the Lord stayed in a small hut 
(i.e. kuRungalaaga), in a small form than the big boar, this place is
called thiru-k-kuRun-kudi. This slOka refers to this itihya. (the 
Lord is narrating the happenings to pirAtti, and in this slOka, 
refers to "when You and Me were here in a small aasramam..." while 
recounting the nampAduvAn incident).

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Q3. in the vykhyanam of slokam
Thatha sahaH padmapathrAxaH xvapAkam prathyuvAchaH
yadyEvam niScayathatha svachithE asthu gamishyathaH
swami says, "sathyatthai rakshikka kkataven entru
sonnapatiyale priyappett, amalankalaka vizhikkum
enkirapatiye???"
what is the meaning of "Amalankalaka vizhikkum" is it
from azhwar pasuram?
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amalam means flawless.

Here, amalangaLaaka vizhikkum refers to nammAzhvAr's
eyes! This comes from the thiruvAymozhi pAsuram
in the ivaiyum avaiyum thiruvAymozhi (1.9.9). This pAsuram is

"kamala-k-kaNNan en kaNNil uLLaan kaaNban avan kaNgaLaalE *
amalaNgaLaaga vizhikkum aimpulanum avan moorththi*
kamalaththayan nambi thannaik kaN nudhalaanodum thORRi*
amalath theivaththOdu ulagam aakki en neRRiyuLaanE"

In this thiruvAymozhi, AzhvAr tells us about how the Lord
gave him paripoorNa anubhavam by coming into each one of AzhvAr's
body parts. First, the Lord comes near AzhvAr, then He climbs
and sits on nammAzhvAr's hips, then on nammAZhvAr's heart,
then his shoulders, then his tongue, his eyes, his forehead etc.
{Please see the translation for the introduction to this 
thiruvAymozhi from svAmi aNNangarAchariAr's works in this post 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/message/5211}

In this pAsuram, nammAzhvAr sings in the first two lines about
how the Lord is in his eyes, and is also all the indriyAs for
nammAzhvAr.

kamala-k-kaNNan en kaNNinuL uLLAn - the lotus eyed Lord is in my eyes
kANban avan kaNgaLaalE - I see through His eyes!
amalangaLaaga vizhikkum - He graced me such that all my sins and
  undesirable things like agnyaanam went away - hence I can see
Him in all clarity. 
aimpulanum avan moorththi - all the 5 indriyAs now became under
His control

This is quoted by bhattar in the context of him saying that the
Lord showered grace on nampAduvAn similar to what He did for 
nammAzhvAr

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Q4. in the final slokam, in vyakhyanam swami says
"athmanubhavam pannikkondiruppar kanum" what is the
deeper meaning of that. In a direct sense,
athmanubhavam is kaivalyam but then it will not match
to the context because, in the concluding parts, swami
uses the word "periyavITu" several times. Kindly help
Kindly pardon me for the mistakes in the mail
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Here, AtmAnubhavan cannot be interpreted directly; because bhattar
says "soozndhirundhu Eththuvar pallANdE enRum Ethat saama gaayannAsthE
enRum sollugirapadiyE namakkup pallANdu paadik koNdu aatmaanubhavam
paNNik koNdu iruppaargaL" - i.e. They will enjoy the AtmAnubhavam 
while praising Me as told by "soozhdirundu Eththuvar pallANdE" and
"Ethath saama gaayannaastE" - 

Clearly, the saama gaanam and the pallANdu singing for the Lord
happens in srIvaikUNTam only; Moreover, the state of kaivalyam is
one where the enjoyer enjoys himself - i.e. the soul enjoys
itself - not the Lord. Hence, the word AtmAnubhavan cannot be
interpreted as kaivalyam given what bhattar describes. Hence, we have 
to interpret AtmAnubhavam here as the anubhavam that is the true 
nature of the AtmA - i.e. uninterrupted devotional service to the 
Lord; {We cannot even say that it is the "enjoyment" by the soul of 
uninterrupted devotional service, because the enjoyer is always the 
Lord}.

AzhvAr emperumAnAr thiruvadigaLE saraNam

srI thirumalai anandAnpiLLai krishNamAchAriAr thiruvadigaLE saraNam,

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan,
varadhan









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