{"id":860,"date":"2013-04-14T11:27:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T11:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruparamparai.wordpress.com\/?p=860"},"modified":"2013-04-14T11:27:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T11:27:02","slug":"thirukkurugaippiran-pillan-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/04\/14\/thirukkurugaippiran-pillan-english\/","title":{"rendered":"thirukkurugaippirAn piLLAn"},"content":{"rendered":"

sri:<\/em>
\n srimathE rAmAnujAya nama:<\/em>
\n srimadh varavaramunayE nama:<\/em>
\n sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:<\/em><\/p>\n

thirunakshathram<\/strong>: ippasi, pUrAdam (AvaNi, mrugasIrsham – as understood from one of his thanians)<\/p>\n

avathAra sthalam<\/strong>: AzhwAr thirunagari<\/p>\n

AchAryan<\/strong>: emperumAnAr<\/a><\/p>\n

Works<\/strong>: thiruvAimozhi 6000 padi vyAkyAnam<\/p>\n

piLLAn is the illustrious son of periya thirumalai nambi<\/a> and is also known as kurugEsar, kurugAthinAthar. emperumAnAr<\/a> himself gave this name to him and instructed him to write the first vyAkyAnam for thiruvAimozhi which becomes to be popularly known as 6000 padi.<\/p>\n

emperumAnAr<\/a> considers piLLAn as his mAnasa puthrar (abhimAna puthrar – dear son). Once many sishyas of emperumAnAr go to piLLAn and request piLLAN to request emperumAnAr to write a vyAkyAnam for thiruvAimozhi. piLLAn goes to the assembly of emperumAnAr, offers his obeisances and starts speaking. He says to emperumAnAr “You have written srIbhAshyam and travelled everywhere and established the visishtAdhvaitha sidhAntham. Now, we request you to write commentaries to AzhwArs’ pAsurams and protect them as well (so others dont misinterpret the same)”. Hearing this emperumAnAr replies “Yes, that is required. But if I write a commentary to AzhwArs’ pAsurams, people with limited intelligence will consider that there is only so much in AzhwArs works. And no one else will dare to write a commentary beyond mine. That will be an offense towards the great works of AzhwArs which are filled with great meanings which can be revealed by many authentic AchAryas in the future. So, I will instruct you to write the first commentary for thruvAimozhi which is equivalent in size to vishNu purANam (6000 slOkams – 6000 padi)”. Thus with the permission of emperumAnAr<\/a>, piLLAn wrote 6000 padi vyAkyAnam and subsequently, this was taught by bhattar<\/a> to nanjIyar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"055_4762658378_l\"<\/a>empeumAnAr overseeing and blessing piLLAn’s marriage<\/p>\n

piLLAn was an expert in both srI bhAshyam and bhagavath vishayam. Once when piLLAn was at siruppuththUr, sOmAsiyANdAn<\/a> learns srIbhAshyam thrice from him. sOmAsiyANdA n asks piLLAn to give him some valuable instructions and piLLAn says “You are an expert in explaining other philosophies and establish our philosophy\u00a0 through srIbhAshyam. Instead of being proud about that, always think that the lotus feet of emperumAnAr<\/a> is our only refuge all the time”.<\/p>\n

While ascending to paramapadham, emperumAnAr<\/a>, asks kidAmbi AchAn<\/a>, kidAmbi perumAL, engaLAzhwAn<\/a>, nadAthUrAzhwAn, etc to be surrendered to piLLAn and asks piLLAn to guide them. emperumAnAr also asks bhattar<\/a> to guide every one including piLLAn and lead the sampradhAyam in his absence. Also, since piLLAn was considered by emperumAnAr himself as his own son, he leads all the charama kainkaryams (final rites) for emperumAnAr.<\/p>\n

In our vyAkyAnams, quite a few idhihyams that show the glories of\u00a0thirukkurugaippirAn piLLAn are seen. Let us see some of them now.<\/p>\n