Thiruvallikeni-5

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

Pranams,

 

Let us now visit the other sannadhis.

 

We saw about the different forms of the Para Brahmam

i.e Para, vyuha, vibhava, antaryami and the archai in

the previous postings. Among them the archavataram is

full of Saulabhyam, visible even to a common man.

Among all the Archavadarams in this world, our

Acharyas regard 3 as the top most. To our surprise

all 3 forms are present in Thiruvallikeni.

 

The first and foremost of the DivyaDesams considered

the most important by all the alwars and mainly by the

acharyas, is Koil, SRIRANGAM (also called yoga

mandapam). Alwars call it Thalai Arangam the head of

divya desams and even it is said that the Nammazhvar's

thiruvaimozhi is sung in the praise of Sri Ranganatha.

It is no wonder that all our acharyas spent most of

their lifetime in Srirangam, considered as the

Bhooloka Vaikundam. Even today, in all the

DivyaDesams, Srivaishnavas, during satrumarai say

"Adiyargal Vazha Aranganagar Vazha Sadagopan Than

Tamizh Nool Vazha Kadal Soozhdha Mannulagam Vazha

Manavala Mamuniyae Ennum Oru Nootrandirum". It is a

faith that, if Srirangam lives, all other Divya Desams

will also flourish and also that all DivyaDesa

Emperumans go each night to Srirangam to take rest.

But the lord Ranganatha with so many praises couldn’t

get what he wanted in Srirangam. Yes, I mean

Vedavalli. He wanted to marry Vedavalli Thayar and

hence he rushed to Thiruvallikeni and settled there

with the Mariyadai of a Mappilai. So we see Mannathan

enjoying himself in Thiruvallikeni. Even in our

day-to-day life we see a person has more respect in

his in-laws place than in his own house. So Srirangam

is Ranganatha’s Sonda Gruham and Thiruvallikeni is his

in laws place as he fell in love with Sri Vedavalli

and came here to marry her. So In Thiruvallikeni

Mannathan is full of charm leaving all his tensions in

Srirangam itself.

 

Then the second important DivyaDesam to the

SriVaishnavas is the Thirumalai, THIRUPATHI (Bhoga

mandapam). This world famous perumal, doesn’t require

any introduction. Even in America we find Srinivasa

temles throughout. So I need not tell much about him.

In the olden days, a king by the name Sumathi was a

great devotee of the Thirupathi Emperuman. He once

went to Srinivasa and asked him to give him darshan as

he was in the Krishna Avatara. Srinivasa asked King

Sumathy to go to Thiruvallikeni and promised to give

him darshan there as Venkata Krishnan. The king did

so and got the beautiful darshan of the lord and asked

him to stay in the same form for the other bhakthas

also to enjoy and so we are able to enjoy the beauty

of Sri VenkataKrishnan even today. So the lord today

in Thiruvallikeni is none other than the Thirupathi

Srinivasan himself. Probably Srinivasan thought that

Thirupathi is always flooded with bhakthas so why not

choose another place to settle peacefully with his

family. And no wonder he choose Brindaranyam where

there is cool breeze and such good atmosphere very

near to the sea. So Thiruvallikeni is otherwise

called Erandam Thirupathi. The fortunate/unfortunate

part is the crowd in Thiruvallikeni is also increasing

day by day like in thirupathi.

 

The third important DivyaDesam is the PERUMAL KOIL,

KANCHI (called the Thyaga mandapam, Athigiri). Here

the Emperuman Varadharajan is waiting to give whatever

his bhakthas wish to have. When anyone says kanchi

what do we remember? Yes, the GARUDASEVAI. But we can

see Kanchi Varadan on the garuda vahanam only on that

day during the Vaikasi Utsavam. But in

Thiruvallikeni, what a wonder!! You can have the

darshan of Gajendra Varadan on Garudan whenever you

go(Nitya garudasevai). Yes the Moolavar is on top of

garudan. Can u tell me anyother DivyaDesam with such a

wonderful sevai all through the year?

 

Emperuman showed his Apaara Karunyam when he came

running to save Gajendran, the elephant from the

clutches of the crocodile as soon as Gajendran shouted

'Aadhimoolame'. Gajendrazhvan, as our acharyas refer

to

this great bhaktha of Emperuman , then requested

Perumal that he should come during the andhimadasai of

all the bhakthas as he did for him today. And

Emperuman assured him that he will come and give

darshan to all those who will think of him and

Gajendran each day early morning when they wake up.

That is why our acharyas wake up reciting the Gajendra

stuti or the sloka 'Grahagrasthe Gajendrae' or atleast

by uttering Gajendra Varada loudly while waking. Now

that Perumal has given the assurity to Gajendra that

he will give the same sevai to all the bhakthas, he is

waiting on the back of Garuda to fullfil his assurity,

so that he

Will not be late to the call of any bhaktha. That is

why he is seen on Nithya Garudasevai in

Thiruvallikeni. He is waiting to pour his Divya

Darshanam to all his bhakthas during their andimadasai

and thereby grant moksham.

 

Kanchi Deva Perumals 6 words to Sri Ramanuja through

Thirukachi Nambigal is known to all. Where he says

"Antimasmriti varjanam". When according to Sastras

last thought is necessary why does DevaPerumal refute

it? Its because he very well knows that even though

the Prapanna doesn’t think of him in the last moment

he is going to go and stand in front of him in the

Garudasevai to maintain his vow given to

Gajendrazhvan. So when Emperuman is in front, can

anyone forget him? So he says Antimasmriti is not

necessary for Prapannas. In Thiruvallikeni Emperuman

is in the ready posture to grant Moksham to the

bhakthas and prappannas.

 

Have u ever known a place with more important features

and wonders like this? This kshetram has all the

divinity and that’s why all Emperumans prefer to stay

over here, ready to help all the bhakthas. It’s

Emperuman’s comfortable home where he is away from

tensions and free to help and grant moksham. So in

future when you visit India you need not find time to

go to all the three DivyaDesams just visit

Thiruvallikeni and get the essence of enjoying all the

three Divyadesam’s Emperumans.

 

I have talked about all the Perumal sannadhis atleast

to an extent but I fear whether I can utter even a

drop in the ocean of the Magimai of the Thayar and

beloved Andal, the consort of Sri Parthasarathi.

Anyway let me try it in the next posting. Till then

let us meditate on the 3 great Divyadesa Perumals in

Thiruvallikeni. Sri Ranganathan, Sri Srinivasan and

Sri Varadharajan all in the same place with all their

charm and kalyana gunas in Thiruvallikeni.

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

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