Nammalwar : Vaishnava saint poet of South India, considered greatest of the Alwārs.
... established. And He who was puissant like a war-elephant in its rage, He seized my hand and we paced round the Flame. * Andal Page 162 Nammalwar The Supreme Vaishnava saint and poet MÀRAN, renowned as Nammalwar ("Our Saint") among the Vaishnavas and the greatest of their saints and poets, was born in a small town called Kuruhur, in the southernmost region of the Tamil... struck it against the ground violently. At the noise Nammalwar opened his eyes, but still remained silent. Madhura-kavi then put to him the following enigmatical question, "If the little one (the soul) is born Page 163 into the dead thing (Matter)* what will the little one eat and where will the little one lie?" to which Nammalwar replied in an equally enigmatic style, "That will it... it eat and there will it lie." Subsequently Nammalwar permitted his disciple to live with him and it was Madhura-kavi who wrote down his songs as they were composed. Nammalwar died in his thirty-fifth year, but he has achieved so great a reputation that the Vaishnavas account him an incarnation of Vishnu himself, while others are only the mace, discus, conch etc. of the Deity. From the phi ...
... struck it against the ground violently. At the noise Nammalwar opened his eyes, but still remained Page 467 silent. Madhura-kavi then put to him the following enigmatical question, "If the little one (the soul) is born into the dead thing (Matter) 1 what will the little one eat and where will the little one lie?" to which Nammalwar replied in an equally enigmatic style, "That will it... it eat and there will it lie." Subsequently Nammalwar permitted his disciple to live with him and it was Madhura-kavi who wrote down his songs as they were composed. Nammalwar died in his thirty-fifth year, but he has achieved so great a reputation that the Vaishnavas account him an incarnation of Vishnu himself, while others are only the mace, discus, conch etc of the Deity. From the philosophical... Writings from the Arya Essays in Philosophy and Yoga The Supreme Vaishnava Saint and Poet The Supreme Vaishnava Saint and Poet Maran, renowned as Nammalwar ("Our Saint") among the Vaishnavas and the greatest of their saints and poets, was born in a small town called Kuruhur, in the southernmost region of the Tamil country—Tiru-nelveli (Tinnevelly). His ...
... truth of evolution stands. SATYENDRA: But the solution is very difficult. Sir—at least to me. SRI AUROBINDO: It is not at all easy. One way of looking at transformation is as the Tamil saint Nammalwar puts it: Vishnu comes down with all the Gods and takes possession of the earth. My way is the other: to change the human being by some sort of evolution into what I call a race of Gods. The Hindu ...
... Evolution — Psychology — The Supermind; On Yoga; Thoughts and Aphorisms; Essays Divine and Human; Education and Art; Premises of Astrology; Reviews; Dayananda — Bankim — Tilak —Andal — Nammalwar; Historical Impressions; Notes from the Arya. Volume 18 — The Life Divine, Book One and Book Two, PART ONE. Book One: Omnipresent Reality and the Universe; Book Two: The Knowledge and ...
... brief-lived feature was halted after the second issue of the Arya , September 1914. South Indian Vaishnava Poetry Sri Aurobindo published these essays on Andal and Nammalwar, two of the alwars or Vaishnava devotional poets of Tamil Nadu, in the Arya in May and July 1915. In the same issues he published translations of some of their poems, which he executed with the ...
... eyes full of tears she sighs and faints away; Rising, she speaks but His name and cries, "Do come, O Lord." Ah, what shall I do with my poor child o'erwhelmed by this maddest love? * Nammalwar Page 170 Translations - Tamil - Andal I dreamed a dream² I dreamed a dream,O friend. The wedding was fixed for the morrow. And He, the Lion, Madhava, the young Bull ...
... Godhead). She complains to her friend of the sad plight of her child whom love for Krishna has rendered "mad", the ultimate spirit of the universe. (See the poem entitled, 'Love-mad' composed by Nammalwar) Two poems are from the famous saint-poetess, Andal. They are entitled, 'I dreamed a dream' and 'Ye Others'. Page 50 Another poem is from Horu Thakur, a Bengali saint where he describes ...
... Evolution — Psychology — The Supermind; On Yoga; Thoughts and Aphorisms; Essays Divine and Human; Education and Art; Premises of Astrology; Reviews; Dayananda —Bankim — Tilak — Andal — Nammalwar; Historical Impressions; Notes from the Arya. Volume 18 The Life Divine , BOOK ONE AND BOOK Two, PART ONE. Book One: Omnipresent Reality and the Universe; Book ...
... so quickly that with Bharati's help he translated into English some pieces from Tamil literature. A few lines from the Kural of Tiruvalluvar; two pieces— Hymn of the Golden Age and Love-Mad —by Nammalwar, a poem by the Chera king and saint Kulasekhara Alwar, and three pieces by Andal. In all his literary works a double action came into play. Sri Aurobindo notes on 7 January 1913, "The only work ...
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