GPP-9(Sri Alavandar Vaibhavam-2)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

 

Sri Vara Vara munaye Namaha

 

 

 

SRI ALAVANDAR VAIBHAVAM-2

 

 

 

In reply to Yamunai Thuraivar’s question, Bhattar explained him the reason for

his mental state. In turn, Yamunai Thuraivar took the invitation from Bhattar

and tore the same into pieces. This news reached Akkiyazhwan and he now started

wondering whether Yamunai Thuraivar is just a poet or a great scholar of very

high caliber. He requested Yamunai Thuraivar to visit his court. Yamunai

Thuraivar sent the following sloka as a reply to Akkiyazhwan’s invitation:

 

“Navayam kavayasthu kEvalam navayam kEvala thatra pArakaha: -

 

Abhithu prathiVadhi Varana prakadAdOpa vibhadanakshmA:”

 

 

 

Akkiyazhwan was astonished by this astounding reply. He immediately reported

the same to the king. The king immediately sent an invitation to Yamunai

Thuraivar, to personally meet him. This again was ignored by Yamunai Thuraivar

and he again tore the invitation. Hearing this, the king realized that YT was

not an ordinary person and sent a palanquin and some servants to escort him to

his palace with due respects. YT then came to the kingdom and submitted the

following sloka:

 

“AsailAdha thriganA sharana kisalaya, nyAsa dhanyOpakandA dharakshO neetha

seethAmuka kamalasamullA sahe dhoschachEtho:

 

AsaprAchya pradheshyakshithi tharayugalaA tharkachandrA vadamsAn mimAmsA sastra

yuchma srama vimala manAm rilua dham matrusOnyaha:”

 

 

 

Highly impressed by this sloka, AkkiyAzhwan decided to do tharkkam (debate) with

YT and the king also voted for the same. YT accepted to debate but refused to

accept the king as the judge, as he is not a scholar. He wanted the king to call

more scholars from his kingdom who can act as judges. The king accepted for

this request and called many of his scholars to chair for the debate. He then

went and sat beside his queen to be one among the audience. The queen

challenged the king for YT’s victory, or otherwise she will become his

maidservant. The king in turn sided with AkkiyAzhwan and exclaimed, if he

loses, he will give half of this kingdom to YT.

 

 

 

Akkiyazhwan started the debate by posing “In this worldly life, he can challenge

to refute, whatever said by YT and subsequently whatever refuted by YT can be

argued against his refute and the winner can step on the head of the loser. YT

accepted the challenge and told the following three things for AkkiAzhwan to

refute:

 

Your mother doesn’t have motherhood; (or your mother is a barren women)

King is a Sarvabowman; (Righteous and powerful ruler)

The queen is a pathivrathA; (role model of chastity)

 

AkkiyAzhwan was dumbfounded by the above three statements and could not refute

any of the above three.

 

Then they entered into debate on saastram “There are three things in saastram ,

Uttamam, Madyamam and Adhamam; In this which is three worded, five worded and

seven worded. If you can win this I can accept your victory. Again AkkiAzhwan

was ignorant of the above and accepted defeat. According to the challenge, the

winner had the right to step over the loser’s head. But since AkkiAzhwan was

the purohit of the kingdom and also an elderly person by age he refused to do

so. Seeing this, all the other Scholars became very happy and celebrated

Yamunai Thuraivar’s victory and the queen happily remarked “Have you come to

rule over us?”(emmai AlavandeerO?).

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

Adiyen,

 

Varadarajan Ramanuja Dasan

 

Sumithra Ramanuja Dasyai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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