Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: --- Gunaseelan V <gunav@xxxx> wrote: > ... and if you see all the > conversations between our > Nanjeeyar and Bhattar, it was so great , like > Nanjeeyar will ask normal > doubts as neechan like Adiyen can think about and > our Bhattar will give > fitting reply which will clear all doubts and with a > stich of humour also.. This is indeed true. The interaction of Bhattar with Nanjeeyar gave raise to many outstanding explanations and ideas. Nanjeeyar was a great disciple - one who was not afraid to question his acharya on many issues. And Bhattar was adept at answering them. One can probably record a book on all their interactions and it would make great reading and provide grand insights into our sampradhayam. One such episode came to adiyEn's mind and I will share it with the bhAgavatas. Once Bhattar was doing an upanyasam on Periya Thirumozhi and was talking about the pasurams on Pullambhuthankudi. Specifically, he was talking about pasuram 5.1.2 which ends as paLLachcheRuvilkayalugaLap pazhanakkazhaniyathanuLpOy puLLuppiLLaikkiraithEdum puLLampoothankudithAnE Here Azhvar is describing the natural beuaty of this divyadesam. There is a ditch next to the fields which is filled with water and many fish are moving about. Here a bird is watching and searching for a fish for its young. Such is the natural abundance of this place. At this point Nanjeeyar asked Bhattar "ugaLAdhiruppa thEduvAnEn?" That is, if there are so many fish moving about, why would the bird have to search? Bhattar replied: "Since the place was rich in water and food, all the fish had grown to a large size - so large that they were barely able to move about. So, the bird should not have to search for food - if it was looking for food for itself. But as it was looking for food for its young (piLLaikku irai), it wanted some small fish to feed them. That's why it was searching". It is said by our acharyas there was none to ask questions like Nanjeeyar and that there was none to answer them like Bhattar. 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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