Bhagavan (Concluding post)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

“Srivatsachinha misrEbhO namavukthi madheemahi,

yadhuktayas trayeekantE yAnthi mangaLasootrathAm”

 

“Sri parasara bhattAryA: SrirangEsa purOhita:

srivatsAngitha sudhas sriman sreyasE mEstu bhooyasE”

 

Let us first see what the six prime qualities of bhagavan signify:

 

Jnanam – That which shows/illuminates everything around and also self.

balam- Strength behind facing/holding all the worlds on his shoulders.

Ishvaryam- wealth of independence, ruling over everything

veeryam- Though being the upAdAna kArana (supporting cause for

creation) no change occurs in his svaroopa. Remains unchanged.

shakthi- Being the upAdAna kArana behind srushti. Having a special

power “agatidagatinAsAmarthiyam” (executing everything not possible

by anyone else).

tEjas- Self dependent. Doesn’t need anyone’s help at the same time

always successful in his attempts.

 

The main difference between the puranas and the azhvars is that the

puranas tell about the bhagavan and his leelas and stop with it but

never show us the bhagavan actually whereas the azhvars never stop

with talking about emperuman they lift us to the level of visualizing

him. Do the azhvars grant us any divya chakshus? Yes the nalayira

divya prabhandam of the azhvars itself act as the divine eye through

which we will be able to have the sAkshAtkAram of emperuman. While

talking about Krishna and Rama we may feel bad that we weren’t

blessed to be born as a gopi or an ayodhya vasee. So immediately

azhvar will tell us don’t worry I will show you that rama and Krishna

today. “Where?” we screamed with amazement. Azhvar will say,

“Thiruvallikeni kandEnE”. Not only kannan or raman even if you want

to see vasudeva, sankarshana, pradyumna and anirudhdha moorthis there

is only one place in this leela vibhoothi (should adiyen call it as

leela vibhoothi or is it bhoolaka vaikundam!).

 

Many of you may pounce at me and say how is that possible? We have

heard that Paravasudevan exists in Srivaikundam and the vyuha

moorthis are found in thiruparkadal. Though both paramapadam and

thiruparkadal are part of the 108-divya desams to be visited by a

Srivaishnavite we have heard our elders saying time and again that

only 106 can be visited by us with this bootha vudal (existing body).

 

 

Whatever is told is of course right but Thiruvallikeni is such a divya

desam where we have the anubhavam of param, vyuham, vibhavam and

archai. Moolavar venkatakrishnan is none other than the

paravAsudevan himself along with his divine consort rukmini. His

moustache shows his purushOtama lakshana to us. No other perumal in

any other divya desam has moustache. In the same sannadhi we can

have the divine darshan of sankarshana moorthi as balaramar. Vyuha

sankarshanar incarnated as vibhava balaramar who is seen in archai in

thiruvallikeni. Names may change due to age, place and time but the

personality and his divine qualities remain unchanged. Vyuha

pradyumnar incarnated as the son of Krishna in krishnAvatara and now

stays along with his father in thiruvallikeni. Vyuha anirudhdhar

incarnated as krishnA’s grand son in krishnAvatara who is also seen

in archai near his father in the same sannadhi. What an amazing

place thiruvallikeni is? No other divya desam has so many

greatnesses combined together.

 

Only thing we can say about thiruvallikeni is “yathO vAchO

nivarthanthE apprApya manasA saha” Neither can we finish talking

about the qualities of bhagavan nor can we finish talking the

greatness of his divya desam.

 

"Sa Idaaneemapi munaye Drishyate tatra maanavaih

Ruckminyascha aniruddhena pradyumnene ca sEvitah

Halaayudena sahitas sthitaa satyakinashaha

Parthasarathir ityeva visruto jagatipathih"

 

(BRAHMANDA PURAANAM)

 

“BrindAranya nivAsAya balarAmAnujAya cha

rukmini prAna nAdhAya pArthasoodhAya Mangalam”

 

Alwar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan