Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-8)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

Srivaishnavas, generally have different rules and regulations always

different from that followed by normal folks/bhakthas. We have

already seen one such exemption about anthima smriti. Next in this

posting we will see one more exemption.

 

Before starting anything it is common practice to verify if the time

is ok. We fix good time and good day for any of our auspicious

occasions. To our wonder nowadays half of the babies are born

through operations without normal deliveries and hence people fix up

good time and good stars for the birth of the baby. How is good

time/day/star etc determined? It is done in accordance with the

specifications in the jyOdhisha sastra, one of the six veda angas.

But according to Srivaishnavas everything is emperuman so for them

the time that helps them to attain bhagavat anubhavam, the day that

takes them near to emperuman’s thiruvadi and the star that blessed

them with the satsangam of bhagavatas is the good time/day/star.

 

Our sampradyam flourished due to the guru paramparai. The first

acharya nAthamunigal, who put the milestone to the Srivaishnava

community, was born on a Tuesday. Do we consider Tuesday as an

auspicious day but it is surely auspicious to Srivaishnavas. We

don’t do anything on ashtami and navami but we celebrate the Krishna

janmAstami and rAma navami. Similarly lowkikas skip margazhi month

for any auspicious activities but that is the month very much liked

by our dear lord. That is why parthasarathi says, “mAsAnAm

margaseershOham”. The lord doesn’t like the things people keep it

for themselves when something is out of the ahankara/mamakara of

jeevatmas emperuman cherishes to possess the same. That is why

prapannas shed their ahankara/mamakaram and do sharanagati under the

divine feet of emperuman. Then emperuman accepts the jeevatma with

full happiness. Only when drowpathi left both her hands and shouted

for help krishna came to her rescue. Only when gajendran left his

efforts and shouted “AdimoolamE” did varadhan rush to help gajendran.

So leaving all our efforts and falling into the divine feet of

emperuman with ultimate faith is most important. For that is there

any necessity to wait for a good auspicious time? If someone is

drowning will we wait for a good time to save him? Before the time

comes he will be dead so it is wise to save him immediately. That is

our case too; we are drowning in the ocean of samsAram so we have to

be saved immediately. That is why our acharyas never wait for a good

day/time to do samAsrayanam. The best time is the instant when the

shisya goes near the acharya and requests him to do pancha samskAram.

The acharya rushes to save the jeevatma immediately so that he

doesn’t change mind.

 

This time when we are saved from samsAram and attain bhagavat

anubhavam has to be surely celebrated. That is why thirumazhisai

azhvar says, “andru nAn pirandhilEn pirandha pin marandhilEn” Andal

therefore shows her special gratitude to the time that has helped her

to attain bhagavat anubhavam in the very start of her thiruppavai.

She adorns the month and paksham as “marghazhi thingal madhiniraindha

nannAlAl”.

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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