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 . 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