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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

 

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

 

Sri vanAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

PRAMEYA SEKARAM

 

 

 

**Now that the route is determined, the jeevatma slowly releases himself from

the heart (the part of the body where the atma is supposed to reside-hrudhaya

gruham)

 

 

 

**The moordhan nAdi breaks open;

 

 

 

There are number of nAdi's in our body. The way in which the jeevatma releases

itself by breaking open a particular nAdi determines the path of the jeevatma.

If the soul has to travel through the archirAdhi mArga, the way to moksha then

it breaks open the moordhan nAdi and comes out of the body.

 

 

 

**After breaking open the moordhan nAdi the soul now starts its journey in the

archirAdhi mArga (the way to moksha)

 

 

 

**The AdhivAhikAs (messengers of the god) welcome the jeevatma;

 

 

 

**The jeevatma now crosses the various Avaranas;

 

 

 

**The jeevatma now has crossed the saptha Avaranas;

 

 

 

In Srirangam, called as the boolOka vaikundam, there are saptha prAkAras that

are equated to the saptha Avaranas on the way to moksha. On crossing the saptha

prAkAras one reaches the main temple of Sriranganatha and we get the darshan of

the divine lord.

 

 

 

**He reaches the viraja and takes a divine dip;

 

 

 

The divine river that flows at the entrance of the moksha mandalam is the viraja

similar to kaveri that greets us at the entrance of the booloka vaikundam,

Srirangam.

 

 

 

**Now, even the sooshma sareera is lost;

 

 

 

Thondaradipodi azhvar says in his thirumAlai, "gangaiyil punidha mAya kAviri"

since gangus is capable of removing all our sins whereas kaveri is capable of

removing our samsAra tApam (struggles in samsAram). According to thondaradipodi

azhvar Srirangam is the third vibhoothi of emperuman and the entrance to the

third vibhoothi is the divine river kaveri. So a divine dip in kaveri will

bless us a divine entrance into Srirangam. The divine dip in viraja removes

even the sooshma sareera along with which the soul has been traveling so far.

 

 

 

**Slowly the jeevatma attains all the kalyana gunas of the holy lord viz.,

apagata pAptma, tvijara: etc

 

 

 

Six divine qualities of the paramatma are attained by the jeevatma after having

the dip in viraja. The six qualities are apagata pAptma(one who is not affected

by sins), tvijara:(ever youthful), visoka(one with no worries) satyakAma: (one

who attains all his wishes),satya sankalpa:(accomplisher of all thoughts)

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

LokacharyAya guravE Krishna pAdasya soonavE I

 

SamsAra bhOgi sandhasta jeevajeevAtavE namaha II

 

 

 

vAzhi vulagAsiriyan vAzhiavan mannukulam

 

vAzhi mudumpai ennum mAnagaram-vAzhi

 

manan soozhindha pErinbha malgu migu nallAr

 

enansoozh indhirukkum eruppu"

 

 

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

 

Sumithra Varadarjan