nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi-31-thirukkuRungudi 2

August 16, 2004

Dear srEvaishNavites,

Continuing the camapign for thrukkuRungudi:

paNbar

Going by the magnaminity: sri nambi was not happy in just removing the

hurdles of shivA -thuyar kaLai dhEvu- but gave him shelter by his side

and honoured him. This being a great temperement and quality is highly

appreciated by thirumangai mannan as

"pakkam niRka ninRa paNbar vUr" periya thiru-mozhi 9-

Going by the eternality of the divya-dEsam:

'mannu kuRungudiyAi'

Sri periyAzhwAr has declared that this divya dEsam as a permanent

feature even if the praLayam take away all other places, this

divya-dESam is likely to exist surviving the praLayam.That is why the

adjective

"mannu kuRungudiyAi" periyazhwAr thiru-mozhi 1-5-8

The vyAkyanam:

'praLayathukkum azhiyAdha thirukkuRungudiyilEA vardhikkiRavanEA"

Going by the unforgettable nature:

First full-fledged thiru-voi-mozhi-p pAsuram dedicated to thirukkuRungudi:

the end of the first ten of thiru-voi-mozhi witnessed AzhwAr

exclaiming on what grounds can he forget nambi?

Can he forget because He is incomplete- no He is paripUrNan.

Can be forget Him because He is not superior- NO.

Can he forget as He is not pretty- no He is full of beauty.

The Edu is wonderful in this regard.

en solli maRappanO?

"nambiyai then kuRungudi ninRa achchemponEa thigazhum

thirumUrhthiyai, vumbar vAnavar Adhiam jOdhiyai,

em-pirAnai en solli maRappanO!?" 1-10-9 of thiru-voi-mozhi.

apUrNan enRu maRakkavO?

asannihidhan enRu maRakkavO?

vadivazhagu illai enRu maRakkavO?

mEanmai illai enRu maRavkkavO?

enakku upakAran illai enRu maRakkavO?

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan

August 17, 2004

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Dear Sri Padmanabhan swamy,

Your campaigning for thirukurungudi is great. Since unfortunately it

is parthasarathi's wish to stay as the opposition and by accident put

adiyen as the campaigning authority for his side let me put forth some

points.

Note: Dear Bhagavatas, Other than the deep bhakthi towards

Parthasarathi/Thiruvallikeni adiyen is least eligible to get into

campaigning against well knowledgable great bhagavata like Sri

Padmanabhan swamy. But it is parthasarathi's greatness to win with

just illiterate/ignorant souls like adiyen talking for him.

First of all, Sri Vaishnava nambi gained his vaishnavathvam only due

to Swamy Ramanuja who was blessed to this world only by our dear

Parthasarathi (Swamy emperumanar is considered even as a avathara of

Parthasarathi emperuman)

We all become Vaishnavas only after getting the 3 great rahasya

manthras from our acharyan and surely all of us know that the 3rd of

the rahasyams, Charama slokam was given only by our dear

geethAcharyan who stands even today indicating to his divine feet in

the beautiful attire of a divine charioteer. So but for

parthasarathi, Sri Vaishnavism would have been in total darkness.

Beauty lies in heart. Can you show any other emperuman who for the

sake of his devotee accepted so much wounds on his face and till

today stands with the same marks? Today we all try to make ourselves

beautiful by doing plastic surgery to cover even a small cut mark.

But Parthasarathi was not interested in a plastic surgery but felt

that the beauty lied only in showing his sowlabhyam (indicated by the

marks). And amazingly, even the marks gives Parathasarathi's

thirumugam a divine beauty ("kannanennum karundeivam"). Black

beauty. You know what black signifies in our sampradayam.

Karunai/kArunyam. Only the clouds that are dark in colour shower a

lot of rain for the welfare of one and all without any

differentiation. Similarly only that karundeivam- Parthasarathi

showers his grace on one and all without any differentiation. He

showed his paratvam when he said the charama slokam and showed his

sowlabhyam while tied by yesodha. What other poorthi do we really

need?

Sure Parthasarathi is the "thuyar kalai devu" even for the brahma

rudras. Our poorvacharyas say, " In Ramavatara, the greatest mistake

emperuman did was to not washing out all his enemies totally but

leaving out one or two here and there that created all the problems.

But in Krishnavatara emperuman didn't commit that mistake again so he

washed out all his enemies." Rudran and other devas while they are

filled with sAtvika gunam they consider themselves as bhagavatas but

the very same deva sometimes filled with rajasa tAmasa gunas even

fight against emperuman. So is it wise to keep them beside? When

they came for help emperuman rendered the necessary help due to his

ultimate compassion to one and all. But after that it is only wise

to send them away. Today the thirukurungudi divya desam is in

trouble only because nambi did that mistake of keeping sivan beside

him "pakkam nirka nindra". If we Srivaishnavas are not awake

probably that Srivaishnava Nambi may even loose his prominence in

that divya desam like Govindarajan (chidambaram/thirupathi) and

ThirumAliruncholai Azhagar today. If slowly all Divya desams face

such problems what is the state of Srivaishnavas? Isn't it our

responsibility to act quickly and save our divya desams from

commercialisation and corruption?

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

-

Padmanabhan

Sumithra Varadarajan ; ramanuja ; oppiliappan ; vanamamalai

Monday, August 16, 2004 8:51 AM

Re: nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi-31-thirukkuRungudi 2