The ego that arises out of one's birth/caste, makes the person (with so much knowledge) lose naicyam "adiyArkku adiyOm". This should not only be at the level of thinking but also in practice. That's why
EmperumAnAr(and also Sri NampiLLai),would hold the hands of MudaliyANdAn(R's nephew and disciple,a brahmaNa)on his way to Kaveri for morning ablusions and after ablusions,EmperumAnAr would hold the hands(for support) of his disciple PiLLai uRangA Villi dasan,who was
a sudra. This is cited in AcArya Hrdayam 85. When some people asked EmperumaNAr "how can a brahmaNa touch a sudra and is it not against varnAshram dharma?", EmperumAnAr gave reply
One of Sri YAmunAcAryA's disciple was a sudra and his name was mARanEri nambi. Although
mARanEri nambi was not privileged to learn vedas,he acquired the same knowledge(of brahman)through the grace of AcArya. This disciple even took AcArya's disease called "rAja piLavai", a kind of "spinal cancer/tumor" as a prasAdham. Sri YAmunAcArya instructed another
disciple Periya nambi to do the last rites for MARanEri nambi (brahmameda samskaram) instead of handing over his body to his kith and kin(who think the body as Atma) who do not have any claims on such a noble soul. So periya nambi(a brahmin) also did the last rites when mARanEri nambi passed away.
EmperumAnAr asked Periya nambi: "isn't this particular act violate the rules of varNAshrama dharma?" Periya nambi replied: "Srirama(who performed sAmAnya dharma) did brahmameda
samskaram for Jatayu. In what way I'm superior to Srirama or in what way mARanEri nambi inferior to Jatayu? Did not Yudhishtira do brahma meda samskaram for ViDhura?" Initially Yudhishtira had doubts but his doubts got cleared by sages and rshis.
https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1600&bih=770&q=MaranEri+Nambi
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=MaranEri+Nambi
EmperumAnAr(and also Sri NampiLLai),would hold the hands of MudaliyANdAn(R's nephew and disciple,a brahmaNa)on his way to Kaveri for morning ablusions and after ablusions,EmperumAnAr would hold the hands(for support) of his disciple PiLLai uRangA Villi dasan,who was
a sudra. This is cited in AcArya Hrdayam 85. When some people asked EmperumaNAr "how can a brahmaNa touch a sudra and is it not against varnAshram dharma?", EmperumAnAr gave reply
One of Sri YAmunAcAryA's disciple was a sudra and his name was mARanEri nambi. Although
mARanEri nambi was not privileged to learn vedas,he acquired the same knowledge(of brahman)through the grace of AcArya. This disciple even took AcArya's disease called "rAja piLavai", a kind of "spinal cancer/tumor" as a prasAdham. Sri YAmunAcArya instructed another
disciple Periya nambi to do the last rites for MARanEri nambi (brahmameda samskaram) instead of handing over his body to his kith and kin(who think the body as Atma) who do not have any claims on such a noble soul. So periya nambi(a brahmin) also did the last rites when mARanEri nambi passed away.
EmperumAnAr asked Periya nambi: "isn't this particular act violate the rules of varNAshrama dharma?" Periya nambi replied: "Srirama(who performed sAmAnya dharma) did brahmameda
samskaram for Jatayu. In what way I'm superior to Srirama or in what way mARanEri nambi inferior to Jatayu? Did not Yudhishtira do brahma meda samskaram for ViDhura?" Initially Yudhishtira had doubts but his doubts got cleared by sages and rshis.
https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1600&bih=770&q=MaranEri+Nambi
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=MaranEri+Nambi
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