SRI ALAVANDAR VAIBHAVAM-6

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

Sri Vara Vara munaye Namaha

 

Meanwhile, deivavAriAndAn’s health started deteriorating mainly due to his

separation from his acharya, Aalavandaar. The physicians tested him and

diagnosed that his illness is mainly due to a mental turbulence rather than a

physical problem. The other shisyas enquired about deivavAriAndAn’s mental

worry and came to know that it is mainly due to the separation of a shisya from

his acharya. Thereby, by the advice of the physicians the other shisyas started

carrying deivavAriAndan towards thiruvanandhapuram. Slowly, he started

recovering and gained enough strength to walk.

 

At the same time, Aalavandaar also started his return journey back to Srirangam.

On the way, he met his oncoming shisyas at the banks of the river karaimani. On

the very sight of his Acharya, DeivavAriAndan with great respect, fell onto his

feet. Due to his illness he couldn’t even get up. Aalavandaar was surprised to

see his shisya in this state and he remarked,

 

”Perumal was both a svathantran(independent entitiy) and sooran (capable

person) and that is why bharathAzhvAn stayed in ayodhya as per the order of

perumal but I am neither a svathantran nor a sooran, probably that is why you

rushed here against my orders!”

 

This remark made deivavAriAndan further weak due to the realization of his

mistake that he has done an act which is against his own svaroopam (nature).

Aalavandaar further asked him, “Are you going to stay lying down until I become

a svathantran and sooran?” Hearing this deivavAriAndAn raised in a great hurry

not wanting to commit one another mistake, which will cause svaroopa hAni

(deterioration of his nature) along with the one already committed by going

against his acharya’s order.

 

The other shisyas (SreepAdhaththu mudaligal) then explained in detail the state

to which deivavAriAndan went, equating it to the state, explained by ilaya

perumal if he had to get separated from perumal (“jalAn matsyAn nivOdhrudhou:”).

Alavandaar was highly pleased with the acharya bhakthi of his shisya and he

patted him on his back and felt for the sad state of deivavAriAndAn. Later

showing the Gopuram of thiruvananadhapuram, Alavandaar asked deivavAriAndan to

go and visit the perumal, anantha padmanAbhan lying on thousand headed adisesha,

and return back. But deivavAriAndAn refused saying that his anandhapuram is

right in front of him (referring to his acharya).

 

Aalavandaar was amazed to see such a great shisya bhAvam and he was reminded of

the following verses: “yEnaivagurunAyasya nyAsa vidhyA pradheeyathE-tasya

vaikundha dukthApthi dvArakAsarva Eva sa:” “villAr mani kozhikkum venkatap

porkundra mudal sellAr pozhil soozh thiruppathigal ellam, marula mirul Oda

maththagaththuth thandhAr arulAlE vaiththa avar” and the verse starting with

“nindra vankeerthiyum………….vunninai malarththAl endranakkum adhu”

 

Aalavandaar along with deivavAriAndAn and his other shisyas reached srirangam

and had the darshan of periya perumal with great joy. Aalavandaar sat in the

seat of darshana pravartakar and started spreading our sampradayam. One fine

day, a question aroused in his mind- “Who will follow me to be the darshana

pravarthakar and spread this sampradayam?” Not finding a suitable person

aalavandaar was worried when: -----------------

 

(To be continued as IlayAzhvAr Vaibhavam)

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen,

Varadarajan Ramanuja Dasan

Sumithra Ramanuja Dasyai

 

 

 

 

 

 

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