ThirukkandEn ponmEni kandEn!!!

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Our sampradayam is called as Srivaishnava sampradayam. According to

this sampradayam emperuman along with piratti is considered to be

everything. We fall to the divine feet of Sriman Narayanan. The

prime identification (svaroopa niroopaka dharmam) for perumal himself

is the Sri sambhandam. Nammazhvar praises thiruvenkatamudaiyan as,

"agalagillEn eraiyum endru alarmEl mangai urai mArbA". Thirumazhisai

piran says, "thiruvillA dEvarai thErEnmin thEvu". Though we find the

importance of Sridevi nachiyar in the paasurams of other azhvars one

azhvar who started his prabhandam with the Sri sabdham and ended with

the same is none other than our peyAzhvar who took avataram in

mAdamAmayilai. The first two among the mudal azhvars lit lamps (loka

deepam and jnana deepam) but the third azhvar, peyazhvar without any

difficulty of lighting any lamp enjoyed the divine beauty of

emperuman and sung "ThirukkandEn ponmEni kandEn thigazhum arukkan

aniniramum kandEn" First he saw only 'thiru' Sridevi nachiyar. Why?

Thayar is the embodiment of mercy. She doesnt see our faults and

hence easily gives darshan and not stopping with that she does

purushakaram and makes emperuman forgive all our mistakes and shower

his krupai on all of us. That is why our elders say that whenever we

go to a temple we have to first visit the sannadhis of

azhvar/acharyas, followed by thayar sannadhi and with the permission

of thayar visit perumal's sannadhi so that emperuman's anger on us

due to the innumerable apacharams committed by us will be softened by

thayar in the appropriate manner. So azhvar also says that he saw

only 'thiru' Sridevi nAchiyar first. While completing his prabhandam

also peyazhvar ends saying, "thEnamarum poo mEl thiru". So he started

the prabhandam with 'thiru' and ended with 'thiru'. Usually the crux

of the prabhandam can be understood by seeing the first, middle and

last paasuram. We have seen that the first and last talk about

Sriman Narayanan. In the middle lets see in the thiruvallikeni

paasuram what azhvar says, "endhai oruvalli thAmaraiyAl ondriya seer

mArban thiruvallikeniyAm sendru" Again he talks about emperuman on

whose chest resides the divine piratti. So in his single prabhandam

peyazhvar has excellently put the main aspect of Srivaishnava

sampradayam. He ends the prabhandam stating that the divine couples

are our sole refuge. Probably only because of the great interest

shown by peyazhvar towards establishing the importance of sridevi

nAchiyar, his avathara stalam is called as "mahila pur" (now changed

to mylapore) and probably keeping this in mind only thirumangai

mannan sang mangalasasanams to the ladies in mAdamAmayilai

thiruvallikeni (piratti being on the top of the list) as "oppavarillA

mAdargal vAzhum mAdamAmayilai thiruvallikeni".

 

Andal in her last paasuram in thiruppavai did mangalAsAsanams to

"vanga kadal kadaindha mAdhavanai kEsavanai". Where to see mAdhavan

and kEsavan together? In mylapore there are two temples one for

mAdhavan and one for kEsavan and inbetween the two temples we find

the avathara stalam of peyazhvar and the big well in which azhvar was

born in a alli flower. Peyazhvars from both the above sannadhis visit

the avathara stalam on Iyppasi sadhayam day, thiruavathara thirunAl

every year and undergo thirumanjanam. Here are the links to the

photos of both the azhvars taken after thirumanjanam and alankaram.

 

1. Peyazhvar at Keshavan Sannidhi: http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35536400

 

2. Peyazhvar at Madhavan sannidhi: http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35536407

 

It is amazing that many of the azhvars have not given that much

importance to their avathara stalams and hence not sung about the

same. But peyazhvar has done mangalasasanam to emperuman in

thiruvallikeni that too first among divyadesa mangalasasanam. There

is a separate sannadhi for peyazhvar in thiruvallikeni and the street

is itself called as "peyazhvar koil street". Some say that azhvar

took avataram only here in the alli flower since the place itself is

named only after the pond filled with alli flowers. The speciality

here is that for all azhvar/acharya thirunakshatram Sri Parthasarathi

emperuman due to his atmost sowlabhyam undergoes thirumanjanam with

the respective azhvar/acharya in the morning and purappadu followed

by sattrumarai in the evening. The thirumanjanam and sattrumarai

occur only inside the temple premises. But only on peyAzhvar

thirunakshatra day, first peyazhvar comes from his sannadhi does

mangalasasanams to parthasarathi and invites emperuman to his

sannadhi. Parthasarathi without any second thought follows suit

straight to azhvar sannadhi and stays the whole day in azhvar

sannadhi and everything thirumanjanam, sevai, sAttrumarai occurs only

in peyazhvar sannadhi. Doesn't this show that emperuman is surely

bhaktha parAdheenan. He runs to celebrate the avathara mahotsavam of

his dear devotee. Who else other than our dear Parthasarathi can show

such a great sowlabhyam? He ran to the call of the gopis will he not

run for the sake of Peyazhvar?

 

Photo of Thiruvallikeni pEyazhvar on the sattrumarai day is uploaded

in the site under the following link.

3. Peyazhvar at Triplicane: http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35536412

 

Adiyen will send the link to photos of Parthasarathi during the

morning purappadu to peyazhvar sannadhi and evening thiruveedhi

purappadu soon.

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAsee

Varadarajan/Sumithra