SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA. ( Part 19 / 21)
Sri Tirumangai Azhwar Part 19
OUR SRI TIRUMANGAI AZHWAR WITH HIS MOST BELOVED WIFE SRI KUMUDAVALLI THAYAR
Our dearest Sri Tirumangai Azhwar has sung more than 1200 holy verses in praise of our lord Sriman Narayana which sums up his divine contribution to more than 1/4 of the 4000 Divya Prabhandham , the other 1/4 pertains to our king of azhwars , our Namazhwar, our two adoring azhwars have written more than half of the 4000 holy verses which only proves that they are most revered in all our Srivaishnava temples with the greatest adoration and love for despite writing countless words they, yet were not satiated in their divine thirst for our dearest Lord Sriman Narayana , it is like the very thirsty person who despite drinking lots of water yet feels parched inside and keeps drinking further. Our adoring azhwars only purpose to descend on our dearest mother earth, as instructed by our Lord Sriman Narayana, was to ensure to guide each one of us towards the supreme most personality of godhead our lord Sri Krishna.
Our SriTirumangai azhwar's distinctiveness in his writings cited below :
- Our Sri Tirumangai azhwar , had to fulfill his vow given by him, to his divine wife before their marriage. His wife put two conditions to him, one he has to be a devout Srivaishnavite in all aspects and surrender only unto the divine most lotus feet of our Lord Sriman Narayana, he should not bow to anyone else. Second, he had to everyday feed at least 1000 Srivaishnavites. When he agreed to her conditions, she married him.
In order to honour his promise he kept feeding minimum 1000 srivaishnavite devotees every day. Slowly, his savings got depleted day by day. Just like our dearest Bhishma Pitamaha who is known as DEVRATA, because he is the one who took a promise and also knew how to honour to the last core , our dearest SriTirumangai azhwar also went on feeding countless srivaishnavas. He then decided he should forcefully take money or any other valuables from people and continue feeding but never give up his word of promise, for to him, A COMMITMENT WAS A COMMITMENT"
He started stealing for feeding annaprasadam for all the srivaishnava devotees of our dearest of dear lord Sri Krishna. Once our DIVINE PARENTS , in a guise of newly married couple , with lots of grandeur and opulence , lots of jewels and precious stones, descended on our dearest mother earth to test him. Seeing the royal entourage, he stopped our divine bride and bridegroom and started putting one by one all the valuables in a very large box and was about to pick and move , the big box could not be lifted at all, our dearest Sri Tirumangai azhwar kept on trying with his other friends, who too were always a part of his activities, none of them could lift the box.
At that moment our lord Sri Krishna and our most beloved Maha Lakshmi amma , appeared before him from their disguise , and our Sri Tirumangai azhwar was stunned to see their resplendent self like billions and countless splendour of a sun . He prostrated before them and sought their forgiveness and from that day onward he did not resort to forcefully extracting valuables for feeding the srivaishnavite devotees and the very best part is our dearest lord Sriman Narayana chanted the maha mantram in his ears. WHAT A MARVEL!. DIRECT FROM OUR CREATOR LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA HIMSELF. THIS IS THE EXALTED STATUS OF OUR DEAREST SRI TIRUMANGAI AZHWAR WHO LOVED OUR ADORING LORD SRI KRISHNA TO THE SUPERLATIVE AND A MAHATMA WHO KNEW HOW TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE DESPITE ALL ODDS.
- Our Sri Tiirumangai azhwar visited around 98 srivaishnavite holiest of holy places of worship and has sung divine verses composed by himself and hence he is the unparalleled mahatma who proclaims with all certainty the divine most glories of archa avataaras (i.e maha divya mangala vigraha swaroopa dieties ) worshiped at the various exalted temples.
To our adoring azhwars mind, the divine idols worshiped at all the srivaishnavite pilgrimages, is none other than our dearest Lord Sriman Narayana himself who descended to be with us , and to be an integral part of our holy existence and hence whether we reach Sri Parmapadam or not , if we have visited our lord Sri Ranga and Sri Ranganayaki amma, Lord Sri Govinda and Maha Padmavati amma etc we have reached SriParmapadam here itself.
