Periyazhwar-Parathva nirnayam and Vaibhavam.

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Last week Periyazhwar's Thirunakshatram was celebrated on thursday 24rth

june.At Srivilliputtur Periyazhwar would have taken a ride on his

"chinna ther" on 24rth.I would just like to list a few thoughts that

i had gathered from a book on Andal and listened about Periyazhwar

from a bhagavatha.(Anything useful and correct in the matter below

is due to the information provided by the book and the points

of the bhagavatha.All errors and misinterpretations are MINE alone)

 

Mithune Swathijanma Vishnorathamasyam Dhanvinahpure

Prapadye svasuram Vishnoha Vishnuchittam Parassikam

 

( I surrender to Vishnuchittar ,known as periyazhwar born in the

month of Ani ,constellation of Swathi as the mount of Vishnu,amsam

of Periya Thiruvadi at Srivilliputtur(Dhanvinahpuram) in a poorvashikha

Brahmin family who became the father in law of the lord.)

 

At the court of vallabhabhadeva pandyan he firmly and comprehensively

established once and for all times the supreme nature of Lord

Sriman Narayana using pala aiyira vakyams from vedas,smrithi,Itihasam,

puranam and other pramanams that the entire audience was firmly convinced

about Lord Narayana's parathvam and the entire group of learned Vidwans

fell at his feet and proclaimed Vishnuchittar as their leader and

gave the title "Bhattarpiraan".We can imagine what an exposition it

should have been which transformed a group of learned and hardcore

opponents of Sriman Narayana being the Supreme being into those

who became his followers immediatly after the Urai being totally

convinced about Sriman Narayana's Supreme Nature.Some of the

points that he is supposed to have mentioned are

 

1.The first syllable of "omkar" AKARAM represents the parabrahmam

Sriman Narayana.

2.The sruthi mentions that one should meditate on this "omkar".

3."Akaram " is the moola aksharam for everything.

4.Once Brahma made a pradakshinam of Lord Narayana saying "There

is no sastram superior to the Vedas.There is no god superior

to Sriman Narayana."

5.The ashtakshara mantram which denotes Sriman Narayana's Parathvam

is superior to all the manthrams.

 

After the Thiruppalandu Vaibhavam at Madurai Sri Periyazhwar

blessed Vallabhadeva Pandyan with the ESSENCE of Thiruppalandu

"By leading a life completely engaged in singing the glory of

Emperuman and doing service(kaimkaryam) to emperuman and his devotees

(adiyars) is the sure way to earn HIS grace and reach HIM"

 

What a rare anugraham for periyazhwar to be chosen as the father

of Kothai(Bhooma devi) by emperuman! When boomi piratti had to take

an avatharam Emperuman decided Vishnuchittar to be right choice under whose

care he could leave Bhoomi Piratti among all his GREAT devotees

in the Kali yugam.Janaka maharaja got this honur in the tretha

yugam.

 

Periyazhwar also has the rare previlege of

perhaps being the ONLY AZHWAR TO SHARE THE SIMMASANAM WITH PERUMAL AND

PIRATTI in a nithya thirukkolam of a temple.At Srivilliputtur

Ranganatha perumal appears as Rangamannar with a 'senkol' in

his hand with his piriya nayaki Andal on the right and

Periyazhwar on the left with his arms across his chest always

ready for kaimkaryam at the Andal Thirukovil.

 

Periyazhwar spent his last years at Thirumaalirumsolai and

attained paramapadam there.His intention of Nitya kaimkaryam

to Emperuman was TO ALWAYS SING PALLANDU FOR PERUMAL(at Vaikuntam)

 

 

Periyazhwar Thiruvadigale saranam

 

adiyen

Setaloor Sendalangaradasan

Venkat S Iyengar

 

*PS- I have added more information on Andal and Periyazhwar in the

redesigned website(with around 50 pages and 20 pics) on

SRIVILLIPUTTUR .Information on festivals and nearby shrines has

also been added which can be accesed at

www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/7673