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TCA Venkatesan • July 14, 2002 


Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Dear BhAgavatas,

Quite some time ago adiyEn started a project of studying
and translating excerpts out of the purvacharya vyakhyanams
for Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar's glorious Kanninun
Siruththambu.

There are four acharyas who have written vyakhyanams for
this magnificent work in praise of an acharya - Sri 
Nanjeeyar, Sri Nampillai, Sri Periyavaccan Pillai and
Sri Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Nayanar. As the task was
great adiyEn has now decided to translate excerpts from
the vyakhyanams of Sri Nanjeeyar and Sri Nampillai alone.
Hopefully this task will stimulate the reader to seek 
out the far better writings available on this subject, 
based on all acharyas vyakhyanams.

Simultaneously I will post the excerpts in simple Tamil
for those who are interested, in the http://www.acharya.org
website. These will be available in PDF format.

In this post, adiyEn will include the avatharikai excerpts.
The tamil version of the avatharikai translation is
available at http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/kst/ksta.pdf

In subsequent posts, adiyEn will post excerpts from one
pasuram at a time. Any errors are invariably mine and I
look forward to corrections and suggestions from the
learned members.

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan
http://www.acharya.org

--

Madhurakavi Azhvar aruli seytha 
Kanninun Siruththambu Avatharikai Saram

Excerpted from Sri Nanjeeyar and Sri
Nampillai's vyakhyanams

In this world, all souls have three kinds of 
purposes or goals. Matters concerning this world 
or other worlds are ephemeral and therefore 
constitute the lowest goal. The experiences of 
the soul provide fleeting pleasure and therefore 
constitute the middle goal. He who is the source 
of eternal joy to the souls is the highest goal.

The sages took to establishing the Sastras which
light the path to reaching the highest goal. The
path shown by the Sastras lead to Him and the
Azhvars directly submerged in that. The path that 
is beyond that, is the attachment to a bhAgavata 
of the Lord and this was seen by Sri Madhurakavi 
Azhvar.

The same thing can be seen with Shatrughna amongst
the four brothers in Sri Ramayanam. The four of
them exemplified four dharmas. Sri Rama showed 
that a person has to fulfill the words of his 
forefathers. Sri Lakshmana showed the dharma that 
a bhakta has to be attached to his Lord forever. 
Sri Bharatha showed that a bhakta has to do 
exactly what is desired by his lord. Sri 
Shatrughna showed that one has to do the bhAgavata
kainkaryam of being attached to a bhAgavata of the
Lord such as Sri Bharatha.

Srivaishnavas are those who even ignoring the Lord
in His Srivaikunta, are attached to Sri Krishna;
and even in this avatar they ignore everything after
the killing of Kamsa and are attached to that Sri
Krishna who stole butter, was caught by Sri Yasoda
pirAtti, got tied down by her and stood fearing her.
Swami Nammazhvar determined that such Srivaishnavas
are the lords and guides for all souls. Sri Madhura-
kavi Azhvar follows this guideline and taking that
attachment to a bhAgavata is the best thing to do 
under all situations, is attached to Swami 
Nammazhvar.

In all his works, it is in "payilunsudaroLi" and 
"nedumARkkadimai" pasurams that Swami Nammazhvar 
shows that service to a bhAgavata is the height 
of all goals and Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar simply
follows that guideline.

Sri Madhurakavi Azhvar sees in his acharya's lotus
feet  everything that Sri Nammazhvar saw in Him and 
His bhaktas and enjoying that greatly, speaks about
it in these verses.

Madhurakavi Azhvar Thiruvadigale Saranam
Nanjeeyar Nampillai Thiruvadigale Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan

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