175.OM MAHA BUDDHAYE NAMA: ॐ महा बुद्धये नम:
Capable of knowing all, at the same time.
Swami Thirumalai Nambi belonged to Chottai kulam [lineage] and so is related to Swami Nathamuni. He used to bring daily water from Papavinasam, to the Lord of Seven Hills. This distance he daily walked in spite of his old age, the forest route and lack of many facilities we have now. Because service was his motto! Once the Lord wanted to play with him. Swami Thirumalai Nambi was bringing water from the distant Papavinasam. On the way, the Lord in the guise of a hunter boy, intercepted him and sought water for drinking. Swami Thirumalai Nambi declined as the water was for the Lord. As he walked away, the Boy with the arrow made a hole in the pot and drank the water. Swami Thirumalai Nambi tried to catch the Boy to punish, but the Boy ran away and vanished. When he was exasperated and did not know what to do, the Lord Sri Venkatesa appeared and comforted and said that he need not struggle to get water from that far off Papavinasam, but could get from Akashganga, nearby. Even now the water from Akashganga is brought by the successors of Swami Thirumalai Nambi and they celebrate once a year Thanneer Thiruvizha [தண்ணீர் திருவிழா]. We call a person as buddhiman [புத்திமான்], if he is intelligent and knows many things. Sri Krishna went to sage Sandeepani as a student and served the teacher as students did in gurukula vasam [குரு குல வாசம்]. But in mere 64 days He learnt all the 64 arts! But why should the all-knowing Lord learn anything from anyone? To demonstrate to the World, that one should learn from a proper teacher only! Swami Nathamuni, the great grand father of Swami Thirumalai Nambi, learnt Naalayira Divya Prabhandam from Nammalwar, in Yoga. In Devarahasyam, Swami Nathamuni says that the Lord is capable of knowing all things at all times.
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