He has completely vouched for his statements giving countless examples, and of course, his most personal experiences. It is said in our teaching circles, a very fine research work should consist of minimum 70% primary data i.e inferences arrived at, after thorough self analysis , study and a very deep scrutiny and if the research work is such that it brings out the newest dimensions, very distinct and original ever brought forth and the authenticity is proved completely then the research work garners very great appreciation and value.
Our dearest Sri Tirumangai azhwar is the highest research scholar who has personally experienced of all what he has sung , written or conveyed and hence he holds one of the most prominent places as an acharyan par excellence for if one puts forth certain theory and if they can also sufficiently prove its credence and that too as a classic primary data and not a secondary data already existing.
If the major portion is mainly self interpreted data then surely such ageless masterpieces needs the highest appreciation and especially if the divine work is related to prapati ( very tough subject for convincing materialistic human kind) , final salvation and being in the divine most company of our one and only Lord Sriman Narayana , nitya suris (all our adoring azhwars), our mahalakshmi amma and above all ,forever to get enshrined in the divine most lotus heart of our lord Sri Krishna , then our most beloved Sri Triumangai azhwar needs to be accorded a direct place next to our lord Sriman Narayana, for to travel , centuries back , when conditions were so primitive and bring forth the archa glorification of our lord Sri Govinda, only such greatest one in countless such as our most adoring Sri Tirumangai azhwar can accomplish. Countless namaskaaram at the holiest of holy feet of our Sri Tirumangai azhwar.
- Our dearest Sri Tirumangai azhwar , had a doubt which he needed clarification and the same has been explained by our dearest Lord Sri Govinda himself. Our most holy azhwar wanted to know since our gross body is so deeply tainted, it is made up of five elements, it is subject to decay, rot and decomposition, then how can our lord Sri Govinda and our dearest Mahalakshmi amma come and reside as Antaryaami (in dweller ) in such a putrefied physical case and he is terrified that the gross body which is highly perishable should en captivate our most purest, most fragrant and most spotless and unblemished divine consort in it.
Our Lord Sri Govinda answered with lots of love and care that one need not worry at all about the gross body which encases our lord , for our creator of the entire cosmos never bothers about it too, all that needs to be most properly nurtured is the "IMMACULATE SOUL" WHICH NEITHER HAS DEATH NOR BIRTH , WHICH CAN NEVER BE SUBJECT TO DESTRUCTION AND ABOVE ALL WHICH IS THAT TINIEST BIT, A PART OF OUR DEAR SRI GOVINDA'S WHOLE. OUR MOST BELOVED SOUL NEEDS TO BE TENDERED AND DISCIPLINED.
If an individual soul is caught in material contamination then it is lost here and here after. Our soul should know its right destination and for that, countless times we have seen, that ONE SMALL GENTLE STEP TOWARDS OUR SOLE CREATOR OUR DEAREST LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA WILL PERMANENTLY ENSURE THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL A PLACE AT THE DIVINE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOTUS PINK FEET OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA FOR HE WILL TAKE THE GIANT STRIDE TOWARDS US, AS DID IN HIS DIVINE VAAMANA AVATAARA WHERE IN ONE BILLIONTH OF A SECOND HE BECAME A BRAHMANDARUPA ( UNIVERSAL FORM) AND COVERED WITH HIS TWO STEPS ALL OF THE WORLDS.
We know for sure that the goal (the DIVINE LOTUS FEET OF OUR SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD OUR MOST BELOVED LORD SRI KRISHNA ) and the destination both are our dearest Lord Sriman Narayana, HAVING KNOWN ABOUT THIS MOST ESOTERIC TRUTH , WHAT ARE WAITING FOR ?, WE NEED TO JUST NOW, TAKE THAT ONE SMALL STEP TOWARDS OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA FOR ONLY HE CAN AND CERTAINLY HE WILL BURN TO ASHES ALL OUR SINS AND FOREVER ENSHRINE US IN HIS PROTECTIVE CARE AND LOVE.
SRIMAN NARAYANAM CHARANAM SHARANAM PRABHADYE , SRIMATE NARAYANAYA NAMAHA.
SRI TIRUMANGAI AZHWAR NAMASTE NAMASTE NAMAHA
OM TAT SAT
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE.
TO BE CONTINUED
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