{"id":20816,"date":"2018-06-16T23:28:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T23:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=20816"},"modified":"2018-06-16T23:28:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T23:28:18","slug":"nanmugan-thiruvandhadhi-avatharikai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/nanmugan-thiruvandhadhi-avatharikai\/","title":{"rendered":"nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; avathArikai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/nanmugan-thiruvandhadhi\/\">Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/nanmugan-thiruvandhadhi-thaniyan\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/vishnu-lakshmi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4716\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/vishnu-lakshmi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/vishnu-lakshmi.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/vishnu-lakshmi-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/vishnu-lakshmi-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/vishnu-lakshmi-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/vishnu-lakshmi-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This prabandham (divine hymn) was mercifully composed by <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thirumazhisai-azhwar\/\">thirumazhisai AzhwAr<\/a>. Since it starts with the words <em>nAnmugan<\/em> and is in the form of <em>andhAdhi<\/em> (antha + Adhi &#8211; the last letter\/word\/line of one poem is the first letter \/ word \/ line of the next poem) it is called as <em>nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi<\/em>. The other divine hymn of this AzhwAr\u2019s is thiruchchandha viruththam. This AzhwAr is rooted in establishing that <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">SrIman nArAyaNa<\/a> is the supreme lord. His pAsurams carry all the inner meanings of all vEdhas (sacred texts). There are three vyAkyAthas (commentators) for this thiruvandhAdhi \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/nampillai\/\">nampiLLai<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/periyavachchan-pillai\/\">periyavAchchAn piLLai<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/appillai\/\">appiLLai<\/a>. These vyAkyAnams (commentaries) are very brief. It is said that periyavAchchAn piLLai wrote the commentary for the andhAdhis in his later years.<\/p>\n<p>While the first two AzhwArs (<a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/poigai-azhwar\/\">poygai AzhwAr<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/bhuthaththazhwar\/\">bhUthaththAzhwAr<\/a>) mercifully sang \u201c<em>vaiyam thagaLiyA<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>anbE thagaLiyA&#8230; gyAnachchudar viLakkERRinEn<\/em>\u201d respectively and lit lamps, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/peyazhwar\/\">pEyAzhwAr<\/a> mercifully sang \u201c<em>thirukkaNdEn ponmEni kaNdEn<\/em>\u201d about how the three of them experienced emperumAn. The three andhAdhis of the first three AzhwArs would be about their experience of emperumAn. By experiencing nArAyaNa, they showed that it is he who is fit to be experienced. This AzhwAr (<a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/thirumazhisai-azhwar\/\">thirumazhisai AzhwAr<\/a>) removes the weeds from the field of experiencing emperumAn. What is the weed for experiencing emperumAn?<\/p>\n<p>It is the act of praising other deities as supreme being. Since there is no vaishNavathvam (the love for vishNu) for those who do not consider vishNu as the supreme being, such people will not be worthy of experiencing <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a>. Those who worship emperumAn for other benefits (and not for himself) will be worthy of experiencing emperumAn. For those worshipping other deities, until they sever their worshipping of such deities, such worthiness will not occur to them. Thus, worshipping other deities becomes the primary weed to be removed for enjoying emperumAn. nammAzhwAr refers to this as \u201c<em>Or Unam<\/em>\u201d (a unique fault). In this divine hymn, thirumazhisai AzhwAr removes that weed. Isn\u2019t thirumazhisai AzhwAr one who does not put his sword in its sheath [unrelenting and unforgiving] and is ever ready to cut out such weed (of worshipping other deities)!<\/p>\n<p>We will take up the 1<sup>st<\/sup> pAsuram of this thiruvandhAdhi next.<\/p>\n<p>adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan<\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series &lt;&lt; Previous This prabandham (divine hymn) was mercifully composed by thirumazhisai AzhwAr. Since it starts with the words nAnmugan and is in the form of andhAdhi (antha + Adhi &#8211; the last letter\/word\/line of one poem is the first letter \/ word \/ &#8230; <a title=\"nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; avathArikai\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/nanmugan-thiruvandhadhi-avatharikai\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi &#8211; avathArikai\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iyarpa","category-nanmugan-thiruvandhadhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}