{"id":867,"date":"2013-04-16T00:33:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T00:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruparamparai.wordpress.com\/?p=867"},"modified":"2013-04-16T00:33:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T00:33:22","slug":"vedha-vyasa-bhattar-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/2013\/04\/16\/vedha-vyasa-bhattar-english\/","title":{"rendered":"vEdha vyAsa bhattar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"azhwan_bhattars\"<\/a>AzhwAn with parAsara bhattar and vEdha vyAsa bhattar<\/p>\n

thirunakshathram<\/strong>: vaikAsi, anusham<\/p>\n

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

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

Place where he attained paramapadham:<\/strong> srIrangam<\/p>\n

vEdha vyAsa bhattar is the illustrious son of kUrathAzhwAn<\/a> and the younger brother of parAsara bhattar<\/a>. He is also known as srI rAma piLLai, srI rAma sUri, etc. sudharsana sUri (srutha prakAsikA bhattar), the one who wrote the commentary for srI bhAshyam, is a descendant of vEdha vyAsa bhattar.<\/p>\n

Both bhattars were born to AzhwAn<\/a> and ANdAL out of the prasAdham from periya perumAL (srI ranganAthan)<\/a>. Once when AzhwAn and ANdAL were lying down in the evening without consuming any prasAdham (AzhwAn was doing unja vruthi and on that day due to rain he was unable to collect any grains), they hear the final naivEdhyam bell ringing from the temple. ANdAL says to emperumAn<\/a> “Here you have AzhwAn<\/a> who is your pure devotee without any prasAdham but you are enjoying nice bhOgam there”. Understanding this, periya perumAL<\/a> sends his prasAdham to AzhwAn and ANdAL with all his paraphernelia through uththama nambi. Seeing the prasAdham coming in, AzhwAn is awe-struck. Immediately, he turns to ANdAL and asks did you complain to emperumAn<\/a> and ANdAL admits her request. AzhwAn<\/a> becomes upset for insisting emperumAn to provide for their prasAdham. He accepts 2 handfuls of prasAdham alone, consumes some and gives the remnants to ANdAL. Those 2 handfuls of prasAdham eventually blesses them with two beautiful children.<\/p>\n

On the 12th day after the birth of the two children, emperumAnAr<\/a> arrives with embAr and all his sishyas to AzhwAn<\/a>‘s home. He asks embAr to bring the children over. embAr, while bringing the children over, recites dhvaya mahA manthram in their ears and hands over the children to emperumAnAr. emperumAnAr at once identifies that they have had dhvaya manthrOpadhEsam and asks embAr to be their AchAryan. embAr happily accepts that and teaches them all the divine principles of our sidhAntham. emperumAnAr then names the children parAsara bhattar<\/a> and vEdha vyAsa bhattar in memory of sage parAsara and sage vEdha vyAsa for their contribution for sanAthana dharmam. Thus he fulfills one of the vows to ALavandhAr where he said he will do something which will show our gratitude to the sages parAsara and vEdha vyAsa.<\/p>\n

Of the two brothers, parAsara bhattar<\/a> lived for a short period and left to paramapadham out of great desire to leave samsAram. ANdAL (bhattar’s mother) was magnanimous during the last moments of bhattar and oversees bhattar’s final rites blissfully considering bhattar himself wanted to go to parampadham to perform eternal service to srIman nArAyaNan there. On completion of the final rites, vEdha vyAsa bhattar returns home and starts crying out loud out of separation from parAsara bhattar<\/a>. ANdAL at once chastises vEdha vyAsa bhattar and asks if he is jealous of parAsara bhattar ascending to paramapadham. vEdha vyAsa bhattar realizes his mistake at once, consoles himself, begs his mother for pardon and continues the great celebrations for parAsara bhattar.<\/p>\n

periya perumAL<\/a> invites vEdha vyAsa bhattar over to his sannidhi and tells him “Dont think that parAsara bhattar<\/a> has left you. I am here for you like your father.”. vEdha vyAsa bhattar then leads the sampradhAyam with other stalwarts such as nanjIyar, etc.<\/p>\n

In our vyAkyAnams, a few idhihyams (incidents) that show the glories of vEdha vyAsa bhattar are seen. Let us see some of them now.<\/p>\n