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SrI:
SrImathE SatakOpAya namah:
Dearest all,

Today Chithrai Chitthrai is Madhurakavi AzhwAr
ThriunakshathramN..[Birthday]. Let us enjoy about his
glories. All of us are indeed aware of his excellent
divine 11 verses of kaNNinunchiRuthAmbu..

Reproduced below is the wonderful extract from one of
Sri Satakopan swami's articles on this AzhwAr.. 

[Thanks to him for his permission to share this info
with all of you]

Swami Desikan in Prabandha sAram devoted
one verse to all the other AzhwArs including 
Swami NammazhwAr and set aside a WHOLE Verse
to celebrate Madhura Kavi's incomparable glory .
Swami Desikan explains that there are ten kinds
of Sambhandham between the Isvaran and the Jeevan .
Madhura Kavi turned these ten kinds of sambhandham 
to his AchAryan and sang his prabhnadham to glorify
the AchAryan over the Lord Himself and to seek his
AchAryan as his sole refuge . Swami describes 
the ancient and sacred route shown by Madhura kavi
this way : " anbarkkE avatharikkum Aayan niRka ,
arumaRaikaL Tamizh seythAn aruLE koNdu thunpu aRRa
Madhura Kavi thOnRak Kaattum thol VazhiyE nall Vazhi--

ThERiya maajn~Anamudan ThirukkOLUril
  ChitthirayiR Chitthirai naaL Vanthu thOnRi
AaRiya NalanbhudanE KuruhUr Nampikku 
  anavaratham antharanga-adimai seythu
MaaRanai allAl yenRum maRanthum thEvu
  maRRaRiyEn yenum Madhura kaviyE nee munn
kooRiya KaNNinuNN SiRutthAmpu athaniR paattuk-
  kulavu pathinonRum yenakku uthavu neeyE 

(Meaning): Oh Maadhura Kavi born on 
Chitthirai maasa Chitthirai at ThirukkOLUr 
with clear Jn~Anam and who performed antharanga 
kaimkaryam for Swamy NammAzhwAr with intense 
devotion and without let ! You declared that 
You do not know of any gods other than Swamy
NammAzhwAr . Please bless me now with the Jn~Anam
about the eleven paasurams of Your aruLiccheyal
(blessed work) KaNNinuNN SirutthAmpu that you blessed 
the world earlier. 

(Comments):Even when KrishNa ParamAthmA was living at
DhvArakai during his (Madhura kavi's) lifetime , he
did not seek Bhagavan's feet for Prapatthi based on
his conviction that he has to approach the Lord
through a sadAchAryan and hence he waited for Swamy
NammAzhwAr's avathAram to perform Prapatthi at His
sacred feet. He considered thereafter
that his AchAryan's sacred feet alone are his
Taaraka-Poshaka Bhagyam and performed uninterrupted
kaimkrayam to his AchAryan.Through this act , Madhura
Kavi showed the world the ancient , auspicious and
safe route (Tholl Vazhi)of AchArya Bhakthi even over
Bhagavath Bhakthi . Madhura Kavi thus pointed out that
even with the greatest bhakthi to Bhagavaan , those
who do not  approach Him through a sadAchAryan will
not be redeemed.Madhura Kavi instructed us on this
very important doctrine for the first time (nee munn
kooRiya) through his Prabhandham .

SrI Manavala maamuni in his upadesa Ratthina maalai
verse 25 

yErAr Madhura Kavi ivvulahil vanthu uthittha 
   seerArum Chitthirayil Chitthirai NaaL --paarulahil
maRRuLLa AazhwArkaL vanthu uthittha nALkaLinum
   uRRathu yemakku yeRu nenjEOr 

(meaning): Oh My mind! Please reflect on the fact
that the birthday of the auspicious Madhura Kavi 
( ChitthrA Nakshathram in the month of Chitthirai ) 
is even more sacred for celebration than that of
the birthdays of all the other AzhwArs .

(Comments): MM alludes here to the unique greatness of
Madhura Kavi celebrated by Sri PiLLai LokAcchAr in 
the fourth prakaraNam of Sri Vachana BhUshaNam .
Paasuram 26: Why KaNNinuNN sirutthAmpu became part of
4000 

Vaayttha Thirumanthiratthin matthimamAm patham pOl
  seertha Madhura Kavi sey kalayai--aartha Pukazh
Aariyarkal thAngaL aruLiccheyal naduvE
  sErvitthAr thARpariyam thErnthu 

(meaning ): Our great PoorvAchAryALs joined Madhura
Kavi's Prabhnadham of KaNNinuNN SirutthAmpu in the
sacred NaalAyira Dhivya Prabhandham inview of the
blessed message that this prabhandham houses.They
recognized very well that Madhura Kavi's Prabhandham
is exactly like the middle padham in our beloved
AshtAksharam (viz)., Nama: padham and therefore this
prabhandham fits very well in the middle of the sacred
collect of  the Four Thousand .

(Comments): All the AzhwAr's prabhandhams other than 
that of Madhura Kavi extolled the svarUpa rUpa guNa
vibhUthi chEshtithams of Sriman NaarAyaNan .Madhura
Kavi's Paasurams dealt only with the celebration of
NammAzhwAr .There may be people who might question the
wisdom of combining under one roof the prabhandhams
that praise the Lord and the Prabhandham 
that bypasses the Lord and focuses only on the
AchAryan. We celebrate the other AzhwAr's Prabhandhams
since they deal with the deep meanings  of the three
rahasyams ( Thirumanthiram ,Dhvayam and Charama
slOkam). 

In Thirumanthiram , the middle padham is nama: sabdham
, which stands for the most important tattvam of
BhAgavatha sEshathvam. Madhura Kavi's prabhandham 
celebrates this BhAgavatha Seshathvam  exclusively
and hence PoorvAchAryALs decided that KaNNinuNN 
SirutthAmpu has its rightful place in the middle
of Dhivya prabhandham .

Madhurakavi AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan



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