Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Dear bhAgavatas, --- sumithra varadarajan <sumivaradan@xxxx> wrote: > Though there are only 11 paasurams, ?kangulam > pagalum? padhigam for lord ranganatha in the whole > thiruvAimozhi it is a tradition of our acharyas to > say that all the 1000 paasurams belongs only to > ranganatha. The same has been repeated by Sri > parasara bhattar here. He says that the whole > thiruvaimozhi was submitted to the divine feet of > Periya perumal and then it was distributed to > various other divya desa emperumans. Parasara Bhattar's attachment to Srirangam is legendary. This has led to some interesting indicents. adiyEn will recall one interaction of Sri Bhattar with Sri Anandazhvar. Anandazhvar too had great attachment to a divya- desam, but it was Thiruvengadam. At one time, a bhAgavata who had been with Anandazhvar for a while in Thirumalai went to Srirangam. While attending Bhattar's upanyasam there, he happened to sneeze and said "thiruvengadam" immediately. In those days, Srivaishnavas would say the name of some divyadesam after sneezing. Upon hearing this Bhattar remarked "karuvilE thiruvilAdhAr Ar?", recalling Thondaradippodi Azhvar's Thirumalai pasuram 11: oruvillAl Ongu munnIradaiththu ulagankaL uyya seruvilE arakkar kOnais seRRa namsEvaganAr maruviya periya kOyil mathiL thiruvarangamennA karuvilE thiruvilAdhIr! kAlaththaik kazhikkinRIrE Here Azhvar says that only those who do not have the grace of the Lord when they were in their mother's womb would fail to say thiruvarangam at least once. But, for Bhattar this applies not just once but at every opportunity. Needless to say, he was disappointed at not hearing the bhAgavata say thiruvarangam after sneezing. When Anandazhvar heard this, he sent a message to Bhattar stating "veruvAdhAL vAy veruvi vEngadamE enRALO, thiruvarangam enRALO?", refering to Thirumangai Azhvar's Periya Thirumozhi (5.5) on Srirangam, which starts as "veruvAthAL vAyveruvi vEngadamE vEngadamE enginRALAl". Here, the mother of the girl laments about the state of her daughter who is tortured by her separation from the Lord. She says that her daughter who is separated from Him cries out vEngadamE vEngadamE, even though the pasuram is dedicated to Srirangam. How interesting are anubhavams of our acharyas! Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan ===== Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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