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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-26

 

“maRRu thozhuvAr oruvaraiyum yAninmai

kaRRai sadaiyAn karikaNdAi-eRRaikkum

kaNdukol kaNdAi kadalvaNNA yAnunnai

kaNdukolkirku mAru”

 

Though knowing well the mental stability of azhvar, emperuman asked,

“We see that even the other devatas do jobs for the welfare of the

devotees. So can they also be worshipped”? “I will not worship any

other deity and moreover it is a well known fact that no one other

than you (Sriman Narayanan) is capable of granting moksha. The best

witness for the above statement is rudra,” declares azhvar.

 

(maRRu thozhuvAr oruvaraiyum yAninmai kaRRai sadaiyAn karikaNdAi)

Sivan is the witness for my ekabhakthi (not falling to any other

feet)

(kaRRai sadaiyAn) The very sight of rudra’s hair makes intelligent

people realize that he is not the paramatma. Oh! Lord there is

nothing that you don’t know but still if you want some witness then

ask your grandson rudra.

 

At this point azhvar probably was reminded of an incident in his

lifetime. Once while azhvar was in yoga meditating on the supreme

lord, rudra and parvati on top of a bull passed the area in the sky.

Parvati was pleased with the tapas of azhvar and thereby enquired

about him to shiva. Shiva replied that he was a great devotee of

Narayanan. Parvati said, “Let us also give him darshan and grant

some boons”. Accepting parvati’s request shiva along with parvati

landed in front of thirumazhisai azhvar who ignored them and was busy

with stitching a torn cloth. Shiva enquired to azhvar, “ we have come

to bless you but you are ignoring us is it right?” Azhvar replied,” I

don’t need anything from you that is why I ignored you” But shiva

insisted,” I do not want my visit to be wasted hence ask something”

Azhvar said,” If that is the case then grant me moksha” Rudra

replied,” I am not eligible to grant moksha that can be given only by

Sriman Narayanan so ask something else” Azhvar with a smile said,”

Then atleast grant me long life so that I do a lot of penance in

order to achieve moksha” Shiva said, “That is decided by your karmas

I cannot grant long life for you so ask something else” Thirumazhisai

azhvar with a kidding smile said, “Then grant me a boon whereby this

thread will come at the back of this needle” Shiva got very angry

with azhvar’s cutting words and hence rudra opened his third eye

raged with anger in order to burn azhvar to ashes. Not worried even

a little bit azhvar said, “even if you show eyes throughout your body

like Indra I will never get worried” and opened an eye in his right

leg’s thumb. The fire from that eye overcame the heat from shiva’s

eye and as a preventive measure shiva made heavy rain to pour but

least bothered about that thirumazhisai azhvar was immersed in the

bhakthi of emperuman. Amazed by that act of thirumazhisai azhvar

shiva gave him the name, “bhakthisArar”.

 

Probably, reminded of the above incident azhvar says, “kaRRai sadaiyAn kari kandAi” [kari-witness]

 

What should I do to you for all the deep bhakthi (ananya bhakthi) you

have towards me? Wondered emperuman. Azhvar says,

 

(eRRaikkum kaNdukol kaNdAi kadalvaNNA yAnunnai kaNdukolkirku mAru) Oh!

Lord you are filled with divine beauty pleasant to everyone’s eyes

like that of the ocean. May you please bless me with ananyabhakthi

and your darshan always not only in this janma but for ‘ezhezh

piravi’. Oh lord! You made adiyen your bhaktha only by mesmerizing

with your divine beauty may you for ever keep me under your feet and

bless adiyen with your divine darshan.

 

(To Be Continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan