Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-28)

[Guest guest]

Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

Andal’s thiruppavai is not big with thousand paasurams but it is short

and sweet comprising of just thirty jems. Even among them our

acharyas consider two paasurams to be very precious. The two

paasurams are, “ellE elankiliyE” (15) and “chittram sirukAlE” (29).

“thiruppAvaiyAgiradhu eppAttiRE; bhagavat vishanyaththilirukkumpadi

ellAm ‘chittram sirukAlE’ yilE sollugiradhu. BhAgavata

vishayaththilirukkumpadi ellAm eppAttilE sollugiradhu “ –

ArAyirapadi. [‘Chitram sirukAlE’ shows how bhagavan should be and

‘ellE elankiliyE’ talks about the bhagavatas]

 

This fifteenth paasuram clearly shows the Srivaishnava lakshanam. The

speciality of this paasuram is that here there is a clear conversion

between those outside and the gopi inside. The gopi inside is

waiting for everyone in gokulam to join the ghosti since she doesn’t

want anyone to miss this great satsanga anubhavam. While discussing

among themselves the mistakes on either side the gopi finally

realizes that it is wrong for her to argue with a Srivaishnava and

says “nAnEthAn Ayiduga”. This is the ultimate Srivaishnava

lakshanam. “ellAdha kuRRaththai silar vundendrAlum adhai ellai

seiyya murpadAdhE esaigai andrO vaishnavalakshanam”

 

The best person who showed the perfect Srivaishnava lakshanam in

Sriramayanam is BharatAzhvan. He says, “matpApamEvAthra

nimiththamAseeth” [it is my sin which is the reason] Bharathan tried

the find the reason for Sri Chakravarthi thirumagan to be sent to the

forest. First he tried to blame manthara but then she was after all a

servant who wanted the welfare of kaikEyi. Then he thought that

kaikEyi was only responsible for this. Again kaikEyi did it due to

her vatsalyam (mother’s love). Why did dasaratha listen to her words

when he was the king and had all the rights to take any decision? So

dasaratha should be held responsible. But he did it to uphold his

words. Why did Sri rama listen to it? He did it to make his father

and stepmother happy and further to maintain the dignity of his clan

by upholding his father’s words. So finally bharathAzhvan decided

that no one other than his own fate and all his sins were responsible

for Sri rama being sent to forest. There is absolutely no fault on

bharatha and he was not even present in ayodhya when all these

happened still he took the responsibility on his heads. That is the

perfect Srivaishnava lakshanam. He further says if I haven’t even

taken birth then kaikEyi wouldn’t have behaved like this at all.

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

[Guest guest]

Perhaps this again brings us the discussion points of sri

bharathAzhwAn's suprirority in pArathanthriyam. Is it not?

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan

-

Sumithra Varadarajan

vanamamalai ; ramanuja

Cc: Oppiliappan

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 1:55 PM

Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-28)

Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

Andal’s thiruppavai is not big with thousand paasurams but it is short

and sweet comprising of just thirty jems. Even among them our

acharyas consider two paasurams to be very precious. The two

paasurams are, “ellE elankiliyE” (15) and “chittram sirukAlE” (29).

“thiruppAvaiyAgiradhu eppAttiRE; bhagavat vishanyaththilirukkumpadi

ellAm ‘chittram sirukAlE’ yilE sollugiradhu. BhAgavata

vishayaththilirukkumpadi ellAm eppAttilE sollugiradhu “ –

ArAyirapadi. [‘Chitram sirukAlE’ shows how bhagavan should be and

‘ellE elankiliyE’ talks about the bhagavatas]

 

This fifteenth paasuram clearly shows the Srivaishnava lakshanam. The

speciality of this paasuram is that here there is a clear conversion

between those outside and the gopi inside. The gopi inside is

waiting for everyone in gokulam to join the ghosti since she doesn’t

want anyone to miss this great satsanga anubhavam. While discussing

among themselves the mistakes on either side the gopi finally

realizes that it is wrong for her to argue with a Srivaishnava and

says “nAnEthAn Ayiduga”. This is the ultimate Srivaishnava

lakshanam. “ellAdha kuRRaththai silar vundendrAlum adhai ellai

seiyya murpadAdhE esaigai andrO vaishnavalakshanam”

 

The best person who showed the perfect Srivaishnava lakshanam in

Sriramayanam is BharatAzhvan. He says, “matpApamEvAthra

nimiththamAseeth” [it is my sin which is the reason] Bharathan tried

the find the reason for Sri Chakravarthi thirumagan to be sent to the

forest. First he tried to blame manthara but then she was after all a

servant who wanted the welfare of kaikEyi. Then he thought that

kaikEyi was only responsible for this. Again kaikEyi did it due to

her vatsalyam (mother’s love). Why did dasaratha listen to her words

when he was the king and had all the rights to take any decision? So

dasaratha should be held responsible. But he did it to uphold his

words. Why did Sri rama listen to it? He did it to make his father

and stepmother happy and further to maintain the dignity of his clan

by upholding his father’s words. So finally bharathAzhvan decided

that no one other than his own fate and all his sins were responsible

for Sri rama being sent to forest. There is absolutely no fault on

bharatha and he was not even present in ayodhya when all these

happened still he took the responsibility on his heads. That is the

perfect Srivaishnava lakshanam. He further says if I haven’t even

taken birth then kaikEyi wouldn’t have behaved like this at all.

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan