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sri:

Dear Devotees: Please accept adiyen's humble pranam:

Lets read, talk, chant about our Nammazhvar (and the pasurams he gave us). 
Thursday is his Thirunakshatram.
In India temples celebrate this for one month, some temples for 10 days.

In various Vedic Centers in USA utsavam is being celebrated for 10 days.

At temples across USA, Nammazhvar will be receiving kainkariyams from devotees 
and the priests tomorrow. 

Who is NammAzhvAr (our AzhvAr)
=========================================
? leader of all who have surrendered to Lord srIman nArAyaNa 
? considered the feet of the Lord (srI satakOpan in all temples (Satari)) 

? all other AzhvArs are considered to be part of this AzhvAr
? bUthaththu AzhvAr ? head
? poigai AzhvAr, pEy AzhvAr ? eyes
? periya AzhvAr ? face
? thirumazhisai AzhvAr ? neck
? kulasEkara AzhvAr, thiruppAn AzhvAr ? hands
? thirumangai AzhvAr ? navel
? madhurakavi AzhvAr ? feet
? rAmAnuja (emperumAnAr) ? pAdukAs

? considered to be the amsam of visvaksEna ? the Lord?s commander-in-chief

===================================What has he done/ given for all the devotees
===============================================
? did not speak till he was 16; after that spoke only to give us the pAsurams 
(Veda Sarams)

? his 4 prabhandhams (the tamizh vEda) are considered to be the gist of the 
sanskrit vEdAs ? 
? rg vEda sAram is thiruviruttam
? yajur vEda sAram is thiruvAsiriyam
? sAma vEda sAram is thiruvAymozhi
? atharvaNa vEda sAram is periya thiruvandhAdhi

? he is at the beginning of the AchArya parampara on this earth

? the vEda sArams can be learned (from a qualified teacher) and chanted by 
ANYONE interested 
(In castrast to the Samskrita Vedas which have restrictions)

=================================================================Other points 
that we may want to know about Nammazhvar
=================================================================
? in thiruvAymozhi, he predicted that rAmAnuja will be appearing onthis earth 
to lead all devotees of Lord srIman nArAyaNa in this kaliyuga

? this AzhvAr was the AchArya of another AzhvAr ? madhurakavi AzhvAr

? for a temple to be considered a divya dEsam, the temple?s Lord should have 
been sung by atleast one AzhvAr; this AzhvAr is special; all AzhvArs went to 
temples all over India to see and then sing about the Lord inthat temple; for 
this AzhvAr, the srIman nArAyaNa from temples all over India came to this 
AzhvAr in AzhvAr thirunagari, so that this AzhvAr could sing about Him

? in thiruvAymozhi, this AzhvAr teaches us the secret meanings of the rahasya 
mantrAs (thirumantram, dvayam and carama slOkam) ? AzhvAr in the 3rd century, 
3rd decade gives us the meaning of the sacred dvaya mantra ? eternal service to 
the Lord; in the 6th century, 10th decade, he gives us the means to achieve 
that goal of service to the Lord ? the Lord Himself, and our surrender to Him

? in thiruvAymozhi, 8th century, 10th decade, AzhvAr teaches us about service 
to the devotees of the Lord ? He, in fact asks the Lord to give him the fortune 
of serving the devotees of His devotees.

ozhivil kAlamellAm udanaay manni * vazhuvilaa adimay seyya vENdum naam*
thezi kural aruvith thiruvEngadaththu * ezhil koL sOthi enthai thanthai 
thanthaikkE *
(thiruvAymozhi 3.3.1)

Oh Lord! Let me do, at all times, forever, without any minute 
interruptionswhatsoever, 
perform perfect blemishless service to the Lord of thiruvEngadam, who is our 
father


VaaykathamiyERku oozhi thORu oozhi * maakaayaam
PookkoL mEni nAngu thOL ponnAzhikkai ennammAn *
Neekkamillaa adiyArtham adiyAr adiyAr adiyAr en
KOkkaL * avarkkE kudigaLaay sellum nalla kOtpAdE *
(thiruvAymozhi 8.9.10)

?Oh Lord srIman nArAyaNa!, please give me the great fortune of being the 
servant of the 
servant (? for 7 generations) of the servants of You?



Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE sharanam

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan 
Mukundan Vangkipuram Pattangi 

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