geethA sAstramum nedunthAndaka sAstramum-19

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Swamy manavala mAmunikal celebrates thirumangan mannan as “mAran

paniththa thamizh maraikku mangaiyarkOn Arangam koora avadhariththa”

(upadesaratina mAlai-9). Let us now enjoy how kaliyan has followed

the footsteps of nammazhvar. You may all question, “Why is this

sudden diversion when all along this series there was only a

comparison of words of geethacharyan and kaliyan?” Actually this is

no diversion from the actual topic. GeethAcharyan in his 10th

chapter “Vibhoothi yOgam” as per the request of arjuna talks in

detail about his vibhoothi (greatness-svamAhAtmyam) but before

beginning, Krishna warned arjuna that it is not possible for even the

lord himself to tell his greatnesses in full as there is no limit to

the same. Following the footsteps of geethAcharyan nammazhvar

wonders, “What shall I say about that supreme lord!” in the third

centum 4th decade of thiruvAimozhi. This is a padhigam that has to

be surely enjoyed and hence adiyen is adding this at this point.

 

“pugazhum nal oruvanenkO? poruvil seer bhoomi enkO?

tigazhum thaN paravai enkO? teeyenkO? vAyuenkO?

nigazhum AkAsamenkO? neelsudar erandum enkO?

egazhvil evvanaiththumenkO? kannanai koovumArE” (3-4-1)

 

Nammazhvar - pugazhum nal oruvanenkO? poruvil seer bhoomi enkO?

tigazhum thaN paravai enkO? teeyenkO? vAyuenkO? nigazhum AkAsamenkO?

 

Kaliyan summarizes the same as – bhoodham IyindhAi

 

Nammazhvar - neelsudar erandum enkO?

 

Kaliyan – punaluruvAi analuruvil

 

“sAdhimAnikkamenkO? savikoLpon muththamenkO?

sAdhinal vayiramenkO? tavivilseer vilakkamenkO?

AdhiyansOdhi enkO? AdhiyempurudanenkO?

AdhumilkAlaththendhai achchudhan amalanaiyE” (3-4-4)

 

Nammazhvar - sAdhimAnikkamenkO? savikoLpon muththamenkO? sAdhinal vayiramenkO?

 

Kaliyan – ponnuruvAi maNiyuruvil

 

Nammazhvar - AdhiyansOdhi enkO?

 

Kaliyan – thigazhum sOdhi?

 

Nammazhvar – AdhumilkAlathth endhai

 

Kaliyan – ennuruvil nindra endhai

 

What a great reflection of words and ideas and that is why

thondaradipodi azhvar declares that all of them belong to one clan

“pEsittrE pEsalallAl”. If they repeat the same won’t “punarukthi

dOsham or the mistake of copying others words” arise? No. This is no

error when it comes to talking the greatness of emperuman as it is the

truth, fact and has to be repeated. How many ever bhakthas may come

even in the future no one can change these at any time. We have no

other go than to repeat what our poorvacharyas have given, the great

treasure we possess. Nammazhvar followed geethacharyan (sastras),

kaliyan followed nammazhvar, our acharyas followed the words of

kaliyan (all the azhvars), and we have to follow our acharyas. The

same chain follows while attaining the result too. We follow our

acharyas, they follow their acharya who followed the azhvars –

nammazhvar- vishvaksenar-periya pirattiyar-periya perumal and we all

will finally land in the great land of nithyAnubhavam, the nithya

soori mandalam, paramapadam.

 

We will enjoy more of kaliyan’s words along the footsteps of

geethacharyan in the forth-coming postings.

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

Note: Today is the great day on which "vedupari" is celebrated in our

dear kaliyan's avadhara stalam, thiruvali-thirunagari. Blessed are

those bhagavatas who have the bhakyam to be in that place to enjoy

kaliyan threatening vayalAli manavalan to get the alpa Ishwaryam and

finally being blessed with the greatest wealth of thirumanthram.

Here is Swamy manavala mAmunikal's mangalasasanam to our dear

thirumangai mannan,

 

"vurai kazhiththa vAlai oththa vizhi madandhai mAdarmEl

vurugavaiththa manamozhiththu evvulagalandha nambimEl

kuraiyai vaiththu madaleduththa kurayalAli thirumaNam

kollaithannil vazhipariththa kuttramattra senkaiyAn

maraiyuraiththa mandiraththai mAluraikka avanmunE

madiyodikki manamadakki vAipudaiththu onnalAr

karaikuliththa vElaNaiththu nindra endha nilaimai

en kaNNai vittu agandridAdhu kaliyanAnai ANaiyE"

 

Thirumangai azhvar did 'vazhipari kollai' but mAmunikal says he is

"kuttramattra senkaiyAn" (flawless) Why? Because he did 'vazhi pari'

for the sake of bhagavata dhadheeyArAdhanam. So swamy feels for

bhagavat/bhAgavata kainkaryam even threatening and getting from those

who have wealth is not a mistake. Ofcourse only two people had the

courage to take others money for kainkaryam one is thirumangai azhvar

and other badrachala ramadas, a great bhaktha of rama who rebuilt the

temple of badrachalam with the tax money that had to originally go to

the muslim king.

 

Thirumangai azhvar thiruvadigalE sharaNam