Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-38)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

“parai kolvan endru yAm vandhOm” (we have come here today to get the

‘parai’); “vunnai aruthiththu vandhOm” (we have come requesting your

self); Both these were the statements of andal. Krishna enquired,

aren’t your words contradicting? For what purpose have you actually

come in front of my house and are you waking me up for? Andal

replied, “Oh! Lord requesting for ‘parai’ is just eyewash for the

satisfaction of the elders but our actual purpose is to attain your

divine feet. You have removed all the great hurdles, should we say

anything about the small hindrances that come in the way? So please

do the needy and grant us the required”

 

How did krishna overcome the big hurdles? “oruththi maganAi pirandhu

…..karuththai pizhaipiththa kanjan vayiRRil neruppenna nindra

nedumAlE” We all are born in this world due to karma but emperuman

who is never affected by any karma takes birth due to this ultimate

grace on all the poor jeevatmas to uplift us from this ocean of

samsara. While the vedhas say, “bahuthA vijAyathE” emperuman himself

declares, “sambhavAmi” Azhvars wonders, “eththiram” “palpiravi

perumAn” and “pirandhavArum”. But does he get affected due to this

garbavAsam (being in the womb)? In most of the avataras he just jumps

to this world “avairbhaviththAn”. Andal herself initially says,

“ayarkulaththinil thOndriya” and “tORRamAi nindra” but these are not

enough to show his greatness of leaving the divine world of

paramapadam and coming here to take birth amidst these cruel

jeevatmas so she says, “maganAi pirandhu”.

 

Who is a son? One who obeys the words of his parents is called as a

Son. Sri chakravarthi thirumagan went to the forest listening to the

words of his father after 14 years (or is it to keep up satyam

(truth)!) Is it anything great? Our kutti kannan listened to the

words of his parents immediately after his birth. Due to the fear of

kamsa, devaki and vasudeva requested krishna to hide his chaturbuja

roopam and give darshan as a normal baby. Krishna did the same and

fled from there to gokulam. What a perfect son he was! Unfortunately

he is more popular as a butter thief, cheat, one who goes at the back

of girls and so on leaving all his great qualities. Of course,

rasikas like krishna leelas more than the perfect characterization of

ramapiran with all good qualities. That is why andal says, “nedumAlE

vunnai aruththiththu vandhOm paraitarudhiyAgil thiruthakka selvamum

sEvagamum yAm pAdi varuththamum theerindhu magizhindhu”

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan