Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (part-35)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

Srivaishnavas should have two important divine qualities namely,

ananyagadhitvam (consider no one other than Sriman Narayanan to be

our rescuer) and ananyArhasEshatvam (emperuman alone to be our only

master).

Swamy nammazhvar says, “kalaivAi tunban kalaiyA thozhivAi kalaikan

maRRelEn” Kulasekara azhvar says, “viththuvakOttammAnE nee vEndAyE

yAyidinum maRRArum pattrilEn” ThiruvarangaththamudhanAr says,

“nAnginum kannanukkE A-madu kAmam” Though in different words all of

them reverberate the same idea of ananyAhasEshatvam. Even if

empermAn refuses to accept them still all of them consider emperuman

Sriman Narayanan as their sole master and hence fall to his divine

feet. This has been shown by all our azhvars and acharyas in various

places. Andal in the 22nd paasuram expresses this divine quality.

 

Inspite of hearing the paasurams sung by the gopis to awaken him,

krishna still kept quiet wanting to test the stubbornness of the

gopis. Understanding the inner thought of krishna, andal in his

paasuram shows that they all were Srivaishnavas and hence were

filled with ananyArhasEshatvam and thereby they will never go to the

footsteps of anyone else other than krishna even if he refused to

answer their call.

 

“angan mA jnAlaththu arasar abhimAna bangamAi” this 22nd paasuram

gives the “vukArArtham” say our poorvAcharyas. As our status

increases our ego and pride also increases. That is why the brahma

rudras suffer due to ahankaram and hence it takes a long time for

them to reach the divine abode of emperuman. But in the case of

these gopis they have totally shed their ahankara and have

surrendered to the divine feet of emperuman and hence it is for sure

that they are going to reach the divine abode of emperuman at the end

of this birth (“maranamAnAl vaikundam kodukkum piran”) This is what

krishna says in Srimad bhagavat geetha. For those who depend on

their efforts parthasarathi says, “anEka janma samsidhdha:” (after

many janmas they attain) but in the case of his devotees he says, “na

chirAt” (need not wait for long). So the first thing that has to be

shed by any Srivaishnava is his/her ahankaram (ego).

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan