| You are here: Sri Vaishnava Home Page : Bhakti List : Archives : December 2000 |
From: Madhavakkannan V (srivaishnavan_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Dec 24 2000 - 19:53:24 PST
SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya Namah:
Dearest Sisters and Brothers,
Dec 24th (Maargazhi maasam, Kettai star) is ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr
Thirunakshathram. He is the AzhwAr who considered himself as the dust at the
feet of Bhagawathas, and called himself so.
AzhwArs are those who have immersed themselves in Bhagavath anubhavam and
bhakti towards Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan, the unsurpassed and Supreme
Lord. There is also a reference in srimad Bhagawatham about AzhwArs’ births:
kalau khalu bhavishyanthi nArAaNa parAyaNah:
kvachin kvachin mahAbhAgA drAmidEshu cha bhUrisa:
thAmaraparaNi nadhI yatra kruthamAlA payasvinI
kAvErI cha mahAbhAgA pratIcI cha mahAnadhI
(meaning: In the beginning of Kaliyuga persons "exclusively" devoted to
Sriman Narayanan and endowed with spiritual knowledge will be born here and
there in the land of dravidas where flow the rivers ThamaraparaNi,
Kruthamala (Vaigai), Payasvini (PaalaaRu) Cauveri, and Mahanadhi
(PeriyaaRu).
NammAzhwAr, MadhurakaviAzhwAr were born in the banks of ThamaraparaNi;
PeriyAzhwAr and AndAL close to Vaigai;
Poygai, PuthathAzhwAr and PeyAzhwAr and ThirumazhisaiPiraan near PaalaaRu;
ThoNdaradippodiAzhwAr, ThirumangaiAzhwAr on the banks of Cauveri.
Let us pay our obeisance to ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr (also called
BhakthAngrirENu)
ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr, composed two works:
1. ThiruppaLLiyezhucchi (10 verses) and 2. Thirummalai (45 verses)
Thiruppalliyezhucchi is almost a great multimedia presentation of waking up
the Lord of Srirangam, who is having His YoganithrA; The rising Sun, the
gentle breeze, the fragrance of the flowers, the movement of birds, the bees
humming, etc are greatly described by AzhwAr.
In Thirumaalai, the necessity to recite the Divya naamams (divine names) of
The Lord Ranaganathan to remove the sins, and the greatest importance of
kaimkaryam to Bhagawaan and more importantly His devotees, irrespective of
their caste.
ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE saraNam
Regards
Narayana Narayana
adiyEn Narayana dAsan Madahavakkannan
_________________________________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
--------------------------------------------------------------
- SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH -
To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@eGroups.com
Search archives at http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/index.html#SEARCH
Manage your subscription at http://www.egroups.com/mygroups