Venkatanathanum Thiruvenkadamudayanum - part 6

Ramavataram 

 

Continued From:  http://thoughtsonsanathanadharma.blogspot.ca/2015/10/venkatanathanum-thiruvenkadamudayanum_13.html

Lord Srinivasa in Ramar Alamkaram

The name “Kannan” also belongs to Lord Rama. In Kamba Ramayanam, Lord Rama is referred to as “Kannan”. The name “Kannan” means, “One who is attractive”. Lord Rama is addressed as Kannan because; the people of Mithila were mesmerized by His attractive form. They gazed at Him with unblinking eyes and drank in His beauty. They were unable to divert their eyes away from Him. As Lord Rama walked through the streets of Mithila, His attractive form was reflected in the eyes of each and every person present there. Because His form was reflected in the eyes of the people, He is called as “Kannan”; the one who is present in the eyes of everyone as per the thiruvaimozhi pasuram “Kamala Kannan en Kannil Ullan”.

நீத்தம் அதனில் முளைத்து எழுந்த
   நெடு வெண் திங்கள் எனும் தச்சன்.
மீ. தன் கரங்கள் அவை பரப்பி.
   மிகுவெண் நிலவு ஆம் வெண்சுதையால்
‘காத்த கண்ணன் மணி உந்திக்
   கமல நாளத்திடைப் பண்டு
பூத்த அண்டம் பழையது’ என்று
   புதுக்குவானும் போன்றுளதால்.

Tirumala is very closely associated with Ramavataram. This is where Swami Ramanujar studied Ramayanam from his uncle Peria Tirumalai Nambi. He learnt the many esoteric meaning of Ramayana slokams from his uncle and studied the epic eighteen times in great detail. Sri Peria Tirumalai Nambi performed nithya kaimkaryam for Lord Srinivasa. Since Swami Ramanujar refused to ascend the hills because it was a form of the Lord, Sri Peria Tirumalai Nambhi climbed down the hill every day to teach Ramayana to his nephew Ramanujar. One day while he was teaching Ramayana, he was surprised to smell tulasi leaves. As he looked up, he was wonder struck to see the Lord standing near them listening attentively to the Ramayana kalakshepam. Sri Tirumalai Nambhi, urged Swami Ramanujar to see the lord but, Lord Srinivasa vanished from the place after leaving behind the imprint of His divine feet. To this day, devotees pay their obeisance to the imprint left behind by Lord Srinivasa on their way to the temple. 

On another day, Sri Peria Tirumalai Nambhi finished teaching “Vibhishana Saranagathi” to Swami Ramanujar when, to their utter amazement, some visitors from the Pandya country arrived with the archai of Lord Rama along with Ilaya Perumal, Anchaneya Swami, Sugreeva Maharaja and Angadan. Swami Ramanujar had the archai of Lord Rama along with Ilaya Perumal, Lord Hanuman, Sugreevan and Angadan consecrated inside the temple of Lord Srinivasa. At a later date, they also consecrated an archai for Sita Piratti. The above line “kaNNan adiyiNai emakku kaattum veRpu”,thus makes us think about Lord Rama who came to Tirumala so that everyone can attain His divine feet. By coming to Tirumala on the day when swami Ramanujar learnt Vibhishana Saranagathi from his uncle, Perumal draws our attention to the Rama Charama slokam. 

Continued On: http://thoughtsonsanathanadharma.blogspot.ca/2015/10/venkatanathanum-thiruvenkadamudayanum_24.html