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lakshmikumar • February 19, 2002 


SrI:
SrImatE rAmAnujAya nama:

Dear SrI S.V.Swamy,

namO nArAyaNa!

> It is thus clear that if we forget His Lotus Feet, He
> uses His Maya to create problems to us so that we then
> remember His Feet again. Great indeed is His
> attachment. He never allows His children to wander too
> far.

Thanks for sharing with us the nice realization you had after 
hearing the divya charitam of this greatest ranganAtha bhakta.
He is in fact, none other than the great SrI Thondar-adi-podi 
AzhwAr. His devotion to Lord SrI ranganAtha (SrIman nArAyaNa) 
is matchless. The divya prabhandam (divine songs on the Lord)
that he bestowed upon us are really very very sweet. They teach
us how a bhAgavathA should be. 

Please read the following articles to read the full story of 
this AzhwAr and taste some of his divine poems:

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/nov97/0006.html

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/jan97/0019.html

> Sri Vipra Narayana then realises his
> mistake and prays to the Lord from the bottom of his
> heart and He reveals that the devotee was His garland
> and due to Some Sapam, was born thus and played out
> the Karma.

aDiyEn just wanted to point out a correction. As per the 
authentic scriptures like Divya sUri Saritam, etc and per
our achAryAs works like prabhanda sAram, SrI Vipra nArAyaNa
is a nitya sUri and hence he, out of his and the Lord's own 
sweet will took the birth on this world to teach us how to 
do bhakti to the Lord and the affair with the courtesian is 
also part of the pastime they performed to teach us exactly 
the realization that you got. As far as aDiyEn knows there 
is no authentic version that says that due to a curse, 
he is born thus.

SrI thondar-adi-podi azhwAr is the epitome of SrI ranganAtha
bhakti and he taught us that serving the devotees of the Lord
is even greater than serving the Lord Himself. His name itself
is an evident to it.

aDiyEn is pleased to see your devotion and sharing it with 
others.

SrI thondar-adi-podi azhwAr thiruvadigalE saranam!
(The lotus feet of SrI thondar-adi-podi azhwAr are our sole refuge!)

namO nArAyaNa!

rAmAnuja dAsan,
Lakshmikumar
SrImad azhagiya singar thiruvadigalE saranam!



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