{"id":1137,"date":"2013-09-30T00:30:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T00:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruparamparai.wordpress.com\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2013-09-30T00:30:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T00:30:27","slug":"koil-kandhadai-appan-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/09\/30\/koil-kandhadai-appan-english\/","title":{"rendered":"kOil kandhAdai appan"},"content":{"rendered":"

sri:
\nsrimathE rAmAnujAya nama:
\nsrimadh varavaramunayE nama:
\nsri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:<\/p>\n

\"kOil-appan-kAnchi\"<\/a>kOil kandhAdai appan – kAnchIpuram appan swamy thirumALigai<\/p>\n

thirunakshathram<\/strong>: purattAsi (kanni) magam<\/p>\n

thIrtham:<\/strong> kArthikai shukla panchami<\/p>\n

avathAra sthalam<\/strong>:\u00a0 srIrangam<\/p>\n

AchAryan<\/strong>: maNavALa mAmunigaL<\/p>\n

Works:<\/strong> varavaramuni vaibhava vijayam<\/p>\n

Born in the illustrious family lineage of mudhaliyANdAn<\/a> (who is called yathirAja pAdhukA – the sandals of the lotus feet of emperumAnAr<\/a>), as the son of dhEvarAja thOzhappar and the younger brother of kOil kandhAdai aNNan, he was named srInivAsan by his parents. He goes on to become one of the dear disciples of maNavALa mAmunigaL.<\/p>\n

When maNavALa mAmunigaL<\/a> arrives to srIrangam from AzhwAr thirunagari, srI ranganAthan<\/a> orders him to reside in srIrangam and nurture\/nourish the sath sampradhAyam from the head quarters of our sath sampradhAyam. mAmunigaL<\/a> then starts gathering all the pUrvAchArya granthams, documents them fully and performs grantha kAlakshEpam regularly. Being attracted towards mAmunigaL<\/a>‘s divine glories, many persons (including AchArya purushas) come and take shelter of his lotus feet<\/p>\n

Through the divine will of bhagavAn, kOil kandhAdai aNNan (a prominent AchArya coming in the lineage of mudhaliyANdAn) becomes the sishya of\u00a0mAmunigaL<\/a> and goes on to become one of the ashta dik gajas (eight prominent leaders appointed by mAmunigaL for sath sampradhAya pravarththanam) of mAmunigaL. When he comes to take shelter of mAmunigaL’s lotus feet, he brings along many of his relatives and all of them become sishyas of mAmunigaL. One such brother of him is kOil kandhAdai appan who is blessed by mAmunigaL at that time. From his thanian we can understand that he was fully situated in charama parva nishtai (serving bhAgavathas and AchAryas).<\/p>\n

eRumbi appA<\/a> (another sishya of mAmunigaL<\/a>) highlights a beautiful incident in his pUrva dhinacharyA (a divine grantham narrating the daily activities of mAmunigaL) slOkam 4.<\/p>\n

pArsvatha: pANipadhmAbhyAm parigruhya bhavathpriyau<\/em>
\n vinyasyantham sanair angrI mrudhulau mEdhinIthalE<\/em><\/p>\n

\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4: \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb9\u0bcd\u0baf \u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bcc<\/em>
\n \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bb8\u0bcd\u0baf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a<\/em>\u0ba8\u0bc8\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bc0 \u0bae\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bcc \u0bae\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bc7<\/em><\/p>\n

Simple translation: eRumbi appA<\/a> to\u00a0mAmunigaL<\/a> – “Your highness is having your two dear sishyas (kOil aNNan and kOil appan) on either side and holding on to them tightly with your lotus like tender hands and walking with your tender (lotus) feet on mEdhinI (earth)”.<\/p>\n

\"mAmunigaL-aNNan-appan\"<\/a><\/p>\n

mAmunigaL<\/a>\u00a0with aNNan and appan on either side (portrait from appan swamy thirumALigai, kAnchIpuram)<\/p>\n

thirumazhisai aNNAvappangAr<\/a>, in his vyAkyAnam for dhinacharyA, highlights that here the two dear sishyas mean “kOil aNNan and kOil appan”. A question arises here – should\u00a0mAmunigaL<\/a> not be holding on to his thridhaNdam as it is said in pAncharAthra thathvasAra samhithai that ‘a sannyAsi should always be holding on to thridhaNdam’? aNNAvappangAr<\/a> nicely explains this in a few ways:<\/p>\n