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Dear All,

In the previous email of this posting, there was a typo in the name of Divya 
Desam mentioned in the last paragraph. aDiyEn is correcting that and resending 
it. 

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In the last posting we discussed about the bhOgam of kAvEri. Before continuing 
to discuss the bhOgam and the vaibhavam of PerumAl, let us get in to the sutram 
part. ThiruppAnAzhwar was a mahAn born in the so called lower caste of the 
society, the pAnar kulam in ThiruUraiyoor. He used to stand on the bank of 
kAvEri and sing on the vaibhavam of PerumAl by playing veenai. Loka Saranga 
Muni was the one who was performing kaimkaryam ot Srirangam PerumAl. Oneday, 
when he was about to fetch the water from kAvEri for PerumAl kaimkaryam, he 
noticed the Azhwar. Loka Saranga muni was born in the so called upper caste of 
the society. In order to distract the Azhwar he threw a stone at him. Azhwar 
was still immersed in enjoying RanganAthar. The muni did not get water from 
kAvEri. When he went back to the sannidhi, the doors got closed. RanganAthar 
explained the greratness of the Azhwar, and asked him to bring the Azhwar. 
(Please note: There may be different versions to the story, but aDiyEn would
 like to concentrate only on the sutram part and the actual anubhavam of Divya 
Desam and PeumAl.). As per the order of RanganAthar, muni came back to take 
Azhwar with him. Azhwar refused to step in to Srirangam, as he thought that the 
place?s sanctity would be gone if he stepped into that place. Loka Saranga Muni 
pleaded, and finally decided to carry ThiruppAnAzhwar on his shoulder to the 
place of RanganAthar. 

The speciality of this Azhwar is very unique. He was totally immersed in the 
beauty of RanganAthar. He enjoyed every part of RanganAthar before finally 
reaching to enjoy His eyes. He was so deeply immersed in the beauty of 
RanganAthar?s eyes that he did not even want to see any other thing after that. 
He did not even sing a phalasruti pAsuram at the end of his work. 

?kaattavE kaNda paatha kamalam nallaadai yunthi, thEttaru muthara pantham 
thirumaar_pu kaNdam sevvaay, vaattamil kaNkaL mEni muniyERith thanipu kunthu, 
paattinaal kaNdu vaazhum paaNar_thaaL paravi NnOmE?

Not everyone can see the eyes of RanganAthar. Moreover, just knowing Him itself 
is not easy as mentioned by vEdAnta. ThiruppAnAzhwar was able to enjoy the 
beauty of His eyes by the nirhEtuka Krupai of RanganAthar. There was another 
person who got this rare opportunity. This was not because of the direct 
sambanfdham with PerumAl, but by the sambandham of Swami Ramanujar. Swami 
Ramanujar brought Pillai UrangAvilli (One that used to be the ThirumEni kAval 
for the king) before RanaganAthar, and asked RanganAthar to show the beauty of 
his eyes. Looking at the beauty of RanaganAthar?s eyes, Pillai UrangAvilli 
dAsar became a sishyan of Swami Ramanujar, and started performing SriVaishnava 
kaimkaryam.

If we look at this part of the sutram that we are discussing, PerumAl makes 
sure that if one offends a BhaAgavatA, the same person should go and plead 
before that BhAgavatA rather than PerumAl interfering in that. PerumAl wants 
both of them to be with Him as both are His children. Moreover, there is no 
constraint for worshipping PerumAl in terms of kulam of birth. 

aDiyEn would like to mention about another mahAn before we get to enjoy the 
bhOgam of PerumAl in Srirangam. He was also from pAnar kulam, and used to sing 
on the most beautiful PerumAl (PerumAl's name itself proves that). The name of 
the BhaktA was NampAduvAn, and the PerumAl?s name is Sundara Paripooranan. The 
name of the Divya Desam is Thirukkurungudi, a beautiful vAmanA Shetram in 
Pandiya nAdu. 

aDiyEn,


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